the other Grýla.
While doing a backup on the Map Of Midgard's Jötnar layer's stickpin for the Child-Eating Giantess Grýla's Cave, I noticed that the above is a different version of Þrándur Þórarinsson's Grýla (2009 CE) than the one I'd previously posted back in 2017 CE:
One must guess Þrándur made two different versions? Which do you prefer, NorsePlayers? And tell us why in the comments below!
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I like the top one more. I like the darker tones to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for weighing in, SC!
DeleteAesthetically, I agree with you, but I truly like them both as I think each has slightly different narrative delivery. The mother could be seen as calmly standing and perhaps even complicit in the top one. Grýla in the former seems to be just doing business as usual, whereas in the latter there's a torturous relish in rending that infant apart that amplifies just how she performs her duty to eat bad children.