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Iðunn's terror at being hoisted off by eagle-form jötunn Þjazi in P. Craig Russell's Norse Mythology graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics. While the focus here should be on the crucial loss of the Gods' irreplaceable harvester of youth-sustaining apples , I can't help but look backwards at the golden halls of Ásgarðr she's being hijacked from. Russell's nouveau fantasist stylings have given Elric and Dr Strange otherworldly cityscapes over the past decades and I'm glad to see him turn his hand to NorsePlay the home of the Gods as an important location in the lore. Note this specific drawing for V2 #5 recently sold on eBay for $2K+ as PCR's original graphite page that was only digitally colored by another artist, but he put his own mixed media colors on his original to make the only physical copy that differs from the cover everyone else got on their comic or in their graphics. Also note that PCR's auctioning off other pieces like this, so if you...

In my recently completed rewatch of the 1974-6 CE The Land of the Lost , I capstoned with the 2009 CE film, and had completely forgotten that a pretty near match to the Oseberg Viking Ship shows up among the sands that also have an Urban Outfitters and other odd cross-temporal Midgardian displacements. Yet given the Vikings' achievements in exploration, it instead implies that they might've purposefully come there. This pretty much duplicates the far overplayed viral meme where an astronaut finds a drakkar on the lunar surface right after he arrives: With the raft-over-the-falls-into-a-time-door mechanism that's used in the classic show's intro, the idea that a ship gaining entry into The Land Of The Lost via one of the many Viking "routine expedition"s river route for trade combined with a possibly exceptional Loki-quake could also explain its presence. Or when colonizing Greenland, only 14 of 25 ships actually make it, so it could potentially be one of those...

On the contrary, YouTube Trophy Quiz Whiz, but to brag is to Heathen! Dr Irina-Maria Manea's channel, Shield of Skuld, regularly runs quizzes in her community feed, and today I won this badge for being the Norse Lore expert I know I am. Reading pays, kids, so go hit those Sagas like Thor hammers those jötnar! [and go check out Irina's powerpoint lectures 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  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 .

Found in The Wicked Griffin 's post on Healing Goddess  Eir , this Valkyrie lineup hearkens back to Mucha's seasons, except in a more martial fashion. The Victorian/Belle Époque ideals of decorative beauty intersect quite well here to contribute to what NorsePlay has dubbed the Norse Nouveau . From what I can make out, Freyja 's at center with a pauldron-inclusive  Brísingamen that splays pointily downwards, and Eir is at far right with a herbily decorated placard and bearing  a healing elixir in a tankard. If you can figure out specifically who the other Valkyries are in this tableau, do let us know in the comments below! #     #    # 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...