#jotunheimr

[taw-k]

From what we've seen of Jotunheim it looks really dark so jotuns have to have night vision and long slit pupils like cats which would also make Loki quite sensitive to light. I really want Marvel to explore them more, their biology, culture, history.

[jaarnvidja]

hey folks!! i made a discord server for Jötun worshippers, workers, and anyone that’s interested in the Jötnar. I made this server in hopes of fostering community between Jötun kin! Comment if you’d like an invite. 🐺🖤

[jotnasidr]

What is Jötnasiðr?

Jötnasiðr is a spiritual practice and system of magic channeled and received by practicing völva Emily Íviðja (@jaarnvidja) through contact with the Jötnar, the Norse primordial spirits of the cosmos and wild nature. This tradition is based in animism, folklore, Emily’s personal gnosis, and collaboration with other practitioners.

Who are the Jötnar?

The Jötnar (singular “jötunn”), are a group of spirits and divinities described in Northern mythos and folklore. They are commonly referred to as “giants” and “frost giants”. This is somewhat of a misnomer. The word “jötunn” (Old English: eoten) actually translates to devourer, or “one who consumes”. This clues us in to their true nature. The Jötnar are embodiments of primordial natural forces, particularly those outside human influence. They are ancient beings with the power to create and destroy, to birth and devour. They are ambiguous and neutral-aligned. This is evident throughout the sagas and Eddic texts. Many Jötnar, such as Ægir, Mímir, Skáði, and Gerðr, are friends of the gods (Aesir and Vanir groups) or have married into them. Other Jötnar like Surtr, Jörmungandr, and Fenrir are placed in opposition to the Aesir and Vanir. This has resulted in many Jötnar becoming demonized due to the Christian lense through which the Norse myths were written and transcribed. This demonization directly opposes the historical Northern European pagan worldview, which was based in animism, where nothing is black nor white. In this tradition, we seek to heal the rift between Midgardians and the Jötnar so that we may better understand and connect with these ancient divinities who deserve our reverence just as the Aesir and Vanir spirits do.

The Values of Jötnasiðr

Jötnasiðr is an animist practice. Animism is the belief that everything has a spirit or soul and is thus conscious. These spirits and energies can be communed with and worked with in order to garner wisdom and channel magic energy into rituals and spells. A practitioner of Jötnasiðr will treat everything in the world with respect and compassion. We do not see the world as mundane nor magical - everything is connected and intertwined. We work along with the energies of our environments, connecting to the ancient rhythms of Jörð (the Earth), in order to walk our Path and practice our Way.

What Jötnasiðr is NOT

Jötnasiðr is an inclusive practice. It is not homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, racist, or white supremacist. Hatred and prejudice towards others is not welcome. This is not the way of the Jötnar. Jötnasiðr is not associated with Þursatrú or Raven Kaldera’s Northern Tradition Paganism/Rökkatrú.

[taw-k]

Look at the lighting marks around the stab wound in the frost giants chest in gif 3. What's up with that?

Is it an enchantment from Loki? Do frost giants have some special kind of blood?

Even if they do have bioluminescent blood it wouldn't make marks like that. But it happens the second Loki stabs the frost giant and it spreads.

[midnottart]

🐍 Angry little Jotun boy • AU: it's hard getting used to a life in Asgard when you grow up as a wild child in Jotunheimr

[childofaura]

if you haven't already, Resplendent Takumi?

I haven't. And I want to >:3

Resplendent Takumi, drawn by Hou:

Ok so first, incorporation: It's incredible. At first glance, some might say this is just Hel aesthetic slapped onto Takumi's outfit. But look at everything overall: The choice of ombre for his torso, the headpiece at the crown of his head, the flared up collar... And I want you to look at the best design choice for the whole thing, the one that really makes this a 10/10 piece:

You see the red flowers at the base of those red ribbon tassels?

Those are RED SPIDER LILIES.

Spider lilies symbolize death and general bad luck.

How beautiful and tragic is it to choose THAT to incorporate into Takumi's Resplendent design? It's probably the most unique touch I've ever seen for a Resplendent design.

The art itself is also fantastic, great posing and the shading is really dramatic, though the expressions could be pushed a little more. I get Takumi is also a stern character, but the facial expressions still need to be more... well, expressive. Still great art though.

Do I even need to say that Hel is fitting for Takumi? Of course it is. Can't think of any other realm for him.

I'm definitely putting Resplendent Takumi at a 10/10. This is one beautiful Resplendent with a lot of great color choices that all blend together without clashing, and a great design overall.

[calamari-inari]

I decided to draw Resplendent Jötunheimr Ferdinand!!! He's a bit more complex than Hubert, but I like how he turned out 🥹

This is my take on Resplendent Hel Hubert. I drew this in like an hour before bed, do not perceive me fijdjvnd

[yulgurr]

jotunheimr my beloved

[codes-of-fun]

Our next resplendent hero is Rebecca in a Jotunheimr outfit.

[taw-k]

The problems with all the Loki curly hair theories are a) if it's considered unruly for royalty why does Frigga let hers stay curly and b) if it's uncommon among Asgardians or not the social beauty standards, this Loki is bullied for it, why doesn't Volstag or any other Asgardian with curly hair striaghten it because we've seen quite a few with curly hair.

Here's my new theory. From a young age Loki has been told that his hair looks better straightened, mostly by his mother, and it's easier to maintain if he doesn't bother taking care of the curls and just straightening them out. The real reason is his curly hair makes him look exactly like his mother.

I have a huge personal hc about Loki's mother so that's for a whole other post or a full fic but basically Loki had to get his curly hair from someone and it sure isn't his dad so I think it's from his mother and both Odin and Frigga new her and Loki looks exactly like her, especially with curly hair.

