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Norwegian Basement Yields Norse Iron Treasures, Museologists Ecstatic!
April 21st, 2023 
Awake Goy A Norwegian man made a unique discovery back in the 80s while he was digging out a water well. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
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No Comments »Norse Greenlanders Traveled to North America and Europe for Timber for Five Centuries
April 17th, 2023 Awake Goy When Norse colonists arrived on Greenland in the 10th century, they needed a lot of wood to build houses, storage buildings and ships. While most households relied on wood from trees that grew locally and on driftwood, which was plentifully available, Norse elites had their own ideas. They instead relied on high-quality timber imported from […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: america, Europe, greenlanders, norse, North, timber, traveled No Comments »Oldest Inscription of ‘Odin’ Resets Beliefs About Norse Mythology
March 9th, 2023 Awake Goy Archaeologists in Denmark are celebrating the discovery of the oldest inscription mentioning the god Odin. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology Myths & Legends Europe Read Later Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: about, beliefs, inscription, mythology, norse, oldest, resets No Comments »The Saga of the Völsungs: Epic Story of the Greatest Norse Heroes
January 24th, 2023 Awake Goy Much of what we know about Norse mythology and history comes from their sagas. These are stories written in the Old Norse language that recount early Viking voyages, battles, and feuds between prominent families, as well as myths and legends. The most famous of these legendary sagas is the Saga of the Völsungs. The first […]
The Magical, Mythical Elves and Dwarves of Norse Legend
January 12th, 2023 Awake Goy Today if one thinks of either elves or dwarves, the first thing to come to mind is likely to be the works of J.R.R Tolkien. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later Source
Norse Creation Myth: Fire and Ice from the Abyss
December 4th, 2022 Awake Goy The Norse people were the ancient tribal communities of Scandinavia, who in the modern day are often referred to or thought of as the Vikings (who were actually a subset of them). Read more Section: News Human Origins Folklore Myths & Legends Europe Read Later Source
Ymir in Norse Mythology: A Cosmic Creation Story
October 8th, 2022 Awake Goy The story of Ymir and the creation of the universe typifies the emphasis on sacrifice as a theme, in Nordic myth and in creation stories around the world. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later Source
Midgard: Norse Mythology’s Realm of the Humans
September 27th, 2022 Awake Goy The Viking universe was a complicated one. It was made up of nine different realms. Different realms were home to different races, and each had different themes. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later Source
The Story, Symbols and Powers of Freya, the Norse Goddess of Love
September 17th, 2022 Awake Goy Freya is old Norse for “lady” and was the name given to the Norse goddess of love. Whilst she certainly sought out passion and pleasure, she was a complex character. In fact, to the Vikings she was a powerful force, a goddess on par with Odin and Thor within the legends of Norse mythology. The […]
Nidhogg, the Chaos Bringing Dragon of Ancient Norse Mythology
September 15th, 2022 Awake Goy A dark dragon, feathered, with corpses strewn about its body. An ancient evil that nibbles away at the structure of the universe itself. The “curse-striker.” A beast constantly engaged in a battle of wits with eagles, communicating with them by… a squirrel? All this and more is part of the mythology of Nidhogg in Norse […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: ancient, bringing, chaos, Dragon, mythology, nidhogg, norse No Comments »Jormungandr: The Misunderstood Midgard Serpent of Norse Mythology
September 7th, 2022 Awake Goy Jormungandr, the world serpent, was an integral part of Norse mythology. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later
Posted in Jewish News Tags: jormungandr, midgard, misunderstood, mythology, norse, serpent No Comments »Kvasir and the Mead of Poetry in Norse Mythology
August 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy For the ancient Vikings, poetry was a way to tell the stories of their gods, their religion, their heroes and villains. Works that have survived centuries are told with such eloquence; it would only be fitting that they had a story to explain their origin. Although there are several versions, they are always centered on […]
What’s a Viking Sword? What’s not? The Distinctions of Norse Weaponry
June 18th, 2022 Awake Goy A scourge of early medieval Europe, the Vikings were a fearsome group. The very thought of a Viking sword slashing before you conjures images of fearless warriors raiding and pillaging villages, leaving chaos in their wake. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News Ancient Places Europe Read Later
BL – Norse Mythology and the Old Testament
June 13th, 2022 Awake Goy Norse Mythology Old Testament Roots (israelite.info) The post BL – Norse Mythology and the Old Testament appeared first on EURO·FOLK·RADIO. Source
Seidr Norse Magic And Noaidi Shamans Shaping Destinies
May 20th, 2022 Awake Goy Controlling outcomes, steering destiny and reversing fate in ancient times was all about spells and old-school hands-on magic. Practitioners in ancient Greek and Rome commonly used ‘binding spells’ to affect the outcomes of trade transactions, affairs of the heart and to wage revenge, while ancient Jews maintained a universal magical system known as ‘kabbalah’ which […]
The Archetypal Origins Of Norse And Celtic Sea Deities
March 29th, 2022 Awake Goy Long before the chemical composition of water was discovered, ancient cultures recognized it as the elixir of life, protected and ruled over by powerful deities. Read more Section: News History Read Later Source
