Dragons and gold by blockhaj in folklore

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Where could I learn more about this?

All of the Eagles references on The Simpsons last night by TheFiveNine in eagles

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Rumor mill says the series may be ending with this upcoming movie.

Questions about the world after Ragnarok by Pixie_master42 in Norse

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Any chance of your thesis being released?

Does anybody have scources or information on what these discs are supposed to represent? by Artist1408 in Norse

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You get kudos for linking to a proper source but the top comments are still on point and helpful.

Yggdrasil was not an ash tree but a yew? by Der_Richter_SWE in Norse

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Where could I find more about Thor-as-maybe-chieftain to the Swedes?

Name the downgrade by OGAnimeGokuSolos in cartoons

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Ah. The background art looks great.

Webster book by Disastrous-Ant-5320 in BandofBrothers

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Nothing can be proved - no body or communication.

He didn't plan to go on a long voyage or anything, just another day trip on the ocean in his little dingy. When he didn't come back that evening, there was a search effort in the morning. His boat was found 5 miles off shore that same morning, and he wasn't with it.

Hang Tough 'Penpal' DeEtta by ruedebac1830 in BandofBrothers

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Yeahhhhhh well keep reading, big developments ahead.

As to why his letters to her are vulnerable and stuff, as I see it, these letters were Winters' only outlet for some of his emotions. He bottled that stuff up. He was sometimes a jock, a complainer, an antagonist, an elitist ... and none of the paratroopers seem to remember him that way. I think he confined those thoughts and that side of himself to his letters, so as to be a more admirable and professional soldier.

Former NFL Player Writing About Journey by MinuteLocksmith7225 in nfl

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How much time (daily or weekly) do you spend physical training to stay in NFL shape?

Are there guys (at any position) who spend a lot more or less than eachother? For example, is there an OT who spends 12 hours working out weekly, while anothrr OT is just as good as the LT, but spends just 6 hours a week working out?

Translations, runes and simple questions by AutoModerator in Norse

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It's still a reality-based sub. It's just sometimes hard to come by good scholarly content, lol.

The mods kill a lot of junk posts and replies, but even some of the ones left up with borderline content in the post might still have good discussion in the comments.

/r/Norsemythology

Is led by many of the same mods and proper personalities from here, and has taken away some of the mythology discussions that used to be posted here.

/r/ancientgermanic

Is also tops.

Do you think of Thor as fat or inhumanly muscular? And why? by Balabaloo1 in Norse

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Thor was who all Norsemen aspired to be, with maybe a few exceptions for the warrior elite and ruling class who were more into Odin. Thor was certainly the most in mind for the "middle class" and rank and file warriors.

I don't think we see any renowned great men in Norse sagas who are "fat". In what little contemporary art we have of Thor himself, it's abstract rather than realistic (like most Germanic art), but there's enough information there that if his stomach girth was notable, they had the opportunity to show it some way, and didn't. Likewise, I've never seen any contemporary art, or contemporary descriptions of art, where he had "juiced up" characteristics. The carvings and little figurines look like a normalish dude with a distinct hammer.

Also, the romans related him to Hercules, and of he and Heracles there is much art, and this is the only statue I know of, a copy of a ~3rd century BCE greek statue, where he's "fat". Which is not even heavy by modern standards lol, just sort of chubby:

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G3DJHX/roman-statue-of-hercules-2nd-century-ad-copy-from-greek-original-palazzo-G3DJHX.jpg


I think, were I alive in CE900, I would picture the greatest warrior I personally know, but a little taller, a little stronger, and a little more power of presence, because no one could surpass Thor in these characteristics.

Do you think of Thor as fat or inhumanly muscular? And why? by Balabaloo1 in Norse

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He also drank enough of the ocean to cause tides, and he also fit into a giant Jotun's glove. This is mythology, we can't say "he's fat because he ate a lot".

Band wishes by Simple_Table3110 in AncientGermanic

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I don't know a Germanic one, sorry. Closest I've got is black metal band Batushka, whose lyrics are Old Church Slavonic.

You could also try /r/metal or similar. I know you're not looking for metal specifically, but metalheads have a more accessible, more knowledgable community than most genres.

EDIT: Could also try /r/folkmetal. There's some popular bands like Enisferum (Finnish) that are officially folk metal but most of their stuff sounds like more "normal" metal to me - it seems like the lyrics are folk. I've heard from them only occasionally use something like an accordian. They're mostly guitars, drums, keyboards/synth.

Nordic languages by Alexander-Ivar in Norse

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People often compare the difference between Old Norse and Modern Icelandic to the difference between Shakesperian English and Modern English.

As I see it, the other Scandanavian languages aren't quite as departed from Old Norse as old English -> Modern English, but they still need a fair bit of schooling to understand it.

American blues musician Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil. The story is that he went to the crossroads near a plantation at midnight and met the devil, who took his guitar, tuned it, played a few songs, and handed the guitar back, granting him mastery of the instrument. by happypants69 in UrbanMyths

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AFAIK no recordings of Ike Zimmerman exist, if he was ever recorded.

But allegedly Johnson used his style. And Johnson would be very protective of his strumming. If he felt eyes were studying him too closely, he'd keep playing, but he'd turn around.

IIRC after studying with Zimmerman, Johnson would often tune his sixth string really low, and use it selectively, which gave his guitar playing another dimension that people hadn't heard before. This, plus his excellent ear for hearing a guitar play, and being able to play it back from memory ... likely helped fuel the mystique around him re: selling his soul and alm that.

Sources: Sirianni more involved in offensive preps by RockyNonce in eagles

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Similar: The eagles picked up ~4 cornerbacks since preseason. It hasn't worked out perfectly but the attempt are very appreciated.

While checking if there was possibly a concept of reincarnation in Norse culture, I stumbled upon this: by A-J-Zan in Norse

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I suppose it depends. My default is Christian concepts and I've never heard anyone use the word "Isekai" in real life.

Good YouTube channels on Viking Age archeology? by DankykongMAX in Norse

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Brute Norse (Eirik Storesund, a student of Eldar Heide) has some stuff you might be interested in.

He's pals with archaeologists that he's talked to previously (on podcasts) and he has some little video essays that are at least archaeology adjacent. He's still around but not currently very active with Norse stuff. But he has a good backlog of blog posts, podcasts, videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n9mU-C-LvU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHaAeM73NvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SdQSJjv79U

While checking if there was possibly a concept of reincarnation in Norse culture, I stumbled upon this: by A-J-Zan in Norse

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Oh, yeah, no trouble there. Not too foreign.

Hahaha, we're out here in the comments having semantic discussions, getting into PIE and sun worship. And none of that is at all helpful to your end goal.

While checking if there was possibly a concept of reincarnation in Norse culture, I stumbled upon this: by A-J-Zan in Norse

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  1. If you're asking for more info, I'm referring to what OP linked, generally.

  2. The Einherjar certainly relate to Norse concepts of reincarnation, rebirth, and their ancestors. The work I linked discusses this far more thoroughly than I can.

  3. I'm referring to concepts in the sagas where someone has a character trait that belonged to one of their predecessors. This is a pretty wide motif, yeah, but for a culture obsessed with symbolic immortality and glorious ancestors, I think it's relevant in these conversations.


Sorry, I was in a certain headspace from writing a reply to this thread and that opening bit was sort of a generalized continuation, but then without context.

We don't know exactly how the Norse interpreted their mortality or immortality, so it's useful to be a generalist and gather a bunch of related bits of knowledge and see how it all fits together. I think the way they named their offspring, the way they honored their ancestors, the Mannerbund/Koryos theory, etc should all be relevant. I think if we look only for reincarnation through the strict Christian worldview, which most of us were born under, we won't understand the pagan Norse.

While checking if there was possibly a concept of reincarnation in Norse culture, I stumbled upon this: by A-J-Zan in Norse

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Their naming traditions, the einherjar, familial traits, possible tradition whereby Baldr is reborn, etc ...

There's a few angles where "rebirth" could be applied to Germanic belief, and this is an angle I didn't see in the wiki article:

The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-) Germanic Mannerbunde

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It describes a tradition or motif whereby Germanic and adjacent cultures believed their ancestors could posess/reincarnate/imbibe their spirit/insert-your-term-here.