#myth!angrboda

[lokiinmediasideblog]

What Norse myth books have you read already? I need new recs x

I don't think any of these are particularly new. Trying to make a list of all I've read. And granted, my attention span has gotten worse over the years.

The first book featuring the norse pantheon in any form I read was Neil Gaiman's "American Gods".

There's Diana Wynne Jones' "Eight Days of Luke" which served as inspiration for "American Gods", according to Neil Gaiman. Children's book.

There's also "Odd and the Frost Giants" by Neil Gaiman and his "Norse Mythology" retelling. Children's book.

I LOVED Louie Stowell's Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, if you have children or trouble getting through books, get this! It's hilarious and smart. I enjoyed it as an adult. Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Norse mythology.

I enjoyed the first two books by Joanne Harris as a teen, "Runemarks" and "Runelight." The first two (esp. the first) are fun and I love the Bart Simpson-esque portrayal of Loki. Unfortunately, the quality of later books focusing on Loki is terrible.

I unfortunately read Joanne Harris' "The Testament of Loki", first chapter is interesting, but he's unwillingly sharing a body with an annoying teen girl, and the way Harris deals with eating disorders is really bad. It's awful. Don't recommend.

I think Lyra Wolf's The Nine Worlds rising series are an easy read. I think she has a great comedic voice and the books are worth reading just for that, and I like the toxic Odin/Loki relationship. I do have complaints about them, such as the anachronistic language (e.g. Loki knowing what a Chihuahua is), and that Sigyn doesn't have flaws other than caring too much for her no-good brother. She also has the women are either saints or evil witches dichotomy going on in terms of portrayals of goddesses. I think the stakes are good in these books so that you keep reading them.

I enjoyed Cat Rector's "The Goddess of Nothing at All" A LOT. While it doesn't have my ideal morally gray portrayal of Sigyn yet, it did make Sigyn more complex than others have. I also like this book mainly because I am a sadist and I love whump and there's a lot of suffering on it. It's so sad you won't be laughing at the myth!Loki memes. I would avoid this book if you don't like whump. I do have criticisms about it, such as her Loki was a bit too nice for my taste and could have been worse (making him justified for cutting Sif's hair feels forced; he can still be a loveable and tragic asshole, you know?). But my tragedy-loving self loves this!

I was looking forward to Genevieve Gornichec's "The Witch's Heart", it has a cute start of Loki giving Angrboda her burnt heart, but she criminally made Angrboda and Loki boring as fuck. Angrboda conveniently doesn't remember anything and just fumbles her way inside a cave for a large portion of the book. And she is the POV we're following. WE ARE STUCK IN A CAVE SHE WON'T LEAVE. Loki's portrayal in this is one of the most cisheteronormative I've seen yet, and it's surprising the author managed this in a story where Loki is impregnated by a horse and wears a dress (he impatiently yanks off because he felt emasculated). The author thinks having a lean build and no beard=queer. Loki only shows interest in women and feels emasculated while wearing a dress. I also happen to hate Skadi and her weird castration fetish in this book. Bitch wouldn't shut up about it. The good thing about this book is that there's no anachronisms, and I liked Hel's portrayal.

So confession, I had Kindle Unlimited trial briefly, and I read a bunch of Loki books, such as Lyra Wolf's.

I think(?) I read A.B. Frost's "Father of Monsters". It was quite short, but has nice illustrations, and Loki's endearing, even if a little shit. That both takes one for the team and also endangers the team.

I read (partially) some book about Loki escaping his punishment early and rejoining the Aesir, but it was criminally boring (it never described how Loki got out of situations and the prose was incredibly VAGUE) and seemed geared towards Norse pagans(Which I AM NOT). Had a spiritual conflict-avoiding vibe. It was called "Loki" but forgot the author's name and I accessed for free by Kindle Unlimited. I also didn't like that it referred to cops as "Tyr's warriors". FUCK COPS.

I have not finished reading Mike Vasich's "Loki". I think the man thinks MCU Loki is accurate to Norse mythology, because that's the only Loki I could picture (and he was adopted by Odin). And man spent way too long describing sensing "power levels" that I ended up getting bored and stopped reading. I've also seen some amusing excerpt from another of his books I have not read. But, if you're an author, don't spend a lot of time describing power levels, FFS! You'll bore the fuck out of your readers.

#norse mythology #loki #myth!loki #myth!sigyn #myth!angrboda #neil gaiman #mike vasich #louie stowell #cat rector #lyra wolf #a.b. frost #joanne harris #genevieve gornichec #LokiBookClub

[bowldrips]

"How was Loki with Angrboða AND Sigyn?"

Old art. But I still stand by it...and use the second panel as a react all the time XD.

