Norse Mythology

[Loki]

Thor & Loki

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[evon]

I personally prefer the older gods to the Norse ones (my personal god is Njord), but i do like the idea of balance in power and the lack of good and evil, which is replaced by "nature"/Jotne versus "order"/Gods... also the ideal in Norse mythology about the value knowledge really appeals to me..

[Loki]

I personally prefer the older gods to the Norse ones (my personal god is Njord), but i do like the idea of balance in power and the lack of good and evil, which is replaced by "nature"/Jotne versus "order"/Gods... also the ideal in Norse mythology about the value knowledge really appeals to me..

Yes you are right: the Æsir is not as Germanic as the older ones.

[Loki]

Nerthus was the first Germanic goddess that we know about, I think.

[evon]

Yes you are right: the Æsir is not as Germanic as the older ones.

Actually i was refering to the Vanir, which Njord belongs to, the Æsir gods belong to the original norse pantheon, while Vanir was are remnants of the fusion between norse and pre-norse mythology.. many of these pre-norse mythological practices have been fused with Scandinavian norse mythology, but are lacking in German, British ect versions of the mythology. the pre-norse mythology was centered around fertility and love, while the norse mythology is centered more on war and honor...

[evon]

Nerthus was the first Germanic goddess that we know about, I think.

Actually the connection between Njord and Nerthus is somewhat speculative, in all likelihood we are dealing with two gods here, Njord being a male and Nerthus being a female...but its impossible to say for sure...

[Loki]

The Aesir (Odin, Thor etc) are much later additions.

About Thor:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...&postcount=237

Hittite in origin.

[Loki]

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[Dacul]

You guys might be interested in what this norwegian woman,who even made studies about old norse religion at Oslo University is telling:
http://freya.theladyofthelabyrinth.com/
She also have some video on youtube about some warriors coming and mixing with scandinavians and they are bringing Odin as a god:
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She is telling about a book called "Chariot of the Sun and Other Rites and Symbols of the Northern Bronze Age" written by Peter Gelling and Hilda Ellis Davidson.
However I do not agree with the way in which she is interpreting those pictures with the males having represented at their sexual organs the sun.
Maybe it has a different signification.

[Loki]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86s...80%93Vanir_War

Heimskringla

In chapter 4 of Heimskringla, Snorri presents a euhemerized account of the war. Snorri states that Óðinn led a great army from Asia ("Asaland") to attack the people of "Vanaland." However, according to Snorri, the people of Vanaland were well prepared for the invasion; they defended their land so well that victory was up for grabs from both sides, and both sides produced immense damage and ravaged the lands of one another