Urnes Snakes - wear for Skill and Ingenuity.
Carved on large rune stones in Urnes, Norway, these snakes are the symbol of Loki - shape changer and trickster - the clever god as flexible as a serpent in wriggling out of trouble. Vikings believed snakes, in shedding their skin, were wise and unique.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY SERIES | REALMS
↳ Múspelheimr, realm of fire
Múspelheimr is one of the two primordial realms, the second being Niflheimr, land of mist and ice. It is believed that the fires of Múspelheimr melted the ice and frost of Niflheimr, and the waters that flowed forth created the giant Ymir. Múspelheimr is the domain of the fire jötunn, and their ruler Surtr, who will do battle against the Æsir, and whose flames will swallow the Earth during Ragnarök.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY SERIES | REALMS
↳ Álfheimr, abode of the light elves
Álfheimr is a heavenly realm that can be found near Ásgarðr, and is home to the light elves, also known as the álfar, or the ljósálfar. The elves of Álfheimr are known to be ambivalent, and can either help or hinder humans. They are believed to possess certain magical abilities, and are believed to be beautiful and have a sun-like aura about them. Their lord is the Vanir god Freyr, whom was gifted the realm of Álfheimr as a teething gift when he was an infant.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY SERIES | REALMS
↳ Jötunheimr, abode of the giants
Jötunheimr is filled with vast expanses of wilderness, rocky plains, mountainous regions, and dense forests. The giants that inhabited these lands, known as the jötunn or jötnar, were sworn enemies of the Æesir and Vanir, often noted in scriptures to be in opposition to or in competition with these god-races. Though they were not gods, their strength and skill were comparable to them, and the jötnar used these skills to wreak havoc on the humans of Miðgarðr.
A rabid Jotnar
Stakkars Jotne…
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Pictured here is an Adhene (a.k.a. Cloan ny moyrn, “The Children of Pride/Ambition”), a Manx Fairy about the size of a small child. These fairies are supposedly fallen angels that remained on the earth since they weren’t quite terrible enough to be in hell. More mischievous than evil, they usually pranked humans by stealing babies or wives (although, merciful humans were supposedly immune to their antics). Their one benefit to humanity was that their presence often indicated good conditions for fishing or harvest.
