Orpheus plays his lyre on his way through the underworld, surrounded by the dead.
Orpheus journeys to the land of the dead to attempt to bring his wife, Eurydice, back to life.
🎨 by Orpheus in Hades, 1897 by Pierre Amédée Marcel-Beronneau
#WyrdWednesday
They called her bonne femme when they needed her, far, far worse things when they thought they didn't... and then, there was her goat.
Our 11th #darkspringtime story is a witchy tale from Burgundy on the brink of the Great Revolution - read it below.
🎨 Dappermouth
They’re everywhere! Well not really
This is the world’s only fictitious travelogue through the Nordic countries that features plagiarizing warrior-poets, beer-brewing draugar, Dalecarlian horse-toy cavalries, enslaved leprechauns, and family feuds that end in the violent razing of a Norwegian dollhouse.
#wyrdwednesday
Skellig Michael, off Ireland’s County Kerry coast, holds a 6th-century monastic settlement perched above the sea. Visitors climb 600 steep steps to reach ancient beehive huts. Today the island is also known for puffins and its role in 'Star Wars'. #WyrdWednesday
Image: Jerzy Strzelecki
✍🏻 "Beowulf" the funeral of Scyld Scefing 📸 Valerie Fenwick "Possible ship's ‘cresset’...replicated and fired
#WyrdWednesday "Men ne cunnon...hwa þæm hlæste onfeng/ No-one knows who received that cargo". And so Scyld Scefing, Germanic prince, takes his final voyage. His funeral ship may be magnificent, but he shares this destination with all of us drifting, in the end, into the unknown #MedievalSky
…though no actual physical altercations. We can thank Ib Spang Olsen for this illuminating illustration that appears in Ole Rustrup’s classic Danish book of Norse myths.
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After a long journey atop her swine-powered mode of transportation, Freyja finally arrives at the decrepit cave-home of the unfriendly giantess, Hyndla. As with most divine visits to the giants, this one also ends in insults and threats…
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#wyrdwednesday
Leif Eriksson awareness being promoted.
Wyrdlings!
It’s Douglas Adams’ 74th birthday and we take you to all the nice ones, with:
“Wyrd Travelogues and Going Places Wynderful"
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Don’t Panic!
Come, gather and tell us tales of journeys into the unknown, from myth, lore and lit!
Shadows of the dying sun 🎶🎶🎶
Today is a good day to admire the artistry of the purse lid from Sutton Hoo.
The redheads have arrived in all their bountiful glory
The world’s only Norse mythology-based parody of a Penguin Classic: because everyone deserves to learn about Odin and Thor from a drunkard with a heavy Boston accent (although a standard English language version also exists).
The smooth jazz soundtrack of this 25 year old Swedish documentary about ancient Celts is absolutely mind blowing
Everyday should be that day!
#ShowYourVendelPeriodHelmetinAppreciationofGamlaUppsala
More imagery (from the book interior)!
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’Tis a beauty!
This is a book all about Gamla Uppsala from the Vendel Period up through the post-conversion medieval era. Easy to read and easy on the eyes but only available in Swedish since that’s just how it is.
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It comes on tap?!?
(But not in pints)
Väinämöinen carves the first kantele from the jaw of a giant pike. Illustration by Pasi Leinonen.
The greatest hero in Finnish folklore is Väinämöinen, a mighty warrior, shaman, and musician with a magical voice. He once slew a giant pike and made the first kantele (a traditional Finnish plucked-string instrument) from the pike's jaw and a young lady's hair.
🎨Pasi Leinonen
#WyrdWednesday
Boudica doing her thing
(her thing is eradicating Roman towns 2000 years ago)
Beautifully carved bed boards found in the Gokstad burial mound.
#wyrdwednesday
Don’t forget about Vendel
scandinavianaggression.com/2025/04/welc...
Wyrdlings!
Some things are set in stone. Or wood. Or bone. You name it, since this week:
"Carvings, Inscriptions & Writings on the Wall"
is our #WyrdWednesday topic – so, tell us tales of wyrd bas-reliefs, strange runes on artefacts and otherworldy hieroglyphs found in deep dungeons!
The end is here! Of both book and beer. Full review of @gregoryamato.bsky.social’s Fallen to Fury over at Goodreads if you wish to read it. Overall: a great end to a great series, highly recommended! And drink a beer, too, because you should.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
Today is a good day to admire The Defence of the Sampo by Jospeh Alanen, shown here in all its glory at the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki.
