This day we celebrate with baking of buns and decorating with birch, and it falls on Sunday, 7 weeks before Easter morning (Austr)....

The general belief that prevails today is that Valentine's Day is a sales day for the stores and merchants. It is expected that you will...

It was a battle cry of the tribes of Heiðmǫrk (todays Hedmark in Norway). The name of the place itself stems from Norways biggest lake in...

Hélhestr is marked in the month Søkkvabekkr («descending / deep river»), with the zodiac sign Vatnkarl (Aquarius) - home to the goddess...

The Runes - the letters used by our ancestors are today under heavy attack from cultural marxists, cancel culture and anti-Norse...

Hókonótt and the celebration of this night, we can read about in our sagas. The etymology is not considered to be entirely certain, but...

Eldbjørgdagen is not so well known today, but it is held to varying degrees in the countryside. It marks the end of the Yule celebration....

It is videly discussed if the different deities, figures and creatures in our mythology, fairy tales, songs and culture can represent...

Christmas is one of our most beloved traditions. All hearts rejoice, it is said. We light the Advent candles, bake the familiar cakes and...

The traditions surrounding the Lucia celebration represent strong childhood memories for many. There was magic and excitement attached to...

We have several findings of runes on different items from Björgvín (todays Bergen, Norway). The name of the place itself carries the two...

Why is it so - that modern humans struggle to understand our myths and fairy tales? Well, there are several reasons for it, but one major...

The content of the Nordic and Norwegian Christmas is exclusively European pagan. Christmas is one of our oldest holidays and most...

Local lores are pure treasures, and this time we will take a closer look at another local one, namely Gridhamars-kjerringi er nerkøne åt...

Halloween celebrations have resumed in Norway, to the annoyance and torment of many adults. We are constantly hearing that this is an...

The God Þórr is amongst our Gods one of the most significant. With his many travels and adventures in our myths, with his iron glove,...

The Fairy Tale the Boy and the Troll-Horse is a local one from Valdres. The tale has survived in an ancient oral tradition and was...

From our legends, fairytales and songs we read about heroes who fight dragons. These myths are found everywhere in indo-European,...

Vetranóthelgr (the weekend of the winter nights) falls in the last month of the year in our ancestors' oldest calendar. The month is...

Equinox is a term at times when day and night are the same. Then the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun and the equator. It...

This high festival falls in our original calendar in the month Glaðsheimr (shining light world) - home to the god Odin. From the end of...

There was once, as well could be, a king. He had two daughters, who were mean and ugly, but the third was as fair as sweet as the bright...

In Valdres we have an almost endeless source of pagan folklore and stories. Many of them are tainted with later Christian elements, but a...

There are many out there writing about our famous myths, but few interpret less known tales and folklore. This myth/lore (Kongshaugen...