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Ragnarok: Destiny of the Gods offers a 65-card deck with edutaining facts on Norse Mythology that are playable as six different games. Now that's alot of NorsePlay. Any of you dealt some hands of this yet? [created by Reynir A. Óskarson, available at www.cardsofragnarok.com/ ] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Adam Celadin shows us some Mjölnirkraft throwing skills, proving that Thor's technique isn't just the stuff of legends. #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

NorsePlay would like to take a moment to use its massive social media pull to insist Wardruna add a Tucson date to their 2018 North American tour. You could easily slip us in that week between Boulder and Nantes. If you come we will buy you horns of Tucson's incomparable world-class craft beer. [Photo from Wardruna’s second concert at Vikingskipshuset (The Viking Ship Museum) in Oslo, Norway on March 30, 2010.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do...

Linda Evans' Sleipnir appears to be Dirty Harry one-liner meets Rambo. Any of you read this NorsePlay? (And no, she's not the actress.) #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Odin gives his blessing & blood to Caine in this Vampire: The Dark Ages supplement, Wolves of the Sea ! In the mostly Abrahamic context of White Wolf's tabletop RPG, we always wondered if there was a pocket of Norse Lore still undead in within its dark history. [cover art by Richard Kane Ferguson.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Thor's Hammer nightlight so one can be covered against frost giants and whatever else might be lurking in the dark. We like the TronSpiration of this design as well. #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Since NorsePlay's in Tucson, we're taking a moment to mention Arizona Opera 's putting on Das Rheingold , Wagner's classic remix of Norse Mythology. [At the Tucson Music Hall on April 14th & 15th, rehearsal photos by Tim Trumble.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Jǫrmungandr versus Thor backgrounded by a Viking ship automata crashing through the waves.  This may be an implicative NorsePlay that their essential conflict drives the motion of the ocean, both through his storms and the serpent's underwater writhing, and/or his three drinks that start the tides and the serpent being nearly picked up to set the sea to tremble. [crafted by Fyodor Krasniy of MadnessAndTea on Etsy.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,...

If the horses are too lathered, perhaps a modern Valkyrie might select a bicycle? [1900 bicycle ad.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

A clever reader NorsePlay'd their selection with the subject itself: A copy of Larry Millett's Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery visits Kensington Rune Stone Park! Any of you read this, and if so, what does sleuthing Holmes conclude about the runestone? [2024 CE Addenda: The original image that originally accompanied this 2018 CE post from 210 Laurel of Stillwater, MN, USA, has since disappeared, so I replaced it with just an image of the book as an entry placeholder in hopes the original photo or something like it will reappear.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mplo...

We just ran across this 1968 anime, The Little Norse Prince . Later re-released as The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun , we read its Norse context is apparently window dressing for some Ainu themes, but there's a Völsunga Saga style sword that must be pulled , and later reforged. Any of you seen this? If so, is it NorsePlay enough? #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

Perhaps this is our Heathen Worldview's magic binoculars at work, but we see alot of NorsePlay within Moonrise Kingdom 's Suzy Bishop. She's a thoughtful Huginn-esque raven, she wears a transformative bird costume like Freyja, she goes berserkergang and stabs a kid in the lumbar with lefty scissors, starts fighting with some girl in her classroom (war goddess), disagrees vehemently with her family over their possessive intentions (i.e. giving her to the giants for trade at certain points in the Lore), travels with a cat ( Bygul/Trjegul ), willingly suffers for her jewelry (the painful piercing for new earrings scene/Freyja's bargain for Brísingamen), and wanders fearlessly into the wilderness to search for her love (Sam/Óðr). Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, have we caught you at something Eddaic? #    #    # 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  ...

An interpretive overlay for Ratatoskr might be that if his function is to carry messages of enmity between two cosmic creatures that are forces of destruction, then the squirrel's not just a mere harpy, he's also a manifestation of social destruction by disreputation. The erosive slander he carries from top to bottom and back again along Yggdrasil only serves to fans the flames of societal breakdown. Maybe our cosmic squirrel isn't so cute after all? [graphic from Stickerbomb XL by Studio Rarekwai.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 e mployment/ opportunities in  investi...

Njord Kane's Spangenhelm quotes an anonymous author who speculates that Bigfoot/Sasquatch can be identified as Trolls, and that they are vibrational extra-dimensional entities in nature, which is why physical evidence has been hard to collect and why the sound of church bells pains them so. It's a pretty interesting train of thought that fills in something within Norse Cosmology. [4/10/2020 Addendum: Since originally posting this, the  Spangenhelm  website's gone down. If any of you know if there's a repost elsewhere online, we'd like to link this entry to it.] #    #    # 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 t hen 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 Norse...