Breðafönn
Breðafönn – Watercolor 12×9 The old Norse word literally means “snowdrift” or “glacier”. To the Norse, there were two distinct ways to kill, manslaughter and murder. After the act of […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Journey to the Stars
Journey to the stars – Acrylic on medium texture paper – 21 x 29.7 This is one of my favorite drawings. It was very simple to make and actually ended […]
Owl Coat – Ugla Skyrta *SOLD* Acrylic on Canvas 30×40 The Shaman’s coat is the shield. Taking the form of a bird, the coat slowly begins to take another shape […]
World’s oldest wooden statue
Scientists in Germany are ever closer to dating an ancient wooden statue which they say contains secret encrypted codes written around 9,500 years ago – possibly the oldest on the […]
The Nine Worlds: Niflheim
Niflheim literally means “The Home of Mists”. In the norse mythology and cosmology this realm is depicted as being very cold, covered by snow, frost and ice. Niflheim is one […]
To a friend
I knew one, friend of old true was his friendship and love gleaming heart of pure gold akin to a brother? Sort of… In a tarn of clouds now lies […]
Working With The Gods: Loki
Those who work with the god Loki the Trickster, said to be a very hard god to work with and to handle. The first thing you need to have in […]
Ancestors’ Blót – 11th Of November
Normally, the ancestors day is held at the 1st day of November in the case of the celtic old pagan beliefs, after Samhain at the 31st of October, or in […]
Working With The Gods: Hela
In the Norse pantheon, Hel/Hela is the goddess of death, the deity that rules in the underworld and all its denizens. In previous posts I have written about her already. […]
Viking Burial Customs
Much of the knowledge we know about the Viking societies and other northern people from Scandinavia, comes from their burial rites. After death, it was belived by the Vikings, that […]
Whispers of Yggdrasil 