[jaarnvidja]

Musings on the “Mother of Monsters”

I often see Norse practitioners refer to Angrboða as the “Mother of Monsters”, whether they worship/work with her or not. It’s especially present in Þursatru circles.

As I understand it, this title is taken from Hellenic mythology’s Echidna.

In working with Angrboða over the years and devoting myself to her, I’ve found this title does not ring true. People may use whatever they’d like in their practice, but I find it odd to refer to the ruler of the Underworld (Hela), the embodiment of change and growth via destruction (Fenrir), and the embodiment of cosmic cycles (Jörmungandr) to be referred to as monsters or even monstrous.

Calling them monsters feeds into the Post-Christianization narratives that align the Jötnar with demons and Loki with the Christian Devil, taking these spirits out of the animistic cultural context they stem from originally.

[saviourkingslut]

RELEASE THE FULL QUEEN OF JOTUNHEIMR ART SET ‼️NOW ‼️

[worstloki]

Malekith: if you're from Jotunheimr, then how come you're white?

Dark elf, waiting for the opportunity to quote Mean Girls his whole life: Omg malekith you can't just ask people why they're white

Svartalfheim technology so futuristic they were watching 21st century movies 5000 years ago

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Can NOT stop thinking about the Tyr and Fenrir correlation with Marius and Lyf (or at least my headcanoned versions of them? Mainly bc much of Lyf lore is very fanonized you know how it goes). Like they're very different pairs, but also the similarities make me go feral. So um. I'm gonna talk about it :) probably very rambly tho as i am very tired but emotional so sorry :)

Most of us at least know the story of Tyr and Fenrir, right? Right! (To summarize: Fenrir being big scary wolf guy the Aesir gods did not like!! Tyr was Aesir god but he did actually like Fenrir and they got a long decently!! Fenrir got too big and everyone wanted him locked away, and in the end to get that done Tyr broke his word and trust with Fenrir to help capture him, losing his right hand in the process. God I'm bad at compressing info.)

So listen... I headcanon Lyf to be part Jotun. Probably like, some Jotunheimr family and some Midgard family. Fenrir is either part Jotun or just completely Jotun (as he is a son to Loki and his giantess lover. Loki is often considered to be Jotun, not Aesir, despite his place amongst the gods. Sometimes he seems to be... Part Aesir and part Jotun? So theoretically Fenrir may not be fully Jotun).

Then look. Marius lost his right hand too. Sure he had his replaced but he still also lost he right hand.

Mix it together and what have you got! Well, not much. It's really just one random similarity each, plus the personalities of each so extremely different, what is there to draw on? Comparing a cold case inspector to a being of wild nature and chaos? And a morally corrupt pirate to a god of justice, war, and loyalty?

Well I have MORE actually!!! That cold case cop inspector has been blasted with eldritch radiative energy, mutating them and now they're absolutely feral!! They've got the instincts of a wild predatory animal emblazoned into them from Yog-Sothoth, encouraged by the crew of space pirates they travel with to spread their crawling chaos! That morally corrupt space pirate grew up war torn and now causes it, is ride or die loyal to his crew, and can be so often fueled by mmm less justice and more petty revenge.

Of course they're not the same! But the similarities are there!

Also for my final point. Picture the universe in which Marius gained Lyf's trust, the immortal crew adverse to connections mortals, and Lyf's walls high and strong. And yet, he does. So be it that in this universe, he's the one behind bars while Lyf is the one to bring him food. They bond. They connect. But Marius can't take Lyf with him. The crew wouldn't like it, won't let him. He can't take Lyf, and neither can he stay behind.

It should have been obvious, in hindsight. His right hand, his promising hand, had already been taken. That's why Fenrir wanted that hand from Tyr, if course. To take it as a symbol of a word broken. Marius's arm had been replaced, yes, but something damaged and repaired vs something new aren't the same. He wouldn't keep his word to Lyf. He breaks their trust, and leaves them behind to the fate determined for them before their birth. There was a moment in time when things could've been different, but it wasn't.

They aren't the same people. And yet the tale Lyf grew up knowing of Tyr and Fenrir happen again. Happens to them. The story repeats as they're abandoned.

Of course. It doesn't have to end like this. They aren't the same people. Maybe they find each other again. Maybe they can be run together. They don't have to leave the other behind. Something broken being fixed may not be the same as something new, but it's better than leaving it broken, isn't it? And maybe the repaired thing comes out better and stronger than the original.

[thepaladincosplays]

A mother of three; a mother forgotten; the first and only wife of the god Loki. There were many things she had been called, but most forget that, originally, Angrboda was, also, a princess in the old Jotunn history. She was Loki’s first love and the mother of their children Hel, Fenrir, and Jormungandr. It hardly mattered to her how different they all were, they were hers, and no one could take them from her. But, despite her best efforts, her children were stolen from her and it cost her her life. Her story is known quite well throughout the Jotnar tribes, a story told annually as part of a celebration of the Jotnar’s liberation from the iron cold grasp of the All-Father. Some say her spirit lives on in Jotunheimr, echoing her sobs at the sight of her children being manhandled by Odin and his lackeys.

Another wonderful commission from @harchibudytgorichi​! I asked and have delivered, the mother of Hel, Fenrir, and Jormungadr: Angrboda!

[bugwolfsstuff]

Writing a prophecy for the ToL Au (well the first fic anyways) is hard 😫

This is all I have so far and i have like 3 more lines to go through to outline the plot and one of them has to be a misdirect.

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Child of Jotunheimr falls. 

The one who slips trapped in stalls 

North he shall go, to the wolf mother’s home