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Reading between the lines of Old Norse texts to perceive the giantesses who came first. | ᚠᛖᛚᚨᚷᚨᚱ᛫ᚷᚢᚷᚢᚱ | No war but the class war.
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· 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
Jötnar, a common term used interchangeably with other names for giants.
Þursar, monstrous or hostile giants, associated with rime giants.
#ScandinavianMyth
As scary as it is to try to move into a new community, I'm going to give Danheim's Folk Realms a try. Part of me is hopeful, much more of me is laden with past experiences. But I side with hope until proven otherwise. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
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November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As scary as it is to try to move into a new community, I'm going to give Danheim's Folk Realms a try. Part of me is hopeful, much more of me is laden with past experiences. But I side with hope until proven otherwise. #OldNorse #ScandiMyth
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#HeathenSky
Aurgelmir is another name for Ymir, the giant from whom Midgard was made.
It means 'Sand-yeller', or 'Bellowing Sands'; the foundation of all, named for the smallest granular...
I've a poem here, named Aurgelmir, hosted by 'Forgotten Ground Regained'
alliteration.net/poetry/aurge...
Aurgelmir is another name for Ymir, the giant from whom Midgard was made.
It means 'Sand-yeller', or 'Bellowing Sands'; the foundation of all, named for the smallest granular...
I've a poem here, named Aurgelmir, hosted by 'Forgotten Ground Regained'
alliteration.net/poetry/aurge...
Aurgellmir -- alliterative verse about Ymir the giant--in a landscape of glaciers, gravel, and rock.
... The ice is numb, / Knowledgeable, thick, /Towers into sky. / Tips away / To left and right / To leave me circled ...
alliteration.net
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#HeathenSky
Aurgelmir is another name for Ymir, the giant from whom Midgard was made.
It means 'Sand-yeller', or 'Bellowing Sands'; the foundation of all, named for the smallest granular...
I've a poem here, named Aurgelmir, hosted by 'Forgotten Ground Regained'
alliteration.net/poetry/aurge...
Aurgelmir is another name for Ymir, the giant from whom Midgard was made.
It means 'Sand-yeller', or 'Bellowing Sands'; the foundation of all, named for the smallest granular...
I've a poem here, named Aurgelmir, hosted by 'Forgotten Ground Regained'
alliteration.net/poetry/aurge...
Currently reading Sigrdrífumál. And I know it's tragic and I know what's coming, but I'm still filled with dread and resentment.
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Currently reading Sigrdrífumál. And I know it's tragic and I know what's coming, but I'm still filled with dread and resentment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
People condemn weakness and imperfection, even when it comes from fate or external forces.
Even today, we exploit physical traits to attack politicians we disagree with, and our militarized police forces punish poverty and the unhoused like criminals.
Even today, we exploit physical traits to attack politicians we disagree with, and our militarized police forces punish poverty and the unhoused like criminals.
Þrýtra þann, er verr hefr, valt;
verða kann á ýmsa halt;
misjafnir ’ró blinds manns bitar;
bǫlit kǫllum vér ilt til litar.
Eik hefr þat, er af ǫðrum skefr;
ekki mart er slœgra en refr;
jafnan verðr, at áflóð stakar;
auðfengnar ’ró gelti sakar.
Anon Mhkv 26
verða kann á ýmsa halt;
misjafnir ’ró blinds manns bitar;
bǫlit kǫllum vér ilt til litar.
Eik hefr þat, er af ǫðrum skefr;
ekki mart er slœgra en refr;
jafnan verðr, at áflóð stakar;
auðfengnar ’ró gelti sakar.
Anon Mhkv 26
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People condemn weakness and imperfection, even when it comes from fate or external forces.
Even today, we exploit physical traits to attack politicians we disagree with, and our militarized police forces punish poverty and the unhoused like criminals.
Even today, we exploit physical traits to attack politicians we disagree with, and our militarized police forces punish poverty and the unhoused like criminals.
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F531.6.2.3
Giants' live
in the east.
Giants' live
in the east.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
F531.6.2.3
Giants' live
in the east.
Giants' live
in the east.
