Map Of Midgard update: The Map Of The Norse Gods is now available at Nexus!

After years of reading, then 10+ years of data aggregation for the Map Of Midgard Project, and then applying that into 8 months of art direction, NorsePlay is so pleased to announce the Norðreginskort: The Map Of The Norse Gods is finally available, premiering for sale at Nexus Books in Tucson!

Look up for it on the Nexus' west wall above the shelves as pictured! This second map in this series will be the largest at 20"x30", printed on heavy 65# acid-free parchment paper with archival ink, this map is of heirloom quality that should last at least a century. Prints are $60 USD each, and a prestigious glass & wood framed version is $120 USD.

Note that map purchase includes complimentary Gmail account access to the matching digital map with rollover story/source data and even more GPS coordinates! For one example from the 143 digital stickpins:

With the above information, if you wanted to go see the island where Thor's animate statue faces off in a tug-of-war with Olaf Trygvasson, then you have the GPS points to go and belated raise a horn to Thor's wooden avatar, and you can scroll at right on each and every rollover to read the full stories on all entries!

Those of you who've bought the Óðinnsvegr: The Path Of Odin map (and thank you for doing so!) might be asking in terms of data what the difference is between Odin appearing on the Norðreginskort with all the Gods compared to the Path map with just him. Because of chosen scale and area density to fit the other deities on the Norðreginskort there's a smaller 39 Odinic stickpins versus the more focused 54 stickpins on the Óðinnsvegr, so this second map doesn't negate the first at all, it only compliments it by showing many of Odin's appearances in a larger context with all his fellow Æsir & the Vanir.

In making this map, I have to give a extra-special thanks to Robert Pfeffer for his generous permission to use Pfeffer Mediæval, his historically-based yet modern accessible Carolingian Insular font. If I'd've had to pick anything else, I'd've been less than happy with this final result. Robert's letters are seriously the medievalist's chef's kiss on this mapping project.

Huge, huge, huge props must go to Fantasy Map Shop cartographer Edwin Menzo for his patience in the back & forth design directions it took to get the Norðreginskort produced. Working remotely with someone using a software whose limitations a client (being me!) doesn't understand takes added time, high levels of technical communication, and intuitive finesse towards completion, and this map very well may not have happened if it wasn't for Edwin having all that and more, and I can't say thanks to him enough (and I look forward to potentially producing more maps with him in the future).

After so much research & working with my cartography data, it is so very gratifying to see the Norðreginskort finally manifested and out in the world! Thank you for your interest & support, and if you have additional questions about the Norðreginskort, want to buy direct, or want to carry it at your place of business, do contact me via the email link in the footer below! Stay tuned for more Map Of Midgard Project updates for upcoming map releases!

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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.