by Lyonel Perabo | Jan 31, 2016 | BIVROST Stories
High up North along the coast of Arctic Norway lie two long fjords whose names call back memories of ancestral Gods and a civilization that has now become legend. These fjords are the fjords of the ancient Norse Gods. There is a lot we modern people simply don’t...
by Lyonel Perabo | Dec 29, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
The numerous traditions surrounding Jul, the Nordic Christmas, are both unique and colorful. Some of the most remarkable and noteworthy ones are presented today. As we established in the previous post of this series ( Jul, a Nordic Christmas pt 1 : The Ancient Sun...
by Lyonel Perabo | Dec 12, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
In the North, Christmas is celebrated quite differently from the rest of the world. One reason for this is that the modern celebration of Christmas has been strongly influenced by an earlier feast, celebrated even before the Age of the Vikings, Jul ! The origin of the...
by Lyonel Perabo | Jun 24, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
For Millenia the inhabitants of Arctic Norway have lived by and for the sea. In the unforgiving northern landscape where the soil gives only meager means for survival, the men and women of this land lived to harvest the sea. In the Bronze and Iron Age, more than two...
by Lyonel Perabo | Jun 9, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Intellectuals from the Medieval Islamic world were among the wisest and most knowledgeable of their time and some were extremely well-informed about the mysterious North, the land of the Northern Lights and the Polar Night. In the year 922, the Iraqi dignitary and...
