[From the myth of Odin and Billing's Daughter, translated/retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland]

The High One cried, 'A man should not trust a woman's word and he should never rely on her promises.  The hearts of women were turned on a whirling wheel and imbued with caprice.

'To love a fickle woman is like this: setting out over ice with a two year old ( Read more... )