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Thor

(Part 3 in what I guess is becoming a series of god-portraits. I don’t feel the same connection to the Thunderer as I do to some of the craftier gods, but I can relate more to the beefy good time-loving friend-of-the-common-man Thor over his stormy violent aspect)

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Freyja

(Another little god-portrait. Thinking about Freyja’s role as seeress/magic-worker)

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I made so many mistakes with it and had to improvise a lot but I’m still quite happy how it turned out

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Lindholm Høje, Denmark

Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills, from Old Norse haugr, hill or mound) is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg in Denmark.

The southern (lower) part of Lindholm Høje dates to 1000 – 1050 AD, the Viking Age, while the northern (higher) part is significantly earlier, dating back to the 5th century AD in the Nordic Iron Age. An unknown number of rocks have been removed from the site over the centuries, many, for example, being broken up in the 19th century for use in road construction.

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Norse Mythology

Thor: hey dont tell anyone i lost my hammer

Loki: of course i wont

Loki: *sees freya*

Loki: oh hey the asshole lost his hammer can i borrow your jacket

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Frigg is described as a goddess associated with foreknowledge and wisdom in Norse mythology, the northernmost branch of Germanic mythology and most extensively attested. Frigg is the wife of the major god Odin and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir, is famous for her foreknowledge, is associated with the goddesses Fulla, Lofn, Hlín, and Gná, and is ambiguously associated with the Earth, otherwise personified as an apparently separate entity Jörð (Old Norse “Earth”). The children of Frigg and Odin include the gleaming god Baldr. Due to significant thematic overlap, scholars have proposed a particular connection to the goddess Freyja.

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Sloppy Viking god doodles.

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Norse goddesses!

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Extremely Rare Viking Gilt Knotwork Nobleman’s Diadem, 9th-12th Century AD

This band probably held a cloth head scarf or covering in place and, according to the material, would have denoted social and marriage status. Head coverings were typically worn by women, though headbands were also worn by men of high social status. The majority for women were perhaps as simple as a knotted kerchief over the head, which was suggested by finds at the Oseberg ship burial.

The Rígsþula (verse 2) says that even women of the lowest class wore a headdress. A number of different kinds of head-coverings for women are mentioned in the sagas, some of which are elaborate headdresses, which may have been worn like jewelry on special occasions. The Laxdæla saga (chapter 45) tells of a headdress given by Kjartan to his bride Hrefna as a wedding gift which had eight ounces of gold woven into the fabric. It has been suggested that the type of headdress worn served to distinguish married from unmarried women. Caps of cotton and wool have been found in archaeological contexts in Dublin, and a fine tasseled hood was found in the Orkney isles. Other materials were used, such as silk for the wealthy, of which examples have been found at York and Lincoln.

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The Anatomy of Viking Art: Ringerike Style

Learn more about the Ringerike style

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Sometimes you just gotta draw Loki, y’know?

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Oh, forgot! I picked up Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology. I liked his depictions in Odd and the Frost Giants and American Gods well enough, so hopefully this one lives up to them.

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Pointless doodle of Odin and Huginn to demonstrate ravens being Big. Some of the ones around here can pass for young eagles. Then again, we have Western ravens and obviously Huginn and Muninn would be European ravens, and I don’t know if there’s a notable size difference between the two. So, y’know.

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Has anyone written one of those “I lik the bred” poems for Audhumbla yet? Because if not that is something to be rectified.