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Voluspa and how Odin messed me up

Voluspa (translated by W.H. Auden and P.B. Taylor), from an Asatru site. Astru sites can be a bit spooky, but here’s one that shows a sense of humor: Loki: A Paean in Progress.

Why do I say that Asatru is spooky? Well, it compounds the general spookiness of religion with the fact that the objects of worship are ones I originally ran across in a Marvel comic.

To understand how The Mighty Thor messed me up, consider that I created my own character as an imitation (like I did with many of my favorite superheroes) and made him the son of the Hebrew god, like Thor was the son of Odin, king of the gods. Now, the Thor comics don’t mention that Odin is king of the Norse gods only, and apparently I wasn’t even acquainted with Zeus (or I was, but somehow reconciled the two, just like the comics did), so I spent time explaining to myself the relationship between Odin and Big J, the god we were learning about at school.

Anyway, for a refresher on Norse mythology, here’s a quick summary page, with multiple diagrams. It’s all in Norwegian (I think), but it’s easy to follow if you know the names. I need to make something like this in Hebrew.