@lorraineelizab6.bsky.socialSunniva! 10th C Irish princess fled a Viking suitor! But the wind blew her & followers to Norway! There they were suspected of killing sheep. As the Vikings approached they hid in a cave, which Sunniva prayed would collapse! Feared rape, enslavement etc. Instantly there were in heaven #WyrdWednesday
@greatdetective.bsky.socialAlfhildr Enginnsdóttir, a Viking shield-maiden, now a multi-temporal police detective in Oslo, in BEFOREIGNERS. #WyrdWednesday
@anniebrassey.bsky.social"Viking's last journey - to Valhalla."
Bexhill Observer 26.8.1972.
#WyrdWednesday #Bexhill #Sussex #Viking #1970s
@mccartneyjoe.bsky.socialDid you know that the Vikings first invaded Ireland in the 8th century, raiding a monastery on Rathlin Island on the north east coast. It is home to three unique lighthouses, including the famous "upside-down" West Lighthouse
#WyrdWednesday
[📷 Rathlin Island taken by my daughter, August 2026]
@theghostmonk.bsky.social'The ship that went just as well on land as on water'... an illustration by Theodor Kittelson for the Norwegian folk tale, 'The Ash Lad and the Good Helpers'. It comes from a rather lovely anthology of such tales published in 1960.
#WyrdWednesday #folktale #legend #Norway #Norwegian #Scandinavian
@wyrdwednesday.bsky.socialGood morning, Wyrdlings!
We're going North this #WyrdWednesday, with our theme:
"Norse Myths and Wild Viking Vibes!"
@cwreeve.bsky.social here acting as your skald first thing, SHOW ME YOUR WYRD!!
@folklorescotland.bsky.socialStoor Worm from Norse myth. A sea serpent appeased with a sacrifice of seven souls. When slain, it's teeth became the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands
more: "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com
#WyrdWednesday #Scotland
art: Annie Stegg
@stephengrae.bsky.socialHeard of the 'Loki Stone' at Kirkby Stephen Church? The carved stone figure resembling a horned devil, its legs and arms bound by heavy irons, and associated with Loki
more in my "Folklore of the Lake District"
#WyrdWednesday #booksky
📷 my most recent visit to the church
@lorraineelizab6.bsky.social#Otd 872: Earliest verifiable date of Viking invasion in #Dunrally, Co. #Laois. Longphort planted by Rodolf son of Harald Klak at Dunrally 850–62 (E Kelly/J Maas). Viking invasions much earlier; rechru; Lambay Island or Rathlin (795). 🎨'Guests from Overseas', Nicholas Roerich (1901). #WyrdWednesday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialIn the Old Norse epic Heimskringla, King Aun sacrifices his sons to the god Odin to prolong his own life. Aun becomes so old he can't walk. His teeth fall out, so he relies on a drinking-horn for sustenance. He finally dies when his people stop him from sacrificing his tenth son. #WyrdWednesday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialNorse god Odin is known for hanging himself on the World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days, sacrificing himself for divine knowledge. During this time, he has visions of other worlds Yggdrasil connects to. He returns from the dead with the ability to read runes. #WyrdWednesday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialIn the Icelandic epic Hálfssaga, King Alrek has two wives, Signy and Geirhild, and decides to keep the one that brews the best ale. Geirhild wins with help from the god Odin, but pays with her unborn child's life. Her son Vikar is later sacrificed to summon wind for stranded ships. #WyrdWednesday
@pj-richards.bsky.social🦉🥚🦉An old folk-medicine cure for failing eyesight was to eat an owl's egg, a bird famed for its keen vision.
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday
@wyrdwednesday.bsky.socialWyrdlings!
On the anniversary of the long ships battling at Baltic Svolder in CE 1000, we give you:
"Norse Myths and Wild Viking Vibes!"
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come, turn skald or völvur and work some story seidr with us!
@crystalponti.bsky.socialFolklore across Britain warned of corpse roads, old paths used to carry the dead to burial grounds. Ghosts and strange lights supposedly lingered along some routes. A road traveled repeatedly by the dead eventually gained stories of travelers who never quite left. #WyrdWednesday
@crystalponti.bsky.socialThe Scottish bean nighe is a fairy woman sometimes seen washing bloodstained clothing beside lonely streams. The clothes supposedly belong to someone about to die. Finding a mysterious laundress by the river was therefore a very good reason to keep walking. #WyrdWednesday
@crystalponti.bsky.socialThe Fetch of Irish folklore is a supernatural double of a living person. Seeing your own fetch could be an omen of death. Seeing someone else's might mean their death was approaching. Apparently running into yourself was once considerably worse than awkward. #WyrdWednesday
@observethedate.bsky.social