Key Takeaway
The name Ægishjálmur — "helm of awe" — is genuinely old: in the Poetic Edda it's a treasure the dragon Fafnir wore to terrify his ene...
Key Takeaway
The vegvísir — the "Viking compass" — is an Icelandic magical stave first recorded in the Huld manuscript in 1860, about 800 years af...