I've been studying runes and magic this weekend.
Learned that "maga" is an Old Norse word meaning "kinfolk." If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would suspect this was an intentional white nationalist dog-whistle, backformed into Make America Great Again. More racist #OldNorse appropriation.
Learned that "maga" is an Old Norse word meaning "kinfolk." If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would suspect this was an intentional white nationalist dog-whistle, backformed into Make America Great Again. More racist #OldNorse appropriation.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I've been studying runes and magic this weekend.
Learned that "maga" is an Old Norse word meaning "kinfolk." If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would suspect this was an intentional white nationalist dog-whistle, backformed into Make America Great Again. More racist #OldNorse appropriation.
Learned that "maga" is an Old Norse word meaning "kinfolk." If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would suspect this was an intentional white nationalist dog-whistle, backformed into Make America Great Again. More racist #OldNorse appropriation.
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A1082.2
Odin battles Fenris Wolf
at end
of world.
Odin battles Fenris Wolf
at end
of world.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A1082.2
Odin battles Fenris Wolf
at end
of world.
Odin battles Fenris Wolf
at end
of world.
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F610.3
Warrior
of special strength (Berserk).
Warrior
of special strength (Berserk).
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
F610.3
Warrior
of special strength (Berserk).
Warrior
of special strength (Berserk).
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Yesterday’s #Wordle: frýja (vb.): 76 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to complain (about sth), to be dissatisfied (with sth), to accuse (sth) (for sth)] ‘gio᷎re eg þad til læte ad sinne ad umm þau mäl sem Rafn fryr ä, ad eg *hafe ei hallded þann samning, s…’ (ÁBp in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o24196
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yesterday’s #Wordle: frýja (vb.): 76 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to complain (about sth), to be dissatisfied (with sth), to accuse (sth) (for sth)] ‘gio᷎re eg þad til læte ad sinne ad umm þau mäl sem Rafn fryr ä, ad eg *hafe ei hallded þann samning, s…’ (ÁBp in BLAdd 11127) onp.ku.dk/o24196
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ásthúð (sb. f.): 35 cits, e.g. love, affection, devotion // kærlighed, hengivenhed ‘sagþi ... at hann villdi ollom fyr gefa þat et micla mal er com til foþor hans. ef menn villdi nv til hans vikiaz meþ astvð oc alhvga’ (Mork in GKS 1009 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5068 #OldNorse
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
ásthúð (sb. f.): 35 cits, e.g. love, affection, devotion // kærlighed, hengivenhed ‘sagþi ... at hann villdi ollom fyr gefa þat et micla mal er com til foþor hans. ef menn villdi nv til hans vikiaz meþ astvð oc alhvga’ (Mork in GKS 1009 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5068 #OldNorse
brother
when did you forget
that the walls of
a woman's body
were once a fortress
protecting you from
a world you were
too fragile for?
she has been
defending you
long before you decided
that she has no place
defending you.
– Jasmine Kaur
when did you forget
that the walls of
a woman's body
were once a fortress
protecting you from
a world you were
too fragile for?
she has been
defending you
long before you decided
that she has no place
defending you.
– Jasmine Kaur
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
brother
when did you forget
that the walls of
a woman's body
were once a fortress
protecting you from
a world you were
too fragile for?
she has been
defending you
long before you decided
that she has no place
defending you.
– Jasmine Kaur
when did you forget
that the walls of
a woman's body
were once a fortress
protecting you from
a world you were
too fragile for?
she has been
defending you
long before you decided
that she has no place
defending you.
– Jasmine Kaur
Reading 'Runes, Magic and Religion: a Sourcebook' by John McKinnell and Rudolf Simek.
The first four chapters have information about runes that I've never found online and corrected most of what I have found. Runic knowledge seems dominated by 20th century New Age revisionism. #runes #OldNorse
The first four chapters have information about runes that I've never found online and corrected most of what I have found. Runic knowledge seems dominated by 20th century New Age revisionism. #runes #OldNorse
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#HeathenSky
A curious project, perhaps.
To turn Snorri's Prose Edda, written to save the poetics of Medieval Iceland, into traditional alliterative verse; continuing his project maybe?
