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Time for #EDDA !?....
#edda
A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
In that strange island Iceland, — burst up, the geologists say, by fire from the bottom of the sea; a wild land of barrenness and lava; swallowed many months of every year in black tempests, yet with a wild gleaming beauty in summertime; towering up there, stern and grim, in the North Ocean with its snow jokuls, roaring geysers, sulphur-pools and horrid volcanic chasms, like the waste chaotic battle-field of Frost and Fire; — where of all places we least looked for Literature or written memorials, the record of these things was written down.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-05), “The Hero as Divinity,” Home House, Portman Square, London
More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/81268…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #desolation #edda #geology #Iceland #literature #myth #nature #wilderness
New chapter of "Loki and the Ranger - Truth" is now available for your reading pleasure.
#Loki #LokiandtheRanger #NorseMythology #Edda #storytelling #selfpublichedauthor #darkfantasy
https://ko-fi.com/post/Loki-and-the-Ranger--Truth--Chapter-2-B0B11R7VK8
Garm Series Part 5: I know more about Oh! My Goddess than I do about Digimon. Here, Shiho Sakakibara actually summons Garm, the watchdog of Niflheim (cf. poetic edda). Garm poses a real threat in this scene, and it takes a massive effort on Urd's part to defeat him. I was initially skeptical about this series, but in reality, there is a lot of Norse mythology to be found here, which surprised me in a very positive way. #ohmygoddess #garm #anime #manga #urd #ああっ女神さまっ #norsemythology #edda
Kamigami no Asobi Episode 7: Balder explains why he cannot be hurt, see Prose Edda. Thor is surprisingly calm. This does not correspond with the medieval sources. We also see a somewhat mischievous Loki, who deliberately misbehaves, but it also appears that he is simply jealous or wants to avoid upcoming difficulties.
#norsemythology #balder #thor #loki #anime #proseedda #edda #kamigaminoasobi #神々の悪戯
Kamigano no Asobi, episode 3: the gods discuss their food, and Loki doesn't really care. Yet he is a glutton. In Gylfagynning of the Prose Edda, Loki claims he can eat faster than anyone else. He competes against Logi, but loses. Logi represents fire and even consumes the trough that held the food. No wonder Loki loses. Maybe Loki doesn't care what he gets to eat in the series. The important thing is food. #anime #神々の戯 #kamigaminoasobi #norsemythology #loki #edda #proseedda
Still stuck on Kamigami no Asobi: Balder is very clumsy and constantly falls over. However, nothing happens to him and even the forces of nature don't want to hurt him. This is clearly a reference to the Poetic Edda. Frigg makes all things swear not to harm Balder, except for a mistletoe branch, which Loki later uses to kill Balder. I'm curious to see if this will be picked up later in the series. #anime #神々の戯 #kamigaminoasobi #norsemythology #balder #loki #mistletoe #edda #poeticedda
A quotation from the Poetic Edda
Now do I see
the earth anew
Rise all green
from the waves again;
The cataracts fall,
and the eagle flies,
And fish he catches
beneath the cliffs.
[Sér hon upp koma
ǫðru sinni
jǫrð ór ægi,
iðjagrœna;
falla forsar,
flýgr ǫrn yfir,
sá er á fjalli
fiska veiðir.]
Poetic Edda (800-1100) Old Norse anonymous collection of poems
Völuspá [Prophecy of the Völva; Prophecy of the Seeress], st. 59 (AD 961) [tr. Bellows (1936)]
More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/edda-poetic/80778/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #edda #poeticedda #oldnorse #creation #rebirth #myth
A quotation from the Poetic Edda
The sun turns black,
earth sinks in the sea,
The hot stars down
from heaven are whirled;
Fierce grows the steam
and the life-feeding flame,
Till fire leaps high
about heaven itself.
[Sól tér sortna,
sígr fold í mar,
hverfa af himni
heiðar stjǫrnur;
geisar eimi
við aldnara,
leikr hár hiti
við himin sjálfan.]
Poetic Edda (800-1100) Old Norse anonymous collection of poems
Völuspá [Prophecy of the Völva; Prophecy of the Seeress], st. 57 (AD 961) [tr. Bellows (1936)]
More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/edda-poetic/80684/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #edda #poeticedda #apocalypse #conflagration #destruction #devastation #endoftheworld #ragnarok
How should we imagine the gods of Germanic Paganism? Karl E.H. Seigfried argues for us to picture the gods not as figures frozen in the Viking Age, but as living, vital beings of the here and now.
https://wildhunt.org/2025/11/2374320.html
#pagan #norsemythology #ai #artificialintelligence #art #CulturalAppropriation #edda #generativeai #vikingage
#windowfriday
Edda building of the sagas
There is a window, and ancient scriptures
Ein #Jäger aus #Essen muss sich ab heute vor dem #Amtsgericht Oberhausen für einen #Fehlschuss verantworten...
Anfang 2024 hatte der 27-jährige Jäger nachts aus knapp 60 Metern Entfernung auf die #Haflingerstute #Edda gefeuert. Das #Pferd stand auf einer Weide.
Er habe die Stute für ein #Wildschwein gehalten, sagte der 27-Jährige später. Seine Kugel traf das Tier im #Unterkiefer, eine #lebensbedrohliche #Verletzung. Ein #Tierarzt musste das Pferd danach #einschläfern.
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/prozess-jaeger-erschiesst-pferd-oberhausen-100.html
A quotation from the Poetic Edda
Brothers shall fight
and fell each other,
And sisters’ sons
shall kinship stain;
Hard is it on earth,
with mighty whoredom;
Axe-time, sword-time,
shields are sundered,
Wind-time, wolf-time,
ere the world falls;
Nor ever shall
each other spare.
[Brœðr munu berjask
ok at bǫnum verða,
munu systrungar
sifjum spilla;
hart er í heimi,
hórdómr mikill;
skeggǫld, skálmǫld
— skildir ru klofnir —
vindǫld, vargǫld,
áðr verǫld steypisk;
mun engi maðr
ǫðrum þyrma.]
Poetic Edda (800-1100) Old Norse anonymous collection of poems
Völuspá [Prophecy of the Völva; Prophecy of the Seeress] (AD 961) [tr. Bellows (1936); st. 45]
More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/edda-poetic/80217/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #edda #poeticedda #oldnorse #ragnarok #apocalypse #chaos #disaster #endoftheworld #violence #betrayal #warning
The Story of Loki and the Ranger finally continues!
#Loki #lokiandtheranger #norsemythology #storytelling #WritingCommunity #fiction #edda
My copy of the 2nd edition of The Poetic Edda translation by Jackson Crawford finally arrived!
#messesporche #edda Edda, il nuovo disco “Messe Sporche”: una rabbia rock che scuote l’Italia
The norns were supernatural female entities responsible for the fates of all living beings in Viking Age Scandinavia. #History #NorseMythology #Norns #Edda #VikingAge #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25273-en/
Karl E.H. Seigfried examines the role of duplicitous counselors in Norse mythology, looking at sources from Volsunga saga to Sörla þáttr to puzzle out what lessons these figures can tell us about our situation today.
https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/the-wicked-counsel-of-wormtongue.html
#norsemythology #politics #allegory #arthasastra #asatru #brynhild #edda #freyja #pagan
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