There is absolutely no way to translate the most famous stanza from #Hávamál (Words of Óðinn) to English.

The brevity of the lines is like magic.

Deyr fé, [Dies sheep]
deyja frændur, [dies kin]
deyr sjálfur ið sama. [die ourselves as well.]
En orðstír [But reputation]
deyr aldregi [dies never]
hveim er sér góðan getur. [of them who a good one earns.]

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Woden The Raven King
#fanart #fancharacter #pokemon #pokemonfanart #pokemonfancharacter #pokemonanthro #anthro #nintendo #nintendofanart #odin #norsemyth

from Njal’s Saga, p. 198. ‘He’s not quite dead.’ #icelandicSaga #norsemyth Monty Python got it right! 😂

Hugin / Munin

Cyanotype, raven feathers, silk thread.

In Norse mythology, Odins ravens Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory) brought him news from all the worlds.

Initmating at the importance of memory, Odin says;

Huginn and Muninn
fly every day
over the vast earth.
I fear for Hugin
that he won’t return,
though I fear more for Munin

Thought is of the thing itself. Memory, while linked to thought, is something else entirely.

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"Stop telling me Odin is Santa because Sleipnir has 8 legs and Santa has 8 reindeer" Challenge 2022.

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loki and odin likely arent blood brothers, but just straight up brothers.

ođinn is attested to have two brothers: villi and vé. they share a father: borr. odinn created mankind together with hoenir and lođurr in völuspá. hoenir and lođurr have been debated to also be different names for villi and vé, because the same creation myth is mentioned in gylfaginning, except mentioning ođinn with hoenir and lođurr instead of villi and vé, implying theyre the same gods.

likewise, lođurr has been proposed to be another name for loki, with odin being referred to as both "lođurr's friend" and "loptr (another kenning for loki)'s friend". odin also gets called "hoenir's friend", which seems to confirm the trio. loki being lođurr is a mostly accepted theory.

im not a scholar by any means and this toot is mostly a product of me frantically googling for the better part of an hour. maybe someone more well-read in norse mythos can join in on this conversation.
iirc the "blood brothers" thing popped up first in a book without any solid sources or reasoning and it just kind of took off from there. yes, loki and odin have taken an oath with each other (lokasenna), but that doesnt mean they werent related in the first place.

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@vivdunstan Great idea! I’m into:
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Reading Norse Mythology by @neilhimself and listening to The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim soundtrack. Is it good? No. It’s awesome. #norsemyth #norsemythology #skyrim #neilgaiman