C. Gockel's Blog, page 27

cgockel:

Wolves: I Bring the Fire Part I, the first installment in my Loki series is now available in Audio! You can get it on Amazon – as a CD and part of Audible, at Tantor, and at Apple. It’s also part of Overdrive, the Library lending system, so you may request it at your library and listen to Part I and the rest of the series completely free.

futuristicworldsinanothergalaxy:

Eve Ventrue Freelance Concept Artist for Film & Game Industry

Mythic!

laclefdescoeurs:

Afternoon Langour, Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

Looks mythic.

floserber:

Alphonse de Neuville’s engravings for 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Vernes.

Mythic!

thingstolovefor:

Gorgeous portraits by Maïmouna Guerresi

Maïmouna Guerresi who was born in Italy as Patrizia Guerresi where she was raised as a Catholic. She later changed her name when she married a Senegalese man, and converted to Sufi Islam. #Love it!

pathofneedlespathofpins:

Sigyn, Loyal Wife of Loki by Arthur Rackham

cgockel:

So a few months ago some friends and I (16 friends!) put together an anthology of exclusive paranormal and urban fantasy short stories. It became an Amazon bestseller when it was first released, and it was terrific fun! There’s vampires, werewolves, imps, witches, demons, and Sigyn, Loki’s BAMF wife (and Loki!) The set is on sale now for 99 cents at Amazon, iBooks, Nook, Kobo, and GooglePlay. 

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joyseeker56:

she-s-a-shy-one:

ficklefandoms:

This does a good job at showing how ridiculously free-for-all and confusing WWI was.

The historical accuracy here, as a History major, makes me weep tears of joy.

*Cries of laughter*

A history major this made me extremely amused. This is beautifully accurate. 

IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW

Russia gets thrown through a plate glass window, gets knocked out, suffers brain damage, and wakes up with a complete personality change

I’m dying.

@memeathon

Epic! Sadly, not mythic. :-p

assflower:

#his arrival was foretold in the ancient murals

Modern myth!

ibringthefireodin:

Angrboða with her children by Loki: Jormander the World Serpent, Hel, and Fenrir Wolf. Angr in Old Norse means “sorrow” and “boða” means bringer. 

In the myths Odin took to heart the prophecies that said Loki and Angrboða’s children would be his downfall. He banished Hel to Niflheim where she ruled over a kingdom named after her that was the resting place of those who did not die in battle. Jormander was thrust into sea, and Fenrir was bound on a remote island. Angrboða was murdered. 

Angrboða is also sometimes thought to be Gullveig, the witch the Norse Gods murdered contrary to their own laws. Loki ate her heart after they burned her at the stake, and supposedly gave birth to all the monsters in the world after doing so. Usually, Loki’s devouring of Gullveig’s heart is seen as when he “went evil”. 

Did he eat Angrboða/Gullveig’s heart–or is it a metaphor for love? Did he fall in love with her, only to see her murdered and their children banished and vow to destroy the Gods not out of madness, but out of anger and grief? They also killed his sons by Sigyn too.

In I Bring the Fire I make Angrboða, Sigyn, and Gullveig separate people and the three great loves of Loki’s life. Angrboða is the pure hearted magically wise maiden, Sigyn is the matron and represents mature love, and Gullveig is the wisest of the three, and the only one to have endured the ravages of age.

I Bring the Fire is currently free as part of the Gods & Mortals box set. Besides Loki, there are stories featuring Valkyries, Thor, and Thor’s stepson Ullr. You can pick it up gratis at Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play.

It’s been a while since I wrote this, but it came back around again!