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Sometimes you get swept up in the moment and buy a prop replica only to later feel it's a pretty useless dust catcher ... unless 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗷ö𝗹𝗻𝗶𝗿-𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗸𝗶𝘁!
https://norseplaymythologist.blogspot.com/2017/05/you-know-for-handy-heathen.html

you know, for the handy Heathen. Marvel Thor-based Mjölnir toolbox concept drafted by David Delisle. [now available !] # # # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was som...

One might accuse Thor's Hammer of being a macguffin in this mystery novel cover art, but if you think about it's theft in Þ𝙧𝙮𝙢𝙨𝙠𝙫𝙞ð𝙖 or its being left behind in 𝙎𝙠á𝙡𝙙𝙨𝙠𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙢á𝙡 where Thor has to deal with Geirröðr without it, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀.
https://norseplaymythologist.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-hammer-gets-heisted-again.html

the hammer gets heisted, again. Then a crafty Raven ran off with the Danish Rømersdal Mjölnir! # # # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the N...

Sometimes you look at 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀 wistfully and think of scenarios where those might again come in handy. Then you look at a map with huge swaths of "Death Zone"s and think, well, maybe not ... ?
https://norseplaymythologist.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-relevance-of-axe-sword-shield.html

the relevance of axe, sword, & shield. In S.M. Stirling's Emberverse series, a point-of-deviation happens in 1998 when technology suddenly just doesn't work. After the change, tw...

When one measures Freyr's strickenness for the pale beauty of jötunn maiden Gerðr, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝗢𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗹ö𝗱, and that if he'd come for far more than just the Mead Of Poetry. Doepler's illustration with Odin very focused on her and not the intended prize in the horn might imply so.
https://norseplaymythologist.blogspot.com/2017/05/smooth-talking-mead-of-poetry.html

smooth talking the Mead of Poetry. Bolverk, secretly Odin, runs serious game on Gunnlöd to score some quality time with her & win the ultimate in free drinks -- the Mead of P...