Iris By William Savage Cooper (1893)

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[N] - Nøkken are shapeshifting water spirits.

The Scandinavian näcken, näkki, nøkk were male, they played enchanted songs on the violin, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams.

Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889-90)

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[E] - Eostre, according to the stories, is a goddess associated with flowers and springtime.

Eostre first makes her appearance in literature about thirteen hundred years ago in the Venerable Bede’s Temporum Ratione. Bede tells us that April is known as Eostremonath, and is named for a goddess that the Anglo-Saxons honored in the spring.

Interestingly, Eostre doesn’t appear anywhere in Germanic mythology, and despite assertions that she might be a Norse deity, she doesn’t show up in the poetic or prose Eddas either. However, she could certainly have belonged to some tribal group in the Germanic areas, and her stories may have just been passed along through oral tradition.

Is there a word for that like, “bright darkness” you get in winter?? When it’s been snowing or it’s supposed to snow past sunset and the sky isn’t Dark Enough. One of my favorite things

out of the 500 myrmidon warriors who follow me into battle i only want to marry about 2 of you. do better

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Asteria (Ἀστερία) was the goddess of nocturnal oracles and shooting stars

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[H] - Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is the winged herald and messenger of the Olympian gods. In addition, he is also a divine trickster, and the god of roads, flocks, commerce, and thieves.

Nike: *catwalking with fancy Nike shoes* Hermes: *swinging a fancy Hermès handbag* Aphrodite: *flexing fancy Venus jewelry and lingerie* Artemis: What are they doing? Apollo: Olympus Fashion Show.

Norse mythology from A to Z:

[T] - Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the god of thunder, the sky, and agriculture.

Greek mythology from A to Z:

[A] - Atlas (Ἄτλας) was the leader of the Titan rebellion against Zeus, and he got a fitting punishment after the end of the Titanomachy: he was condemned to eternally hold up the sky.