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• A Nordic Discussion

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 570
        Hrothgar and Ectheow were enjoying a drink of rum as they were discussing various issues and topics. Ectheow stretched his neck left and right as he was explaining the finer points of theology. “Quite frankly, the whole thing with religion is that it’s dependent on the individual. Some people like to ...
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• Zangeki no Reginleiv just assumes you don’t need all those limbs

  
  Smash Gamers — Authority: 154
  Zangeki no Reginleiv , everybody! No, we didnt just wish you happy holidays in Russian -- thats the name of Nintendos upcoming Japanese release (it basically means "Dynamic Slash," or "Dynamic Zan") thats not only its first Cero D -rated ("M") title ever, but also developed by Sandlot , the folks behind 2007s ...
  3 days ago

• Scottish Place Names – Part Five

  
  Trifter — Authority: 126
  Alexandria Is the largest town in the Vale of Leven in West Dunbartonshire. There are still those that casually presume it was named after Alexandria in Egypt but in fact it was named after a local Member of Parliament called Alexander Smollett. Alloa Situated on the north bank of the River Forth and, at one time, ...
  3 days ago

• #383 - Jr. Pantheon Games: Righting Wrongs

  
  Brat-halla: Webcomic of the Young Norse Gods Brat-halla — Authority: 106
  Not everything goes according to plan… but you can’t just sit there when it does.  You have to take action.
  3 days ago

• Scottish Place Names – Part Four

  
  Trifter — Authority: 126
  Airdrie This name comes from the Gaelic airde ruighe , which means ‘high hill slope’. Annan The actual history behind the name Annan is unknown, although it has been argued that it simply comes from an old Brythonic name for ‘water’. It is the birth place of Ugly Betty star Ashley Jensen. Ballater ...
  4 days ago

• Scottish Place Names – Part Three

  
  Trifter — Authority: 126
  Aboyne Derives from the Gaelic words ath (meaning ford) and boinne (meaning rippling water). Anstruther The name derives from the Gaelic an sruthair which means ‘little stream’. Locally the town is actually known as ‘Ainster’. Ayr Situated only 2 miles from the place of Robert Burns’s birth. Ayr ...
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• Scottish Place Names – Part Two

  
  Trifter — Authority: 126
  Aberfeldy This name derives from the Brythonic aber (where the waters meet) and the nearby stream called Pheallaig Burn. Robert Burns once wrote a poem called ‘The Birks of Aberfeldy’. Arbroath Famed for being the place where the Declaration of Arbroath was signed. Originally it was a Pictish town with the ...
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• Scottish Place Names – Part One

  
  Trifter — Authority: 126
  Aberdeen There are a few schools of thought on where this name comes from. One is a combination of the old Brythonic word aber (where the waters meet) and deen (referring to the river Dee). It may also come from Aberdon (where the Don meets the sea) or from Aberdoen (where the rivers Don and Dee meet each ...
  4 days ago

• Sól Invicta

  
  Chide, Chode, Chidden — Authority: 121
  A Poem on the Occasion of the Winter Solstice. Beautiful Sól! Candle of the World, thou Ebb’st and diest away, but I pray thee, Bide, abandon not thy worshipful sons, Thy worshipful daughters, to black darkness, To the never-ceasing, chaotic night. Behind thee do rave the red, foam-flecked jaws Of Fenrir’s ...
  5 days ago

• Rene Russo joins cast of “Thor”

  
  mr tabloid — Authority: 153
  Rene Russo has joined the cast of "Thor," with the actress set to play Frigga, the mother of Marvel Entertainment’s hammer-wielding Norse hero.As the wife of Norse god Odin, to be played by Anthony Hopkins in the film, Frigga is the queen of Asgard. She’s also the mother of Thor and Loki, the pic’s primary ...
  1 week ago

• Norse Projects 5-Panel Caps

  
  Highsnobiety.com — Authority: 710
  Norse Projects drops their standard 5-Panel Cap in 5 fresh new make ups. Comes in Charcoal, Gold and Pumpkin canvas as well as Light and Dark Indigo denim. Available now for 47 EUROS a pop. © 2009 Highsnobiety for Titel Media. Author: Pete Williams | Permalink | No comment |Add to del.icio.us ...
  1 week ago

• “Norse Code” Color Scripts

  
  Fanboy and Chum Chum — Authority: 121
  Episode #141. Artwork by Chad Woods . – Eric
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• #382 - Jr. Pantheon Games: Dotted Lines

  
  Brat-halla: Webcomic of the Young Norse Gods Brat-halla — Authority: 106
  [IMG: http://brat-halla.com/comics/2009-12-16-dotted-lines-382.jpg]
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• *Iron* Age vs *Viking* Age?

  
  Hammered Out Bits — Authority: 115
  Re - " A New Age Fake Mystic Cash Cow Design " Ny Björn Gustafsson had left a comment : " Id say that someone saw an early Iron-Age belt hook (before ~100 AD buckles werent used to any greater extent in Scandiland) and got creative... Heres a page displaying 2 (admittedly quite corroded) hooks from south-west ...
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• Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in Mel Gibson-Directed Viking Epic

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 170
  Mel Gibson has finally announced plans for his next gig behind the camera, and after seeing Apocalypto , I can honestly say Im ready to follow him just about anywhere. Fortunately, this sounds like it is definitely in the same vein as most of Mels previous directorial work. According to Variety , he will be teaming ...
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• The Children of Odin – The Book of Northern Myths

  
  Collected Miscellany — Authority: 123
  As regular readers of this blog will know, I have developed a keen interest in myths and fairy tales.  Natural I suppose with my history background as myths are the past handed down in storytelling form; not in the modern sense of history but as art with seeds of the past embedded. I have explored myths in ...
  2 weeks ago

• #381 - Jr. Pantheon Games: Hearing Things

  
  Brat-halla: Webcomic of the Young Norse Gods Brat-halla — Authority: 106
  Previously - Sent off to the deep wilds of the forest to motivate them to train, the young godlings didn’t get time to do much before the quickster Hermod showed off his speed. Currently - Hermod passed the test and now, it’s time for him to show his work.
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• Vinland Smelt - Matching the Evidence.

  
  Hammered Out Bits — Authority: 115
  How close are our experimental attempts to the actual recovered Archaeology? The purpose of our most recent series of experimental iron smelts is to attempt to match, as best we can, the single firing that occurred at Leifs Houses some time about 1000 AD. Leaving aside all the problems and issues related to the ...
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• A New Age Fake Mystic Cash Cow Design

  
  Hammered Out Bits — Authority: 115
  I will get requests like this one about objects that claim to be Viking Age : Someone on an SCA list noted the following design of buckle and said that he seen provenance in an article but that he had forgotten where the article was. I have never seen such a design and if he hadnt seen he saw in an article, I ...
  3 weeks ago

• Merlin’s Doomsday Prophecies

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 570
  The Creation Myth at the beginning of every mythic circle often includes a tale of destruction: the Old World has to be destroyed and rebuilt into a New World. Hindu mythology, for instance, shows us vast cycles of birth and death for the universe, calculates many world-ages and defines the powers of destruction and ...
  3 weeks ago

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