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A horrifying mushroom

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rediscovering ray troll's art in my fish era is such a delight. that guy makes art that sounds like his name. he was so right about fish worship

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Նռան գույնը (Цвет граната, The Color of Pomegranates), 1969, Sergei Parajanov

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A necklace of cherries, worn sticky and sweet in the summer. Handfuls of grass stacked in tremulous bales, forming and reforming a landscape for the insects below. A spot where shade pools like water, and just as kind in the heat of the day. A rest that turns the time to honey.

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Another grave that is being swallowed by a tree over a very long period of time. About 222 years so far.

Chester Center Cemetery 3/26/20

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I Will Be Made a New Creature - Brendon Burton

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✨🌈Norse Mythology Resource List🌈✨

This is my own list of books, Twitter accounts and YouTube channels I recommend for learning about Norse mythology.

If you appreciate my work here a coffee would be much appreciated 💖🥰

(This is a recreation of my twitter thread)

1. The Prose Edda (Jesse L Byock translation)

・there’s fierce debate with both pagans and historians as to how accurate the Prose Edda is to original myth as it was written by a medieval antisemitic Christian but it’s what we have to work from.

・unfortunately most English translations omit entire verses to do with Loki, I’ll update this thread if I ever find a translation that includes them all (I’m seriously looking into learning old Norse to do my own translations ngl)

2. The Poetic Edda translated by Lee M Hollander

・Though the name would draw comparison to the Prose Edda, the poems here are anonymous and not written by Snorri

・the poems are taken from the Codex Regius, the most important extant source on Norse mythology.

3. The Penguin Book Of Norse Myths

・accessibly written, includes some fun myths that are normally overlooked, one of my favourite translations of Norse myths. My copy is very worn and dog eared at this point.

4. Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology

・putting aside my own issues with Neil for this book alone because it is fun, accessible and easy to read, and there is an audiobook version.

・not all encompassing, many myths are left out, he writes his own dialogue in too.

5. Saga Of The Völsungs

・the translation I have read is the Jesse L Byock translation, you might be already guessing as his name shows up here but he’s one of the best out there (he’s the head archeologist and director of the Mosfell Archeological Project)

・Völsunga Saga is a Heroic Saga, a late 13th century rendition of the tale of the Völsung family interwoven with Norse mythology as the origin points for monsters the hero will slay

・I’m not going to lie to you, it can get a little tedious in the intro but it’s worth it for Loki creating a dragon

6. The Saga Of Erik The Red

・This is our main resource for any kind of detail for Norse witchcraft, however saga prose style can become very tiring to read so if this is not for you I also have recommendations of this list of people outlining the contents

7. Sagaland by Richard Fidler and Kári Gíslason

・A retelling of Kári’s search for his father in Iceland juxtaposed with Norse myth and saga stories, it’s a unique read with some lovely photography as well

8. The Wanderer’s Hávamál by Jackson Crawford

・this is the ONLY version of the Hávamál with the old Norse text side by side with the translation

・Hávamál is a poem from the Codex Regius, and is an important piece on old Norse philosophy and also includes some myth about runes

9. The Icelandic Book Of Fuþark

・a little difficult to get ahold of but worth it for accurate rune poem translation (there’s a surprising amount of misinformation out there)

・you can only order it from the Icelandic Magic Company if you’re in Australia like me

10. The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North by Ármann Jakobsson

・wild how much the title sounds like a self help book but this is an excellent resource on understanding the literary and cultural devices at work in saga literature

・the ebook is free

11. Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

・not strictly Norse mythology, but if you’re interested in Loki in particular this is my must read book

・I cannot express how much I love this book and how it addresses white supremacy through the lens of Loki myth too

12. Myths And Symbols In Pagan Europe by Hilda Ellis Davidson

・this one was from my professor’s (Hjalti Snær Ægisson) reading list, really appreciate how careful he was to list mostly women translators and authors tbh

・one of the few books to discuss crossovers of culture and myth throughout Europe, comparing and entwining Celtic and Scandinavian myth and how they interact and positing whether this goes back further than the Viking age

13. The Natural and The Supernatural in the Middle Ages by Robert Bartlett

・good breakdown of how limiting conventional ideas of Medieval intellectual discussion are and how much more complicated humans have always been

・can sometimes fall short of where Bartlett was heading

14. Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages by Stephen A Mitchell

・this book is dealing with the period where old pagan beliefs and witchcraft were entwined with the new Christian shift as the conversion took place

・he discusses legal cases as well as saga text

15. Professor Jackson Crawford's YouTube account

I listed his book earlier in the thread, his YouTube is one of the most incredible resources for Norse myth and literature as well as language and pronunciation, he has his own book list too.

16. 16. Eirnin (@/queertyyr on twitter) is one of my favourite lgbt academics for Norse myth, not sure where they'll end up if twitter goes down but here's their linktree

17. All the Icelandic sagas are available for free in multiple languages from the Icelandic Saga database.

Published versions often have commentary from the individual translator and old Norse comparison notes but if you’re fine with PDFs and don’t want that extra academic info they are all free! Have at em!

I will continue to update this as I get through my own massive pile of reading

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Wasteland Baby! by Hozier but you’re driving at night through rain.

(best with headphones)

Masterlist

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The Mushroom's Hole by Ranger910

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The Veil

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Haven't been knitting much this week but I finally got the heel turned on this guy, having a lot of fun with the cables

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