November 27, 2017

In Norse mythology, the Nisse are mischievous domestic sprites responsible for the protection and welfare of the farmstead and its buildings.

Similar to the Tomte of Sweden and the Brownies of Great Britain, the Nisse is a small boy or a small man dressed in gray clothes and a red cap; the crown of his head remains always moist, and his hands lack thumbs. Lingering about the farmsteads, he makes himself most useful so long as he is well treated; but if he takes umbrage at his hosts, he is capabl...

September 24, 2017

A völva or volva, from the Old Norse and Icelandic respectively, sometimes anglicized vala, is a female shaman and seer in Norse tradition and a recurring motif in Norse mythology, as shown in the following extract from the Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse work of literature written in Iceland in the early 13th century), Prose Edda

“Then came the völva Gróa there, wife of Aurvandil the Bold, and she sang her spells over Thor until the piece of stone loosened from his flesh. After Thor noticed this, he...

July 16, 2017

According to the Scandinavian mythology, the Kraken is a giant sea creature generally described as an octopus or squid. Probably no legendary sea monster was as horrifying as this. A kraken would attack a ship by wrapping their arms around the hull and capsizing it, and the crew would drown or be eaten by the monster.

Tales of a huge, many armed, headed or horned sea creatures exist from ancient times.

Many cultures have legends of kraken-like monsters, which serve as evidence that this creature w...

June 18, 2017

The skoffín is the fierce, dreaded offspring of an Arctic Fox and a cat, and resembles both of them. But attention, because the skoffín is born from a male Arctic fox mating with a female tabby cat, the other way around (male cat, and vixen) would produce a Skuggabaldur; a different creature altogether.

Skoffíns could be partially hairless, are all covered in fur, with formidable teeth and claws. However, its exact appearance varies; for it may even change color with the seasons like the Arctic f...

May 21, 2017

According to the Örvar-Odds Saga, the Hafgua was the mother of all sea monsters. This giant monster fed on whales, ships, men, and anything it could catch. It inhabited the Greenland Sea and may disguise itself as a pair of rocks rising from the sea. Those two rocks are its jaws, its nose and lower jaw.

The Hafgua lived underwater, but it was so big that when the tide was low her nose and head would rise out of the water, looking like a rocky island.

The only physical description know of this cre...

March 12, 2017

The Ellerwomen, name which is a crude translation of the Danish Ellekvinder, meaning Elf Women, belong to the Fair Folk of Scandinavia. However, contrary to most Scandinavian Elves, the Ellerwomen don’t like to live in bogs or forests, nor they have accommodation in mounds and hills, for they prefer to live in abandon buildings and ruins.

Although the Ellerwomen look like normal-sized women, they are completely hollow. There is nothing inside them not even a heart.

Most farmers know about the Elle...

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