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Norse ... well everything
I recently mad ea post about a webcomic I've been reading and upon rereading it. it sounds an awful lot like I have a low opinion of the Norse pantheon and people and myth structure. Honestly I doubt this could be further from the truth.
Ever hear a song sung in another language and thought it beautiful but not understood what it meant? Ever looked into the eyes of another creature and realized that, while you may understand the base motivations, you will never be able to truly understand the whys and hows of its life? It really does seem to come down to a language thing. I don't get it.
I've heard the stories. Both my teachers are connected to Norse diety. My main teacher through my Neophyte was heavily connected to Norse diety. My other partner thought seriously about not taking 1st because of his Norse connection and how close that is to his heart. I live in the land of all things Norse. I have a reasonable "understanding" with at least Norse diety.
I still feel like the wife from Green Acres when I come across them. I certainly am a city girl. I don't mind wandering around in the woods. I really like it. But I don't live there. If it were come to the end of the civilization, I'd be a goner. Not just because of my shitty immune system either.
I get they fey. Formal and not formal. What anyone can get from them I get. Perhaps I see them from a more Greek myth perspective. Might be why I have few problems with them overall.
I do get the Greeks. Through and through. They are part of my soul. Lots of people find them stuffy and too formal. I just don't see it. Some of them like their formalities sure, but overall they're a decent lot these days.
Maybe that's my problem. All I've really had to go on for the Norse is stories that are hundreds of years old. Nothing of the now and how they interact with their followers now. Maybe I need to quit reading and start interacting with their people...
Holda said I'm soft and they are hard. That the association would be good both ways. I'm trying to understand.
Ever hear a song sung in another language and thought it beautiful but not understood what it meant? Ever looked into the eyes of another creature and realized that, while you may understand the base motivations, you will never be able to truly understand the whys and hows of its life? It really does seem to come down to a language thing. I don't get it.
I've heard the stories. Both my teachers are connected to Norse diety. My main teacher through my Neophyte was heavily connected to Norse diety. My other partner thought seriously about not taking 1st because of his Norse connection and how close that is to his heart. I live in the land of all things Norse. I have a reasonable "understanding" with at least Norse diety.
I still feel like the wife from Green Acres when I come across them. I certainly am a city girl. I don't mind wandering around in the woods. I really like it. But I don't live there. If it were come to the end of the civilization, I'd be a goner. Not just because of my shitty immune system either.
I get they fey. Formal and not formal. What anyone can get from them I get. Perhaps I see them from a more Greek myth perspective. Might be why I have few problems with them overall.
I do get the Greeks. Through and through. They are part of my soul. Lots of people find them stuffy and too formal. I just don't see it. Some of them like their formalities sure, but overall they're a decent lot these days.
Maybe that's my problem. All I've really had to go on for the Norse is stories that are hundreds of years old. Nothing of the now and how they interact with their followers now. Maybe I need to quit reading and start interacting with their people...
Holda said I'm soft and they are hard. That the association would be good both ways. I'm trying to understand.
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my wee Dedicant self has had problems with the subject of specific divinities or pantheons. (i know i've complained about it on LJ before.) i'm starting to think that part of it may be that i simply haven't gotten in really deep with any - not in the modern, personal sense you're describing, at least.
at some point, given the opportunity and your inclination, i'd love to sit down and chat about exactly what you mean by "getting" the Greeks. if that's something you'd feel comfortable discussing with me, of course. it's a different perspective from the somewhat dry historical approach i've taken thus far...
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