Random thoughts
My gods and goddesses have some weird attributes. Oðinn's eye was sacrificed by him to gain the wisdom of the world at Mimír's well. Týr sacrificed his hand to bind Fenrisúlfr until Ragnarøkr. Heimdallr's teeth are made of gold (and, rumour has it, he's got square pupils and horns like a goat)*. Sif's hair is made, literally, of gold. Viðar was born wearing an iron boot. Njórðr has the most beautiful feet of all the gods**. Þórr is - of all of them - pretty much the most normal, what with his massive beard, mystic hammer and magical goats. I mean, even Freyja - whose hall Fólkvangr I'd not mind to wind up in - turns into a falcon and had her lover turned into a boar so that he wouldn't be killed by the other gods.
They're just... weird. Still, I dig 'em.
And now I return you to your regularly scheduled Internetting.
*There's suggestions - only fragmentary, though - that Heimdallr was fairly goat-like in appearance. A kenning for a sword is 'head of Heimdallr' and, as the guards of Norse swords tend to droop like goat's horns, that may be the source. Also, some scholars speculate that he may have been the originator of the horned helmets worn by the dancers in cave paintings.
**Seriously. That's how he married Skaði. She thought she was gonna get married to Baldr, but Oðinn would only let her choose her husband by their feet and, as Baldr spends most of his time barefoot and running around the wilderness, and Njorðr spends most of his time swimming and not standing, she chose the Ocean-King.
They're just... weird. Still, I dig 'em.
And now I return you to your regularly scheduled Internetting.
*There's suggestions - only fragmentary, though - that Heimdallr was fairly goat-like in appearance. A kenning for a sword is 'head of Heimdallr' and, as the guards of Norse swords tend to droop like goat's horns, that may be the source. Also, some scholars speculate that he may have been the originator of the horned helmets worn by the dancers in cave paintings.
**Seriously. That's how he married Skaði. She thought she was gonna get married to Baldr, but Oðinn would only let her choose her husband by their feet and, as Baldr spends most of his time barefoot and running around the wilderness, and Njorðr spends most of his time swimming and not standing, she chose the Ocean-King.