tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post7601317123384120917..comments2023-12-31T02:40:43.545-06:00Comments on The Norse Mythology Blog | norsemyth.org: Which God Has the "Greatest Boot"?Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfriedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175244816952769358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-59679255645695898252022-06-08T17:02:48.397-05:002022-06-08T17:02:48.397-05:00Great article. I recently heard the song "Oth...Great article. I recently heard the song "Other Son of Odin" by the band Brothers of Metal and was wondering who they were talking about. With my limited knowledge I initially assumed it was talking about Baldur (since it mentions "surviving to the end"), but the whole shoe thing greatly confused me. This was very informative!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683801530866073910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-10004953831767392712013-12-15T21:53:09.020-06:002013-12-15T21:53:09.020-06:00Mike:
I'd say that mythic time doesn't wo...Mike:<br /><br />I'd say that mythic time doesn't work quite the same as "normal" time; i.e. I wouldn't take the poetry quite so literally. The playoff beard concept really is a good way to think about what's happening here: an outward manifestation of a personal vow.Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175244816952769358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-75092739607412720652013-12-15T03:01:06.278-06:002013-12-15T03:01:06.278-06:00I thought that Vali avenged his brothers deaththe ...I thought that Vali avenged his brothers deaththe day after he was born? I took the not washing and coming as part of the immediacy of his revenge or did I miss understand the story?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982277540906556828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-27684307370653342592013-11-08T19:02:04.710-06:002013-11-08T19:02:04.710-06:00Thanks for this awesome post! As a kid I had a boo...Thanks for this awesome post! As a kid I had a book of Norse mythology and Vidar was my favourite, but he is seldom mentioned. This summarises his major points well. In my book I remember it also said he spent most of his time in his forest realm in silence chilling, so I guess that is a reference to his 'brushwood and grass' growing tall. <br />Cheers<br /><br /><br />goldbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556145920172543799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-3657143078787779292012-05-25T21:22:28.179-05:002012-05-25T21:22:28.179-05:00I wish more would take vows of silence until they ...I wish more would take vows of silence until they achieve their goal. It almost seems to be the reverse so often.Corky Swansonhttp://bongotronics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-63700833430404201792012-04-12T03:21:47.804-05:002012-04-12T03:21:47.804-05:00Thank you Karl-Erik for your Vidar portrait, a god...Thank you Karl-Erik for your Vidar portrait, a god we do not hear about very often. To me Vidar clearly represents the power of revenge and that is not an important part of Thor's task. Actually Vidar IS the god of revenge. Revenge was one important pillar in Germanic society and social structure. A free man was measured according to his ability to take revenge. To wait silently for years to conduct one final deadly stroke was the core of the germanic revenge culture represented in balders dreams i.e.: "[Váli] won't wash his hands nor comb his hair,<br />Until he's brought to the pyre Baldr's enemy."Ronald Kaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240486053720490881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-8558297503949220492012-04-09T12:39:04.552-05:002012-04-09T12:39:04.552-05:00no, thank you.
That was an excellent answer.no, thank you.<br />That was an excellent answer.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049538098725875104noreply@blogger.com