Category: Mythology

Superstitions and Halloween

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Halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic and superstition. It began as a Celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. For these friendly spirits, they set places at the dinner table, left treats on doorsteps Read More …

Norse Myth of Brisingamen, a Necklace and the Goddess Freya Who Loved it

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Freya, along with her brother Frey, was a fertility goddess who belonged to the Vanir, but lived with the Aesir faction of the Norse gods.  As well as being a fertility goddess, she was also a goddess of battle.  She was beyond beautiful and had Read More …