tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post8087959126621767092..comments2023-08-25T03:19:21.216-06:00Comments on Stæfcræft & Vyākaraṇa: Odin and Frigg sat in Hlithskjolf and looked over all the worlds: a recently-discovered Viking-age silver figurinebe_slayedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920742528327860445noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-15821937886212021102009-12-09T02:17:36.389-07:002009-12-09T02:17:36.389-07:00Thank you for sharing this. Lovely piece, in remar...Thank you for sharing this. Lovely piece, in remarkable shape for 10th cent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-23873799442196783942009-11-23T20:07:35.334-07:002009-11-23T20:07:35.334-07:00Another mystery!Another mystery!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-51059651297022284932009-11-23T11:43:06.267-07:002009-11-23T11:43:06.267-07:00I would expect to see Mjöllnir represented if this...I would expect to see Mjöllnir represented if this were "Thor in drag". <br /><br />It could well be "Odin in drag", as Odin was known to practice seiðr, which was "women's magic"--and thus in the Lokasenna (Loki insulting all the gods), Loki accuses Odin as being effeminate, saying:<br /><br />"But, it is said, thou [=Odin] wentest<br />with tottering steps in Samsö,<br />and knocked at houses as a Vala. [where Vala ~ "witch"]<br />In likeness of a fortune teller,<br />thou wentest among people;<br />Now that, methinks, betokens a base nature."be_slayedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920742528327860445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-51962902870315191972009-11-23T11:33:04.193-07:002009-11-23T11:33:04.193-07:00Also, my vote's for "Thor in drag."Also, my vote's for "Thor in drag."Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667164107391749039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-62665117173211322942009-11-23T11:31:41.588-07:002009-11-23T11:31:41.588-07:00awesome. just awesome.awesome. just awesome.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667164107391749039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-49011276955331088312009-11-23T11:20:21.894-07:002009-11-23T11:20:21.894-07:00Hmm...I thought the artist had quite skilfully cap...Hmm...I thought the artist had quite skilfully captured the pose of ravens with their heads cocked. <br /><br />It's difficult for me to see these birds as ducks--in any case, I can't recall any Northern deities who are associated with ducks.be_slayedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920742528327860445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-79843465149475311472009-11-23T10:27:26.681-07:002009-11-23T10:27:26.681-07:00My response is quite the contrary: the statuette i...My response is quite the contrary: the statuette is fuggly, and the ravens look more like ducks.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092202804301639769.post-11442685457525411152009-11-23T09:30:29.964-07:002009-11-23T09:30:29.964-07:00Beautiful, & awesome. An icon lining up with ...Beautiful, & awesome. An icon lining up with all those traits is cool as heck.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.com