Tag Archives: prose edda

The Ecosystem of Yggdrasil

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Nathan

A comment on my post about video game squirrels mentioned Ratatosk (or Ratatoskr, probably a more accurate transliteration, but not how I originally knew it), the squirrel from Norse mythology. He’s a red squirrel who runs up and down the … Continue reading →

Posted in algonquin, Animals, Comics, Final Fantasy, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Native American, Norse, Video Games | Tagged bahamut, dainn, deer, dragons, duneyrr, durathror, dvalinn, dwarves, eagles, final fantasy xiv, giants, glooscap, goats, god of war, hawks, heidrun, heroine's quest, jotun, marvel comics, mead of poetry, miko, nastrond, nidhogg, niflheim, odin, prose edda, ragnarok, ratatosk, rati, serpents, snorri sturluson, squirrel girl, squirrels, trees, valhalla, vedrfolnir, wabanaki, world tree, yggdrasil | 3 Comments

Fiefdoms of the Fay

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Nathan

I wrote years ago about how, largely due to Shakespeare’s influence, Oberon and Titania are often regarded as the rulers of the fairies, appearing in a lot of different media. I mentioned a few other fairy queens in the post, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Dreams, Fairy Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mythology, Names, Neil Gaiman, Norse, Oz, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, aesir, bebo, cuchulainn, daione sidhe, edmund spenser, elves, faerie queene, fairies, gloriana, iubdan, j.m. barrie, kenna, kensington garden, king ailill mac mata, king fergus mac leda, king finvarra, king henry viii, lurline, mercutio, oberon, peter pan, peter pan in kensington gardens, prose edda, queen elizabeth i, queen mab, queen medb, queen oona, romeo and juliet, snorri sturluson, stardust, tain bo cuailinge, tanaquill, thomas tickell, titania | 2 Comments

Nibbles of Nibelungs

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Nathan

Although I’ve been interested in classical mythology for most of my life, it was really Final Fantasy VI that made me want to check out the Teutonic hero Siegfried, a mysterious character in the game possibly intended to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Comics, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Poetry, Video Games | Tagged alberich, andvari, anna russell, attila the hun, brunhilda, burgundians, der ring des nibelungen, donner, dragons, dwarves, fafnir, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, freyja, giants, gibichungs, gilgamesh, gudrun, hagen, huns, idun, ildico, king gunther, king sigebert, kriemhild, loki, marvel comics, mime, nibelheim, nibelungenlied, nibelungs, niflheim, oberon, opera, prose edda, queen brunhilda of austrasia, regin, richard wagner, siegfried, siegmund, sigurd, sinfljoti, snorri sturluson, thor, valhalla, valkyries, volsunga saga, volsungs, worms, xanten | 5 Comments

Sidhe Bop

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Nathan

I’ve been reading a lot recently, but a bit sporadically. There are some library books I want to finish before starting on anything I own. I’m pretty anxious to read more of The Lost Tales of Oz, but I kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Catholicism, Characters, Christianity, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, october daye, Oz, Religion, seanan mcguire | Tagged a glimmer of hope, a wizard in rhyme, beowulf, billina, button-bright, christopher stasheff, crimes against magic, cuttenclips, erik the red, fairies, hellequin chronicles, king arthur, king richard coeur de leon, late eclipses, mordred, polychrome, prose edda, puck, robin hood, saga six pack, san francisco, siegfried, sigurd, snorri sturluson, steve mchugh, the oathbound wizard, the rainbow daughter in oz, trojan war, undines, vikings, volsung saga, weather | 2 Comments

The Rest of the Snorri

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Nathan

Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths, by Nancy Marie Brown – Much of what we know about old Norse mythology comes from Snorri Sturluson, a thirteenth-century Icelandic poet and chieftain. Sure, there are earlier references … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Mythology, Norse | Tagged nancy marie brown, odin, prose edda, snorri sturluson, song of the vikings, thor, utgard-loki, vikings | 12 Comments

I’ll Take This Call from Valhalla

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Nathan

With Halloween coming up, how about a post on dead people? Specifically, I’m talking about views of the afterlife in Norse mythology. I’m sure most of you know about the warriors of Valhalla, but most people don’t get to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Mythology, Norse | Tagged afterlife, asphodel, einherjar, folkvangr, freyja, ganglati, ganglöt, hel, helgafjell, leviathan, loki, odin, prose edda, ragnarok, saehrimnir, sheol, snorri sturluson, valhalla, valkyries | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: prose edda

The Ecosystem of Yggdrasil

Fiefdoms of the Fay

Nibbles of Nibelungs

Sidhe Bop

The Rest of the Snorri

I’ll Take This Call from Valhalla

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