Happy New Year ✨️🌕✨️ The start of the new year is time for r..
Added 2024-01-02 04:18:06 +0000 UTCHappy New Year ✨️🌕✨️ The start of the new year is time for renewal, reflection, and for setting intention. I'll be honest...it's a rare thing for me to pick up an actual book (with not a single picture in its pages!), but if it's about history or mythology...I'm all in! Especially when it's written by the brilliant and prolific storyteller Neil Gaiman. It feels seasonally appropriate with the cold wind and ice outside my door to pick up 'Norse Mythology,' a retelling of the centuries old stories of the Nordic gods. Reading the tales of distant ancestors, passed down over the ages by mouth, some scarce writings, and long forgotten engravings makes me feel more connected to our roots. Who were the first people to tell these stories? Who was Odin or Thor or Freya to the early people of Scandinavia? Just divine concepts or maybe real life individuals immortalized and ascended to godhood through shared and celebrated folklore? Was Thor really a big dumb himbo, and would he think I was cute? The mysteries of our history are keeping me cozy this winter 🔥
