Thursday, April 17, 2014

Resolution- Post 8

Resolution- When Heimdall wins the battle and brings the necklace and Loki back to Odin.

The image depicts Loki and Heimdall battling, but in the end Heimdall is victorious.

Climax Post 7

The Climax- When Heimdall and Loki have a Fierce battle over Freya's necklace Brisingamen.

Conflict-Post 6

The Conflict-  Loki, tricked Odin into thinking Freya had done wrong and was given permission to steal a necklace from Freya. Freya told Odin that Loki had tricked him into letting him steal the necklace and they had to find a way to retrieve the necklace from Loki.

The Image shows Freya wearing her necklace given to her by the dwarves.  

Post 5- Setting


Svartalfheim is the world inhabited by the dwarves, who are occasionally called “black elves” in Old Norse literature. Accordingly, Svartalfheim was probably thought of as a labyrinthine, subterranean complex of mines and forges. Svartalfheim is one of the Nine Worlds, and home of the Dark Elves. Svartalfheim is in the middle region of the nine realms, on the same level as Midgard and Jotunheim. The realm has been shown to be heavily wooded and somewhat gothic, with Dark Elf towns, villages and castles dotting across the dark rolling landscape. They have been shown to live both above ground in castles and underground in large caverns.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Myth Character Development Post 4

Odin - Was known as father of the gods, he is usually pictured wearing a grey-blue cloak and a winged helm or a floppy hat. Odin was the god of magic, wisdom, wit, and learning. He loved to cause conflicts and shifts of power. 

Heimdall -Called the Shining god and whitest skinned of the gods. He dewlt in the entry of Asgard. It is said that Heimdall has incredible hearing, he can here the wool growing on a sheep and can hear the grass grow in a meadow. It is also said that when the time came, Heimdall and his enemy Loki would slay each other in a fierce battle.  




Loki- A Trickster who is always challenging the order and the structure of the gods, he is necessary in bringing about the needed change. He is the son of two giants and is also the foster brother of Odin. Loki embodies the ambiguous and darkening relationship between the gods and the giants.  


Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Freya-Cultural References Post 3

There are many cultural references to the Norse goddess Freya but here are just a few.
1.Witches of East End, a literature piece by Melissa de la Cruz is about immortal witches that are actually Norse gods, including the goddess Freya, Loki and Balder. 
2. The Swedish Symphonic metal band Therion based many of its lyrics on Norse mythology, including the whole 2001 concept album Secret of the Runes.
3.In the Comic series History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, the protagonists fight against a gang organization known as Ragnarok. Each of the Eight Fists were nicknamed after a figure in Norse mythology including; Berserker, Freya, Loki, Thor, Siegfried, Hermit, Valkyrie, and their leader Odin.

Freya-Myth Post 2

One day Freya, walked by a cave with dwarfs inside it and wandered in Inside the cave, her eye caught the sight of the most beautiful necklace, she had ever seen. Four dwarfs “Alfrigg”, “Berling”, Dvalin”, and “Grerr” were living inside this cave. These dwarfs were putting their finishing touches on a beautiful piece of jewelry. The dwarfs were master craftsmen. Freya pleaded and begged them to give her the necklace also called the “Brisingamen”. She told the four dwarfs, she would pay any amount of gold for it. The dwarfs refused to sell it. But they did however make a suggestion, if Freya would spend one night with each of the four dwarfs and make love to them, she could have the necklace. Freya agreed and spent the next four nights with the ugly dwarfs. Loki a trickster had followed Freya to Svaralfheim, the home of the dwarfs, and saw everything that had happened. Loki ran back and told Odin, and told him what he had seen. When Odin heard the news, he was furious. He told Loki to steal the necklace from Freya and bring it to him. Loki went to Freya’s house, Sessrumnir, but he had a hard time getting in, because all doors and windows were tightly shut. But Loki turned himself into a small fly and got in the room through a hole as small as a needle’s eye. Loki saw that Freya was wearing the necklace around her neck, with the clasp underneath her so that he could not reach it. Loki turned himself into a flea and bit the goddess on her cheek. She turned in her sleep and exposed the clasp. Loki quickly turned himself back to his own shape, took the necklace, unlocked the door, and ran out. When Freya found out that she loss her necklace she ran to Odin and told her story to Odin. Cold with anger at Freya’s story of greed and lust, Odin said that he would only recover the necklace for her if she would agree to stir up a war between two mighty chieftains in Midgard “Middle Earth” He demanded that there should be killing and bloodshed. Afterward Freya should bring the slain heroes back to life. Freya agreed to the terms, for like Odin, she had a lust for battles and heroes as well. Then Odin sent for Heimdall, the watchman of the bridge Bifrost, and told him to go after Loki, and bring back Freya’s necklace. Loki turned himself into a seal and swam to a rock near Singastein, but a moment later Heimdall, too, had become a seal. The two fought a fierce battle. In the end Heimdall, with the necklace in his hand, led the dripping Loki out of the water and back to Odin.