#there's no “canon” answer #this is just one of my fav options #lokean #norse god loki #loki deity #norse loki #myth loki #loki #sigyn #angrboda #angrboða #heathen #norse pagan #paganblr #heathenry #norse paganism #pagan #norse pantheon #norse mythology #norse polytheism #queer pagan

[ghostwithwings]

When reviewers of "The witch's heart" are like "Oh but it is not even to be considered a retelling,it is totally alike and accurate to the real story"

🤦‍♀️ Angrboda is only mentioned in a couple of lines in the Eddas and in some poem...how could even the author to write about her without using her fantasy?? Of course she HAD to!

What shocks me is that these are reviewers from famous publishing houses in my country...and they truly think all those conversations and interactions truly happened 🤡

I appreciate the novel and the idea of the author,but of course it IS a retelling and fantasy is used,as it should be with novels!

#norse mythology #angrboda #loki god #norse gods #myth loki

[fernthewhimsical]

So let me get this straight*:

Frigg = Freyja Holle = Frigg = Freyja Meda** = Freyja Gulveig = Freyja Heiðr = Gulveig = Freyja Angrboða = Gulveig = Freyja Gerðr = maybe Freyja Ostra*** = maybe Freyja? Everyone = Freyja????????

Mythology is so weird

*Disclaimer: I am completely generalizing and taking theories as fact for this is a shitpost, please don't take it very seriously. However all have some truth or possible truth to it **Meda is a Frisian Goddess who gave the name to the city Medemblik. There was a golden temple there dedicated to her. Her name means "maiden", so she was probably a version of Freyja being worshiped by younger women and girls, where they would move on to Freyja at the right age or after marriage ***Dutch name for Ostara/Eostre

#deity #pagan #paganism #paganblr #germanic myth #norse myth #norse gods #germanic gods #frigg #frigga #goddess #freyja #freya #frija #holle #holda #hulda #gulveig #heidr #angrboda #ostara #eostre #gerdr

[stuff-of-legends]

God of War Ragnarok gives Atreus his own shonen anime setup.

It's great.

#gaming #im late to the party #youtube #God of War Ragnarok #Atreus #Heimdall #angrboda #thrud #sorry Marvel #gow 's take on Norse myths are my new favorite

[jeffreystewart]

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Fenrir, The Wolf of Expectation Fenrir Week - Day 2

Well here we are another Thor’s Day and another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic) mythological characters.  This week it’s Fenrir / Fenris / / Fenris-Wolf / Fenrisúlfr / Hróðvitnir / Vánagandr / Vanargand, the Giant Wolf. Mentioned on runestones, in the Heimskringla, the Prose Edda, and the Völuspá and Vafþrúðnismál in the Poetic Edda.

Fenrir’s story is in my day 1 post if you’re interested.

#fenrir #fenris #loki #Angrboda #Jormungand #norsemythology #norse #myth #drawing #sketch #linedrawing #lineart #Illustration #art #conceptart #characterdesign

[eyestrain-addict]

I'm so excited for the new GOW game but I'm also so anxious I'm gonna vomit because norse mythology is my special interest. And the first game was great with that but I dont know what in mythology they're gonna sacrifice to tell the story they want. Like I'm terrified that they're gonna be like "we want this to be about atreus turning from a boy to a man" which is fine but idk if yall know this but loki in mythology is not exactly. The pinnacle. Of masculinity. Which I LOVE, so if they make atreus super masc I'm gonna. Have an issue.

#atreus #i stg ill cry to hard ill vomit #im legit terrified #as soon as i saw angrboda whose name literally means 'bringer of grief' as a cute lil girl i was like oh god #please please please dont ruin the best queer couple mythology has ever had #assassins creed valhalla had the best depiction of angrboda and loki imaginable #loki and angrboda love each other so so much because they both r like strange gender wise #gow #god of war #god of war ragnarok #norse myth #norse mythology #norse loki #loki laufeyjarson #kratos #angrboða

[lore-olympus-saga]

Do you have any headcanons for Loki's Wives in the LO Universe?

I'm often more of a Loki/Sigyn shipper than a Loki/Angrboda shipper tbh.

Oh my, do I? (yes, so much xD)

First and foremost In my headcannons Loki is polyamourous and also genderfluid. It’s accepted and known in this universe. 

For Angrboda and Loki:

Angrboda is his first wife and it’s quite the friendship/romance type. They’re both jötunn and spend a lot of time playing with magic and runes. 

Since Loki is bound to Asgard he spends less time with her because she disagrees on his loyalties but that doesn’t mean they stopped caring about each other.

 In the LO universe they’re still allies but it’s strained due to their children’s fate in which Loki failed to protect them. Angrboda 

I sadly don’t have much more about them :( even though I love Angrboda

For Sigyn and Loki,

Their relationship was more complicated to start off with. I’ve imagined more of an arranged marriage for them.The classic trope strangers to lovers really.  

