Myths & Gods
Odin, Thor, Freya, Loki and the nine worlds. Norse mythology as it reached us, in the Eddas and other sources.
Myths, sagas and stories of the North, from every age
The gods of Asgard, the kings of the sagas, the sailors who crossed the Atlantic, the Scandinavian fairy tales — true, legendary or invented, with the nature of each stated at the top of the page.
The sections
Sagas & Kings
The Icelandic sagas and the kings of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, between what the source tells and what history confirms.
Viking Age
Seafaring, trade, settlement and expeditions, from the late eighth to the eleventh century, and what archaeology shows.
Tales & Folklore
Trolls, huldrefolk, nisser and Scandinavian fairy tales: the folklore and the original stories inspired by it.
How to read each text
Documented history
Facts, people and places supported by archaeology, documents or historians' work. Where specialists disagree, the text says so.
Saga or medieval source
What a saga, a chronicle or another medieval text tells, attributed to it. Many were written centuries after the events, and the text does not treat them as exact record.
Myth or legend
Stories of gods, beings and heroes of the Norse tradition, told from the sources that preserved them. Never presented as fact.
Original tale
Fiction invented for this site, inspired by the folklore and myths of the North. It is not documented tradition.
Every text states its nature: documented history, saga or medieval source, myth or legend, or original tale. Where there is a source, it is listed at the end.
The texts are narrated by artificial intelligence. The responsible editor is Paulo Fernando de Barros.