Wednesday, November 7, 2018

JOTUN: As Beutiful as Valhalla Itself

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I never questioned before why Norse mythology is by and far my favorite mythos. I attributed it to my fascination with apocalyptic event...

Similarities between Odin and Jesus: Why Icelanders Would Accept a Foreign God

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  It is odd that the Vikings, who worshiped a pantheon of mostly war gods would convert to a religion based on forgiveness and peace, b...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Vikings in Vikings

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Truitt Glover Vikings in Vikings             Lately I’ve been watching the History channel show,  Vikings.  So far, I’ve finished seaso...
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Shields; The Plot Anti-Armor of Nordic Sagas

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Having read Egil's, Njal's, and Grettir the Strong's sagas, I've noticed a common trend to shields; they break. A lot. For...
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The Journey to Magic told by Coins

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Shadow is a very quiet character in American Gods , recently released from prison with nothing to lose, considering his wife recently passe...
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World Building in Writing: A look at American Gods in regards the importance of building a world.

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          World Building in literature and other media is one of the most important things and or aspects of such literature or media becau...
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Tolkiens Mirrors- The similarities of the peoples of Middle Earth and Northern Europe- Haradrim surprise appearance

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It has certainly been remarked upon before that the writings of Tolkien contain extensive allusions to the Viking sagas and eddas, and none ...
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