#norse mythology designs

[ryebread-x]

Thrud Thorsdottir ⚡️

My interpretation of Thrud! I drew a little sketch of her as a kid not too long ago, but I wanted to draw her as an adult for this design. I made her look mostly like her dad but gave her Sif’s traits with her nose and ears as well. I also added her valkyrie wings off to the side because I couldn’t fit them on the full design but she has them. Post Ragnarok she inherits Sif’s headband while (in my headcanon) both her and her brothers inherited their father’s hammer , Mjolnir after his death. So whenever one of the three of them needs to go on a quest they’ll just take Mjolnir with them as backup . Thrud being a valkyrie/former valkyrie has her own weapons and is pretty strong on her own. So she never really uses Mjolnir unless to possibly impress a guy or gal she likes or if she were to go on a pretty dangerous quest.

As for her brothers I eventually plan on drawing them too!

[chrissabug]

Sol and Mani

The Sun and Moon

[simple-persica]

Remembered that I love Overly Sarcastic Productions and I thought it'd be fun to do a screenshot redraw from their Loki video

[mahoganyrust]

@frosti-moon “Both of them wearing (mostly) historically accurate Norse clothes? I love seeing how different artists design those.”

I may have gone overboard…messy in some places but that’s bc I was impatient to draw the frost idfk-

Here we have Chief Hiccup and Winter Spirit Jack

Nice throwback to my God of War days for inspo. Hiccup’s a bit of a mix of Kratos/Odin/Tyr while Jack is a mix of Baldur/Freya + Pandora from the old games.

I swear to all that is good, if someone calls him Jokul Frosti one more time I’m gonna rant- Actually fuck it ima rant in advance.

Ahem.

People really like the idea of Jack being “Jokul Frosti”, especially if they are exploring concepts with an old setting where Jack is further back in time. I loved it when I first came across it because duh pretty awesome. And ofc many believe that is where the name “Jack Frost” derived from. It’s cool. However, I have since done enough research to decide this isn’t very accurate.

In Norse mythology the God of wind and voice, Kari, has two sons. Some sources say otherwise and that it’s just one son - Jokul Frosti, but fuck that, my sources are older.

Kari has *two* sons - Jokul AND Frosti. They were two bros. Their names mean Icicle and Frost. Jokul went on to have a bunch of kids who were all very winter themed. It also makes more sense bc (especially in Norse stuff) it’s very odd to come across a mythological figure with two names. Think of all the gods you know, MOST are going by one. Plus it’s weird…like why is his name two things? Icicle Frost? What? Pick one. Brev it don’t make sense. It don’t add up. Most minor Norse gods are having just the one main brand right? (The big dogs like Odin, Freya, Freyr etc etc usually have side hustles tho, but we ain’t talking about them).

So what I think has happened is that somewhere down the line, probably through oral conversation, the two brothers and their names got merged into one person. Then after the merge, Jack Frost came about, hence our predicament.

Like- ya’ll do wut ya want but I personally think the Winter Twins are a better idea for our fan stuff. In my headcanon (and in my fic) they are more like Jack’s wacky adopted-uncle-types that left him their power after they kicked the bucket cos they thought he was a pretty cool mortal. Like Manny brought him back but like- so did they at the same time. Double whammy. Anyways. ✌️thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

[arianwen44]

Day 10 - Fenrir - one of my favourite myths, I really wanted to do something different to my usual style with this one! I’m somehow hungry now… ☀️ 🐺

[marymotherofblood]

Thor, Freyja, Skadi, Heimdall, Loki, Sigyn, Hel, and Baldur

Recent Norse god doodles, more to come

(Art IG: madelinadraws)

[cartoonist-in-theory]

You’re walking down a long quiet road. It’s winter, snow covers the ground, the sky fades gray. All around you are trees that have long since dropped their leaves, cold and dead, waiting for spring. You stop beneath one, eye caught by a striking sight. Amid the bare branches you see a round bundle of stunning green leaves. Hanging down above you are dozens of beautiful little pearly white berries. The fruit tempts you, but you don’t dare touch. Instead you simply admire them. Life among the dead of winter. Mistletoe.

@slocotion Hi, here is my design for slocotion's patreon dyo doll contest. Her name is Haustoria of the Pale. I was very excited to put this together once it struck me. I thought of all my favorite fruits I could have used but then inspiration hit me as I was considering less common fruits and fungi. Mistletoe is used medicinally by some but the entire plant, including its cute white berries, is toxic. Since this is a longer post, I’ll include more notes on my design under a cut but to point out the most important thing, I’ve combined the nature of the toxic berries with some historical+mythological inspiration that I think echoes it nicely.

