↟ This is Scandinavia ↟
The North, The land and the people beyond the Northern Wind, Thule, Hyperborea - Scandinavia has since ancient times been mythical and unexplored.

❄ Scandinavians was first mentioned by the greek historian Herodotos, who writes about Aristeas -a poet who lived 700BC. He told he had ventured the North which he called Hyperborea, and met the people who he called "Hyperboreans" or "The people North of the northern Wind". This people describes to be quite tall with light skin and often with blonde hair. They lived with harsh winters and decended from the northern wind itself, and are identified as today's native Scandinavians.

❄ Herodotos mention a snow nymph whom also decended from the northern wind -Skaði from Old Norse mythology. Skaði is the mythical goddess of the wilderness who hunts in the Scandinavian mountains Scandes, with a bow and skis... - continues in comment below! ⬇️

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↟ Skaði - The mythical goddess of the northern wilderness, who hunts in the mountains of Scandes with a bow and skis. Sometimes Skaði associates with the winter dís, and she lived among frost giants in Trymheim and Jotunheim. The giant Tjasse is her father.

❄ In Norse mythology the story goes that she came to Asgard to avenge her father, the giant Tjasse who was killed by the gods of Asgard. Instead of revenge the gods offered her a compensation - she would marry one of them. To do so, she had to choose by looking at their feet while they're lined up behind a cloth.

❄ Skaði wanted to marry the god of light Baldr, and thought that the most beautiful feet must be his. But it was not, those feet belonged to the god of the sea; Njord. The marriage was not successful, Njord wanted to live by the sea in his dwelling Noatun. Skaði wanted to live in the mountains and hear the wolves... - continues in comment below! ⬇️

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