Part one of Gylfaginning in Verse is here, free to stream, for now.
mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...
A curious project, perhaps.
To turn Snorri's Prose Edda, written to save the poetics of Medieval Iceland, into traditional alliterative verse; continuing his project maybe?
Part one of Gylfaginning in Verse is here, free to stream, for now.
mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...
Gylfaginning in Verse (Pt. 1, of 9 forthcoming), by Math Jones
1 track album
mathjones.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#HeathenSky
A curious project, perhaps.
To turn Snorri's Prose Edda, written to save the poetics of Medieval Iceland, into traditional alliterative verse; continuing his project maybe?
Part one of Gylfaginning in Verse is here, free to stream, for now.
mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...
A curious project, perhaps.
To turn Snorri's Prose Edda, written to save the poetics of Medieval Iceland, into traditional alliterative verse; continuing his project maybe?
Part one of Gylfaginning in Verse is here, free to stream, for now.
mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...
It took me this long to realize we have NO IDEA what the giantesses called themselves.
Men named them Iron-Nose, Spear-Nose, Noisy-Nose, Eagle-Nose, Farm-Starver, The One with the Iron Ax, Big-Butt, Grief-Announcer, Hanging-Jaw, Roarer, Shame-Lips, Bitch, Nightmare, Playmate. #OldNorse #Giantess
Men named them Iron-Nose, Spear-Nose, Noisy-Nose, Eagle-Nose, Farm-Starver, The One with the Iron Ax, Big-Butt, Grief-Announcer, Hanging-Jaw, Roarer, Shame-Lips, Bitch, Nightmare, Playmate. #OldNorse #Giantess
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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F531.1.1
Eyes
of giant.
Eyes
of giant.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
F531.1.1
Eyes
of giant.
Eyes
of giant.
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Marwick suggests this #PlaceName derives from ON Jǫtunn ‘giant’. The same word is in Yettna Geo (Sandwick) & in a Rousay standing stone of which it ‘is said that in the early hours of every New Year’s Day the Yetnasteen takes 2 giant strides down to the nearby loch for a drink!' (Rousay Remembered)
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Marwick suggests this #PlaceName derives from ON Jǫtunn ‘giant’. The same word is in Yettna Geo (Sandwick) & in a Rousay standing stone of which it ‘is said that in the early hours of every New Year’s Day the Yetnasteen takes 2 giant strides down to the nearby loch for a drink!' (Rousay Remembered)
The cosmic comedy is not lost on me that, in studying runes, Gebo took me three months to get around to completing, and I lost Wunjo in just over a week. Talk about signs that things in my life need to change. #OldNorse #runes #ScandiMyth
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The cosmic comedy is not lost on me that, in studying runes, Gebo took me three months to get around to completing, and I lost Wunjo in just over a week. Talk about signs that things in my life need to change. #OldNorse #runes #ScandiMyth
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F531.2.2
Giant
with three spans between brows
and three yards between shoulders.
Giant
with three spans between brows
and three yards between shoulders.
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
F531.2.2
Giant
with three spans between brows
and three yards between shoulders.
Giant
with three spans between brows
and three yards between shoulders.
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A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
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A133.2.1
Giant god goes
with three steps through the world.
Giant god goes
with three steps through the world.
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A133.2.1
Giant god goes
with three steps through the world.
Giant god goes
with three steps through the world.
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Made a site where you can practise Old English scansion. You get given a half-line and have to select which of Sievers's five types it belongs to.
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Made a site where you can practise Old English scansion. You get given a half-line and have to select which of Sievers's five types it belongs to.
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
Make a song Scottish:
All I have is a band. Hoots Mon and the Blowfish
All I have is a band. Hoots Mon and the Blowfish
Papay Don't Preach
Altnabreac-y Heart
In Tain in the Brain
Beauly and the Beast
Altnabreac-y Heart
In Tain in the Brain
Beauly and the Beast
Make a song Scottish
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Make a song Scottish:
All I have is a band. Hoots Mon and the Blowfish
All I have is a band. Hoots Mon and the Blowfish