2020-07-19 Norse Vikings, Myths and Legends

Idun and her Golden Apples – The Goddess of Youth

Idun is one of the most important goddesses in Norse mythology. The name of this goddess has been variously translated to mean ‘The Rejuvenating One’, ‘Ever Young’, and ‘Rejuvenator’, which highlights the role she has in the Norse pantheon. You can guess how worried the other gods would be if anything happened to her. One of the best-known Norse myths is known as ‘The Kidnapping of Idun’, in which it is demonstrated just how important this goddess was to the […]

2020-07-05 Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Myths and Legends

Twelve Labours of Hercules

The Twelve Labours of Heracles are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished over 12 years at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. After Heracles […]

2020-07-05 Myths and Legends, Norse Vikings

The Binding of Fenrir

The The prophecy said that Fenrir, Loki’s wolf son, would be a great threat to the Aesir. Based on that the Asgardian godsput him under constant surveillance, the wolf grew day after day and became a source of concern for the Asgardians except Tyr, who befriended Fenrir. They concluded that the animal had to be imprisoned. The Asgardians deities forged powerful chains in an attempt to imprison Fenrir, and to hide their real intentions the gods presented a challenge to […]