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Ah @shiftythrifting , I saw this and thought of you... No idea how the existence of these passed me by, but now I know about them and after a bit of googling they are awful.
MIND Charity Shop in Gosforth / Newcastle, marked £35 but the lady said she'd take £25. Any Nu-Metal fans wanting to up their décor, don't say I never give you anything.
(If I could think of a friend to inflict this guy on I'd have already bought him)
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RUNESTONE OF MEMORY
By: PatrickBoullier [DeviantArt]
A representation of the cosmos as described in Old Norse sources such as the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda.
The inside of the piece shows Yggdrasil, the famous "The World Tree." Along with some of its inhabitants, the tree contains the nine worlds accompanied by portrayals of a number of Old Norse mythological characters and stories.
Immediately outside the circular border are depictions of Ragnarok, "The Twilight of the Gods". The stylisation change from the inside of the piece meant to mirror the designs found on carvings from the middle ages (9th - 11 century) such as The Gosforth Cross and The Ramsund Carving.
The outer border of the artwork is inspired by the runic inscription of protection from the Kvinneby amulet (11th - 12th century), particularly the final line: "The gods are under him and over him".
Posted on DeviantArt 20th December 2023.
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#Patrick Boullier#Patrick Boullier DeviantArt#Yggdrasil#Yggdrasil art#norse mythology#rune#runes#Futhark#futhark runes#norse runes#elder futhark#rune art#elder futhark runes#rune designs#Yggdrasil designs#ancient norse cosmology#norse mythology art#futhark
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Good morning! Welcome to my favorite ancient scandinavian art pieces pt. 2
Loki and Sigyn, The Gosforth Cross.
Reproductions of the Gallehus Horns found in Denmark. The Horns may depict mythic scenes: note the three-headed figure in the 2nd panel down on the left and figures with animal heads or bodies in the 3rd panel down on the right.
Freyja Amulet, Danish National Museum.
Valkyrie conducting a fallen warrior, Tissø, Denmark, Iron Age.
Thor's Goats, Tissø, Denmark, Iron Age.
Men attack Egil's house as he defends a woman (his wife?) inside. The name "Egil" is written in runes above the archer.
Vidar battling Fenrir, Gosforth Cross.
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An Updated Basic Sigyn Info List
Information on her from Snorri Sturluson/Norse Myth:
She is a Goddess, listed as one of the Asynja or Aesir Goddesses (meaning she was likely not of Vanaheim but instead of Asgard.)
She married Loki and had two sons, Vali and Narvi/Narfi.
Eventually, both boys were murdered (some believe only Narfi was killed and Vali was left as a wolf to roam and bear the grief of what he'd done to his brother.) The intestines of Narfi were turned into chains and with them, Loki was bound to three boulders in a cave. A serpent was hung over his head to drip venom on him until Ragnarok. Sigyn took up a bowl and joined her husband at his side to catch the poison, trying to shield him. However, she must leave his side to empty the bowl during which time Loki thrashes so violently from the pain that he causes earthquakes.
What happens to Sigyn after Loki is freed and begins Ragnarok is unknown. It is assumed she dies along with the rest.
One of her kennings is Incantation-Fetter. This implies some talent with magic, specifically binding magic, and warding and protection. This kenning comes from Loki being mentioned several times as "The Burden of Incantation Fetter's Arms."
Her name means “Victory Bringer”, “Victorious Girlfriend” and “Friend of Victory.”
Her parents and origins are unknown. Nothing else survives that may point to the ways in which her nature and roles were conceived of by the Norse. Nothing survives of her worship.
Things not proven but widely believed in:
Sigyn being a Goddess of Constancy and Compassion, though other popular beliefs are that she is a Goddess of Loyalty and Devotion among other virtues.
Sigyn appears in the 9th century skaldic poem Haustlöng from pagan times, written by the skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir. Due to this early connection with Loki, Sigyn has been theorized as a god dating back to an older form of Germanic paganism before being transferred to Norse.
