actually, what originally got me interested in Norse Mythology, was an entry in an old dictionary I have. it said something about the myth of Loki and his punishment for killing Baldur or Balder or sometimes even Baldr (and not weeping for him, which caused him to remain in Helheim). they bound him to three rocks (one under his knees, one under his loins, and I forget where the other one was) and opened the mouth of a poisonous serpent and placed hit over his face. Loki's wife went down to Helheim and cought each drop of the serpents venom, except when she had to turn and empty her cup, a drop would hit Loki's face, and his trembling would cause an earthquake. (that may not be accurate, thats straight out of memoery). anyway, I then followed up my interest by getting a book called 'The Children of Odin' by Padraic Colum. The book is recommended for grades 5-8, which makes it very easy reading, but it's still a very good introduction to Norse Mythology. however, there are several variations of the myths, so I recommend reading numerous books and papers on the subject. a nice little online place to get some brief info is
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.htmlBlack Mage, what was it that got you interested in Norse Mythology? was it (predicting from your name) the frequent references to it in ff games?
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you really dont know, do you??
Edited by - smb allstars master on 10/5/2002 1:33:40 PM