Similar Myths to The Walling of Asgard and the Birth of Sleipnir in Other Cultures

"The Walling of Asgard" fits pretty well into the category of "Deal with the Devil" legends. What a "Deal with the Devil" legend, you ask? Well, in one of those stories, a hero makes a deal with so...

Because of the initially hidden identity of the stone-mason, and the fact that he is completely destroyed once his identity is unmasked, "The Walling of Asgard"is also an example of a "Name of the...

Pegasus is the winged horse in Greek and Roman mythology. Pegasus is the product of Poseidon's rape of Medusa, the snake-haired woman. On another occasion, Poseidon, like Loki, transformed himself...

In Mythical Creatures of the North Country, author Walker Wyman tells a 19th-century lumberjack legend of a man who heard a galloping noise as he traveled through the forest. When he looked around,...