"The ancients believed in fate because they recognized how hard it is for anyone to change anything. The pull of past and future is so strong that the present is crushed by it. We lie helpless in the force of patterns inherited and patterns re-enacted by our own behavior. The burden is intolerable…"

Jeanette Winterson  (via iflovebeblind)

"When certain great heroes came into their world, they believed these must be gods, and gave them worship."

— H. R. Ellis Davidson, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

collective-history:

In Norse mythology, the Æsir–Vanir War was a war that occurred between the Æsir and the Vanir, two groups of gods. The war ultimately resulted in the unification of the two tribes into a single tribe of gods. The war is an important event in Norse mythology, and the implications of the war and the potential historicity surrounding the accounts of the war are a matter of an amount of scholarly debate and discourse.

collective-history:

In Norse mythology, the Æsir–Vanir War was a war that occurred between the Æsir and the Vanir, two groups of gods. The war ultimately resulted in the unification of the two tribes into a single tribe of gods. The war is an important event in Norse mythology, and the implications of the war and the potential historicity surrounding the accounts of the war are a matter of an amount of scholarly debate and discourse.

(via collectivehistory)

some fake headcanon:

Loki only killed Baldr in order to send him to Niflheim because he wants to set up his daughter Hel with a nice boy for once, geez.

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…a young adult fantasy saga that re-imagines Norse mythology, questioning the merits of immortality, the role of the hero, and the uncomfortable place between good and evil.

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“The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani” (1909) by J. C. Dollman.

“The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani” (1909) by J. C. Dollman.