Myths Collection

While visiting the hall of the giant Utgarda-Loki, the thunder god Thor is challenged to a series of tests, including a drinking contest from a massive horn. Unknown to Thor, the giants have used magic to connect the other end of the horn directly to the vast ocean. Despite failing to empty the vessel, Thor's immense strength allows him to drink so much water that he visibly lowers the sea...

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 princess's father, leading to a tragic end for her rival and causing Helius to despise Clytie forever. Consumed by grief and regret, Clytie sat upon the earth for nine days without food or water, staring at...

In the primordial age of Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Vili, and Ve slew the first giant, Ymir, whose body formed the world. The resulting deluge of his blood was so vast that it drowned nearly the entire race of Frost Giants, with only Bergelmir and his wife surviving to repopulate their kind. This cosmic event marks the transition from primordial chaos to the ordered world of the Aesir.