Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Faith · 2024-02-13
I pull the books down one at a time and spread them across the table. Tacitus. The Eddas. Sagas written after conversion. Law codes. Translations with arguments buried in the footnotes. Archaeological reports describing buckles, graves, burned bones, and the dark stains where wood used to be. [more]
Faith · 2023-11-14
The easiest mistake is to give Loki horns and be done with him. That mistake has a certain administrative charm. It sorts the file. Odin can remain the wise father, Thor the honest defender, Baldr the shining victim, and Loki the devil who explains why the story went bad. [more]
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