#norse mythology nerd

[marymotherofblood]

Every year, I draw the goddess Sif from Norse mythology, and I get to see how my style has changed over time. It started as an accident back in 2021, when I realized that I had already drawn her the year prior, and then kept up the tradition for the heck of it.

Left to right: 2025, 2024, 2023 (my brief digital experimentation), 2022, 2021, and 2020

[bugwolfsstuff]

I really wish we knew more about Laufey in Norse myth

Because like

HOW DOES SHE FEEL ABOUT WHATS HAPPENING TO HER SON? WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

Like does she mourn him for what has been done? Scorn and pretend he doesnt exist because of what he will do?

WHAT DOES SHE FEEL?

The fact that Loki uses her name instead of Farbauti's interests the fuck out of me

[nerdasaurus1200]

Why are Sigyn and Persephone never included in any modern media with their boys, you ask? Because Disney and Marvel are too cowardly to have their morally grey villain gods in healthy romantic relationships

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

The mythology-lover part of my heart is SO FREAKING GRATEFUL that everyone in this fandom seems to love it as much as I do. We've got @raayllum's Callum-Icarus parallel as well as one of their MANY metas, @sagegreenfrogs's Sorvus Apollo + Hyacinth AU, my Rayllum Hadestown AU and Daedalus AU in the works, @darkmagicmirror's Norse Mythology meta, and @corcracrow's Egyptian Mythology Ask. And the list goes ON.

I love us so much like nothing else can compare to this fandom

[loptrcoptr]

Ten years ago, a little baby loptrcoptr (then under the username daysoffuturepasta), freshly in love with Norse mythology, decided to make a few Norse-myth-meme valentines. I did seven rounds of these things (technically 6 and 1/2) for a total of seven years and I had a lot of fun. Even made some for my grad department to put around the place, and once shoved them into friends’ pockets on a night out to see how long it took them to find each one.

Now, in honor of the tenth anniversary of these trashy little things, have one more!

(Also totally message me to tell me which ones were your faves!)

[literallyimthenerdemoji]

me reading Magnus Chase is just me seeing something that's also a thing in skyrim and going "thane? im a thane of whiterun!"

[jordiethepoolfloatie]

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[nerds-yearbook]

Marvel celebrated the 300th Issue of Thor with a cover date of October 1980. The issue introduced the Council of God-Heads (Buluku, Ulgen, Ukko, Manitou, Nuada, Kane, Viracocha, Izanagi, Okonorote, Tomazooma - already existed in the MU, Vishnu, Yu Huang, Anu, Ammon Ra, Tezcatlipoca, Itzamna, Buddha, Zues - already existed in the MU, Svarog), Young Gods (Brightsword - already in MU, Caduceus, Calculus, Daydreamer, Genii- already in MU, Harvest - already in MU, Highnote, Mindsinger, Moonstalker, Sea Witch, Splice, Varua) and the races Akua, Apu, Amatsu-Kami, Daevas, Xian, Teteoh, Ahua, and Dievas. They were introduced to the Marvel Universe by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and Keith Pollard. ("Twilight of the Gods", Thor #300, Marvel Comic Event)

[dumbhazuki]

One friend of mine asked me to draw a horse design, for one of his characters.

... I think I got carried away when he told me his character was inspired in the Norsemen

Anyway

I present Svarthull a horse inspired in Norse mythology and mixed with my friends character power.

[shadowpuppetteer]

The holy trinity of Mythology Nerd Books. If you read these books as a kid, come sit next to me.

[nerdyquestier]

Angel ( @the-very-nerdy-nerd ) has been subjected to many a infodump of mine, so may as well keep it consistent

The topic: the similarities and evolution of mythology into modern day religions… I might get sidetracked but here goes.

(I’m only speaking on the basis of Abrahimic religions on this part, as they’re the ones I have looked into the most. Feel free to add onto this or fact check me, most of this is running off of memory.)

Almost, if not all, mythologies have some sort of creation story. Norse has Odin using a giants body to create earth, Greek has Chaos and the goddess of Creation making the earth, and Egyptian has Amun-Ra who created Shu and Tefnut and all three created the chaos of the universe, crying humans into existence and then making earth for said humans to reside on. I think the reason for these explanations of events was because they (to put it simply, because this is a whole other ramble for another time) were curious and the stories helped to satiate that. Humans instinctively want to understand, to learn, so there were probably always these sorts of stories.

The main thing all of these have in common is that there was some form of chaos before there was Earth, whether it is called such or not. However, in Christianity, God existed before anything as He created everything, making the Earth before anything else. If it weren’t for the fact that God is supposedly all-good (again, another rant for another time, contradictions are fun), one could look at all the evidence and claim that God Himself is the chaos that underpinned the creation of the universe according to Christianity, but as chaos is all-encompassing (both good and evil, and not consistently one or the other), I’m reluctant to think that that fits right.

Another similarity between the mythologies I’m most familiar with is that they all have some form of hierarchy even between the deities, with some seen as the rulers over the rest. Odin and Frigg, Zeus and Hera, and Amun-Ra. This plays a key point in the dynamics for how the entirety of their respective mythologies play out, and they also seem to represent the key values that were feared and respected for their regions.

Odin was known as the All-Father, he was a god of tricksters and sacrificed his eye in order to get more knowledge. Frigg was known as the All-Mother, and was a fertility goddess. The main things they, as a pair, represent are: wisdom, family, growth.

Zeus was known as the last born of his siblings, and the only one to avoid being eaten by their father, freeing his siblings and ruling Olympus as its king, he was the god of lightning and storms. Hera was known as the goddess of oaths, and marriage, being married to Zeus herself, she was ruthless to those who broke their oaths, and the offspring that tended to come from Zeus breaking his oath to her. The main things these two represent are: the power of a warrior, and the importance of oaths.

Amun-Ra has the characteristics of a solar, creation and fertility god, all of which held extremely high value in Egyptian society. (Is it obvious that I don’t know this mythos in as much detail?)

But God is the only god of His religion, although the angels, saints and Jesus get prayers too. He can’t be disobeyed by the angels as only humans have free will, so that cuts out the ‘ruling over them’ part, as He wouldn’t have much to rule over if not for the humans. He is accredited as the all-powerful God, however an archangel that defected and led a rebellion against Him was able to taint the first humans, and He didn’t stop it, so how all-powerful can He really be?

[marymotherofblood]

Summer’s day

As [he] passed away

Birds were singing in the summer sky

Then came the rain and once again

A tear fell from [his] mother's eye

- “Blasphemous Rumors,” Depeche Mode

(Baldur & Frigg sketch from last year)

[astrxealis]

I ADORE GEN INFORMATION AND HISTORY STUFF SOOO MUCH ... and etc etc etc and and and :(( <3 god i love the plethora of information ik and. etc.

[nerdasaurus1200]

Loki: A god doesn’t plead.

Sigyn:

[ruby-roseblog]

Mythology

I am just wondering, Mythology/Mythos side if Tumblr, which mythology is your favorite? Anyone have a favorite that is an obscure mythology?

[hoarder-of-rats]

"Let's go touch grass!" I say, "Let's buy some books at the USP feira do Livro" I say

Consider the grass touched 💅