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The Great Myths #62: Loki is Captured & Punished (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “It was quite an achievement of Loki’s when he brought it … Continue Reading The Great Myths #62: Loki is Captured & Punished (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Thor went out across Midgard having assumed the appearance of a young boy, and … Continue Reading The Great Myths #61: Thor Goes Fishing for the World Serpent (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “Whose is the horse Sleipnir? And what is there to tell … Continue Reading The Great Myths #60: The History of Odin’s Horse (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “You say that all those men that have fallen in battle … Continue Reading The Great Myths #59: Odin Talks About Valhalla (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here [High said:]“There was someone called Gymir, and his wife Aurboda. She was of the … Continue Reading The Great Myths #58: The Love Story of Freyr & the Giantess Gerd (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here High continued: “And Loki had other offspring too. There was a giantess called Angrboda … Continue Reading The Great Myths #57: Loki’s Monstrous Children (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “Where is the chief center or holy place of the gods?” … Continue Reading The Great Myths #56: The Early History of Yggdrasil (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here The Prose Edda, one of the greatest sources for Norse mythology, begins with … Continue Reading The Great Myths #55: An Island is Cut Away & the Prose Edda Begins (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here As the compiler of this myth notes: “The Orpheus myth is also popular among … Continue Reading The Great Myths #54: A Native American Orpheus (Tachi Yokut)

Read the other Great Myths here Long ago the slaughter-gods were eating their hunting-prey in the mood for a drink, … Continue Reading The Great Myths #53: Thor Goes Fishing for the Serpent that Surrounds the World (Norse)

Read the other Great Myths here Here is Andy Orchard’s translation of the Rígsthula, where the culture hero Ríg wanders … Continue Reading The Great Myths #52: Ríg Gives Advice (Norse)

Two chapters from the Tao Te Ching, and each in three different translations, on the limitations of even the best … Continue Reading The Great Myths #47: Sacred Language & the Limitation of Words (Taoism)

Here are two passages from Homer’s Odyssey featuring the common household bard of prehistoric Greece. The first poet, the description … Continue Reading The Great Myths #46: Sacred Language & Homer’s Poets (Greek)

One of the longer myths I’ll post here, the following story is well worth it, and is indeed a master-class … Continue Reading The Great Myths #43 Sacred Language & the Story of Gwion Bach & Taliesin (Welsh)

A brother of the monastery is found to possess God’s gift of poetry [A. D. 680] In this monastery of … Continue Reading The Great Myths #42: Sacred Language & the Story of Caedmon (Christian)

…And Aegir went on: “How did this craft that you call poetry originate?” Bragi replied: “The origin of it was … Continue Reading The Great Myths #41: Sacred Language & the Mead of Poetry (Norse)