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>read Norse myth
>expect wall-to-wall Thor fighting epic battles
>actually it's lots of spooky shit about rune magic, Thor getting into silly situations, and heroes dying tragically
I was surprised but not disappointed. The Poetic Edda is pretty cool.
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I prefer the "historical" accounts of heros and warriors fighting draugrs and stuff like that. I love mounds and undeads
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>>25177362
That shit's cool, I'm definitely reading some sagas now. Heidrek's saga looks good and has apparently has burial mounds.
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>>25177362
Why did you put scare quotes in historical? Happen those things did.
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>>25177350
>loved by everything in the entire universe
>doesn't do anything
>fucking dies
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>>25177563
>destroys everything
>refuses to elaborate
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>>25177406
My bad, go back to rest
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>>25177563
Yeah but he gets resurrected when the world's remade, that's pretty dope



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