The Scandinavians had their own explanation for the appearance of the runes. According to legend, Odin, chief of the Norse gods, speared himself to a tree in a self-sacrificial attempt to receive ...

Loki's first story is an abridged adaptation of the Viking creation myth, focusing on Odin's role in creating the physical settings for the stories which then follow. Loki recalls how Odin first ...

One side of this stone shows the Norse god Odin being devoured by Fenris the ... Down one side, written in ancient Norse runes, is the inscription 'Thorwald raised this cross'.