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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · Jan 25

In Old Norse mythology and Northern folklore, there are many different types of giants. Researcher Lotte Motz labored to classify them:

Jötnar, a common term used interchangeably with other names for giants.

Þursar, monstrous or hostile giants, associated with rime giants.
#ScandinavianMyth

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budum @budum.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hey what’s up Youtube, it’s your boy Floki Wokestaff here with 10 more reasons why vikings were actually? Pretty leftist

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 8h

H1214
Quest assigned
because
of hero's knowledge
of animal languages.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, that famous tale. I do this all the time.

MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 1d

J1762.1.2
Crab mistaken
for tailor.

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 2d

It looks like they do possibly share a root, originating with a stranger or outsider. The division came from how we react to that stranger. I always wondered why "hostile" sounded like "hostel."

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 2d

F92.3
Visit
to lower world through opening rocks.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 3d

Just listened to @norsebysw.bsky.social's examination of Gaiman's 'Norse Mythology.' Found it very gratifying to listen to his granular takedown. I was limited to my grievance against Gaiman's sugar-coating of Gerðr's attempted rape, but his analysis is more expansive. #OldNorse

Neil Gaiman - ‘Norse Mythology’

YouTube video by Jackson Crawford

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 4d

ástarharmr (sb. m.): 1 cits, e.g. love pains // kærlighedssmerte ‘aller ... manu undra ok kynlegt þykkia með hueriom hætte er þit mattoð sua mykinn astar harm bera’ (Streng in DG 4-7) onp.ku.dk/o4993 #OldNorse

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 5d

I had Wunjo resting on my CPAP by my bed. One night I had to leap up and scoop the cat off the bed, as he was initiating a vomiting sequence. I didn't take my mask off and pulled the CPAP onto the floor. I've torn the bed apart and cleaned out that area, but can't find Wunjo.

I lost my joy!

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 5d

dvena (vb.): 3 cits, e.g. diminish, decline, dwindle, wither away // aftage i styrke, svækkes, svinde ind, visne hen ‘dvena matti ast hans við þig syndvga en eigi matti falla’ (ViðrLS in AM 544 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15817 #OldNorse

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 6d

D2066
Elfshot.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 6d

I missed the point originally but (after a long rest) I think I have a handle on it now. I apologize for injecting additional noise because I didn't fully grasp what was going on.

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 6d

When survival is at stake, ethics are a luxury. We are on a set course and we can face it with dignity or cower in fear/denial.

Without being entirely relevant, I was arguing for a Sisyphean moral resistance. You were talking about accepting the path we're on, riding toward collapse.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 6d

Okay, I was employing my favored tactic of "respond too quickly before thinking very hard."

It sounds like you're saying that the destination (collapse of civilization by ecological forces) is already set. You asked that people be humble about their imagined courage.

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 6d

Talk about a death metal band waiting to happen. #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 6d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: skarð (sb. n.): 92 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: the dark part of the moon’s far side] // den mørke del af månens forside ‘Hvæl ꜳ tungli er nær solu, en skard firr’ (Enc in AM 624 4°) onp.ku.dk/o69837 #OldNorse

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

There work is never done. We can never do so much work that we finally resolve the problem. It's important that we lose this mindset that there's a destination, exactly like you can't eat enough food to be full for the rest of your life (unless you eat yourself to death).

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

I'm saying that if we think in terms of goals, we'll feel defeated when these forms of bigotry return each generation. It's an ongoing process, these bad ideas are appealing to new, naive, reactionary generations. There's no "winning," no victory is permanent, but we have to continue resisting.

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not questioning the effort or taking a break, when needed. Gods know I'm fatigued, I've deleted many accounts and blocked thousands of people b/c I'm tired of the useless panic-reposting. I call my reps, for all the good that does.

I'm just saying, we can't think this is for an achievable goal.

Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

One of the most shocking, and important, revelations I came across, through you and other sources, was the parallel between the Valkyries and the Norns. But that the Valkyries do their spinning and weaving with the viscera of men. Quite the imagery, impressive and informative.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

"We don't fight Nazis because we expect to win.
We fight them because they are Nazis."

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7d

ástleysi (sb. n.): 15 cits, e.g. absence/lack of love // mangel på kærlighed ‘hann vill migh ey sinn frænnda läta kalla fyrer astleijsis saker vid migh’ (Svarfd in AM 161 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5081 #OldNorse

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

No way to pass these things along and explain them privately, unfortunately. This comes from my other account where I write adult fetish fiction, so that's the target audience, sorry.

Playing with Giant Women

I keep a running list of Size-related news, whenever I catch something interesting. I’ve expanded my Google Alerts search to include international terms,...

buttondown.com

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

For a long time, "girl" was the neutral term for young children and even animals. At some point in development, a boy would be distinguished from a girl, but "girl" was the default term. The origins are up for debate.

Girl - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

Originating c. 1300, "gyrle" means a child or young person, often female; its origin is uncertain, possibly from Old English or Proto-Germanic roots with obscure ...

www.etymonline.com

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 7d

In tonight's newsletter I expounded on the giantess Bakrauf ("anus"), which is as much about her (she only appears in a þulur of 176 giantess names) as it is about how giantesses were named after qualities—the elements, temperament, bodily features, magic use, &c. It was a fun one to write.

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 8d

F167.15
Great tattooer
in otherworld.

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Rúnskrá @runskra.bsky.social · 8d

The Giantess said similar. "Every myth begins in arrogance—the belief that your small mouth can name the unnameable. But arrogance, when it's honest, is also awe trying to speak."

"The universe dreams through you, and the dream takes your shape … You're midwifing the next version of meaning."

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