There are two things most Nords love: music and mead. Most Nords wear animal skins or cotton clothing. They generally tolerate outsiders to Skyrim, though they often do not make them feel welcome. In particular, Nords often still hold a bitter resentment towards elves. The Reach, one of the nine Holds of Skyrim, has only a slight Nord majority, and cities in the east have become heavily influenced by the Dunmer. The northern and eastern holds - Winterhold, Eastmarch, The Rift, and The Pale—are known collectively as the Old Holds, where the influence of old Nordic traditions is still relatively strong and outsiders are rare. The young men there go out for weeks into the high peaks in the dead of winter, hunting the ice wraiths that give them claim to full status as citizens. The Reach and the Rift have long histories of lawlessness and are generally associated with criminal activity.
 

Nords tend to be superstitious, and their folklore reflects this. Often chosen based on omens, Nordic names are given in a special ceremony when the child is young. Any unexplained misfortune is often blamed on the Falmer or Snow Elves. The Falmer, long believed to be extinct after the vengeful Nordic invasion into their lands, caused by the aggressive Falmer response to the new Atmoran inhabitants, were driven deep underground, where they became feral and purportedly sought to kill all those who dwell above them, so it's possible there's truth in some of these claims.
 

A Falmer, a source of many Nord superstitions, and a very real and bitter race of elves, Nords practice wergild, a traditional rite of retribution. When a life is taken, a life must be accounted for. Items of high value can serve as fitting payment.