NorsePlay.

In 1975 CE, master writer  Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina, writes The Disk , a very short story that explores the NorsePlay of an additional Odinic magical item of curious qualities. I'm linking the following reading so you can enjoy this strange tale and so I can discuss it afterwards: Great, right?!? (Wait, you don't do audiobooks? Then go read it here , and come back.) So if we look at Borges' story though the greater context of the Norse Lore, there's the oddity of the Disk Of Odin itself, and its impossible one-sided-ness. We have to ask why Odin needed such a thing made in the first place. If the old man's reason is correct, then its singular quality provides an irrefutable proof of kingship , though not a guarantee of one, since the exiled old man Isern only has the object and not his kingdom. There's an Odinic quality in the old man's blindness (which also meta-reflexes into Borges' own single-functioning eye into a later complete blindness). T...

After a mead at the local Short Rest backroom tavern this week, I noticed these RPG prop gaming coins that seem to be adorned with the Dwarven race's arguably greatest achievement, Mjölnir : Seeing these got me wondering if there were other NorsePlay'd prop currencies being strewn about the TTRPG tables, and I also found the following: [minted by Fantasy Coins LLC.] [Talisman3D on Etsy.] [RelicCollectorShop on Etsy. Note the Valknut cornered square coin above and their other set below:] These all evoke a bit of Viking alt-history or mythic space in terms of creations from an elsewhen or elsewhere , and make one long for the assurance of physical metals over paper. #     #    # 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,...

  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...