the nail-ship of the dead.

 

As if the idea of Naglfar, a ship made of the nailclippings of Helheim's dead, sent against the Einherjar at Ragnarök isn't an unsettling image enough, this Russian-style depiction makes one wonder what if the Kyivan Rus' had never converted, and what that artistic tradition might've looked like.

The other interestingly NorsePlay'd visual choice here is that the dead seem to be the giants compared to the scale of the opposing drakkar below, which raises the question of what happens in the long run when Thor & the other Aesir take out their jötnar enemies if they're only going face them again in the host of the dead when the end battle comes around.

[From Boris Zaborikhin' illustrations to The Elder Edda.]

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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.