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[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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[Holy shit Taako, Loki, she is going to murder you both.]

...if it's symbolic then what are the true legends behind the stories here?

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That's a good question. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of it turned out to be true. Over human history, there's a lot of stories. We can't be completely sure without going back to the source.

What kind of stories are you used to hearing?

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Loki apparently told my friend all of this in the first place so apparently eight legged horses are real.

[Yes, Virginia.]

I don't know if stories is the right word so much as history? And current events? I mean, my world isn't like others that I've heard about here where the deities are all distant and never interact with the people to the point that they don't even know if they exist.

Askoupuran deities live with us. They head their own temples. They host parties. They join us for dinner. They visit our businesses and our festivals and protect our country in a very real way, every day. They've been with us for centuries now.

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Hey, you never know.

[ He's an alien. They all live on an alien planet.

Anything is possible. ]

That's actually not completely unfamiliar. The Norse themselves record that they were visited by their gods. That's where all this came from.

If you're interested, I can tell you about all the others.

[ Where's Diana when you need her to explain the Greeks? ]

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I would appreciate more information but after the latest revelations I hope you won't mind if we take it slow.

[There's only so much she can handle at a time because this whole post of conversations is breaking her brain a little.]

If you have any books at the library you'd recommend or something I can browse on my device that would be appreciated.

[signifies]

[ He sends over a list including Greek and Hindu pantheons.

Enjoy. ]

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Thank you, I'll look them over soon.

[When she's had time to absorb everything she's been learning about the Norse pantheon.]

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If you have any questions, let me know.

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Do you have any favorites I should start with?

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Zeus might interest you.

[ Clark is very secretly a troll too. ]

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[Sorry Clark, you're too late. The demigod beat you to the punch.]

...and to think I was nearly lulled into a false sense of security!

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😃😃

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😐😐😐🐐

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[ Pan would have been second on his list since they're talking about goats, but his cover is blown now. ]

I'm going to introduce them to Taako, don't worry.

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In that case you're forgiven.