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As hardcore as shield-maidens get, Brunhild brought about the Fall of the House of Völsung by orchestrating Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer's death and then offing herself. #FairyTaleTuesday 🖼️Árpád Basch & Gaston Bussière
Tracing their ancestry all the way back to Frey were the Ynglings, the ancient royal dynasty of Sweden, whose members slew one another in all manner of various ways (including one instance with horse bridles in which no observers were present). #MythologyMonday 🖼️Hugo Hamilton
Gustaf Tenggren was second in line to carry the "Bland tomtar och troll" torch (following the mighty John Bauer, who, of course, was first): https://t.co/givDr6wcTC
Upon its peak up high in the sky, Hindarfjäll hosts the enchanted wall of fire behind which the sleeping Brynhild lies and that Sigurd the Völsung does defy. #FairyTaleTuesday 🖼️Harry George Theaker / Anker Eli Petersen
In Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning, King Gylfi of Sweden shows up at some strange version of Odin's court and intensely interviews High, Just-As-High, and Third to learn about the past, present, and future of all the 9 Worlds. #MythologyMonday
I antagonized those hostile Belgian blue ones with all the wrong kind of gnome paraphernalia #WyrdWednesday https://t.co/7pVQzB43tK
In addition to being the most sexually desirable of all the goddesses, Freyja also suffers a bad habit of selling her body to dwarves for jewelry and is known for being somewhat death-obsessed, just like Odin: https://t.co/Yri7T0Ucpf #Freyja #Friday
Hel is both death and a maiden. Here, Carl Ehrenberg shows her with an excessively vicious facial expression while Johannes Minkowitz shows her snacking on an unfortunate soul. #FaustianFriday
The son of Odin and Mother Earth, Thor is the strongest of all the gods. Boisterous and red-headed with a bushy beard, he can outdrink any other god and is proud of it:
https://t.co/Yri7T0CBxH #Thor #Thursday