Random thoughts

[thejim]

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

Comments

[thejim]

Yes, yes it was. My bad.

[ulvarmarson]

You use the Iclandic spelling for the names? or atleast some of them? I did not realise Ragnarok was spelled with an Ø. Atleast its not in Norway ^^

[thejim]

Yeah, I try and go with the Icelandic/Old Norse words as frequently as possible.

[ulvarmarson]

But was ever 'Ragnarok' spelled with an 'ø' ? Its not spelled that way in Norwegian atleast.

[ulvarmarson]

Ops. that one was from me

[monkeymindkafka]

I think you could make a theological argument that cybernetics and prosthetic limbs are a spiritual responsibility fo your religion. It's a form of medicine and self-improvement that is being modeled by the gods' examples.

[thejim]

On the contrary, I think that the argument could be made that prosthetics are anathema to me, based on faith. After all, Válfoðr and Eínhendr do well without their eye and hand, respectively, and so too should we.