EVIDENCE of a CHRONOLOGICAL MYTHIC EPIC
From Creation to Ragnarokby Margaret Clunies Rossfrom Prolonged Echoes, Vol. I, ch, 7, 1994 “It has been argued (Bauschatz 1982,119-54, esp. 140-3) that there was such a thing as a ‘Germanic’ conception of time which divided it into past and non-past, not into past, present and future. I can find no support for this notion
THE TABLE IS SET: GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER?
Visiting Gods at the Yuletide Table In old heathen times, the purpose of the Hearth Cult was not to invoke the wild nature spirits, but to welcome the gods who commanded such creatures. After a thorough study of her legends and her related forms, both Jacob Grimm and Erica Timm identified Frau Holla, Perchta, Berhte
Frigg of the Vanir
Odin’s Wife:Mother Earth in Germanic Mythologyby William P. Reaves © 2010 Frigg of the Vanir The conclusion that Frigg is the Germanic Earth Mother now seems inescapable. As Odin is called the All-father, Frigg has the appearance of an All-mother. The poet Egill Skallagrimsson refers to the gods collectively as “Frigg‟s progeny.”1 She is the
