Norse Mythos
Norse Mythos
The Norse people created a race of gods
that were as {grim} && savage as
the people themselves.
Their lejends were of mighty battles
against foes that were sometimes more powerful than themselves.
We have grouped most of the gods, their
enemies, and their helpers here for your use.
The vast majority of gods that we list
are the Aesir, who come from Odin, Vili, and Ve's
line.
These beings all dwell above the PMP
and often visit it for their own needs.
A second group of gods called the Vanir
are beings of the air.
They are to be allies of the Aesir in
the final battle of Ragnarok,
but are quite separate from the Aesir
in that they don't deal with the lives of men,
and they derive their spiritual powers
from elsewhere.
Ragnarok is to be the last epic battle
where the forces of good (represented by Odin and
his kind)
are to fight the forces of evil (represented
by Loki and the giants of Jotunheim).
In this battle, evil will triumph:
they will destroy all the mightiest of
gods,
and they themselves will be destroyed
to the last evil creature,
leaving only a few of the gentlest of
good beings to foster an even mightier race of Norse gods.
Because of their very warlike nature,
the majority of these gods and goddesses
cannot cure beings with clerical cure spells.
Only those noted in the text can do so.
The clerical leader of a group will always
sacrifice an enemy (if applicable) or a steer (if not) before any given
voyage of conquest or special battle of importance.
In any human sacrifice,
the victim is simultaneously hanged and
thrust through the heart with a spear,
and the remains are burned on a pyre of
oak.
Norse temples are always rectangular halls
with the main supports being carved oaken images of humans.
These areas (where the images of the gods
are stored) are not worship halls,
but places where the gods' forms were
carved and protected from the elements.
For worship,
these images are taken out every lunar
month,
and given sacrifices in the form of gold
and silver articles (which had to be both
useful and pleasing to the eye).
Almost the only way to offend the gods
is to have dealings with giantkind in any way or
show some act of cowardice in battle.
Many acts that would be called blasphemous
in other religions (such as swearing and breaking an oath to a god, taking
a god's name in vain, or defacing an image of a god) can all be forgiven
by success in the next battle.
| All lovers | Freya |
| All alignments | Hel, Thor (esp. warriors, beings needing certain weather, or ones wanting fair play) |
| Fire giants (LE) | Surtur |
| Frost giants (CE) | - |
| Warriors | Thor, Tyr |
| Magic-users | Heimdall |
| LG | Odin, Forseti, Heimdall |
| NG | Odin, Balder, Bragi, Frey, Freya |
| CG | Odin, Idun, Magni, Modi, Sif |
| LN | Odin, Frigga, Vidar |
| N | Odin |
| CN | Odin, Aegir, Uller |
| LE | - |
| NE | - |
| CE | Loki |
| All farmers | Idun |
| Beings needing certain weather | Thor |
| Ones wanting fair play | Thor |
| None | Norns |
Quote:
Originally Posted by haakon1
They do alright with the
Norse stuff, though.
The episode where Viking
warriors with swords and modern USAF Special Forces with the other kind
of claymores are fighting aliens with blasters, that was cool.
At least to me!
Watch the episode of Season 1 on DVD, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by Thor's true identity.
The son of Odin
and the earth goddess Jord, married to a giantess?
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flexor
the Mighty!
Have you guys read the John
Crichton book they based 13th Warrior off of, Eaters of the Dead? Significantly
more fun to read and its short under 200 pgs.
Told as the diary or thoughts
of the Arabian man as he deals with all this brutal and crazy viking culture.
Sounds to be rather a PC
revision of the historical achievements of the Vikings...as if all the
vital cultues of the period were not brutal.
Gary
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