Thorin the Skald
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As a Skald(Storyteller), I am well versed in the Norse Myths, and hope to one day publish my own book on them...or rather two books...one for children, and one for older children! LOL It was as a storyteller that I found my way to the Norse Way spiritual path.
The myths of the Norse peoples are rich in morals, values, humor, and life-lessons. The creation story tells us that the first creature was a female.....a cow....but a female non the less! It also tells us that our world, Midgard, was created from the body of a giant so big that when he died in battle, his body stretched across the Great Void....the Gananigagap....and that his fozen blood thawed and became the water that surrounds our world in the oceans, lakes and rivers. Yimir, the giant, as a creature made from ice. We also learn who the first god was...his name was Buri....and from him sprang three sons....Odin, Vili and Ve. It was Odin who went on to have 9 sons of his own.....and so it begins.....
There are tales of valor....when Tyre, god of war, gave up his right hand so that the Fenris wolf could be bound with a magic chain made by the dwarves.....and when Idunna, keeper of the Golden Apples of Youth, refused to give any to the giant Thiassi. There are tales of love....when Thor made Loki replace Sif's hair after Loki had cut it all off.......and when Frey gave up his magic sword to be with the giantess he loved.
And, then there is Ragnarock.....the Doom of the Gods....the last battle between Good and Evil. All bounds shall be broken...and the Host of Helheim shall come forth to the Plain of Vigrid to meet with the gods and those warriors chosen by Odin to fight in this one last battle. Most of the gods do not survive....and NONE of the Evil creatures do. After a thousand years of cleansing fire, the World is reborn, and two humans awake in the charred stump of the Tree of Life. And high above, where the shining halls of Asgard once stood, a Gateway opens....and out walk the few gods who survived...as well as ALL of the goddesses(they did not fight in the Last Battle)....and then the ground opens, and Baldur(our version of Jesus) walks up out of the earth arm in arm with his blind brother Hod....forgiving him for shooting him with the dart of mistltoe so long long ago. But, it was Loki, the Trickster's hand that guided Hod's arm when that fateful day came....or is to come rather. I follow what may seem to some a group of gods and goddesses who are doomed right from the start....but when you look closer, you see that they die not for a lost cause....but because they know what is to come......HOPE....and Re-birth. Bright Blessings all.
The myths of the Norse peoples are rich in morals, values, humor, and life-lessons. The creation story tells us that the first creature was a female.....a cow....but a female non the less! It also tells us that our world, Midgard, was created from the body of a giant so big that when he died in battle, his body stretched across the Great Void....the Gananigagap....and that his fozen blood thawed and became the water that surrounds our world in the oceans, lakes and rivers. Yimir, the giant, as a creature made from ice. We also learn who the first god was...his name was Buri....and from him sprang three sons....Odin, Vili and Ve. It was Odin who went on to have 9 sons of his own.....and so it begins.....
There are tales of valor....when Tyre, god of war, gave up his right hand so that the Fenris wolf could be bound with a magic chain made by the dwarves.....and when Idunna, keeper of the Golden Apples of Youth, refused to give any to the giant Thiassi. There are tales of love....when Thor made Loki replace Sif's hair after Loki had cut it all off.......and when Frey gave up his magic sword to be with the giantess he loved.
And, then there is Ragnarock.....the Doom of the Gods....the last battle between Good and Evil. All bounds shall be broken...and the Host of Helheim shall come forth to the Plain of Vigrid to meet with the gods and those warriors chosen by Odin to fight in this one last battle. Most of the gods do not survive....and NONE of the Evil creatures do. After a thousand years of cleansing fire, the World is reborn, and two humans awake in the charred stump of the Tree of Life. And high above, where the shining halls of Asgard once stood, a Gateway opens....and out walk the few gods who survived...as well as ALL of the goddesses(they did not fight in the Last Battle)....and then the ground opens, and Baldur(our version of Jesus) walks up out of the earth arm in arm with his blind brother Hod....forgiving him for shooting him with the dart of mistltoe so long long ago. But, it was Loki, the Trickster's hand that guided Hod's arm when that fateful day came....or is to come rather. I follow what may seem to some a group of gods and goddesses who are doomed right from the start....but when you look closer, you see that they die not for a lost cause....but because they know what is to come......HOPE....and Re-birth. Bright Blessings all.