I'm working on Odin's wife today, her name is Frigg, and Friday is named after her. Somewhat weird, the old Gods haven't left yet; Wednesday is Odin's day, and Thursday is Thor's day.
I may work on this painting a bit more, Skuld the redheaded one needs more detail in her face, and I need to take a thread from the old blind Norn called Urd and weave it through the picture. Verdandi holds the scissors that will cut your thread at death. The Norns are the weavers of fate.
I think I met a Norn in a dream I had years ago (25 years). She was a very tall warrior-like woman in a long flowing dress with straight blond hair, high cheekbones, a strong jawline, and blue eyes. She was standing in front of me, pointing at my face. I thought that wasn't polite until I saw a spider dangling from a silk strand at the end of her pointing finger. She wasn't scary, just fierce. She didn't say a word to me, and I have always wondered what that dream meant.
22 x 30 Inches, coldpress 300lb paper, watercolor and gouache
The Voluspa, or Norns, are mysterious beings who don't seem to come from any of the recognized kinds of beings who live in the realm of Viking mythology and religion. They seem to be in a category of their own. There are three main Norns, Urd, which means the past or what we call fate. Verdandi, what is presently coming into being or the present. The third is Skuld, what shall be, which is the future.
Most of Northern Europe worshiped the All-Father Woden in old English and Saxon, Woudan in old Dutch. In Old High German, Wuotan is from Proto-germanic Wodanaz, which means lord of frenzy or leader of the possessed. Odin the All-Father and his world was a religion for most of Northern Europe. Odin worship from the Roman invasions 2 BCE through the great Migration of the 4th and 6th centuries CE, and the Viking age 8th and 11th centuries CE. (Wiki)
The three Norns live in a hall (long wooden one-room Viking house) by a well of life-giving water at the Yggdrasil tree roots, at the center of the Vikings Gods universe has Nine realms within its limbs, trunk, and roots. There are several other wells at the roots of the Yggdrasil tree. The Norns use Uroarbruner, well Of fate, to water their tree, which turns its roots white because of its purity.
The Norns bequeath the Gods, humans all beings their fate at birth. Although one may be born fated, humans and other beings could change their future by their current life choices. The Norns remind me of the three Fates in Greek mythology, which makes sense to me. Females are the portal to the earth realm. A human can't come to earth without a female womb. I am sure this made many Gods and lesser demi-Gods jealous, but that's another story.
Yggr's Horse
I know an ash tree sprinkled,
it's called Yggr's horse,
a high tree, holy,
it stands forever over the green
by the well of Fate, by the well of Fate
The ash tree of Yggr's horse,
it's the tallest of trees,
it endures more
trouble than humans know.
By the well of Fate,
a stag often bites,
and on the side, it decays.
By the well of Fate,
Níðhöggr1 diminishes (from) below.
With the white mud,
thence come the dew-falls
that fall into the valley,
it stands forever over the green.
By the well of Fate, by the well of Fate.
By the well of Fate, by the well of Fate.
More worms/serpents lie,
under the ash tree of Yggr's horse,
than any stupid
ape would think.
By the well of Fate
By the well of Fate
I assume that Góinn
and Móinn, Ófnir
and Sváfnir forever should
blunten twigs of the tree.
By the well of Fate,
a stag often bites,
and on the side it decays.
By the well of Fate.
Níðhöggr diminishes (from) below.
With the white mud
thence come the dew-falls
that fall into the valley,
it stands forever over the green
by the well of Fate, by the well of Fate,
by the well of Fate, by the well of Fate.
I know an ash tree sprinkled,
by the well of Fate.
A high tree, holy,
by the well of Fate
By the well of Fate
By the well of Fate
By the well of Fate
By the well of Fate
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Thank you. @reddust! learning from you a lot of interesting culture in spirituality.
ps. May I know what makes your nickname as red-dust? combine the meaning of passional(red)-being(dust as humility)?
Red Dust is a nickname of a Hindu Goddess, but I can't remember her name for the life of me. I picked the name long ago when e-sangha.com was still up. I was a moderator.
I like the idea of passion and humility, but you would think they would mix like oil and water 😂. I don't know why I've hooked into nordic religion; maybe it's the stories. Much of the old European religions data has been lost because they were oral traditions. Christianity wiped most of the old ways away, but you can feel the old ways of walking through the ancient forests. The pagan religions didn't have places of worship like temples or churches. They used nature for their temple and everything had a spirit, even rocks, and trees. What's weird, I keep thinking of Vajrayana Buddhism when I study the old European religions. When Buddhism met the Bon religion and shamans, they combined into something unique and beautiful and fierce called Vajrayana.
This is what happens when Mongols meet the West, and I love both cultures and their history. Vajrayana Buddhism is still strong in Mongolia. One of my Buddhist teachers came from the Nation of Mustang, and his Mother was Mongolian.
I love this remarks.
I'm studying cross-cultural perspectives. Happy to see friend something in common. Thanks @reddust!
Wonderful painting @reddust ..you must be running out of wall space for all your great art work .😊.
Many of my larger pieces sit waiting for a frame. Right now, all my money goes into the house and gardens. I will frame the series soon, but I any sell them before that happens. I go to a gathering of artists, gardeners, and hobbyists but on by Legion 1 here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's held on the 28th of each month. My daughter just got it going last month. It's nice to go hang out with creative people in the 3d world. Thank you, 🙏🌱 if I remember right, most art was created for religious use before the golden age of reason. But we women created art through the weaving of cloth and the making of household goods.
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Such a beautiful and colourful art with combination of multiple color, seems like mythological subject and i have few knowledge about it.
Love it as usual! the Norse gods remained in the English language days of the week, just as the Roman gods remained in the Latin derived language days of the week.
Your artistry has such meaning and attention to detail. Enjoyed reading and learning. Thanks @reddust
Such a beautiful art, the myth is beautiful as like painting too, the lady with red gown is looking awesome- means the color, light and shadow.
Really nice painting , so professional (the type we see hanging in displays or lithographed). Interesting dream too, a spider usually means good fortune....or a real spider crawling on you while you sleep 😄