by Lyonel Perabo | Jan 27, 2017 | BIVROST Stories
Sitting atop Bivrost, the Northern Lights bridge, is the mighty Heimdall. The powerful God, whose mission it is to guard both Åsgård, the land of the Gods, and Midgård, the land of men. He was also, according to the Medieval poem Rígsþula, the father of mankind on...
by Lyonel Perabo | Mar 30, 2016 | BIVROST Stories
While she is little-known outside Scandinavia today, Queen Gunnhildr from Arctic Norway was, during her reign in the Viking Age, one of Europe’s most powerful woman, almost single-handedly exemplifying the image of the strong-willed Viking woman. According to...
by Lyonel Perabo | Feb 28, 2016 | BIVROST Stories
For many, the beautiful landscapes of the Lofoten islands are synonymous with holidays, celebrations, peace and the perfect embodiment of the wild Arctic nature. However, in the Middle-Ages, very different stories were circulating about the beautiful archipelago,...
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...
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...
