NorsePlay.

Photographer Jennifer Peters has recently begun using her re-enactment group members for a series of photos depicting the Norse Gods! Óðinn freshly eye-plucked !: Iðunn probably looking off-screen at distractive Loki as Þjazi in eagle form circles around to kidnap her !: Þórr unknowing wrestling Elli (old age itself) in the rigged Utgard ian contests!: The work is remarkable in that Peters sometimes picks significant moments in the Norse Lore with dynamic action, which bring those narrative turns to life. We hope she continues expanding on this theme in her photography as we love the results. [ check out her work  here! (And thanks to the Valhalla Conversations podcast for bringing this creator to our attention.)]   #     #    # 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 tru...

This week's NorsePlay comes from the world of darts with a line of Viking-themed darts complete with shield holder made by Shot Darts! The barrels appear to be highly tactile & partly grooved for easier grip (though this is argued that such a feature in turn makes for a less-smooth release), come in anodized colors, and bomber, taper, or straight in a range of weights depending on which model you get, but all in 90% tungsten. [check out those cool Huginn & Muninn flights!] [whoa, that engraved tip!] While outside of the sewing term of a dart, there isn't an Old Norse reference to darts as we know it now, but the origins are probably the medieval English doing archery, or axes, or spears into the ends of logs with their organically ringed wooden target-like circles & distinct centers, which would way later become the more formal dartboard "clock" we know of once someone wanted to move the action indoors, but decided that battle weapons probably weren't...