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The Black death-Pesta arrives
When the Black Death swept through Norway, she came with it—Pesta, the plague hag with her broom and rake.
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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…
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Hags and witches in the north
Kalevala, Lapland witches and more
Louhi and Lapland Witches: Northern Magic in Myth and History
Louhi: Hag Queen of Pohjola
Tolkien and the Kalevala: A Northern Light in Middle-earth
A Spark from Finland: Tolkien Discovers the Kalevala
Kalevala- Songs from the Far North
Rediscovering the Kalevala and Its Mythic Resonance
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Vampires and Watchmen: The Medieval Undead in Icelandic Sagas
Walking Corpses of the North
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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.
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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.
The Sea’s Two Faces
The Devouring Sea: Drowned by Tentacles and Gods
Vampires of the North: Norse Myth and the Undead in Victorian Britain
Imagine a Viking ghost – a hulking medieval corpse that walks after death – being described with the same term as Dracula.

June 2025

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