Myths Collection

Ceyx and Alcyone were a devoted royal couple whose love was so profound they compared themselves to the gods Zeus and Hera. Their hubris led to a tragic shipwreck where Ceyx perished, but the...

Clytie, an Oceanid water nymph, fell deeply in love with the sun god Helius but was eventually abandoned for the princess Leucothoe. Driven by jealousy, Clytie revealed the affair to the...

Following the mysterious disappearance of her husband Óðr, the goddess Freyja wanders through distant lands in a desperate search to find him. In her profound grief, she weeps tears that undergo...

This tragic myth recounts the curse of the nymph Echo, who could only repeat the words of others, and her unrequited love for the beautiful but vain Narcissus. After rejecting Echo and many...

According to ancient Greek myth, the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, was born from the white sea foam produced by the severed genitals of the sky god Uranus. She emerged fully grown from...

After Apollo mocks the god of love, Eros retaliates by striking Apollo with a golden arrow of desire and the nymph Daphne with a leaden arrow of revulsion. This leads to a relentless pursuit...

Völundr, a master smith and son of a Finn king, lived in the Wolf-dales with his two brothers and their swan-maiden wives. After nine years of marriage, the maidens flew away to fulfill their...

Following the tragic death of the god Baldr by a mistletoe arrow, his wife Nanna is overwhelmed by a grief so profound that her heart physically breaks. During the grand funeral at the shore, as...

The fertility god Freyr commits a grave transgression by sitting upon Odin's sacred throne, Hliðskjálf, which allows the observer to see into all worlds. From this high seat, he glimpses the...

The goddess Freyja, devastated by the disappearance of her husband Oðr, travels through Midgard in various disguises to find him. As she wanders the earth and the sea, her tears of grief...

The fertility god Freyr falls into a deep melancholy after catching a glimpse of the beautiful giantess Gerðr. To win her hand, he sends his messenger Skírnir to Jotunheim, but is forced to pay a...