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Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on April 4, 2012 at 1:45pm

Frigg has a solution to fix Odin’s severe helmet hair. Unfortunately, the electroshock treatment merely transforms Odin’s helmet hair to an even more serious condition… Don King hair.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 23, 2012 at 7:39am

Odin has been wandering the universe the last several months, seeking wisdom and catching three eyed space trout (see previous comic). Only by escaping the clamor of Midgard can he truly enjoy peace and contemplate the great questions of existence. Naturally, his reappearance in the skies ignites a firestorm of prayers from humans asking for new cars and begging success for their silly sports teams. Fortunately, Odin’s aim with lightning is not only impeccable, but foolish prayers serve as lovely homing beacons.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 29, 2012 at 12:49pm

Viking Helmet by Joe Gilardi

 

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 22, 2012 at 7:16pm

Heimdallr 

He's the Norse god of boundaries, gatekeeper of Asgard. He hears and sees everything as he awaits Ragnarok. He is the son of 9 mothers and father of the class system(literally) when he was travelling as Rig. He is enemy of Loki and guardian of Freyja. He carries a horn to warn the Aesir of invasion or trespass.
He's the bringer of illumination and mental awakening. Rather like Prometheus in Greek mythology, he brought humanity the knowledge of fire, reading and writing, as well as the magic of the runes. In essence, being the enemy of Loki, symbolizes the struggle against ignorance.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 20, 2012 at 3:32pm

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 19, 2012 at 5:10pm

Canada's country's celebration of its viking heritage. The webpages and videos are obviously directed towards attracting tourists, but they're still worth noting:

The Viking Trail, from Newfoundland on the far east coast of Canada.

Here is an educational video from the early 1990's about a Norwegia... It's dated now but I'm glad it was made.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 18, 2012 at 12:13pm

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on February 12, 2012 at 10:27pm

~ Top Ten Wrong Ideas About Vikings ~

1. Vikings were a nation. Vikings were not a nation as such, but groups of warriors, explorers and merchants led by a chieftain. As often as not, in the expeditions to the west Vikings were Norwegians, Danes and Swedes, but also anyone who joined them. The point is that the Old Norse word víkingr denoted not a nationality, but occupation: a Viking was anyone who took part in an overseas expedition.

2. Vikings wore horned helmets. Gjermundbu helmet, the only extant authentic Viking helmet, does not have horns. No depiction of Viking helmets dating to the Viking Age represents horned patterns. There are two or three representations of ritual processions where warriors wear helmets with protrusions ending with stylized bird heads or resembling to snakes, but even the ritual use of the horned helmets by Vikings remains unproven.

3. Vikings’ preferred weapon was a massive double axe. Vikings did use axes in battle, as the Lindisfarne tombstone graphically illustrates. However, they were of a very different type than suggested in the modern popular culture. It should be remembered that no double-headed axe has ever been found from early medieval Europe. Viking axes were light and used single-handed. The most common weapons found on Viking sites are spears.

4. Vikings had tresses. As for hairstyle, to proclaim their Viking roots, Norman men shaved the back half of their head entirely, behind a line drawn from over the crown from ear to ear. On the front half of the head, forward of this line, the hair was left to grow long. There is an 11th-century letter in Old English, which mentions “Danish fashion with bared neck and blinded eyes.” There is no historical evidence of Vikings wearing tresses.

5. Viking armies were huge. The sources cite wild numbers for the size of Viking armies. P. Sawyer noted that they could be more specific on the size of the fleets. On the basis of the archeological evidence for the size of the boats, he suggested that Viking ships may have held fifty to sixty men. It means that Viking armies have to be numbered in the hundreds, not even in the thousands.

6. Vikings were exceptionally cruel and bloodthirsty. Vikings indeed were sometimes very violent. However, the question is whether Christian armies of the time acted in any substantially different manner. For instance, Charlemagne, who was Vikings’ contemporary, virtually exterminated the whole people of Avars. At Verden, he ordered the beheading of 4,500 Saxons. Vikings certainly were not as bloodthirsty as many Christians of their time.

7. Abroad, Vikings did nothing except fighting and pillaging. Vikings did pillage many lands. However, plunder was only one among many other goals of their overseas expeditions. Vikings peacefully colonised Iceland, Greenland and many smaller islands. As explorers they crossed the Atlantic and reached America 500 years before Columbus. As international merchants of their time, they also peacefully traded with almost every country of the then known world.

8. Vikings used human skulls as drinking vessels. This misconception goes back to Runer seu Danica literatura antiquissima by Ole Worm, published in 1636 and reprinted in 1651. There the phrase saying that the Danes drink ór bjúgviðum hausa (“from the curved branches of skulls,” that is from horns) was translated into Latin as ex craniis eorum quos ceciderunt (“from the skulls of those whom they had slain”).

9. Vikings were unclean. In England, because of their custom of bathing every Saturday, Vikings had a reputation of excessive cleanness. Ibn Rustah, a 10th century Persian explorer, explicitly notes the eastern Vikings’ cleanness. During excavations of Viking sites, combs are among the most frequent objects found. Vikings used tweezers, razors and special “ear spoons” to keep their ears clean. They also produced soap.

10. Viking ship from Oseberg was a war ship. Oseberg ship is a very well preserved Viking ship found in a burial mound in Norway. In modern popular culture Vikings are often depicted crossing oceans and engaging in battles on ships that are copies of the Oseberg ship. However, her freebord is so low and the scantings so light that she could be nothing more than a ceremonial vessel that never left coastal waters.

**The Coven Avalon

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on January 24, 2012 at 11:01pm

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on January 1, 2012 at 1:49pm

There is a road and it leads to Valhalla
Where only the chosen are allowed
There is a boy with a dream of Valhalla
A place in the land of the gods

But in the heart where the fire burns forever
Where life goes on for those who fell in battle
The gods are waiting the moment he falls in a fight
And he will rise when the sun goes down

Raised high his sword
As he cried out Valhalla
His dream had become reality
And tonight he will die
On the road to Valhalla
Chosen to feast with the gods

But in the heart where the fires burn forever
Where life goes on for the mighty and ........
The journey has finally come to an end for the boy
And he has reasons as the greatest of them all

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