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Massacre at Sandby Borg: A Nordic Pompeii Mystery Unfolds
On a windswept Öland night 1,500 years ago, terror struck. In a coastal stone ringfort known as Sandby Borg, families settled by their hearths never…
Jul 18
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Hags and witches in the north
Kalevala, Lapland witches and more
Jul 13
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Louhi and Lapland Witches: Northern Magic in Myth and History
Louhi: Hag Queen of Pohjola
Jul 13
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Trolls of Sweden: Folklore, Myth, and Cultural Echoes
Jun 8
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The soul in Scandinavian mythology
Jun 11
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Vampires of the North: Norse Myth and the Undead in Victorian Britain
Jul 3
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Hags and witches in the north
Jul 13
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The Dwarf Andvare and the Ring Andvaranaut
Jun 17
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Werewolfs in Scandinavia: The Soul’s Journey and The Self-Shifter
Jun 2
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Vampires and Watchmen: The Medieval Undead in Icelandic Sagas
Walking Corpses of the North
Jul 10
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Eerie Legends of the Northern Seas: Water Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore
On a wind-swept Nordic coast under the midnight sun, ancient stories ripple through the fjords and forest lakes.
Jul 6
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Summer Pastures (Fäbodar)
The Dairymaid, the Trolls, and the Robbers
Jun 20
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Midsummer!
The text below is taken from the book The Life of the Swedish Common People in Folklore, Beliefs, and Poetry by ethnologist Tobias Norlind.
Jun 18
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The Dwarf Andvare and the Ring Andvaranaut
Foto: Bengt A Lundberg / Riksantikvarieämbetet, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Jun 17
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Tolkien and the Kalevala: A Northern Light in Middle-earth
A Spark from Finland: Tolkien Discovers the Kalevala
Jul 13
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Kalevala- Songs from the Far North
Rediscovering the Kalevala and Its Mythic Resonance
Jul 13
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Vampires and Watchmen: The Medieval Undead in Icelandic Sagas
Walking Corpses of the North
Jul 10
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Eerie Legends of the Northern Seas: Water Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore
On a wind-swept Nordic coast under the midnight sun, ancient stories ripple through the fjords and forest lakes.
Jul 6
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Milton’s Night-Hag and Fuseli’s Vision of Lapland Witches
In Henry Fuseli’s oil painting The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches (c.
Jul 4
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The Sea’s Two Faces
The Devouring Sea: Drowned by Tentacles and Gods
Jul 4
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