The Norse imagined the creation of the cosmos as a story of ice and fire—but it’s really nothing like the more well-known Song of Ice and Fire that people prefer to talk about now. Well, perhaps they used to until a certain show ended on a less-than-popular note. But I digress. In this raid, we’re delving a little deeper into the Norse story of creation. We’ll be forced to reckon the universe’s first genealogy, during which we’ll have to face the fact that Odin was born of mixed races and turned against his own kin. Pretty brutal. But guess what? One savage slay gave us the whole world. I guess it was worth it, then? Oof.
As a reminder, the audio for this video comes from Fjorn’s Hall, an old project of mine from 2021. As a result, some references are made to “courses” or “modules” that now correspond to playlists and videos. I may also refer to come resources that are no longer available in the form that I originally envisioned them, but please wander this website for more!
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