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Feb. 26th, 2012 10:56 pm8) The Norse Myths, intro'd and retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland - I've been so busy at work and doing fun stuff that my reading resolution has taken a hit. Shame on me. But I finally finished this one and, I'm telling you, Norse myths can be a mouthful. This is a pretty good collection, though, with some nicely in-depth notes glossing the various myths and a solid opening to provide a basis for the Norse sense of cosmology. That said, try not to think too linearly about any of it. Chronology was so very much an option here and you have gods and artifacts that move through time more readily than Doc Brown to reappear before they're born, etc.
It really got me thinking about Loki, though, and how unarguably fucked up that whole situation is. The arc of Loki reads like a book missing pages, an outline of someone going completely mad with his inner demons... Or something else entirely. Throughout the course of things, he goes from a relatively equitable creature with a streak of mischief and self-preservation to an out and out bastard. Seriously. The whole Baldr thing? What the hell were you thinking, doofus? The Flyting? Phew, worse than Rita Skeeter. And yet the world cannot hope to be reborn without him making it worse.
Food for thought. Zio, you're up for a hell of a time.
ETA - Oh, heavens, this is beyond perfect. This is what it feels like when I walk into a new library or a favorite little bookstore or a fresh used bookstore. My throat gets the exact same tight feeling then and during this short. Just an upswell of something I can't describe.
It really got me thinking about Loki, though, and how unarguably fucked up that whole situation is. The arc of Loki reads like a book missing pages, an outline of someone going completely mad with his inner demons... Or something else entirely. Throughout the course of things, he goes from a relatively equitable creature with a streak of mischief and self-preservation to an out and out bastard. Seriously. The whole Baldr thing? What the hell were you thinking, doofus? The Flyting? Phew, worse than Rita Skeeter. And yet the world cannot hope to be reborn without him making it worse.
Food for thought. Zio, you're up for a hell of a time.
ETA - Oh, heavens, this is beyond perfect. This is what it feels like when I walk into a new library or a favorite little bookstore or a fresh used bookstore. My throat gets the exact same tight feeling then and during this short. Just an upswell of something I can't describe.
