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asatroende · 2 years ago

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I’m working hard on the modern edda and while thinking about how some things would have to change because the culture behind certain actions isn’t the same anymore (re: rape as revenge in any form, no matter what the revenge was for; the revenger doing the raping would in modern times be seen as the villain instantly even if that wasn’t what was intended)

The people actions of this is hard in its own right but then I remember what the culture used to be (cattle farmers) and what we are now (not that) and realising that we have absolutely no reason to demonise wolves anymore, meanwhile the mythos hinges on civilisation being okay with and eager to kill wolves to protect cattle

#im struggling here #modernizing something actually means in this context not only bringing it up to date #with gods having stories concerning modern technology #but it also means wondering about how to portray the giants when xenophobia is on the rise #and how to interpret myths that need their crimes changed or minimized because casual murder isnt really gucci anymore #and then this of realizing just how different we are today from cattle farmers. they would hate wolves and we celebrate conservation effort #not to mention localization because most of the asatro community now is american #iceland doesnt have tornados #america doesnt have midnight sun

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