The mid-11th century Gosforth Cross located in Cumbria, England, has been interpreted as featuring various figures from Norse mythology. The bottom portion of the west side of the cross features a depiction of a long-haired female, kneeling figure holding an object above another prostrate, bound figure. Above and to their left is a knotted serpent. This has been interpreted as Sigyn soothing the bound Loki.
Although there are a number of different interpretations out there, most depictions of her show her to be blonde and with blue eyes.
She is often described as being significantly younger than Loki.
Unverified Personal Gnosis of believers and worshipers:
She is of the Vanir, and Njord was her Father.
Her marriage with Loki is not abusive; in fact many Lokeans often get the feeling of fierce protectiveness from Loki when it comes to Sigyn. He is known to not really introduce anyone to her until he deems it safe.
However, those who do get the chance to work with Sigyn comment on how warm, safe and comforting her presence is. She also helps give them inner strength.
She reveals herself in one of two ways: either as a delightfully child-like young girl or, conversely, as a wife, implacable, resilient, post the ordeal of the cave, burdened by the overwhelming grief of the loss of her children.
A list of ways to honor Sigyn (X) (X)
Things invented by Marvel Comics:
Her relationship/engagement to Theoric and the murder of him by Loki.
Being tricked into marriage by Loki (and honestly, the way she was treated throughout it.)
Being known for the first time as the Goddess of Fidelity.
According to the entry in Kid Loki’s profile in “Avengers: Roll Call #1″, it is mentioned Sigyn is deceased.
Fandom Invented Things, but widely believed in:
Freyja is her mother, and the dwarf Iwaldi is her father. She is sister to Nanna, Syn, Lofn, Var, Snotra and is Princess of Vanaheim.
Because the meanings of her name involve the word “Victory”, some think it implies her having ties to the Valkyrie and being a Goddess of Victory.
#if there is anymore feel free to add it to this list#this is all the research I could muster up on her#sigyn#sigyn meta#norse mythology#Marvel Comics#norse paganism
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Fun fact Friday!!!! Can I have a fun fact?
A long while back I said Vidarr doesn’t get enough respect, so Today You Learned about Vidarr.
In regards to Norse mythology, when people talk about “Odin’s son” these days they almost always mean ‘Thor’, his strongest and most popular son. Thing is, Odin has a lot of sons, and among the coolest is Vidarr, often described as the Norse god of vengeance. I don’t know if that’s true, but it, along with being called “the silent god”, makes him sound like Viking Batman, so we’ll roll with it.
Vidarr was famous for many things, like being second only to Thor in strength, but also his shoe. See, he has a massive Plot-relevant shoe that is made from all the scraps of shoes that people have thrown away over time–so if you want to help the gods out, make sure to throw out scraps of shoes. Or something.
His main claim to fame is his act of vengeance. See, at Ragnarok, it’s foretold that Odin shall be devoured by the evil wolf Fenrir. Vidarr see this go down, and decides that sucks, so he goes up to Fenrir, plants his foot (with his massive shoe) on the bottom jaw of Fenrir’s mouth, and either A) stabs him down the throat, or B) rips the wolf kaiju apart with his bare hands.
Image from the Gosforth Cross which may depicted this. We’ve talked about this cross before.
Image by W.G. Collingwood, inspired by the Gosforth Cross according to Wiki.
And?!? Vidarr survives Ragnarok! The massive battle that kills Odin, Freyr, Thor, and Loki? Vidarr lives through it.
And that, my friendo, is what makes Vidarr AWESOME and underrated part of Norse mythology.
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The documentary film-maker, journalist and author Gavin Weightman, who has died aged 77 after a long-term illness, was one of a number of talented young programme-makers who were recruited in the late 1970s and early 80s to work in the current affairs and features departments of London Weekend Television. As producer and director, Weightman’s outstanding contribution was The Making of Modern London (1983-85), a long-running series that documented the social history of the capital from 1815 to the then present day. What made it stand out was its extensive use of living memory to drive the narrative. Since then, testimony or oral history has become a common feature in documentary TV film-making.
