Shoot, almost missed St. Patrick’s day. Wore green– but I always do that (it’s my favorite color). Well, I don’t really know anything about St. Pat, and I can’t claim to be a Celticist (though I did finally buy a translation of the Mabinogion– haven’t had time to read it yet though), but considering how [...]
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St Patrick’s Day Viking Style
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Sagas, Scandinavian Studies on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An Old Norse Blog of Interest
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology, Scandinavian Studies on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been meaning for a while to introduce a few blogs that would be interesting to the Old Norse enthusiast, amateur or professional. Well, I have no excuse not to get to it now that Karl E. Seigried’s Norse Mythology Blog has been nominated for Best Religion or Spirituality blog for the 12th annual Weblog [...]
Belated Dinosaur Drawing
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Scandinavian Studies on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I found out at the last minute that January 30th is Draw a Dinosaur Day. Cool, I thought, dinosaurs and Vikings totally go together, right? I was pretty busy that day, so I thought I’d just finish my sketch the next day and put it up late. Naturally it took several days longer than expected. [...]
The Nobel Prize, Tolkien, and Two Swedish Poets
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Old Norse Philology, Scandinavian Studies on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As a Tolkien fan and a Scandinavianist, I’ve had a bit of a mixed reaction to the recent news. Tolkien considered for a Nobel Prize back in 1961! Wow, how exciting! A Swedish literary prize for an author and academic who worked in Medieval Scandinavian (OK, and English) literature (there’s hope for me yet…) That [...]
Thor and Loki wish you God Jul
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology on December 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Looks like Santa needed a little help this year. That’s Thor with his hammer Mjöllnir, his belt of strength, his iron gloves, and his… goat cart. Well, we can’t all have a sleigh. This cart is normally drawn through the heavens by two goats–but there is something special about these goats. At night Thor cooks [...]
Upcoming Poems plus Bonus Picture
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Poetry on November 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Normally I would announce these as soon as they come out, but since I will be in Estonia at the start of the month for the first meeting of the Old Norse Folklorists Network (yeah, pretty obscure), I thought I would send out a heads-up now. Two poems coming out this December: 1) “The Cabin [...]
Occupy Cal
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Current Events, Norse Mythology on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for the lack of posts! It’s a crazy semester, with all the job applications and grading and writing. This will be a quick attempt at blogging about the Occupy Cal protests–but please don’t look for a comprehensive overview here. These are just bits and pieces I’ve picked up as I’ve tried to make sense [...]
Vikings in the New World
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Sagas, Scandinavian Studies on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I completely missed Leif Eiriksson day–a particularly egregious lapse, since my dissertation research in Iceland was funded by the Leifur Eiríksson Foundation. Some Scandinavianist I am. Ah well. I will make up for it by pointing out that, just as Leif Eiriksson Day (October 9th) precedes Columbus Day (October 10th), the Icelander Leifr Eiríksson preceded [...]
Gnomic Beats
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology, Old Norse Philology, Scandinavian Studies on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I taught the poem Hávamál (Sayings of the High One–English titles from Larrington’s translation) in my Norse Mythology course today. I hadn’t taught it much previously, because it’s such a tangle for beginning students, but there is some pretty interesting stuff in there. It is the second poem in Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda, [...]
