Norse Gods Family tree

9 years ago #9430526          

So uh... ignorant american here but, i thought that there was an R at the end of Ull's (Ullr) name. Keeping in mind I have gotten a fair amount of my norse myth from White Wolf's Scion books, which are interpretations and the references i found in those books... so... you know... grain of salt and what not

8 years ago #9435513          

@ehkrickor Still, better than Marvel.

8 years ago #9439660          

@Keichwoud Very true, i have a friend who argues that Marvel is truer to the source material than the Scion books, and it takes all of my self control to not slap the ever living shit out of him

1 year ago #9876672          

Would be cool if ya'll added Bestla and Buri's ancestors up to Ymir.

The lines should go
-Bestla -> Bolthorn ->Bergelmir -> Thrudgelmir - > Ymir -> Ginunngagap
-Buri -> Audumbla -> Ymir ^^

7 years ago #9670318          

hey i am using this image just wanted to make sure i have your permission thank you

8 years ago #9457663          

@ehkrickor

The reason for this is that she's not using the old norse names, which are usually, moslty the international ones, or at least anglicized versions of the old norse ones.

Most names used here are the modernized Scandinavian names, which mostly is the same as the anglicized, but with the exception of names such as "Odin" and "Thor" which in modern Scandinavian is spelled as "Oden" and "Tor".
Ull is the modernized version of Ullr which is used in norwegian, Swedish and danish, so is Balder and Höder which's names in old norse would be "Baldr" and "Hǫðr" or "Hodr" normalized/anglicized Spelling.

Internationally I have seen the names being used differently in English, sometimes names can be the old norse variant, sometimes the modern Scandinavian, sometimes English translations or anglicized versions of the old norse or Scandinavian ones. Like for example "Earth" in this comic is a translation of the Scandinavian Word "Jord" which is also the name of the goddess that is Thor's mother, in Old norse she is called "Fjorgyn" but can also be mentioned in different sagas as "Hjord, Lödyn, Hlödyn or Hlodyn".

I would say Humon uses an anglicized version of the modern Scandinavian names, and not the old norse ones.

9 years ago #9427160          

Brage looks so cute

9 years ago #9424008          

Cool!

9 years ago #9422337          

Odin got funky with a pile of dirt if you think about it

9 years ago #9417360          

Seems like cheating was a normal thing in the Norse mythology

9 years ago #9418342          

@tjaa "Cheating" seems to be normal in most mythologys. Take a look at the greek one. Many many naughty people back than.

6 months ago #9879371          

Worse than that, I daresay. Most Greek gods and demigods make an unfortunate habit of raping any nymph they come across... That was just a thing they did.

9 years ago #9422248          

@tjaa True. I dont think there's a single one of them not having children whit more than one.