The first series, Heart of the Empire, covered the London of Dickens, Queen Victoria and the Edwardians. In one episode, a 90-year-old Lady Charlotte Bonham Carter recalled the terrible mess horse-drawn traffic made in London’s streets, and how she suffered the indignity of wading through rain-soaked manure to attend a lunch at St James’s Palace. By contrast, Eastender Ted Harrison remembered family “holidays” spent hop-picking in Kent, leaving home at midnight to be there on time. The programmes used extensive archive film, often unearthing unseen footage, innovative rostrum camera work and specially written music to bring each individual memory to life.
Born in Gosforth, Northumberland, Gavin was the son of Doreen (nee Wade), a teacher and translator, and John Weightman, a broadcaster and later professor of French. During the war, John had been the only non-French newsreader for the BBC French Service. The bulletins he delivered sometimes carried coded messages and he often transmitted from the same studios as Charles de Gaulle. Gavin’s love of French food, wine and culture was passed on through his parents. The family lived in West Hampstead, London, but, spending summers near the Northumberland hills, Gavin also learned to love the outdoors and appreciate wildlife.
At primary school Gavin was captain of football and cricket. His secondary education began with a scholarship to Haberdashers’ boys school, Hertfordshire. By all accounts he did not thrive there and left aged 17 to begin a career as a journalist on local papers – first a stint on the Brighton and Evening Argus and then the Richmond and Twickenham Times (or the “Ricky-Twicky Times” as he fondly called it). Half a dozen reporters and editors would be crammed together in a tiny newsroom, all hammering away on 30s-era typewriters amid a dense fug of cigarette smoke. Standing out was Gavin, a tall and decidedly crumpled figure. His old friend the Canadian Broadcasting journalist Brian Stewart recalled Gavin “pouring out copy with ease, offering advice to everyone else on their writing and generally keeping everyone in stitches with gossip”.
After five years on local papers, in 1967 he began a degree course in sociology as a mature student at Bedford College, London University, where he developed a keen interest in social and economic history, especially the Industrial Revolution.
On graduation he spent time working for a newspaper group, writing for local papers. In 1974 he joined the staff of New Society magazine, writing features on a huge range of subjects. He was simply interested in everything – from Industrial Revolution housing to nudist camps in the postwar era and even the history of poaching.
While there, he happened to answer the phone to somebody from LWT current affairs calling to invite another journalist to apply for a job. Gavin took the message, then said, can I apply? He did and got the job, as reporter on The London Programme (1978-82), then, for a year, as its presenter. I was working there as a reporter at the time, and he and I became great friends. His voice was perfect for narration, but getting a man accustomed to a crumpled look to trade up to the suit and tie then required of presenters was always going to be an uphill struggle. What is more, by his own admission, Gavin never really mastered the technique of being able to walk and talk at the same time – another essential for being on screen.
After a brief spell on The Six O’ Clock Show, he gradually devoted more of his time to producing and directing films for the features department. His interest in social history made him the ideal choice to produce, direct and narrate not only the first 12 films of the Making of Modern London series (1983-84) but subsequently two wildlife series – City Safari (1986) and Brave New Wilderness (1990) – and a series on the history of the River Thames (1990), all of which had accompanying books.
When Gavin left LWT in 1991 to set up his own production company, he made more social history programmes for Channel 4, but increasingly concentrated on writing. He wrote more than 20 books ranging from Signor Marconi’s Magic Box (2003) to The Industrial Revolutionaries (2007). His most successful, The Frozen Water Trade (2003), told the history of exporting ice around the world from a frozen Massachusetts lake. It was serialised on Radio 4.
To his many friends Gavin was great company, loved for his ready wit and easy charm. Many a meal round his kitchen table ended with him playing a mean blues on his vintage Gibson guitar.
Gavin’s first marriage, to Myra Wilkins, ended in divorce. He is survived by his second wife, Clare Beaton, a children’s author and illustrator, whom he married in 2009 after a long-term partnership, their son, Tom, his children, Lucie and Ben, from his first marriage, two stepchildren, Jack and Kate, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and his sister, Jane.
