Iolite: The Viking Compass Stone & the Goddess of Drowning

About this episode

Ashleigh explores the significance of Iolite as both a Viking navigation stone and its connection to the Norse goddess Rán.

In this final installment of May’s “travel as a liminal space” series, Ashleigh dives into the haunting and surprisingly profound world of Iolite — the legendary Viking navigation stone said to help sailors locate the hidden sun through cloud-covered skies. But beneath the familiar “Viking compass” story lies something far stranger: Iolite was sacred to Rán, the Norse goddess of drowning and the keeper of the deep. Why would a stone of navigation belong to the very force sailors feared most? ...

People in this episode

Host: Ashleigh Bodell

Topics covered

• Iolite
• Viking navigation
• Norse mythology
• goddess of drowning
• liminal spaces

Keywords

• Iolite
• Viking compass
• Norse goddess
• Rán
• navigation stone
• drowning
• liminal space

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Places: Viking, Norse

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