NorsePlay'd tarot.
In the first blush of the New Age movement, there was a commercial need to Tarot-ify anything and everything, including Norse Mythology. The retrofitting of a Renaissance period divinatory card system onto far more ancient Norse Lore is upon further examination a klugy appropriation, but it makes for some interesting art and explores thinking about how elements in Norse Lore are associated with their ideas. Note the burning of the halls which produces the smoke that disrupts the light that makes up Bifrost, and the jötunn coveting Máni, the moon, inadvertently posed like a tourist gianting a monument with false perspective in a travel photo.
[Images from The Norse Tarot (1989) by Clive Barrett.]
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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology, field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.
And a grim black and blood red #Ragnarök with freed #Fenrir, #Surtr breaking dimensional barriers, and #Naglfar approaching:
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