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  There's a lot of  great detail in this cosmological sketch print of  Die Neun Welten / The Nine Worlds  by E. Müller-Baden, c. 1900 CE. It almost looks like Yggdrasil's tertiary root is so far away from the main body of its subterranean structure that it's pretty slim pickings for Níðhöggr, who never actually does cause critical damage on The World Tree, so perhaps this offers a reason as to why. This diagram also solves the arboreal co-identification problem by specifically making Læradr the upper portion of Yggdrasil . There's also a more geographical separation between portions of  Niflheim depending if you're an oathbreaking victim unmercifully given to  Níðhöggr 's serpentine children (#2), or if you're a regular deceased (#9), which would probably spare Hel 's broader populace the gnashing of dragon teeth & wailing of the dishonourable. Though if any of you recall where the " Egisheim" Sea is cited from, do let me know. Below is ...

After having seen the amazing Franks Casket at The British Museum, and being very intrigued by the reproduction Franks Casket that YouTub e channel Crecganford sometimes has in his videos' background (it seems he won't gift it to me, I asked in a comment), I decided to see if I could find one, and was amused to instead find this clarification on an eBay listing: Heh! The fact that the vendor had to write this totally kills me, and says rather much about some consumers out there.  And if you know where I can get a Franks Casket reproduction, do let NorsePlay know in the comments below. #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the n...

There's this sudden departure in Ragnarok S1 E2 where the teen jotun Fjor needlescratch hijacks the Edda High School's Spring Dance's DJ booth with his phone to put on a seething & primal track, and a ritual of choreography involving his sister Saxa & odd new kid in school Laurits unfolds in front of the student body who clears the floor for their weird leaning, quick, whip-jerk movements that the trio performs more for each other and its own process' sake, than to the surprised & awed room. The implied NorsePlay from this would be: How much of a different culture have the jotnar developed in their cosmological exile into frosty Jotunheimr (or flaming Muspelheimr) since the beginning of time?  The scene reveals a semi-supernatural music & dance tradition stepping out into view, impressing its way into a Midgardian small town world. Later episodes show the jötnar having to vote on a consensus for war by placing their hands upon an axe, and double-handedl...

To compliment the original logo vinyl cutout sticker on the driver's side of the NorsePlay-mobile , I recently commissioned a sticker for the passenger side! This more modern runic-based NorsePlay logo was inspired by the VolvaHaus music request entry , which I'd designed in 2020 CE for the front of a t-shirt. The trihorn is instead linearly styled into an "NP" monogram logo using a triple-intersected Elder Futhark Nauthiz  (ᚾ),  the letter N, and the top opening of the horns with  Pertho ( ᛈ), the letter P, which has been thought to represent a drinking vessel ,  or a gaming dice cup, all of which is apropos of NorsePlay. Plus the design happens to work as an abstract of pushrods and pistonheads to make for a great racing reference . The slim <1/32" lines made this sticker a challenge, but after much consultation they came out beautifully. [Orange, white, & red versions!] And as with our first sticker , NorsePlay would again like to raise its horn to Hea...