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on Thora of the Embroidered Hand.

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Some saga names just stand out, like Thora of the Embroidered Hand. While there's a twice-fold kidnapping of this girl in Egil's Saga and her marriage to her unstoppably amorous kidnapper-then-husband, Thora's name is never actually explained. Our NorsePlay on this could go one of three or two-fold, or three-fold ways which is in line with either a deed-name, or a descriptive name. [rune protection hand made by Frogs and Princes on Rebels Market.] If Thora performed embroidery at a remarkable level, making pieces of such exception that she earned a reputation for her handiwork, then it could go that way. Or second, maybe she'd received an outstanding jelling or exotic lace patterned  Mehndi-style (the latter technique of which is dated back to the Vedas, so maybe it or its style migrated over) hand tattoo that augmented her already notable beauty as a factor which set her aside from all the other girls, making her even more kidnapping worthy. [Cosme...

the dog-king of Norway.

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In both Gesta Danorum (book 7) & Heimskringla ( Hákonar saga góða ), the Swedes place a dog as king over a defeated Norway. In Snorri's version the dog Saurr talks and rules for three years, issuing decrees and such, until the unhappy & shamed subject population tricks him into going into a field where he's killed by wolves. [Armpiece tattoo choice by my good friend Ricky Washuk. (It's his Pomeranian.)] #    #    # 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 t...