At first Sigyn was really scared and repelled by the jötunn, completely influence by the horror stories Asgard has spread about jötunheim. 

After their wedding, Loki didn’t even dare to touch her because she was scared of him. He’d rather leave her for months to travel with Odinn because he didn’t see the point in staying with someone who hated him.

 It’s only with time and with the few moments they shared when he stayed at their home that Sigyn got to understand him better and started to realise that maybe he is more than the rumors that surrounds him. 

Sigyn stays an ansgardian so she’s a good fighter. I’d like to think that Loki and her will fight side by side and can protect each other just as well.

He’s a wild card and she’s very soft and peaceful. They complement each other even if it means they butt heads more than most. 

During the events of LO, Sigyn would be pregnant. She’s expecting and doesn’t really like to see Loki so interested in Olympus’s mess.  Plus Loki and her are both worried of how their children will be welcomed by the other gods since that until now no offspirng of Loki’s have been kindly treated.

In the event this LO au, Kore has to take shelter in Asgard and since she’s quite close to Loki she’ll get to spend time with Sigyn who’ll be a sort of guide in the politics of the Asgardians. 

(Here’s a little prototype of Sigyn’s design. All bundle up and cosy with her husband)

#loki mythology #Norse myths #LO #lo au #lore olympus au #norse sigyn #loki x sigyn #angrboða #loki x angrboda #ask response #thanks for your ask :3 #and sorry it took so long #^^" #headcannons

[cavorta]

Book review: »The Witch's Heart« by Genevieve Gornichec

This is an interesting re-telling of several Norse myths, from the perspective of a not so well known character: the witch Angrboda. The myths are not much changed from the original ones and the author has definitely done a lot of research. At some point in the story, Angrboda becomes a wife of Loki (yes, he also has another wife) and the mother of three of his children: Hel, the serpent Jormungand and the wolf Fenrir. The myths are elegantly woven into the fabric of this story, often told by other people, for instance the goddess Skadi, who also plays an important role in this novel.

Angrboda is a likeable character and I very much enjoyed reading her story. There is also a queer lovestory included as a subplot (and I won’t say more because of spoilers). Parts of the novel are quite fantasy-driven, whereas others are more like »slices of life« of an extraordinary family. I also liked the writing style of the author.

My only criticism is complaining at a high level: there are no chapters, which is inconvenient for the structure of the e-book. Instead, the book is divided into three parts and in turn there are blank lines with asterisks every now and then.

#norse myths #norse mythology #book reviews #fanatsy novel #witch blogger #blogger witch #witch books #norse loki #angrboda #book recommendations

[lokiinmediasideblog]

I just had a vision of David Tennant and Catherine Tate as, respectively, myth!Loki and myth!Angrboda, and now I desperately need this to be a thing

David Tennant's Crowley shows his an excellent choice for myth!Loki (even the red hair that is the most common depiction). And I can see Catherine Tate as myth!Angrboda.

David Tennant was Loki in Neil Gaiman's audiobook of "The Sandman". I think he or Jonathan Tucker (Low-key Liesmith in American Gods) have a good chance at being Loki for either Sandman or if Neil Gaiman ever does an adaptation of "Norse Mythology", as both have played Loki in another Neil Gaiman project. Unless Neil Gaiman wants some fresh faces, which is understandable.

#myth!loki #myth!angrboda #david tennant #catherine tate #jonathan tucker #neil gaiman #norse mythology #anon asks

[pollinarys]

her little bastard

#north mythology #north gods #angrboda #myth loki

[ghostwithwings]

Just a beginner with Norse mythology but I like what I am seeing everyday more ❄

#loki god #myth loki #loki #norse mythology #angrboda #sigyn

[harrowing-dump]

"Angrboda" by R.N. Laing

artist website

#norse mythology #norse myth #angrboda #hel #fenrir #jormundgandr #love these designs #inspiration #faces #Instagram

[traangquil]

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#so im finally watching the new gow #as a loosely-norse-flavored polytheist/animist it is so respectful to the source material and archaeology and i could go on about that 5ever #BUT to save y’all the rambles about how well they incorporated the existing mythos and historical data #(and genuinely how impressed i am bc most media that utilizes pagan gods/myths does not take the same care) #im gonna get on with what i was gonna say and it was #that angrboda’s story with her grandmother was very cathartic as a person with serious gparent trauma #it was like a knife to the chest in a good way and i had to pause and ugly cry for a while #thank you gow and everyone at sms that made this a thing #(seriously considering trying to find a clip of just that part to send to my therapist bc WOW)

[jeffreystewart]

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Fenrir, The Wolf of Expectation Fenrir Week - Day 1

Well here we are another Thor’s Day and another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic) mythological characters.  This week it’s Fenrir / Fenris / / Fenris-Wolf / Fenrisúlfr / Hróðvitnir / Vánagandr / Vanargand, the Giant Wolf. Mentioned on runestones, in the Heimskringla, the Prose Edda, and the Völuspá and Vafþrúðnismál in the Poetic Edda.

