I want to showcase the wild side of the northern settlements, with ancient rituals and monsters—something like Ättestupa to scare the players. I'd appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance.

I would honestly be impressed if someday we can get actual reconstructions of Proto Germanic language to use in future media. I believe that using anachronistic language like Old Norse doesn’t fit.

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Curious what are physical features powers and traits like personality valkryies have

I already started listening to so let me kniw if im missing anything

Ride wolfs horse boars

Born as normal women become them upon death

Uses Spear

Steal/destroy cloak/armor means she marries the man if she finds it she flees and he must undergo a trial to get her hand back

Make loom entrails arrows spears and heads

Assit kings n hero

Jotunn women can become valkryie to

originally monsterous women feasted on slain then brought the souls up) now feminine beauty masculine strength

Blonde bright /pale hair paler skin noble birth snake eyed looks like blazing fire

Power
Hamr like besrkr but for women to transform ( feathered cloak/ swanskin)
Can choose who dies or lives even resurrecting fallen
Super human strength n speed
Power of forsight
Talk/turn to birds

Lure men to battle and rival to normal women

I want to learn about mythology.

Do you have any book or movie recommendations?

Recently I became interested in the contradiction between monism and pluralism as metaphysical concepts, and this made me wonder whether Niflheim and Muspelheim appeared before Ginnungagap or after it. Do the Norse myths explicitly say that Niflheim and Muspelheim emerged from Ginnungagap, or were they eternal just like Ginnungagap itself? I would appreciate help answering this question.

I'm pretty new to Norse mythology and was wondering if someone might be able to explain the mechanics of seiðr magic to me?

Starting Point:
From my current understanding, Freya and Odin are able to use seiðr magic to glimpse into the urðr, allowing them to see different "threads" or outcomes of things.

Clarifications:
Do they have to do anything special, or is it as simple as observing someone and just seeing their future? Does it work on everyone, or are there people and entities that are unable to be seen?

Bonus Hypothetical:
If someone were to try to glimpse into the urðr of Yggdrasil, what do you think they would see?

I'd appreciate any insight, corrections, and additional resources you guys have about this topic!

If this kind of post isn’t allowed i apologize, i figured this would be a good place to start:

I am doing research for a book I am making (the second so far), and the premise of these books is to portray a scientific report of an expedition to catalogue a variety of fantastical creatures, taking inspiration from folklore, mythology and history.

The first book I did focused towards an expedition of Sea Serpents in the North Atlantic (with a focus on a a sea serpent that inspired the Jormungandr myths, i dubbed “Thalassogigas jormungandri”)

The next book I plan to do about Trolls, Ogres, and Goblins.

So my question is, if Trolls were a real life animal, or creature of some sort, where do you think it would fit in with our established Animal Kingdom? Do you think they could be classified as Mammals, even primates? Reptiles? Or do you think they would be on an entirely new branch?

Curious to hear others thoughts and to discuss.

Thanks!

These categories are not rigid, as this is a attempt to organize recurring types of Germanic and Norse folklore beings. Many of these categoris overlap heavily depending on region and tradition, and several names are broad or inconsistent in folklore sources.

I am counting Germanic folklore as Scandinavian (Sweden, Norway, Denmark), Icelandic, German, Dutch, Alpine German, and North Sea (Orkney, Shetland, Faroe Islands and some Scottish areas) folklore.

I am mainly focusing on beings that are portrayed as collective groups, hidden peoples, recurring spirit-types, or non-solitary supernatural communities, rather than primarily singular monsters, unique beings, undead revenants, shapeshifters, or fate entities. So beings like the Huldra, Draugr, Werewolves, Norns, or many solitary water spirits are mostly excluded unless they are consistently portrayed as part of larger societies or recuring communal types.

Here is my list of Germanic folklore beings:

Unclear:

• Trolls
• Trows
• Elves
• Perchten

Parallel hidden folk:

Normal sized:

• Vittra
• Huldufólk
• Sálufólk
• Tusser

Small like

• Bjergfolk
• Underjordiske
• Småfolk
• maybe Kabouters
• also Tusser depending on the story

Underground Craft beings:

• Erdmännlein
• Bergleute
• Unterirdische
• Dwarves

Small forest spirits:

• Moosleute
• Waldleute
• Holzweibel

House/Ship spirits:

• Tomter
• Nisser
• Heinzelmännchen
• Kobolde
• Wichtel

Water beings:

• Finfolk
• court Nixies
• Merfolk