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the claw of Grendel.

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Alan Lee's Beowulf in Heorot from David Day's  Castles (1984 CE, illustration is verso half of the double page spread). #    #    # 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 neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

she's the jarl.

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Rheda rules Herot as Jarl in Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands .   At left of Rheda sits the shield  where axes are thrown  into the black or red sides to vote on decisions.  The famed hall's interiors featured gilded carvings and Klimt -esque golden curtains. This 2016 show only ran for one season, yet it set up enough material for at least two more, which it should've gotten. [Actress Joanne Whalley ( Willow & Scarlett ), Herot's exterior, obligatory composite cast shot with, yes, William Hurt second from left.  Give it a watch  here . ] #    #    # 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 spearhead...

a more Odinic king.

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Illustrator Charles Keeping (1924–1988) interprets King Hygelac as a more Odinic one-eyed figure in the Rosemary Sutcliff retelling of Beowulf from 1961. #    #    # 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 neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

we interrupt this Grendel.

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Running from 1998 until recently, Grendel 's Cave was an online browser-based MUD RPG . Currently there's a test pattern on the page, so it could return. Any of you get to play this? [Game by Grendel Enterprises.] #    #    # 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 neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .