Chronicles of the Gods: Thor and the Giants

There was one time the Thunder God Thor, Loki and his two servants, Thialfi and Roskva, went to Jotunheim to challenge the giants. The king of the giants challenged Thor and his companions. Loki took the first challenge, an eating competition.

Loki was fast fast, but the opposing giant ate everything including the plates, the bones etc. Thialfi was up next, his was a race. He was fast, but the challenging giant won even before he knew it. Thor then challenged the king of giants to a drinking match, but as hard as he tried, he could not finish the drink. Thor was then challenged to lift up a cat, he could not even move it. Thor took on the final match--wrestling with an old woman.

He lost.

Thor was not actually that weak, the king of the giants had used magic to fool them. Loki ate fast, but his opponent was Fire, who devours everything in its path. Thialfi was as quick as ever, but his opponent was Thought, the fastest thing in the world (the fastest thought goes at about 580kmph actually, doesn't sound that fast to me : )As for Thor's drinking match, the drinking horn was filled with the ocean, but he drank so much he created the tides. The cat whom Thor tried to lift was actually Jormungand, the terrible sea serpent which circles the universe. As for the old lady, she was old age itself! Thor put up a great fight, but old age beats everyone in the end...

Well, that's how it goes I think. There may be some errors so......

Norse Mythology: Norse Worlds part II

Hello! I'm back again!

As I have promised, I will now give a slightly more detailed explanation of the Norse Worlds.

There were nine Norse worlds, held in place by the mighty tree: Yggdrasil.
At the top of the tree, the stars sparkled and birds flew. At the bottom of the tree, a dragon called Nidhogg gnawed on the roots. A squirrel called Ratatosk runs busily up and down between the branches and the dragon. I'm still trying to find out more about this cute little mythic figure ;)

Norse people believed that their world (Midgard) was linked to the gods' world (Asgard) by a rainbow bridge, the "official watchman" of the bridge is the god Heimdall. The middle worlds are circled by a huge sea-serpent, Jormungand.

Well, that's all for now, tune in for my next episode: Chronicles of the Gods: Thor and the Giants

The Similarity of Gods and Goddesses

You see, since I study mythology...I found that Greek, Norse & Egyptian gods and goddesses have a shared and similar 'life'. They live just like us humans, and they also suffer from pain, dissappoinment, sickness, and being attacked...They don't live peacefully like Buddhist Gods...besides, they fight against each other to get something they want...and they also argue a lot...they have children--we call them 'Heroes'--who were half-breed, monster etc. Actually, I don't like these kind of 'sacred gods'...I wonder why those ancient people liked their gods so much...

Hei, something noteworthy!

When I was using a search engine to find out more about myth & legend, I "accidentaly" found something cool!

The division of Greek mythical creatures into two main categories is purely for organization purposes. These categories - "hybrids" and "monsters" - serve to distinguish between different types of mythical beings.

Hybrids : a hybrid is a composite creature - examples are the centaur (combination of human and horse), and the harpy (human and vulture); these mythical beings populated the imaginations, literature, and art of the ancient Greeks.

Hybrids included: centaur, cockatrice, giants, griffin, harpy, satyr (faun) and sirens.

Monsters : the monsters section mainly features beings that are singular entities - in other words, there is but one Minotaur, Medusa, or Pegasus in Greek mythology; monsters were generally either friends or foes to various Greek heroes.

Monster included: Argus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Chimera, Cyclops, Hydra and etc...

There's still more to explore...

Osiris--Egyptian

The god of death--Osiris, he is always dressed in white with his Crook and Flail, Osiris is shown as a man with a beard wearing white mummy wrappings. I will tell you his tale later...

Chimera--Greek

This is the mutant creature--the Chimera or Chimaera, it is a combination of a goat, serpent & lion...the Chimera is a creature of the sky, possibly linked to storm and thunder. A savage beast, sprouting fire from its mouth, it devastated the land until it was killed by the hero Bellerophon who flew over it riding his winged horse Pegasus.

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Norse Mythology: Norse Worlds part I

I'm gonna give a brief introduction to the field I'm strongest in--the Norse Mythology :)
Just as a summary, Norse people believe that there are nine Norse worlds, all held in place by the tree of life, I can't remember the name of the tree, though. Anyway, the tree is split into three sections. There's the upper worlds, the middle worlds and the lower worlds.

The Upper Worlds:

Alfheim: Land of the light elves
Asgard: Land of the Warrior gods and godesses
Vanaheim: Land of the gods and goddesses who make things grow

The Middle Worlds:

Jotunheim: Land of the giants
Midgard: Land of the humans
Nidavellir: Land of the dwarfs
Svartalfheim: Land of the dark elves
(I've recently read that dark elves are actually dwarves, I'm still looking into that)

The Lower Worlds:

Muspell: Land of fire
Niflheim: Kingdom of the dead

That's all for now, stay tuned for the next episode: Norse Worlds: part II !

Valkyries--Norse

The Valkyries are maidens of Odin, they serve Odin and lead dead soldiers to the glorious hall Valhalla...

Trolls--Norse

This is an ugly one--the forest troll. It lives deep inside the dark forests of Norse lands...ready to hurl rocks to you~WAMP!!!

Scarabs--Egyptian

This is the giant Scarab of Egypt, who crawls on the shifting sands...waiting for food to hunt...WAMP!!!

Pegasus--Greek

This is the winged-horse, Pegasus...It is an incarnation of Medusa's blood, when Persues killed her...then Persues mounted it and defeated the sea monster which was trying to kill the princess caught by the Mermaids...

Mountain Giants--Norse

This is the Mount Giant, with his awesome muscles and a huge club that could smash your head off easily...

Collosus--Greek

This is the giant Collosus...Who chrushes down the Wonders of Greece...Piercing weapons are useless against his Gold Armor...

Cyclops--Greek

This is my favorite--the single-eyed beast, Cyclops!
He is the son of Poseidon, he guards Zeus' thunderbolts...

Awesome!!!

Avenger--Egyptian

This is the Avenger, the avenging-beast that haunts the shifting sands of Egypt...
I'll find out more details about him... :D

Anubis--Egyptian

This is the soul-stealer--Anubis, the son of Osiris...
I'll find more details about it...or should we say "him"...

OK, here's the other detail:
He guided the souls of the dead from the world of the living to the world of the dead. Anubis was also responsible for weighing the actions of the deceased in terms of good or evil. He is also considered the inventor of embalming and mummification, who had embalmed and mummified the dead god Osiris.

Other Names: Anepo, Anpu
Father: Osiris, Set, or Ra
Mother: Isis or Nephthys
Wife: Mat
Depicted: Anubis is usually depicted as having the head of a jackal.

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