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Shetland storyteller Marjolein Robertson has alot to say about Yule , or more correctly, the Yules. Somewhere in this turn of the year during its long nights, there would be travelers in disguise, or "guisers/guizers", which one had to feed or invite in, since there was always the possibility they could be a Norse God in disguise . This regional word could also be a lingual descendant of "Grøliks" and be related to "ganga Grýla", the nearby Faroese Islands tradition of people dressing as  Grýla, the bad child eating ogress . A variant of this practice is the "skelker", and given the specific straw covering costume  (which feels very  Midsommer / The Wicker Man ) , we might NorsePlay that it has something agricultural to do with Frey r  (or perhaps Byggvir, Freyr's servant, the root of whose name means barley) , inviting him in, and/or giving him food/drink/treats so that next year's harvest grows plentifully, but should any Norse God or...

Sometimes when people are struck by lighting  it leaves a phenomena known as Lichtenberg figures, branching lightning-like shapes where the current has caused blood vessels to burst, sometimes permanently scarring the skin. [crafted by user blabbit's father.] This lightning effect naturally occurs in what's called fractal wood , and can also be artificially made by attaching conductive rods to a transformer, juicing it up and letting the patterns burn into the wood's surface. When lightning strikes certain places, it leaves what's called fulgurite , fused tubes or masses in and sometimes above the ground, also informally called "petrified lightning". The high-voltage crystallization effect can be reproduced like the skin or wood above to make "lightning in a bottle" designs within acrylic spheres, blocks, or panels. [Note use of the hammer.]  All are the impactful fingerprints of Thor leaving his mark. #    #   ...

In Avatar Press' Wolfskin , a berserker northman consults his patron one-eyed god . Wrod shown here is an obvious NorsePlay analogue for our Odin. [Art by Juan José RyP, written by Warren Ellis.] #    #    # 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 .

If you don't see Mjölnir in this lightning , then you need some Heathen Worldview corrective lenses. Note that it's over the Kremlin. Perhaps Thor's none-too-happy about the recent destruction of those Godpoles in western Russia and is bringing the thunder to remind The Russian Government (Правительство России) about respecting their Viking/Varangian origins? #    #    # 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 .