In Norse mythology, a well known story is that of the death of Baldr. Baldr was the most loved god of the Aesir, so when a vision of his death reached his parents Odin and Frigga, they did all they could to protect him. Frigga sent her servants all over the world to make every creature and thing vow to never harm a hair on Baldr’s head. All but mistletoe promised, too insignificant or too young to make the vow. After it was done, Bladr seemed invincible. Since nothing was willing to hurt him, the gods would sometimes gather around and throw things at him, watching everything bounce off without injuring him. Loki, jealous of the love and affection that was always paid to Baldr, came up with a plan to get rid of him. He had an arrow made of mistletoe and brought it to Baldr’s blind brother Hodr. He gave it to him to throw at Baldr as all the gods pelted him with objects and weapons. Hodr threw the arrow and, since mistletoe had never promised not to harm him, it pierced his chest, killing him instantly... And so Baldr was delivered to the depths of the land of the dead, looked over by Hel.

specific design notes under the cut thank you for looking!

Mistletoe is a very interesting plant to me. It’s not a tree or vine or bush, but instead its an evergreen parasite. The sticky seeds attach themselves to the branches and grow into it with a haustorium, which is a structure that lets them sap nutrients from the host plant. Haustoria’s name is a reference to this structure. “of the Pale” is a reference to not only the color of the berries but the pale gray and white landscape of winter.

Mistletoe berries are heavily toxic but also exist in winter, when other plants may be barren and “dead.” Because of that and their parasitic nature I see them as a sweet little balance of life and death. In addition to that, I use the split colors of the face/mask of Haustoria to reference the goddess of the land of the dead, Hel, who is described as having a body that is half black as death, split down the middle.

The structure of the outfit is inspired by Scandinavian and specifically Norwegian folk dresses, since I’m borrowing old Norse history for more inspiration, it seemed fitting. I also felt the style would be good to accompany the botanical and berry designs attractively.

The twin peaked hood is to further split the design down the middle, with little charms to show life and death.

I included white beads all over the outfit to represent the mistletoe berries themselves so they could stand out.

The dark side of her face is adorned with thorns and has three mournful black tears leaking down from her eye, as well as a hollow half of the center heart.

The light side is blushed and lively with shiny eyes, leaves shaped like the mistletoe leaves, red petals like the mistletoe blooms, three white dots to be the mistletoe fruit, and the center heart is full.

Her cape is white on the inside to represent the white of the berries and also the white of snow.

To cap it off, I do believe mistletoe is fitting for a plague doctor as they are still used medicinally to this day. :)

Thank you for reading everything and looking at my design! I’m very proud of her and I hope she doesn’t stretch the theme. And definitely more than anything else I hope you enjoy looking at her!

[amphibifish]

tyr & fenrir thoughts

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Valkyrie Artist: Peter Nicolai Arbo (Norwegian, 1831-1892) Date: 1869 Genre: mythological painting Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 243 cm (95.6 in) high x 194.5 cm (76.5 in) wide Location: National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, Norway

[ulanaga]

Jormungandr_2020- aga_ulan

Here's my interpretation of Jormungandr son of Loki.

[charttress]

So... Marvel Rivals, huh...?

This game's been rotting my brain ever since it came out-

I love it, but then I actually play it and THEN- THEN I hate it again. Crazy stuff, fr fr

I've realised that Marvel forgot to add one very cool and important character so I'm currently fixing it for them, cause I'm sure the developers are very busy with other not so important things-

Here are some Sigyn w.i.p's

you're welcome Marvel, I've got you guys👍

[ryebread-x]

Baldr and Hodr

I'm back at it again with drawing my interpretations of all the Odinsons this time Baldr and Hodr! I originally did my own interpretation of Baldr’s design a while ago, but I wanted to redesign him. With their designs like most of my designs, I found it easier just to base them off what they are supposed to represent as gods. Though like with Hermodr/Hermod, I gave them bird like motifs since my interpretation of their parents are based on birds.

While I don’t think it’s specifically stated in any of the texts regarding the myths. I made/headcanoned Hodr and Baldr as twins since they are often regarded as being polar opposites of eachother. While Hermodr is the youngest of just Odin and Frigg's kids(but not the youngest of Odin's kids in general)

[chrissabug]

Loki

[simple-persica]

Big man on the Pantheon

[lunegrimm]

Finished book cover for a client. I was asked to work closer inspired by the art style found in the book of kells.

[thecutestgrotto]

Helloooooo!!! Pls can I request for dividers based on the Norse Gods? 😣😋 xx

Hey anon! I went with Norse mythology instead of just gods so they’d be a little more friendly for wide use but they should still fit, so I hope that’s okay! I studied mythology in college and the story of Fenrir is my favorite, so of course I had to incorporate some wolves. Thank you for the request! 🩵🌸

Norse Mythology