Hielsa, My name is Bob Marschal. I have just recently discovered Asatru and Heathenism. I have been trying to ingest as much reading as I can on the Eddas,...
So why did Thiassi do it, anyway? I recall reading somewhere years ago that he was afraid that when he died, Skadhi would end up on the streets because her...
Hej, So why did Thjazi do it anyway? The conventional wisdom is that he was just a randy giant trying for some As(ynje). Some even try to equate Idunn with...
... Interesting. I had assumed that he was primarily interested in the fruit, not necessarily as a means to obtain eternal youth but perhaps to weaken his ...
Hej Tim, My personal opinion is that Idunn's apples are works of her brothers, the wonder-smiths the Sons of Ivaldi. In the Rigveda, a comparable group of...
... No such thing, Wodric, especially here. Our list owner Rick Riedlinger has compiled an exhaustive list of people and places and events with a connection ...
Hi all, I just joined the group after browsing through a few times. I know HRED was discussed a long time ago but thought some people on the list might be...
Did anyone ever find the source for this? In Northern Mythology by Benjamin Thorpe 1851, the tale of the Pied Piper is included but is not related to Odin....
1. (Thor as toddler) very soon after his birth amazed the assembled gods by ... from home ... (heat). Lifting the bear skins is from the Prologue of the Prose...
The only thing I can find regarding Thor's Hat is derived from Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, although I can't locate the reference. In Northern Mythology Thorpe...
... the ... is ... Maybe this has to do with different manuscripts and translations of the Prose Edda. I recall reading that there were 7 different ...
... anything ... This passage is from the Lay of Hakon the Heimskringla: "In Odin's hall an empty place Stands for a king of Yngve's race; `Go, my valkyries,'...
... believe, only ... Norse ... In the skaldskaparmal, son of Odin is one of the ways given to refer to Tyr. ... I think much of Guerber's Tyr chapter is...
It seems to be based on the riddles of gestumblindi in the saga of hervor and heithrek. Here's the translation from kershaw's stories and ballads of the far...
In the Skaldskaparmal p 76 Faulkes tr: How shall Bragi be referred to? By calling him.... son of Odin. It seems like calling him the child of Odin and Gunlod...
Greetings All, This looks to be a very interesting list to participate in. What is the current book being discussed? Has the next one been decided upon? Just a...
... Welcome. We are reading Guerber's _Myths of the Norsemen_. The next major book we will read is going to be a chunk of Bauschatz's _The Well and the Tree_,...
... gifts is ... Guerber's retelling seems fairly accurate to me, based on what is told in the Skaldskaparmal. Nicole, Sorry it's taken me so long to respond...
... This is good information. You're right, maybe Grimm is where much of Guerber's inspiration and detail is to be found. Tim [Non-text portions of this...
... Thanks for pointing out this reference. I think somewhere along the line I also questioned an assertion by Guerber which ascribed a long beard to Bragi, ...
... Yes, although it seems that most of the gods got this appellation somewhere along the line. And if we force logic on to the Odin-centered myth schema we ...
... Thanks for all of these references! Do you have any more information on this Kershaw book, in case someone is interested in looking for it? Tim [Non-text...
... information on this ... Stories and Ballads of the Far Past. Tr. Nora Kershaw. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1921. No longer in print but a good...
Yes I agree. It seems an after thought by Snorri. Since Odin was the "all-father" any of the aesir could be referred to as his children. It is interesting to...
Reading through _Northern Mythology_ by Thorpe, he gives the name of Sol's husband as "Glen (Glenur, Glanur)". We're getting closer ;). ... (Faulkes ... or ......
... I am coming to believe strongly that many such ascribed relationships were added by humans to rationalize the mythos of colliding cults. "Thor is the son...
... Which leaves us the puzzle of where *Guerber* got the information. All the internal evidence suggests that she worked only from English translations. This...
