Old Norse witches and initiation rituals
(Taken from my minds.com channel.)
Religious historian and writer Maria Kvilhaug aka LadyoftheLabyrinth is an expert on Old Norse mythology. Fans of her fiction are forever asking her to design an Old Norse initiation ritual for them - but she never will. Don't blame her! Anyone fancy being suspended upside down starving from Yggdrasil for a few centuries in patient anticipation of having their testicles challenged by woolly mammoth horns under a glacial torrent?
Mine's a raincheck, thank you very much. And yes - there will be plenty of rain. Probably followed by biting sleet and bone-piercing snows - maybe a couple of glaciers if you're lucky.....so take a brolly.
Maria's thesis, "The Maiden with the Mead" is a brilliant read. It offers evidence that beautiful ladies proffered goblets of mead to Old Norse heroes returning from their initiations. That mead must have tasted soooo good!
Mind you, some men will do anything for a beer.....(stunning Odin thanks to Deviant Art)...
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Oh i love this :D im super interested in Norrøn Mytologi ;) or Norse ;) Thank you for sharing :D
Thanks camelx :) The Norse don't do anything by halves, if seems..... You probably know Maria Kvilhaug already but if you don't, check out her social media - she has a HUGE following of Vikings :)
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Thanks, fatema! The pic is fantastic, isn't it? I thanked the guy on Deviant Art :)
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@healingherb ever since I was a child and read my first Greek myths, I have always loved mythology. They are some of the greatest stories humanity has created. It's amazing when you consider how humans created these tales to rationalize and attempt to understand a world they did not understand.
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