Do you think troll dolls would be as popular if they were known as Dammit Dolls? It is an apt question because those tiny naked imps with the hideous Marge Simpson hair style were originally known as Dammit Dolls after their creator, a woodcarver from Denmark named Thomas Dam. For most of their early days, […]
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The epics of Norse mythology, filled with the tales of ancient gods and Viking heroes, are one of the major windows we have on the society and religion of the ancient Scandinavians. In the heathen mythology (referred to as Asatru by modern day practitioners) there was a great war between the two races of gods; […]
It was in the 1960s when collecting trolls first became popular. But, today there are still collectors looking for funny looking rubber critters. The first to troll were Dam Rerum in Denmark. Thomas Dam was the first to carve wooden trolls for objects and people they liked. Due to the excessive desire of more […]
Norse mythology, also called Asatru or heathenism by those who treat it as a religion, is incomplete to our modern knowledge. The parts that we do have of this pagan myth cycle are vivid, and they give insights into the ancient world of the Vikings. Perhaps one of the best known myths, and one that […]
A lock or tuft of hair growing in a different direction from the rest of the hair is called a cowlick. Most authors agree with the major dictionaries that the reason for this expression is that the flock looks like an ox licking it. But why a cow? Why not a cat or a dog […]