Part II: Finn-magic. Ingimund commences the trip to Iceland . King Harold had retired, the mightiest of all kings in the Nor...

Themes: The Finnwife as prognosticator and the Finns themselves as powerful seers. Destiny versus fortune. Things that can versus thi...

Seers in the New Year: Good Luck, Bad Luck or Out of Luck A Fairy Tale from Iceland: Groa’s Magic It is said that many summe...

To help you navigate the various Christmas links on this blog, sort through the many different Christmas themes and perhaps provide impetus...

The Wild Way / Vicentine and Veronese Alps From a remote area of the Italian Alps, a fairy tale about Christmas spirits haunting the W...

Christmas: a Time of Carols, Trees and Hauntings Christmas trees figure prominently in modern celebrations of the season. However the...

Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 3: Child of Mary There was once a woodcutter, who lived with his wife outside a deep forest. He...

Grimm’s Legend No. 1: a tale of guardian angels, porridge and noses with the Blessed Saint Joseph presiding in the forest. Saint Joseph in...

The Trolls of Winter In early December when the first winter winds blew down from the north, heavy snow fell on the Hall of King Wil...

Grimm’s Saga No. 134: Holy St. Nicholas and the Thief At Greifswald in Pomerania an image of St. Nicholas hung in the Gertrude Chapel. On...

Grimms' Saga No. 277: The Advent Flibbertigibbet On the mountain road to Haenlein, but also in the area around Lorsch, people call...

The Marriage of King Wilt and Lady Lee in the Great Hall King Wilt married his bride, Lady Lee, on Christmas Eve 1444. At the marriage feast...