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[inlaid]

[ooc: warning for stick figure drawings of a dead/partially eaten goat and horses with too many legs??

Context: thread 01, thread 02, & thread 03]

How. Why. Someone please explain.

The goats of Norse gods are apparently milked for mead, not milk? Does this make them walking, fermenting kegs on legs?



Is this why a certain god will eat the goats that pull his chariot and then resurrect them?



Do the goats remember they were killed and eaten? For eternity? I mean this sounds kind of horrifying to me. The goats pull the chariot. They are killed. They're eaten. They are brought back from the dead and then pull the chariot more or get milked for mead until someone gets the munchies again?

But more than that, I just...okay. People/Gods have two legs. Horses have four.



Simple, right? So if people or gods have babies with other people and the babies have two legs, and the horses have colts and fillies with other horses and they have four legs, how is it that a god in horse form somehow mates with a stallion and then gives birth to an eight-legged horse? How?



Why are there so many legs??



Is this also why they have the goats pulling the chariots instead of horses? The goats provide meals on wheels whereas the horses are for weird spider-horse procreation?

[If goats are for food and horses are for banging what happens to the chickens??]

Comments

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[aeturnus]

Someone introduced you to Norse mythology, I see.

[ He's cracking up holy shit. ]

I don't have any real substantial answers, but spider-horse's name is Sleipnir, he is the Best Horse and steed of Odin.

[dothelokimotion]

Thank you. He is a credit to his mother.

[aeturnus]

Oh absolutely. Came from some excellent stock, that eight-legged horse.

[dothelokimotion]

He certainly did.

[aeturnus]

Are you admitting he's your favorite? Or just proud of any kids people bring up?

[ No question if they're real or not. Just how much do you like all these legends, Loki, rate from 1-10 plz ]

[dothelokimotion]

No one discusses the others. It's a shame, really.

[aeturnus]

I'm pretty fond of Hel, personally.

[ Which totally has nothing to do with his ability to see death or that his brother is a ghost or any of that. Clearly. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ He stiffens minutely. ]

Let's not be too free with the names we speak of here.

[aeturnus]

[ Interesting reaction but not one he intends to push. Stories never really live up to the real things, and Cain knows that for a fact. Personally he won't be mentioning Fenrir, which might surprise anyone who knows his actual identity. ]

I'll defer to that, sure. Any others?

[dothelokimotion]

[ He considers this. ]

No. But we should always walk lightly on Hel's side.

[aeturnus]

You've got a point. Being favored not quite her thing?

[dothelokimotion]

You could be considered favoured. Is it a good thing?

[aeturnus]

It'd be more than I've got back home.

[ The one that death abandoned. Thanks, Reapers. Assholes. ]

[inlaid]

Tell me there's an explanation for the eight legs. I mean is it magic or tinkering with the genetics or something?

Also who is Odin?

[aeturnus]

Something to do with its divinity, I believe, because he's a horse but also a god in a sense? And gods always have to go over the top.

Odin is the All-Father, basically King of Gods in the mythology. Couldn't tell you how exactly it all works with the real ones we have running around. Supposedly sacrificed his eye for great wisdom, has two ravens that fly through the world and keep him updated.

[inlaid]

Apparently. I mean the Askoupuran deities are all pretty intense and A Lot in their own way but this is a whole new level.

All-Father meaning the father of Thor and Loki then? Of all the deities? Or is it more of a symbolic title meaning Father of All That Exists or something?

[aeturnus]

Well now I want to hear about them, too. Any books here on them, or?

First and third, skip the middle.

[inlaid]

I could probably find you some. I have some countrymen in town who likely have a book or two about our nation's history and the Twelve who have lived among us since the birth of our country.

Interesting.

I don't think we've met yet. I'm Bryn.

[aeturnus]

That would be excellent. I'm all about learning the different cultures we've got going on here.

Nice to meet you. I'm Jacob.

[inlaid]

I am as well. I admit I wasn't prepared for what I learned this time around, however.

The wide variety of answers I've been getting make me wonder if I shouldn't have made my inquiries more quietly.

[aeturnus]

Unfortunately, it's pretty par for the course for that era's mythology.

Adorable stick doodles tend to draw more attention than you'd think.

[inlaid]

I have a friend who just directed me to the myths of other pantheons. Are there any specifically you're referencing? I'd rather have the warning now going into it.

Oh, no, I'm aware. At the time I was definitely trying to draw attention. And perhaps lend some humor to this in an effort to process it all better.

[aeturnus]

Greek and Roman mythologies are the big hitters for most, they share as many similarities as they do differences. Chinese and Japanese can get weird but mostly in different ways. There's plenty of other big cultures and stories and they're all some sort of messed up but I think those are currently the most infamous in my time.

Did it help?

[inlaid]

I'll be sure to remember that when I start reading up on things in more depth.

In part. If nothing else it's helped to dull the shock factor so I can discuss this all better than I might have earlier.

[aeturnus]

History is my wheelhouse so if you need help sorting through it later, you could hit me up.

The internet is excellent for that. Dulling shock factor and all.