NorsePlay.

While NorsePlay has no doubts about its expertise in the Norse Lore and its research & expository credentials by holding & applying its double degree in Journalism & Creative Writing here weekly, we felt it wouldn't hurt to add to our CV by swooping up a certification from Coursera's course on  Old Norse Mythology in the Sources as taught by the celebrated Dr Mathias Nordvig, Nordic Studies Professor at University Colorado Boulder. That, and we wanted to review it. Mathias and I have traded a few emails regarding my Map Of Midgard Project, and I consider him an online acquaintance. Mathias is unquestionably stellar as a public disseminator of information via YouTube, co-host of the irascibly fun Nordic Mythology Podcast , his own blog, and as a leading academic contributor to the new Pre-Christian Religions of the North  (2020 CE) reference set , so I'm much less reviewing him as opposed to the Coursera format. We're lucky to have someone of Mathias' c...

Yes,  I built a NorsePlay branded axe throwing target!  So if you know me, come over and bring your hand axe and marksmanship skills. [right in the targets!] (And if you don't know me, bear in mind that I threw that axe into the target with deadly accuracy .) Using only found-on-the-streets of Tucson pallets & discarded lumber, about $9 worth of drywall screws, a four random toggles, wood glue, various cans of leftover clearish coat spraypaints for weatherproofing, some lines of brushed acrylic, and about two weeks of post-dayjob summer evenings to draft & drill it into existence. The small carved bear head I adorned the top with just for bearserker -spiration. Note that coloured pallets tend to be rentals, and by the time I learned that I'd already affixed the blue one inextricably into the project. Whoops. Other urban wood-hunting tip: Do not get pallets that have "MB" stamped on them as they've been fumigated with toxic methyl br...

NorsePlay donates books to a nearby Little Free Library. Because we're supercool with our Deeds like that, and we hope that the Norse Lore with whichever creative pollination it may be in, will find its wondrously truthful way to others. #    #    # 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.