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Moodboard for Hodor!! He’s been helping me through things lately. Lol I added Isa (the lizard) to help me remember his rune 🥰❄️☃️
The rune Ingwaz
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New beginnings, growth, taking initiative, and it is associated with the god Frey, but it also reminds me of his wife Gerd 🥰🫐
Nidhogg 🐲
Norse mythology fails to convey the sense of terror that must have hung over Asgard every time Loki was gone for longer than eight months and three weeks
I know it's hard to promote original works on tumblr, so as I get closer to finishing the prologue and first chapter of my book I want to tag any fandoms that I think might enjoy what I'm writing :]
Big one is Greek mythology and other mythology inspired works. Like Percy Jackson and the Olympians. As well as the others in the Rick Riordan series, but for a slightly older age range (teens to young adults but for anyone who enjoys it)
Another is the discworld series. With a world quite similar to yours but with its own fantastic twists.
There is also a lot of diversity, the main three are all ace and aro spec. There are trans folk, and other lgbtq+. There are also folk with disabilities, invisible and physical.
This is a huge project for me and it will probably be a couple years till I can even finish the first book, but I hope to keep posting art and updates in the meantime
There are many mysteries to unravel and adventures to have, I hope you enjoy my silly little story and as soon as I return to the comfort of my room I'll start up writing again!!
Before The Lord Of The Rings and Game Of Thrones There was Die Nibelungen (1924)
Fritz Lang, Die Nibelungen (The Nibelungs), 1924.
After my family and I finish roasting marshmallows in the backyard I was talking about how cool Norse mythology and why couldn’t America have cool shit and how awesome that they had a world tree that lead to nine worlds and then my dad was like that some stupid bullshit aND I KID YOU NOT THE FUCKIN FIRE RELIT ITSEF AFTER WE PUT IT OUT AND IF THAT AINT A SIGN THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT IS
Horny Loki
My first ever published fanfic stars a Loki who was raised Jötunn (or Jotunn for those without umlauts on the keyboard). Consequently, I did have to do a lot of worldbuilding for both Jötunheimr and its people. There were some important choices to be made, about culture and biology (which I might elaborate on later) but mostly about their appearance. Fandom seems to agree on some key factors: Blue skin, red eyes, very tall.
But then there are the horns.
For many artists and writers, putting pretty horns on Loki’s head is probably just a stylistic choice. Usually, my choices are reached by carefully weighing movie canon against Norse Lore canon, because I’m a massive nerd.
So, what did the Vikings have to say on this matter?
Jötnar according to Norse Lore
The name comes from the Old Norse word ‘etall ' = consuming, greedy. They were also referred to as ‘risi’ = enormous.
That is the only description we get. Oh, and most of them are said to have been “beautiful”, which is, as always, a matter of personal opinion. And what people of that time thought of as beautiful could be very different from our modern definition.
Horns, though, do not appear on even the Jötnar described as “grotesque”.
Choices, choices
Now, how the Jötnar appear in the movies I don’t have to explain here; we’ve all seen Loki change as he touched the Casket. The comic never show “horned” Frost Giants, though they seem to have come up with the blue skin.
All of this should tell us that horns on Jötnar are just wrong. But, I don’t think fans can ever really be wrong about the art they are creating, that’s what AUs and headcanons are for.
The main reason that I didn’t want to depict “my” Loki with horns was Asgardian prejudice. The Aesir think of the Jötnar as “savage beasts”, which is totally racist and irrational. Therefore, I made them as normal as possible, while still letting them be their own, unique kind.
Though, normal, is a matter of personal opinion, as well. ; )
Manly men
So, one question that has popped up in the comments to my fic much more often than others is “Why are Loki’s parents both male?” or something to that effect. I could just flippantly answer, “Why not?” but like with everything I wrote, I did have specific, thoroughly thought-out reasons for this.
First, let’s go back in history.
Jötunn biology according to Norse Lore
Somewhat understandable, the authors of the Norse myths didn’t spend much time on detailed descriptions of monsters, because they cared more about the battles against them and about making up dozens of nicknames for their goods, for some reason.
But, we can be pretty sure that in these myths there did exist female Jötnar, as well as male. There is no way of knowing whether the women looked any different than the men, because both were seen as “beautiful”.
Loki, however, is only ever referred to as “he”, even after Bragi reminds everyone that he once gave birth to children, when disguised as a milkmaid. And after the horse incident. He also has kids with women, though; three with Angrboda and two with Sigyn. This seems to be ascribed mostly to Loki being a shapeshifter.
All men, all mom material
Many fanfic authors and the official Marvel comics, too, solved the inability to pin Loki down as either man or woman by making him gender-fluid or intersex. As a cisgender female, I didn’t feel comfortable with writing about either, though. I honestly don’t think I could do this justice.
I did, however, want to have the chance to write about the inherent sexism of the Norse Myths and, therefore, Asgard’s culture. To that end, I made the Jötnar an all-male species who, nonetheless, all have the ability to carry children. This goes along with some Jötnar taking on traditionally “female” roles in their family or having traditionally “female” jobs, for which people from other realms look down on them.
I also just really enjoyed having Loki answer bigoted insults of him being “unmanly” with “Yeah, all of my people would disagree with you on that.” ; P
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So a quick warm up before I crack on with my commissions 🙈💕 some fluff incommiiinngggggg 😉
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Loki finale spoilers!!
It’s Yggdrasil!!! This is so gorgeous and tragic I love it so much.
Did he create the Yggdrasil because he learnt about it in Asgard? If he created it he couldn’t learn about it, and if he didn’t learn about it she couldn’t have created it. A paradox
Loki vs Zeus
We always talk about Zeus’s sexploits, but Loki literally fathered a giant snake, a half-corpse, a wolf big enough to eat the sun, and mothered an eight-legged horse.
Chapters: 14/24 Fandom: Original Work, Norse Religion & Lore, Prose Edda (Norse), Poetic Edda (Norse), Völsunga saga | Saga of the Volsungs - Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Áslaug (Norse Religion & Lore), Fáfnir | Frænir | Fafnir (Norse Religion & Lore), Svanhild/Svanhildr, Svanhildr Sigurðardóttir, Svanhild Gjúkingar, Brynhildr (Norse Religion & Lore), Sigurðr | Sigurd (Norse Religion & Lore), Heimr of Hlymdalir, Bekkhild of Hlymdalir, Grani - Character, Finnegan Descendus Sliochd, Fionn of the Wild Hunt, Merida Descendus Sliochd, Gwyn ap Nudd, Kayraen of the Wild Hunt, Iian Briar, Elli (Old Age), Frau Gauden, Frau Holle, Fionn Flann, Lorcán the Fierce, Dearil/Renna Kingsdöttær, Kieran, Caelum, cathan, Nuallán, Duibhín, Ai-Laau Series: Part 3 of Saga of the Sigurða (The Völsunga Saga Continued) Summary:
Aslaug is a Volsunga. So far, it has been nothing but a burden. She has had a voice in her head, tempting her to be a monster at every moment and never giving her peace; she has lost her father, then her mother, for reasons she has yet to fully understand; she has no idea what she wants to do or what she is destined for, but she does know she's going to have to figure it out on her own.
When she has a chance encounter with her soulmates, Aslaug's destiny truly begins to unfold, and her journey to discover who she is and what she will do begins. Her first task: locate her father's treasure, the legacy of the great Sigurd Fafnesbane. The only thing standing in her way? Her half-sister, Svanhild Volsunga, who is determined to live a life beyond just a woman doomed to die at the hands of a family curse.
Aslaug must choose where her loyalties lie, what path she wishes to follow when all of them lead to nothing but tragedy, and admit that perhaps she might just be a hero - all while the curse of the Andvaranaut begins to test her ability to lose what little she holds dear.
Me whenever I hear anyone talking about one of my hyperfixations
So... A lot of aesthetics & phases circle around the Greek Mythology.
Are there some aesthetics around Norse mythology??
Sigyn: Trust fall, catch me!
Loki: No, Sigyn, I'm carrying mugs!
Sigyn: Too late!
*mugs smash on the ground, Loki catches Sigyn*
Later.
Sigyn: *carries mugs*
Loki: Trust fall, catch me!
Sigyn: Okay.
*Sigyn catches Loki, mugs intact*
Loki: ... HOW?!?
And Sleipnir🤣
Loki's children
BTW I was inspired by this meme👇
so thank you unknown artist♥️