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asgardeventide2012-08-09 11:27 pm
digophelia) wrote in asgardeventide2012-08-09 11:27 pm
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Oh, hello, again, Asgard!
In a short time, I've been learning Italian, I've also have been learning the Jötunheim, Utgard, the nine realms, and the Æsir. To be honest, Utgard, almost sounds like... a mirror world. A looking glass world.
It means "Outyards" and it is said to be the strong hold of the Jötunn or giants. Why, there's even a Loki in Utgard, Utgarda-Loki. Do any of our Lokis know of this? Or do we have a Utgarda-Loki? Who knows what the god of mischief, I doubt either of them will admit to such a thing.
But the most peculiar thing of all I found in the Prose Edda was the "Mead of Poetry" or "Suttungr's Mead". It sounds absolutely dreadful, but wonderfully curious. It call started with a war and the gods seal a truce by spitting in in a vat. To keep symbol of this truth, they added the blood of Kvasir, who was said to be so wise that there were no questions that he couldn't answer. It concludes with Odin stealing it from Suttungr, a Jötunn.
Gunnlod sat me in the golden seat,
Poured me precious mead:
I'll reward she had from me for that,
For her proud and passionate heart,
Her brooding foreboding spirit.
What I won from her I have well used:
I have waxed in wisdom since I came back,
bringing to Asgard Odhroerir,
the sacred draught.
Hardly would I have come home alive
From the garth of the grim troll,
Had Gunnlod not helped me, the good woman,
Who wrapped her arms around me.
Terrible creatures, these Jötunn, and yet, they go quite hand in hand with the Æsir!
I suppose I should thank the dark-haired Loki for this, he's made me quite curious about these nine realms and strongholds of both gods and giants.
[ooc; Brought to you by this song which is about the mead and may or may not be in Old Norse, I forget.]
In a short time, I've been learning Italian, I've also have been learning the Jötunheim, Utgard, the nine realms, and the Æsir. To be honest, Utgard, almost sounds like... a mirror world. A looking glass world.
It means "Outyards" and it is said to be the strong hold of the Jötunn or giants. Why, there's even a Loki in Utgard, Utgarda-Loki. Do any of our Lokis know of this? Or do we have a Utgarda-Loki? Who knows what the god of mischief, I doubt either of them will admit to such a thing.
But the most peculiar thing of all I found in the Prose Edda was the "Mead of Poetry" or "Suttungr's Mead". It sounds absolutely dreadful, but wonderfully curious. It call started with a war and the gods seal a truce by spitting in in a vat. To keep symbol of this truth, they added the blood of Kvasir, who was said to be so wise that there were no questions that he couldn't answer. It concludes with Odin stealing it from Suttungr, a Jötunn.
Poured me precious mead:
I'll reward she had from me for that,
For her proud and passionate heart,
Her brooding foreboding spirit.
What I won from her I have well used:
I have waxed in wisdom since I came back,
bringing to Asgard Odhroerir,
the sacred draught.
Hardly would I have come home alive
From the garth of the grim troll,
Had Gunnlod not helped me, the good woman,
Who wrapped her arms around me.
Terrible creatures, these Jötunn, and yet, they go quite hand in hand with the Æsir!
I suppose I should thank the dark-haired Loki for this, he's made me quite curious about these nine realms and strongholds of both gods and giants.
[ooc; Brought to you by this song which is about the mead and may or may not be in Old Norse, I forget.]