Tag Archive for: great spirit

audhumlaHengest Thorsson

Giants and the reliability of received mythology (from the Eddas, Snorri and Saxo)

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There appear to be two main classifications of deity grouped together under the term "giant": great creative spirits, and the powerful guardians of certain localities - mountains and rivers, for instance.
audhumlaHengest Thorsson

Audumla

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In the mists and distances of the All and Forever Audumla has her being, a shadowy figure, the first Great Mother. She stands at the gateway of Change.