Gustav Klimt's Yggdrasil.


One can't help but see Yggdrasil, Huginn, & some Aesir dressed in godly raiments in Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life mural. There's a metaphysical totality being depicted in the whorls of those branches, and the golden outlines imply an existence beyond the physical. The scattered eye motifs also recall Odin.

[Stoclet Fries 1905 CE, in Brussells, using paint, marble, ceramic, tiles, enamel, pearls, & semi-precious stones.]

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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.

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  1. Kara Lynn: ... and when he caught his breath, the recognition finally struck him still for a moment, then whispering it to her in the golden light:
    "You're like someone out of a Klimt painting."
    The candles flickered across the hollows of her collarbones, and he ran his fingers along them, again.

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  2. Guillermo the IVth “These, and these, and these.”

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