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  Spotted this throwback hand poured 1 troy ounce Viking ship-stamped silver bar made by MK Barz. If we look back at actual bars from hoard finds, there was nothing so stylized nor pre-measured, leaving that to merchants' scales or visual judgments for hacking into pieces when exchanges were made if transactions required only partial amounts. For comparison, the above sticklike melt bars are from the Spillings Hoard, the largest Viking silver treasure yet found, hidden under the floorboards of a what was probably a storage shed on Gotland, Sweden. [ship themed bullion available in 1/3/5 troy ounce bars here .] #    #    # 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  projec...

This is as pictured, and if you're looking for a  cross-pollination of Southwestern neckwear and Norse Lore design , this is the piece for you. I've gotten nothing but compliments when I rock this, and am glad to wear the classy flair of its Heathen-inspired post-Reconstruction regionalism. Note that the back has open loops and not channeled clips for the strings, so if you wanted to flip the Valknut, it'll require you to push the metal loops open (which I haven't attempted as I'm unsure about the tensile strength of the metal nor the epoxy which mounts the hardware to the reverse of the design) and push them back into place, so be aware of that. It's a terrific piece that could only be made better by making it in sterling, adding some Rúnatal in cattlebrand-inspired futhark font to it, and allowing it to easily be flipped, but it's outstanding and the only thing of its kind out there. With Odin's reputation as the God Of The Gallows, when seen along wi...

Hammering out candy in Malmö, Sweden, Viking Sweets manufactures four different confections all in the shape of Thor's Mjölnir! These Thor-riffic treats come in traditional salty licorice, licorice & juniper, raspberry, and elderflower. Specifically the hammer these are molded after's the Danish Købelev hammer found in 2014 CE on the isle of Lolland. For awhile before that there were some academic factions who questioned whether the Thor's hammer pendant finds were actually Thor's hammers, but this 10th-century example specifically says in runes "Hmar x is” meaning “This is a Hammer”. Well, perhaps now those deconstructionist Lokis can buy a bag of these hammers and literally eat those words to their satisfaction. Have any of you tried these candies? If so, do leave us a review in the comments below! [order direct here , and mail some to NorsePlay for review if you're feeling gifty.] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special i...

During my current re-watch of Loki S1E1, the Mobius interviewing Loki scene raises the question beyond the MCU of Loki as a mechanism within the Norse Lore: Mobius: You weren't born to be king, Loki. You were born to cause pain and suffering and death. That's how it is, that's how it was, that's how it will be. [shows the Avengers one final time]  Mobius: All so that others can achieve the best versions of themselves. Outside of this nice bit of character study breakdown, this not-so-glorious incidental purpose doesn't justify Loki's decisions or actions within the Norse Lore . It's been argued that if one removes Loki from the myths, then you really have no foil or proactive instigator that causes the stories to happen at all, but let's NorsePlay this to disprove that unjustified fallacy by actually pruning him from the Eddaic timeline. Odin co-designs the whole Níuverse, wars then negotiates a peace with the Vanir to gain wonderfully advantageous host...