Most of us have come to see Tyr as a god who stands for justice, law, doing the right thing. I am not about to say otherwise. First, how we experience the deities is highly personal and will manifest in as many ways as there are people experiencing them. Second, he is all those things […]
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Sometimes a criminal, Sometimes a king; Ever a constant And never one thing. A dealer of wisdom In riddles and lies-- For who can trust Odin, The chief in disguise? The lover of women, The lover of wine, The creeping disaster, Chaos kept in line. The one who is many Observes from the wall As […]
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In Norse mythology, Hœnir (also Hǿnir; modern Icelandic Hænir, modern Swedish Höne) is one of the Æsir. Heis a very shadowy god figure in Norse mythology, who joins the gods Loki and Odin on a couple of occasions in the old texts. He seems to have attributes of creation and prophecy, and his name might […]
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Bragi is one of the sons of Odin, the eldest next to Thor. Long ago, the Mead of Poetry was guarded by a giant named Suttung who kept it in a cave under his house and set his daughter Gunnlod as its guardian. Odin was determined to steal the sacred Mead, and after many adventures […]