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one-eyed sunglasses & outlaw racing.

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Baby Driver. Clyde Barrow. Allfather Odin? No wait, stop and think about this for a second: Odin essentially runs a long con to heist the Mead of Poetry . Like some Icelandic outlaw sagas, Americans enjoy stories where one goes outside the system to boldly and bravely come out on top via skills & wits , which is why 1967's Clyde & 2017's Baby also show the throughline of this tradition from ancient Norse Lore all the way to today.  And we know Odin would rock the one-eyed sunglasses and beat both of these wheelmen in a street race , 8-hooves or cylinders down. #    #    # 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 neolog...