His name has been translated “fen dweller” from the Old Norse ‘fenrez’. Meaning "swamp", "marsh-land", or "wetlands dweller". His other names being 'Hróðvitnir' meaning "the famous wolf" and 'Vanargand' and 'Vánagandr' meaning "the monster of the Van river", as he is the source of it. He's also called “the creature”, or “wolf”, “of expectation” because of the prophesy around him ,and how that prophesy directly leads to all the events that happen to him. 

He is the child of Loki and the Jotun / Giant Witch Angrboda / Angrboða. Who along with it's siblings Jörmungandr, who would become the enormous Midgard Serpent, and Hel the eventual ruler of Hel or Niflhel the Lands of the Dead, all grew up in Jötunheimr together.

Given the mischeivious nature of both Loki and Angrboda, Odin was inclined to believe a prophesy that indicated that as the children got older they would cause untold trouble, eventually ending in many deaths including Odins.

So the Aesir went to see the children. Jörmungandr was growing so large that he would eventually take up all the land, so they sent him to the deepest sea that circles the earth. Hel who appeared half dead they gave her the lands of the the dead not claimed by the gods, Niflhel / Hel to see too. And Fenrir who was already large and frightening, they realized was not so terrible once Tyr bravely gave him some food. So they took Fenrir home to live with the Aesir. 

Fenrir lived peacfully there amongst the gods for a time. But eventually his ever growing size and memories of the prohesy that he would injure and kill so many of them led some of the gods to think to fetter him for their protection. 

The gods had three fetters created, each incedibly strong and each twice as strong as the one before it. Fenrir being an intelligent creature had to be tricked into trying them on, by saying they wanted to see how strong they were and he was the only one they could think of to try them, hoping to entice him with the fame of breaking such incredible bindings. The first Leyding, was easily kicked off. The second was Dromi, that he had more difficulty shaking and kicking off. The third was a magically crafted fetter called Gleipnir, made by Svartlheim dwarfs out of the 6 strongest and mythical materials. Smooth and soft as a silk ribbon.

Fenrir was brought down to the Lyngvi Island, on Amsvartnir Lake to see the latest achivement in the gods fetter. But he could see it looked like silk and was either too flimsy and there was no need to test it, or it was magical and he was uneasy in testing it. Fearing that he would be unable to free himself, and was afraid the gods would not free him. He agreed to be tied up if one of the gods would put their hand in it's mouth as insurance that they would free him afterwards.

Only brave Tyr who had shown Fenrir kindness was willing. Odin swore they would free him, and Fenrir agreed. Fenrir was bound and started to kick and pull at the binding, with Tyr's hand in it's mouth. The silken band grew stronger the more he struggled. The gods, all except Tyr, laughed and cheered. When Fenrir realized the bindings would not break, and he was being bound without being freed. Tyr lost his hand. 

The gods ran the cord through a magical stone slab called Gjöll (scream) that was placed deep into the ground. With an large magical stone call Thviti to anchor it down. When Fenrir howled, the gods placed a sword in it's mouth upright with the blade against the top oh his mouth. This caused the giant wolf to salivate so much that it would become the river Van. 

Fenrir will continue to grow with the fetters growing with him. In Ragnarok when all bindings will snap, the stones and slab will tear free of the earth and the bindings fail. Fenrir will be so large that his mouth will touch the ground and sky at the same time. And with Flames from his eyes and nose, he we seek his revenge. Reuniting with his Brother Jörmungandr and other Jotun. Swallowing Odin at least, before Odins son Víðarr, the giant God of Vengeance, armed with a magically strong boot that holds Fenrir in place by his jaw, fells Fenrir.

This one always feels like so many Norse myths, a tragedy, and a self fulfilling prophesy. A betrayal and deaths that likely would not have happened without the prophesy that they would.

I love drawing animals, and I’m off work this week. So I decided to sketch seven quick drawings of Fenrir to end this year with a short daily series. With Fenrir progressing in age as we go.

#Fenrir #Fenris #wolf #Loki #norsemythology #norse #myth #Angrboda #Jormungand #Hel #tyr #ragnarok #conceptart #characterdesign #characterart #Illustration #drawing #sketch #linedrawing #lineart

[afoolandathief]

I do love their arguments >:)

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#those horrid horrid things #myth loki #skadi #angrboda