🔔 Gavin Weightman, documentary maker, author and journalist, born 4 March 1945; died 18 December 2022
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Get The Blessing - Pallett - I was just wondering whatever happened to this group, and it turns out they put out a new album last month
Been a while, eh?! In fact, blessings seem to have been few and far between over the last few years, but we are delighted to be back in your inboxes and in your ears, to announce the release this autumn of our seventh studio album “Pallett”!
"Pallett" (the title is, of course, the usual obtuse pun) grew from improvisations between Jake, Pete, and Jim during the lockdowns, which were then sent in a big jiffy bag to Clive, who added his drums at home in Oxfordshire. Our very good friend Adrian Utley hammered in a few final nails, and then the great Tim Allen mixed the results. We hope you enjoy its organic eco-paint mixture of hypnotic long-form minimalism, playful rhythms, and unusual textures. If in some ways it’s a more mature album, you’ll be glad to hear that we definitely still “play like children”, as one of our favourite reviews once put it.
And we’d like to invite you too to access your inner child…Since an imaginary colour chart inspired the track titles, we thought you might enjoy colouring in your own copy of the paint-by-numbers album artwork, so limited edition vinyls will be supplied with wax crayons. There’ll also be a very special edition limited edition of vinyls coloured in by the band. Jim has a fine art degree so the colouring will be especially good. The album will also be available as a CD and digital release.
To celebrate the release of "Pallett," we’re off on a UK launch tour in October, with dates in Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, Gosforth, Liverpool and London already confirmed. Full details on our website. Hope to see you at one of these. We are extremely excited.
Thank you for your continued support. We are blessed.
See you very soon
Jake, Jim, Pete, & Clive
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I love Logyn but pop culture does Sigyn SO dirty?? There's no evidence they had an abusive/toxic relationship- actually they were pretty much the ONLY marriage among the gods where both partners were completely faithful. But Sigyn is also a goddess of victory and magic, in addition to fidelity. The only surviving imagery we have of her, the Gosforth Cross, depicts her with a warrior's hairstyle like the Valkyries as opposed to being similar to Sif, who was known mainly for sitting pretty and being a good housewife. So CLEARLY there's Sigyn lore we've lost over the centuries. The Pride special made me lose hope though- you'd think she'd be the biggest thing weighing on Loki's conscience but they've forgotten her entirely. It's always been a giant loose plot thread that annoyed me.
Yeah, Bob-culture decided that logyn should be written in the worst way possible.
But this isn't that weird for marvel. They're is so many plot threads that they can explore with Loki but no one out there wanna even bother.
The pride month story felt like marvel just want us to shut up about including him in pride month.
Still enjoyed it don't get me wrong but like it still feels like that.
At least now when someone try to say Loki isn't bi you can shove this story in their face.
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Newcastle City Council are seeking to recruit two Catering Assistants at Gosforth Academy
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Jörmungandr
In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting his own tail, an example of an ouroboros. As a result of it surrounding Midgard (the Earth) it is referred to as the World Serpent. Jörmungandr releasing its tail is one of the signs of the beginning of Ragnarök (the final battle of the world).
As recounted in Snorri's Gylfaginning based on the Eddic poem Völuspá, one sign of the coming of Ragnarök is the violent unrest of the sea as Jörmungandr releases its tail from its mouth. The sea will flood and the serpent will thrash onto the land.[1] It will advance, spraying poison to fill the air and water, beside Fenrir, whose eyes and nostrils blaze with fire and whose gape touches the earth and the sky. They will join the sons of Muspell to confront the gods on the plain of Vigrid. Here is where the last meeting between the serpent and Thor is predicted to occur. He will eventually kill Jörmungandr but will fall dead after walking nine paces, having been poisoned by the serpent's deadly venom.[15] Thor's final battle with Jörmungandr has been identified, with other scenes of Ragnarök, on the Gosforth Cross.[12]
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