Vikings and deities. Gods of thunder and gods of mischief. Norse mythology is wrought with stories written as if designed to be adapted for the big screen. Who wouldn’t want to see an epic battle between giants and deities? People love apocalypse movies and have built several movies and TV …
Who would win in a fight – Fenrir or Odin? If you pit a wolf against a god, most people would say the god would win. Those people would be wrong. Unlike in monotheistic faiths, the gods are not all-powerful and all-perfect in polytheism. They are more like very powerful …
The Norse gods have been the inspiration for many contemporary fantasy and fiction works. From Thor and Loki in the Marvel comics and cinematic universe to their portrayal in American Gods by Neil Gaiman to board games and TV shows based on the end of times – Ragnarök – they’ve …
Shiva and Odin are respectively the most important and possibly the strongest gods in their pantheons. While Shiva is the destroyer of chaos and evil in Hindu mythology, Odin has several attributions historically and is one of the most important and popular gods within Norse Mythology. Shiva is considered one …
Norse mythology is filled with stories of the coming end of days. Called Ragnarök, this time was said to be fraught with gods fighting against gods, monsters and evil creatures invading, and more. Naturally, it’s also the perfect premise for board games. But if the violence of Ragnarök isn’t your …
Norse mythology. Full of blood, bone and terrifying creatures that defy scale. Two figureheads for this are the gigantic Fenrir and Jormungandr, but what is the difference between them? Though their tales begin together, they are remarkably different. Fanrir is a giant black wolf who will swallow the sun and …
Given the terrifying accounts sailors and soldiers would return home to tell, it’s no wonder that the Norwegian afterlife belongs to those who died valiantly in battle or at sea. But the Kraken really gets the medal for the most terrifying sea monster. Despite its common association with Greek mythology, …
Even though Egyptian mythology and Norse mythology were around thousands of years apart, the two have some striking similarities. At the same time, the two religions couldn’t be more different. Egyptian and Norse Gods are very different. Egyptian Gods are representative of actual things in life through personification, most notably …
Norse and Greek mythology are the most influential mythologies today, from the references in modern media (Percy Jackson, the MCU) to the linguistics they left in English (chrono-, Wednesday, etc.). However, the two mythologies, while sometimes similar, are vastly different. The Olympians have a rich and intensely documented history leading …
In Norse mythology, there are many different entities, creatures and monsters. It can take a great deal of time to fully appreciate the complexity and variety. When we come to look at the gods and goddesses in Norse mythology, you will notice that they fall into one of two tribes …