C. Gockel's Blog, page 18

thehappysorceress:

archiemcphee:

Polish sculptor Malgorzata Chodakowska creates exquisitely beautiful and dynamic sculptures of bronze and wood that each feature water flowing from their limbs, waists, hair, or clothing. One figure features water flowing up from her shoulder blades like angel’s wings:

Watch this video to see Chodakowska’s beautiful and energetic water fountain sculptures in motion:

[via WHUDAT and My Modern Met]

Beautiful.

Mesmerizing.

I could watch them for hours.

kthunter-author:

cgockel:

Fates: I Bring the Fire Part IV is now available in dead tree skin format! (Okay, technically, paper is tree meat, but “dead tree skin” has a better ring to it.) I Bring the Fire is a USA Today bestselling series about Loki, Norse God of Mischief & Chaos. You can pick up the first in series FREE as an ebook at Amazon, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords, and GooglePlay. (It’s also available as an audiobook, and paperback, of course!)

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loki-in-myth:

Angrboda was a Jotunn witch who sowed seeds of discord wherever she went.  She was responsible for provoking the lust for gold, and cheating and murders in Midgard.  Acting on behalf of the Jotunns who desired to destroy the Aesir and Vanir, she had used her trickery to create a vast divide between the two.  She was eventually discovered and burned for her actions, but she was not so easily destroyed.  Her body burned away, but her heart did not.  From these remains, Angrboda was able to resurrect herself in entirety.  As long as her heart was intact, she could continue to revivify.

The executors promptly attempted to burn the witch a second and third time, but each time, she resurrected, burned, and the heart remained.  Loki saw that this game would go on forever if they did not dispose of the heart, so before Angrboda could resurrect again, Loki rushed forward, pulled the heart from the flames, and swallowed it.

But even with that, Angrboda’s evil was not completely destroyed.  From the heart he had swallowed, Loki gave birth to three beings: Fenriswulf, Midgardsormr (or Jormungandr, as it was called by the Jotunn), and Hela.  Fenriswulf, a large grey wolf, would go on to bite off the hand of the battle god Tyr, herald the beginning of Ragnarok by escaping his bonds, and destroy Odin in the final battle.  Midgardrsormr was a serpent who would grow so large he encircled the world, and in the final battle he would destroy the mighty Thor.  Hela, a normal woman on one half of her body and a corpse on the other, was the only one of the three who was not destined for evil.  She would go on to become caretaker for the dead who were not killed gloriously in battle, in the realm of Niflheim.

Angrboda’s evil also persisted in the tension she had introduced between the Aesir and Vanir.  Despite her death, her actions still resulted in a war between the two.  In this way, Angrboda had succeeded.

This is an interesting interpretation; but it’s only one. The witch they burned at the stake was Gullveig who is SOMETIMES said to be Angrboda. But Gullveig is also said to have been Freyja, the Goddess of Love, Beauty, and War, as Gullveig, like Freyja, was Vanir. Angrboda was, by contrast, from the Iron Wood in Jotunheim. 

When the gods killed Angrboda and burned Gullveig at the stake (commonly two separate events since they were usually two separate women) they went against the laws of Asgard–Asgard had no death penalty. 

The reason Odin had Angrboda killed was because she was said to have borne the children who would start Ragnarok. (But by doing so, did the Gods incite  Loki to want to rebel?) Gullveig, by contrast, was burned for inciting discord with magic / alcohol / riches.

It was when Loki swallowed Gullveig’s heart that he supposedly “became evil.” But it was he “becoming evil” or finally accepting that the “gods” were hypocritical and corrupt?

Worship of the Norse gods stretched from Scandinavia to Iceland and England. in preliterate society. There is a LOT of variation in the myths both through time and by region.

Someone made a chart of 128 words you can use instead of just adding 'very' to everything.

halldoraart:

The Jotun goddess Jarnsaxa- Thor`s wife ,mother of Modi and Magni.
(commissioned illustration)

witchedways:

chasing-yesterdays:

The Majesty Oak of the Fredville Estate Park in Kent, England, believed to be 500-600 years old.

Source: Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland

More information on ancient trees in the UK.

bewitched forest 

witchedways:

wolveswolves:

By McKenzie Greenly

bewitched forest 

Mythic

WARRIORS: I Bring the Fire is now in paperback! Get it on Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, or any Amazon in Europe (DE, FR, ES)

“Loki tilts his head. The serious answer, the truthful answer, is how can he not? Joking about pain is the only weapon he has. It is the way he thumbs his nose up at the universe. The way he proves he is unbroken, and if not the god of mischief, then at lease mischief’s master.”

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Wolves (I Bring the Fire #1)

Thank you so much for this! For all who are curious, it is free on Amazon, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo. Check here for linkies.