Good versus evil? It’s time to get LOKI! Another interesting part of Norse myth is that of the idea of good versus evil. It simply doesn’t exist. There are the essences of chaos versus order, but neither is inherently good or evil. Now this is an interesting line to walk while writing Fantasy. Everyone has […]
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Freyja’s Necklace
There are several mentions of Freyja’s necklace, Brísingamen, in the mythology. Here are the ones that I can recall. In one of the poems of the Poetic Edda, Thor borrows Freyja’s necklace to pretend to be her for the wedding to get his hammer back (and Loki was instrumental in keeping Thor’s secret identity hidden). […]
Legendary Weapon?
When we talk about the Norse gods, we also have to look at the people who worshiped them. In this case, this would be the Vikings. During my writing process, first came a spark of an idea, and then it wasn’t long until the muse showed up with characters in tow. And the characters just […]
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