Ancient Norse Teeth Plaque Helps Explain Pandemics
February 26th, 2022 Awake Goy A team of Norwegian scientists have been tracking the evolution of diseases in medieval bodies. Not only have they added to the understanding of how diseases become pandemics, but they’ve revealed new insights into the long-term effects of ‘elite breeding’ patterns. Ready for a mouthful? Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi C causes what’s known as ‘enteric […]
Operation Omicron – The Norse And Roman Gods Odin and Kronos
January 2nd, 2022 Awake Goy By Nathan Leal | Watchmancry This disclosure will expose the plan of the New World Order Beast, which includes destroying the present world which for them, requires a massive depopulation campaign, to usher in their new age of trans-humanism. If you have not repented, I would suggest that you do, because their New Age Dystopian nightmare has already […]
Ullr – The Norse Bow God
November 20th, 2021 Awake Goy By Anthony Roe In the story of the bow and arrow there is other evidence of its sacred use and supernatural associations. The bow appears occasionally in the hand of an archer on gold bracteates of the Migration period, and also on the Gallehus horns from fifth century Denmark. In one scene an archer is aiming at […]
The Norse Myth That Inspired “The Lord of the Rings”
November 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Renegade Editor’s Note: I am not a big fan of the animation, but the narration is good. The dwarves were master craftspeople. One dwarf, Andvari, forged marvelous creations. He often took the form of a fish and, one day, he swam to the land of the water nymphs, who guarded mounds of gold. When the […]
Norse Explorers Reached Azores 700 Years Before Portuguese
October 11th, 2021 Awake Goy Until now it was believed that the Azores island group was discovered by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century. However, a new study shows Norse explorers had brought animals to the islands 700 years earlier. Furthermore, the Norsemen burned and engineered the wild wooded landscape to better suit cattle grazing. The view of Mt. Pico […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: azores, before, explorers, norse, portuguese, reached, years No Comments »The Norse God Odin: Viking God of War, Father of Thor, But There’s More
July 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Odin is the chief deity of the Norse pantheon. Although Odin was worshipped more generally in Germanic paganism, the information we have today about this god is derived mostly from Norse mythology. These pieces of information include both written sources, such as myths, and archaeological finds, that combined paint a complex picture of this Norse […]
Talk Like a Viking! 10 Everyday English Words with Old Norse Origins
February 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Did you know that many words we use today such as “husband,” “happy,” and “egg” are of Old Norse origin? No? Well, this isn’t surprising, as in the minds of many people the Vikings were nothing but a bunch of brutal savages. They were however more sophisticated than most people tend to believe. Their rich […]
Of Runes And Sacrifice: The Initiation Ritual Of Odin in Norse Myth
January 25th, 2021 Awake Goy The total of the poetic, mythological and sapiential heritage of the ancient and early medieval Scandinavian tradition is contained in the texts canonically collected under the title of Edda. Within this title are usually indicated two distinct dramas: one written in prose by the great Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson (1170-1241 AD) around 1220 and therefore […]
Under Floor Hiberno-Norse Structure Now On View At A Dublin Supermarket
October 27th, 2020 Awake Goy A new Lidl supermarket in Ireland is offering shoppers insights as to how the ancient Viking people lived in the city, by making an ancient Hiberno-Norse structure viewable through glass floor panels. The Hiberno-Norse people were descendants of Vikings living in Ireland: they were a mixture of Scandinavian and Gaelic heritage. The new Lidl supermarket […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: dublin, floor, hiberno, norse, structure, supermarket, under No Comments »The God-Gifted Weapons of Norse Mythology
October 17th, 2020 Awake Goy The Vikings were warriors and therefore weaponry was at the forefront of their culture, and this is why the heroes and gods of Norse religion and folklore were armed with a range of awesome weapons that were used to control and alter the natural course of things, including the physical laws of the Norse universe. […]
Iðunn and Eden – Comparing Norse and judeo-Christian Myths
October 2nd, 2020 Awake Goy Given that it is the season of fall, when apples fall from trees, I thought I would discuss one of my favorite myths, which is that of Nordic goddess Iðunn. Iðunn is the keeper of Asgard’s apples, which keep the Gods youthful. Her name is said to mean “ever young”, “rejuvenator”, or “the rejuvenating one.” […]
Going to Hel and Back: The Realm of the Norse Goddess of the Underworld
September 12th, 2020 Awake Goy By far, Loki’s most well-known children are the ones he had with the giantess Angurboda. These include the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard Serpent Jormugandr, and the goddess Hel. Legends say that the children were born in a dark cave in Jotunheim and the gods saw them as symbols of pain, sin, and death. The Aesir […]
The Beothuk Key: Finding a Lost Chinese-Norse Civilization in Canada
September 7th, 2020 Awake Goy Two mysteries – one Oriental, one Western – have attracted considerable attention recently both in academic and popular spheres: the disappearance of the Seventh Chinese Treasure Fleet and the disappearance of the people of Greenland. Until now, people have not considered that the two stories might be somehow connected. Indeed, although very much in retrospect, […]
