@chriswoodyard.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday The Ice Viking, or Entombed in an Iceberg for Centuries
Drifting for centuries through the uncharted Arctic seas, traversing thousands of miles of snow and silence, the body of an ancient Viking king is at last returned to civilization.
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@crystalponti.bsky.socialRagnarök isn't quite the absolute end. After gods fall, monsters break free, and the world is consumed by catastrophe, the earth rises green again from the sea. A new generation survives. Even one of mythology's wildest apocalypses leaves room for another beginning. #WyrdWednesday
@putriprihatini.bsky.social"I Vene Kemen" is Tolkien's vision of the world as a Viking boat, which appeared in the early version of his Middle-earth legendarium. Names include Nūme (West), Oronto (East), Haloisi Velike (The Great Sea), I Tolli Kuluvar (The Magic Isles), and I Nori Landar (The Great Lands). #WyrdWednesday
@raggamog.bsky.socialFor Norse rulers, sovereignty required discretion and wisdom, rather than loud boasts. Frigg possesses ultimate foresight, knows the fate of gods and mortals, but shares it with no one. The heron, standing silently in the marshes, becomes the symbol for holding one's counsel.
@godysseypodcast.comThe recurring thread in Norse ethos, as highlighted by myth and sagas, is that fate cannot be avoided. Called Wyrd, fate rules everyone and everything, and simply knowing fate is not enough to stop it. The Norns do not rule it, but can read fate. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: A. Lewis
@godysseypodcast.comLoki upstages all the heroes of the grand cycle of Norse myth. Many are his plots, great is his intrigue, troublesome is his outlook, and diabolical are his intentions: Odin and Thor never stood a chance. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: Sceith-A
@godysseypodcast.comWind comes from Yggdrasil, for at the top of the mighty Norse World Tree sits a nameless eagle, a falcon on his beak. In fury from rumors whispered to him by that rascal Ratatoskr, he flaps furiously, his winds spreading across the Nine Worlds. #WyrdWednesday
@pjrobichaud.bsky.socialThe Odin Stone at Stennis in Orkney was where ‘two persons, generally lovers, desirous to take the promise of Odin,’ would clasp hands through the stone, according to Sir Walter Scott in 1814. When a farmer later destroyed the stone, locals set his house on fire. #WyrdWednesday
🎨 Lady Stafford
@druidtombraider.bsky.social"When men encounter enemies in the fight, a robust heart is better than a sharp sword." — Volsunga Saga, chapter 19
#WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social
@crystalponti.bsky.socialA Viking-age völva was associated with prophecy and seiðr, a form of magic described in Old Norse sources. Archaeological graves interpreted as belonging to such women sometimes contain staffs and unusual objects. Magic and status could walk together. #WyrdWednesday
Art: inasunart
@asls.org.ukWho Stole My Cheese?
22 Sep, free online
Norse laws & sagas reveal a complex world of seasonal & itinerant work. Their stories show how people living on the margins navigated a world structured around belonging – & found inventive ways to survive when they did not
#WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky
@wunderkammertales.eurosky.social"Wake thee, Groa! wake, mother good!
At the doors of the dead I call thee;
Thy son, bethink thee, thou badst to seek
Thy help at the hill of death."
(“Svipdagsmol”)
🎨 John Bauer
@buchanan.todayAnd thus the dragon endeth the lesson.
@whatters2.bsky.socialThe Saga of Noggin the Nog created by Peter Firmin was inspired by the Lewis Chessmen.
Noggin was King of the Nogs, son of King Knut and Queen Grunhilda. His Queen was Nooka Princess of the Nooks, and their son was Prince Knut
