"Völuspá" also included the name Eikinskjaldi, which, when translated from Old Norse, means "Oakenshield," the epithet of Thorin II from The Hobbit. The existence of Dark Elves, known in Old ...

one might presume that the presence of the elves made it a bright and sunny place. Whilst it shares some similarities with the Christian form of hell, the Norse realm of Hel (or Helheim) was a grim, ...

The Broken Sword takes you into a dark and tragic world where elves, trolls, and Norse gods weave a tale of epic conflict. Skafloc, stolen by elves as a child, grows up among them while his ...