Birth

Stories tagged Birth:

• The Fairy Midwife Aug 11, 2025

  

  In the green hills of County Cork, where the mist rises from the valleys at dawn and ancient stone circles mark the places where the old gods once walked, there lived a midwife whose skill was renowned throughout the land. Bridget O’Brien was her name, and it was said that no woman ever lost a child under her care, and no mother ever failed to recover from even the most difficult birth. But what the people did not know was that Bridget’s greatest skill lay not in the mortal world, but in attending births that took place beyond the veil that separates our realm from the land of the fairies.

• The Birth of Thor Aug 2, 2025

  

  In the early days of Asgard, when the halls of the gods still echoed with the sounds of construction and the realm was being shaped into its eternal glory, Odin the All-Father gazed across the Nine Realms with his far-seeing eye. From his high throne Hlidskjalf, he could perceive threats gathering in the shadows—giants plotting in Jotunheim, dark forces stirring in the depths of creation.

  “The time will come,” Odin murmured to himself, “when Asgard will need a defender whose strength matches the fury of the storm itself.”