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Anonymous: Could you tell us more about Norse mythology?
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systlin:

Oh man oh man oh man. 

What/who do you want to know more about and also I will not shut up on this so be warned. 

fractalmayhem:

systlin:

digoxin-purpurea:

systlin:

malys-mac-neill:

systlin:

karama9:

systlin:

systlin:

universejunction:

Tell yes about that cow that licked someone into being?

OH MAN OH BOY OH MAN

Okay. Auðumla.

Before all things, there were only the planes of endless fire and endless ice. Where these met, the primal ice began to melt, and from the drops of meltwater sprang a child; Ymir, the first being, who was both male and female and who could reproduce asexually. Ymir had many sons and daughters. From the line of Ymir comes the giants.

Also from the melt sprang Auðumla, the great cow, who licked at the ice for nourishment. As she licked at the ice, Ymir suckled from her and grew. As  Auðumla licked at the ice, her licks uncovered Buri, the first of the Aesir. 

Buri had a son named Bor. (The name of Buri’s wife has been lost, but we can assume that he either created Bor asexually or married one of Ymir’s daughters. As Buri is the god of creation, either may be true)

Bor married a giantess named Bestla, the daughter of the giant Bolthorn and granddaughter of Ymir. 

They had a son in turn, who they named Odin. Odin Borsson, who with his brothers Vili and Ve slew Ymir to create the world. Odin, who would take on a thousand more names in time, including Allfather. 

To clarify… Auðumla licked the blocks of salt ice into the shape of a man, which then lived. 

…what, nobody is going to turn that into a I lik the bred poem?

Don’t look at me, I suck at poetry. But… it just seems like the Universe would want it to happen.

Considering the fact that poetry is a highly honorable pursuit and poets are held in high esteem YES SOMEONE DO THE THING THE GODS WISH IT

my name is cow

and long ago

when I cam

from melted sno


i hav a thirst

so in a trice

i mak a man

i lik the ice

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Originally posted by orangemoons13000

A SKALD EMERGES 

Oh I’ll do you one better.

In Old Norse:

Ek heiti kýr
ok þá er svǫng
ek neyti tungu
eins ok eldfǫng

heimur er nýr
og mér er kalt
ek heiti kýr -

ek sleiki salt

In English:

My name is Cow
and when I’m hungry
I use my tongue
like fire-tongs

The world is new
And I am cold
My name is Cow

I lick a salt

I’M CRYIGNG IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL

@annleckie

niakantorka:

keepin-it-classy-upin-this-bitch:

stimmystuffs:

https://instagram.com/p/BYY37HgnSso/

AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS EDIBLE

@tirlaeyn
Have you seen this? Not sure you’re one for sweets, but it’s definitely worthy of being watched by a birthday girl.

@niakantorka I have seen this!! It’s incredible! The amount of effort and detail! So impressive.

oftempestsandteacups:

sofancydancy:

probablyzevran:

solarine:

bears-for-the-bear-god:

pillorian:

I would die for her

why was it that the first thing that came to mind was the death of borimir

Oooooh, a nyckelharpa! My WoW followers will know this as that really cool instrument in the soundtracks for Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills.

fun fuckin’ fact, Myrkur (this lady) is a one-woman atmospheric black metal band. and it’s amazing. if you think this video is rad you should go check out the rest of her music.

Holy shittttt this is the most gorgeous thing I have ever heard…PLEASE DO YOUR EARS AND SOUL THE FAVOR AND LISTEN TO THIS ❤️❤️

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Originally posted by nimrodels

@ofdvorakanddastardlyschemes

archiemcphee:

The Department of Miniature Marvels just found its newest member: artist and photographer Vatsal Kataria, who recreates locations he visits in his dreams as miniature models and then takes beautifully lit, atmospheric photos that recreate scenes from his dreams.

“I created miniature versions of the places I saw in my dreams. It took me about two months to create all of them. I saw these places in my dreams and it was a bit challenging to turn my imagination into reality but the whole process was fun and awesome.”

Visit Vatsal Kataria’s website to check out more of his marvelous miniatures.

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hollowedskin:

so you all know busbus is mostly blind, or something. We’re not entirely sure but he seems to have very little response to visual stimulus unless it’s something like a lit up screen in a dark room or a laser pointer. We’ve noticed he hunts with his ears for moths because once they stop flying he can’t find them.
which means he catches it, kills it, then gets sad.

Anyway when we first brought him home our cats were like, cat body language at him and he would be completely nonresponsive. They got really upset and diva bit him a lot and had huge tantrums about it. He sat too close to her, he was on her stuff, he wouldn’t move out of her way. She hated it. And for him he was just suddenly getting bitten and hit so he was very confused.

within days both dorian and diva began vocalising constantly, little brrrts and mmmms, very softly speaking all the time. Sometimes they would up the volume, but only when bus wasn’t right there. Within a week they had developed a vocal substitute for every one of their body languages, and no more problems.

Dorian has a specific type of sound that he makes when he wants bus to come to him for grooming. Bus has a specific sound he makes when he is lost and both other cats have their own version of the response. Like marco polo except you say your own name.

They have words now for ‘hey look a thing to play with’ so bus can come over and join in on the gecko hunt, or ‘i am playing with a toy and i want company’.

they started making lots of noise sometimes when they run, by hitting the ground hard and also digging their claws into the carpet so bus can hear them and chase them. If Diva is just running somewhere and not playing, she doesn’t make any noise when she does. She also uses this to sneak up on bus which i think is decidedly not fair.

Bus also knows human words too. He knows ‘cheese’ and ‘bread’ and if you mention ham he appears with his nose bright pink licking his lips waiting for his share because he fucking LOVES ham.

anywya, cat language is so versatile and im always just so impressed at how my cats who were already 4 and 6 changed their whole communications system when it turned out that bus couldn’t understadn them. <3