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There's no such thing as "the nine realms"

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I recently heard a similar thing, I follow a channel on YouTube Overly Sarcastic Productions and they did a video on this as well! Super interesting.

rockstarpirate

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Yeah I saw that video too. I can’t prove it but I suspect they may have been inspired by some of my previous Reddit and podcast content :)

satanmat

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Brilliant

Just so very well done

Please keep this up, a great read. !!

rockstarpirate

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Thank you!

Hazama

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Wouldn't surprise me, I feel like whenever I see one person bring something up, everyone else in that same space starts talking about it too.

I much prefer a written version though. When I'm listening to people talk it's in one ear and out the other.

Getting Started

The vast majority of Norse myths come from two books that are surprisingly accessible to modern audiences if you have a good translation. And as it so happens, they are also free!

The Poetic Edda is a compilation of poems composed by mostly anonymous authors. Although these were first recorded on paper after the conversion to Christianity, linguistic evidence supports the notion that most of the poems were originally composed during the pagan period.

The Prose Edda was composed in the 13th century, and is traditionally thought to have been written by a Christian scholar and chieftain from Iceland named Snorri Sturluson. Snorri’s motivation was to provide a narrative guide to deciphering and composing skaldic poetry in the ancient style. Accomplishing this goal required him to recount pagan myths that are referenced in this type of poetry as accurately as he was able. Although the Prose Edda is not a perfect source, the author is motivated to deliver accurate information and details in his narratives are often confirmed by carvings on pagan picture stones found throughout the Norse diaspora.