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A group for the discussion of all aspects of the culture of the Vikings - their wars, voyages, art, literature, language and legacy. Hugrunar means 'Thought Runes' and encompasses discussion of the Viking Age from the Fifth to the Eleventh Centuries. |
Valhalla jeg kommer: Viking Religion and Mythology
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 Ginnungagap and Beyond: Norse Creation
Historical Thread
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In which to discuss the Viking creation myths and legends, from Ginnungagap to the coming of men...
In the south is a realm called Muspell. That region flickers with dancing flames. It seethes and shines. No one can endure it except those born into it...
In the north, there is Niflheim. It is packed with ice and covered with vast sweeps of snow...
Between these realms there once stretched a huge and seeming emptiness; this was Ginnungagap...
- paraphrased from The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson
The basic construction of the creation myth of the Vikings was certainly not unique to them, but it did have certain elements not found in other mythologies. How is the Viking creation myth similar to or different from other Indo-European myths, or other world-wide mythologies?
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The Quick Pantheon (* lilja Harfagri, Nov 23, 2004 - 14:07 ) Freyja (freya) (* Ästrid Scarwoðe Thorolfsson, Oct 25, 2004 - 02:27 ) A Mirror of our Everyday Lives (* Harald Egilsson, Mar 11, 2004 - 16:15 ) Tius (* Hols Haraldsson, Mar 11, 2004 - 15:39 ) Freyja info (* Freyja Grafeldr, Jan 31, 2004 - 00:30 ) Freyja (* Norrmania Sigurdsson, Oct 14, 2003 - 19:10 ) Comparative Mythology (Nordics and Hellenics) (* Norrmania Sigurdsson, Aug 20, 2003 - 00:22 ) Not so much a comment - more of an aside - (* Londinius Romulus, Oct 4, 2002 - 12:29 ) Parallels and Connections (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Oct 2, 2002 - 22:14 ) Comparative mythology (* Culann Brigantes, Oct 2, 2002 - 21:48 )|
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