trollkatt:edda-for-dummies:Phone wallpapers // Gods and modern issues The other day I got a worr
trollkatt: edda-for-dummies: Phone wallpapers // Gods and modern issues The other day I got a worried person asking “why I bring politics into this” and why I am “not going to give an apology” to them because I don’t tolerate racism, xenophobia or misogyny. It was… the clumsiest attempt at emotional manipulation I’ve yet faced. I really hope that Nazis and their friends learn to read some day, because I think I do have it written down on this blog in several places that hey, fuck off. These are from me to you, use as phone backgrounds if you want to! Click on them on my blog or reblog them to your own (I would appreciate it if you use any!) to get the full-size pictures. 1 TYR - 2 SKADI 3 ODIN - 4 FREYJA 5 LOKI - 6 IDUN Little descriptions under the cut. Keep reading I love these! Especially Skade! And Tyr! And Loke! And - haha, I love them all! For those who don’t do “cuts” (I normally don’t myself, either, but had to this time, because I knew it would be good!) here’s what it says: Tyr’s birth parents were both giants according to the Poetic Edda, and he is Odin’s son only in name. Also, he is missing an arm, so his shirt slogan should be pretty obvious. Courage and perseverance are virtues that people exhibit despite challenges, not in their absence. Skadi wages war as well as any man and still has time to marry and settle down. After that she still keeps on making her own decisions, making choices over her own life, home and belongings. She is also a giantess. A military leader who was also a woman was a real thing during the Viking Age as well. Odin is the god looking over politics, wisdom and warfare, among other things. Vikings were democratic people - things that mattered in the community were decided together, and even the gods of the mythology gather to hold council before big decisions. Besides, he is the one to decide victories in war, and Nazis already lost a pretty big one. Freyja is the goddess representing everything about female energy, fertility and childbirth, but her name was also firmly tied to plants used in preventing unwanted pregnancies. She knows who she is and what she wants, and who she wants to be with. She also knows how it feels when women should have a choice over their own body, but instead it’s men arguing over them. Saying that people in previous times were “straight” is just as misguided as saying they were “gay”, because both are very modern terms. Viking age society was founded on familial connections and roles inherited from those, not a binary gender divide. Loki certainly doesn’t fit any boxes. Sexual identities have varied since the beginning of civilisation, and no one should be discriminated for who they love. Idun’s apples were a foreign thing, and Vikings loved to travel and trade. Their famous Eastern trade route reached through Russia to Central Asia and Middle-East, and it was well-used by merchants exchanging customs, fashions and products. Besides, a headscarf was the primary accessory for regular women all over Europe up until the 19th century. -- source link