fuck yeah norse mythology

could you maybe possibly post more often? because i love your stuff < 3

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:11:04 -0400

Of course! I’ve been a little busy with classes and Finals and getting ready to move to Sweden. But there will soon be many new posts. Thank you for your message, I appreciate it! :)

Ohhh, this is going to sound so stupid, but I really love this blog and I follow you, but I... can't seem to find a "reblog" or "like" option on any of the posts... =/ Confused as to whether it's there and I'm just being stupid (likely) or it's missing.... Sorry!

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:15:12 -0400

It’s not stupid! There’s a little tiny star next to the top left of each post. If you click that it will take you to the page of the post. Though you’re right, it is difficult to find. I will work on fixing that. Thank you!

"Now my course is tough: Death, close sister of Odin’s enemy, stands on the ness: with..."

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:27:00 -0400

“Now my course is tough:
Death, close sister
of Odin’s enemy,
stands on the ness:
with resolution
and without remorse
I will gladly
await my own.”

- An excerpt from Egil’s Saga, from The Sagas of Icelanders, as translated by Bernard Scudder.

"For a time the hammer of Thor drove out the cross, but a dim light remained shining in the darkness."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:04:29 -0500

“For a time the hammer of Thor drove out the cross, but a dim light remained shining in the darkness.”

- Icelandic Church Saga, by John C. F. Hood, D.D.

Photo

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:28:52 -0500

Þjazi was a giant, son of the giant Olvaldi, brother of giants...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:45:39 -0500

Þjazi was a giant, son of the giant Olvaldi, brother of giants Idi and Gangr, and the father of Skaði. He is most remembered for the kidnapping of Iðunn, a story told both in the Prose Edda and the Haustlöng. With Iðunn having been carried off by Þjazi in eagle form, the gods were deprived of her apples, and began to grow old and weak. However, Loki, by means of transforming Iðunn into a nut, managed to rescue her in a dangerous journey ending with the death by fire of Þjazi. His daughter, Skaði, travels to Asgard to seek retribution, and is pacified both by marriage to Njord and the transformation by Odin of the eyes of her father into stars in the night sky.

Image from 18th-century Icelandic manuscript “NKS 1867 4to”, courtesy of the Danish Royal Library.

The Prose Edda, often referred to as simply Edda, is a poetic...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:23:39 -0500

The Prose Edda, often referred to as simply Edda, is a poetic text from ca 13th-century Iceland. Attributed to Snorri Sturluson, the Edda features various tales concerning Norse Mythology. Consisting of four parts, the Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál, and Háttatal, the Edda discusses the origin of the gods, creation and destruction of the world, the language of poetry, and rules of acceptable poetic verse forms.

(Approx) 18th-century manuscript, unattributed.
Image courtesy of the Icelandic National Library.

The Norns are female beings who govern the destinies of both...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:58:32 -0500

The Norns are female beings who govern the destinies of both gods and men. Other than the three main Norns, identified by Snorri Sturluson in the Völuspá as Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld, there are many other norns who arrive at one’s birth to determine their fate. Often, peoples’ futures depended on the benevolence or malevolence of particular norns. In addition, many individuals featured in sagas are said to cry out to or blame the norns in times of great need or misfortune.

From Alkuna: Nordische und Nordslawische Mythologie, by Gustav Thormod Legis. 1831.

littlelostsock: fuckyeahnorsemythology: Loki and Sif. Don’t...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:58:07 -0500

littlelostsock:

fuckyeahnorsemythology:

Loki and Sif.

Don’t the apples suggest this is Idunn, rather than Sif?

I’ve actually found two conflicting sources that both say Sif or Idunn, but I’m more inclined to believe that it’s Idunn. This is a post reblogged from the archives of this site, so I believe the OP leaned more towards Sif. In any case, it’s a great portrait.

fuckyeahnorsemythology: Loki and Sif.

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:31:55 -0500

fuckyeahnorsemythology:

Loki and Sif.

Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri Sturluson’s...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:54:03 -0500

Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri Sturluson’s history of the ancient Norse kings, the Heimskringla. The saga deals with the arrival of the Norse gods to Scandinavia, and how Frey founded the Swedish Yngling lineage.

Illustration by Gerhard Munthe, ca. 1896-1899.

"I see green again with growing things The earth arise from out of the sea; Fell torrents..."

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:58:00 -0500

“I see green again
with growing things
The earth arise
from out of the sea;
Fell torrents flow,
overflies them the eagle,
On hoar highlands
which hunts for fish.”

- Völuspá, the Poetic Edda, stanza 58.

Wotan and Brunhilde

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:52:25 -0500

Körmt and Örmt are two rivers which Thor wades through every day...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:06:59 -0500

Körmt and Örmt are two rivers which Thor wades through every day when he goes to judgment by Yggdrasil, mentioned in Grímnismál and the Prose Edda.

Karl Gjellerup, 1895.

Hello, the runestone depicting Odin, Thor and Frey can be found at the Historiska Museet (The National Historical Museum) in Stockholm, it's a part of the Viking exhibition there :)

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:55:33 -0500

That’s fantastic! I’m heading to Uppsala in August, I’ll have to make sure I stay in Stockholm just a little longer to visit the Museum.

deus-culpa: Runestone from Sweden. Upper half depicting a...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:06:02 -0500

deus-culpa:

Runestone from Sweden. Upper half depicting a sacrifice to Odin and lower half showing Odin, Thor and Frey.

I would love to know where exactly in Sweden this runestone can be found.

The link to the original tree is that the original file / location of did you place it on that location there yourself? The website is about a student club in Delft where I happen to live nearby (The Hague, Netherlands) so I can maybe ask around - Zwerver

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:01:38 -0500

That’s where I found it! That would be fantastic! I would love to be able to credit the original author of the tree.

arbitrarychicken: stsathyre: fuckyeahnorsemythology: Family...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:08:25 -0500

arbitrarychicken:

stsathyre:

fuckyeahnorsemythology:

Family tree of the Norse/Germanic gods.

Gah!!!! Of course there’s a huge hole where Narvi and Vali should be…

:\ Hmm… there are a number of other things in that chart that make me give it the side-eye. Like the classification of Sunna (as distinct from Sol?), Mani, Nott, and Dag. How Frigg seems to be considered the same as several other goddesses, at least some of whom are NOT her (Nerthus, Jord). You know what, the longer I look at this, the more I want to set it on fire.

I actually found this tree quite a while ago, but the original tumblr user who posted it is no longer on the site, and I had to replace the image because the original was too small to view. I cannot find the author of this image, though the original link is here. If you could find a better, similar image, or if you’d like to contribute to the blog, I’d love for it to be as factually accurate as possible. Upon further observation I agree that the classification system isn’t all there, but I have not yet found a collection as large as this one. And as always, I appreciate these suggestions to make the blog better. Thank you!

Family tree of the Norse/Germanic gods.

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:33:00 -0500

Family tree of the Norse/Germanic gods.

Sieglinde, by Thomas Noyes-Lewis.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:01:50 -0500

Sieglinde, by Thomas Noyes-Lewis.