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Simon Forman
Simon Forman (1552-1611), Elizabethan doctor and astrologist. Engraving by Richard Godfrey was published in 1776 and was based on a portrait of Forman by John Bulfinch (active 1680-1728).
Wellcome Collection, London.

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Simon Forman
Simon Forman (1552 -1611), Elizabethan astrologer and doctor, oil on wood painting by an unknown artist, c. 1900, likely based on the earlier portrait by John Bulfinch, later engraved by Richard Godfrey in 1776. Wellcome Collection, London...

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Zodiac Man
A 'zodiac man' woodcut from the almanacs of Petrus Slovacius, published by Johan Scharffenberg, Breslau, 1580. Wellcome Collection, London. The zodiac man regularly appeared in astrological and medical texts throughout the 16th century...

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Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown, author of The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women.

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The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
Cover of The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown.

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Bragi Playing the Harp, Idunn Standing Behind Him
Idun and Brage, oil on canvas painting by the Swedish artist Nils Blommér, 1846. Malmö Art Museum. Bragi was the Norse god of poetry and Idunn, his wife, a fertility goddess who kept the apples the gods needed to retain their youth and...

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Idunn and Loki
Loki and Idunn, by the Swedish artist and illustrator John Bauer, published in Our Fathers' Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg, 1911, most likely depicting Loki luring Idunn into following him to the forest where she would be abducted.

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Loki Gives Sif the Gold-Spun Hair
An image presenting the trickster Loki giving Sif newly-made gold-spun hair. Loki was an entity in Norse mythology who was involved in misdeeds against multiple gods and mortals. One of them was cutting off the golden hair of Sif, the goddess...

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Hel, Norse Ruler of the Dead
Hel, queen of the underworld in Norse mythology, artwork by Mkasahara, 2019. Hel was a female character in Norse mythology who ruled the realm of the dead of the same name. Her kingdom was said to be a hopeless, gloomy, and dark place, located...

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Hel - Norse Queen of the Underworld
Hel, the Norse Queen of the Underworld, as portrayed by the Australia-based artist Tara Ryzebol in 2006. Hel was a female character in Norse mythology who ruled the realm of the dead of the same name. Her kingdom was said to be a gloomy and...