Norse Religion & Lore+1
by miseriangelical
In the shadowed mountains of Iceland, the villagers whisper tales by candlelight-of a giantess who walks beneath the aurora, her steps silent in the snow. They say she eats the wicked. That she boils naughty children in her cauldron. That her monstrous sons-the Yule Lads-creep into homes each winter, stealing what they please. And then there's the Cat.But the truth is colder. And older. Grýla remembers a world before the stories. Before the fear. Once, she was a mother. Once, she was a guardian of winter's wild laws. Now, cast in shadow and song, she is hunted by the myths they made of her-and by the hunger that gnaws at her still.When a child goes missing and the villagers prepare a sacrifice, Grýla must choose: to become the monster they expect, or to reclaim the truth of who she was meant to be.This is not a tale of joy and sleigh bells. This is the tale of Grýla. And hunger wears many faces.
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Alternate Norse Religion & Lore · Christmas · Fairy Tale Retellings · Fantasy· +16 more