Tay Lokkadóttir
@lokkadottir.bsky.social
Lokean and Sigyn’s woman and child of the norse gods and vaettir.
Anti-facist momma and ally and safe place for those who face discrimination, not those that wield it.
Anti-facist momma and ally and safe place for those who face discrimination, not those that wield it.
Art by Lunarmorrigan
April 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Art by Lunarmorrigan
Still by Hellanim
April 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Still by Hellanim
In honour of our beloved Chaos Merchant, Hearth Fire and Cunning one, please enjoy this wonderful art drop- Art by Hellanim
April 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In honour of our beloved Chaos Merchant, Hearth Fire and Cunning one, please enjoy this wonderful art drop- Art by Hellanim
Rest of English translation 🤣🤣😝
April 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Rest of English translation 🤣🤣😝
Today will be a bit different, in honour of our beloved trickster, for April Fools, please take a moment to read the side by side translations in the photos.
It’s too long for Bluesky’s word count and the rest of the english translation will be in the comments due to picture limits 🤣🤣
It’s too long for Bluesky’s word count and the rest of the english translation will be in the comments due to picture limits 🤣🤣
April 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today will be a bit different, in honour of our beloved trickster, for April Fools, please take a moment to read the side by side translations in the photos.
It’s too long for Bluesky’s word count and the rest of the english translation will be in the comments due to picture limits 🤣🤣
It’s too long for Bluesky’s word count and the rest of the english translation will be in the comments due to picture limits 🤣🤣
I have the same statue ^_^ Hail Lady Sigyn <3
March 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I have the same statue ^_^ Hail Lady Sigyn <3
This Mother’s day, I hail Lady Sigyn.
Lady of the bowl, of loyalty, true love and kindness. Mother to the outcasts and charitable lady and inner child and hearthfire. Hail to Sigyn! The light in the cave!
Lady of the bowl, of loyalty, true love and kindness. Mother to the outcasts and charitable lady and inner child and hearthfire. Hail to Sigyn! The light in the cave!
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This Mother’s day, I hail Lady Sigyn.
Lady of the bowl, of loyalty, true love and kindness. Mother to the outcasts and charitable lady and inner child and hearthfire. Hail to Sigyn! The light in the cave!
Lady of the bowl, of loyalty, true love and kindness. Mother to the outcasts and charitable lady and inner child and hearthfire. Hail to Sigyn! The light in the cave!
Larrington has a really good translation, in my opinion, and it’s my favourite. I even carry it with me.
I really love Crawford’s too, and find them both a lot easier to read. Some translators attempt to make the text look older than it is which is a nice style but pain in the butt to read 😆😆
I really love Crawford’s too, and find them both a lot easier to read. Some translators attempt to make the text look older than it is which is a nice style but pain in the butt to read 😆😆
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Larrington has a really good translation, in my opinion, and it’s my favourite. I even carry it with me.
I really love Crawford’s too, and find them both a lot easier to read. Some translators attempt to make the text look older than it is which is a nice style but pain in the butt to read 😆😆
I really love Crawford’s too, and find them both a lot easier to read. Some translators attempt to make the text look older than it is which is a nice style but pain in the butt to read 😆😆
Random Hávamál time! Today I’m bringing you stanza 73 from the Gestaþáttr (Guest Section)
Bellows (1936) “Two make a battle, | the tongue slays the head;
In each furry coat | a fist I look for.”
Bellows (1936) “Two make a battle, | the tongue slays the head;
In each furry coat | a fist I look for.”
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Random Hávamál time! Today I’m bringing you stanza 73 from the Gestaþáttr (Guest Section)
Bellows (1936) “Two make a battle, | the tongue slays the head;
In each furry coat | a fist I look for.”
Bellows (1936) “Two make a battle, | the tongue slays the head;
In each furry coat | a fist I look for.”
Random Hávamál from Lay of Loddfafnir Stanza-112
Crawford (2015) “I counsel you, Loddfafnir,
if you’ll take my advice,
you’ll profit if you learn it,
it’ll do you good if you remember it:
Do not rise at night,
unless you’re spying on your enemies,
or seeking a place to relieve yourself.”
Crawford (2015) “I counsel you, Loddfafnir,
if you’ll take my advice,
you’ll profit if you learn it,
it’ll do you good if you remember it:
Do not rise at night,
unless you’re spying on your enemies,
or seeking a place to relieve yourself.”
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Random Hávamál from Lay of Loddfafnir Stanza-112
Crawford (2015) “I counsel you, Loddfafnir,
if you’ll take my advice,
you’ll profit if you learn it,
it’ll do you good if you remember it:
Do not rise at night,
unless you’re spying on your enemies,
or seeking a place to relieve yourself.”
Crawford (2015) “I counsel you, Loddfafnir,
if you’ll take my advice,
you’ll profit if you learn it,
it’ll do you good if you remember it:
Do not rise at night,
unless you’re spying on your enemies,
or seeking a place to relieve yourself.”
Today’s random Hávamál comes from stanza 29 from Gestaþáttr (Guest Section)
Hollander (1962) “Much at random oft rambles he
Whose tongue does ever tattle;
A talker’s tongue, unless tamed it be,
Will often work him woe.”
Hollander (1962) “Much at random oft rambles he
Whose tongue does ever tattle;
A talker’s tongue, unless tamed it be,
Will often work him woe.”
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Today’s random Hávamál comes from stanza 29 from Gestaþáttr (Guest Section)
Hollander (1962) “Much at random oft rambles he
Whose tongue does ever tattle;
A talker’s tongue, unless tamed it be,
Will often work him woe.”
Hollander (1962) “Much at random oft rambles he
Whose tongue does ever tattle;
A talker’s tongue, unless tamed it be,
Will often work him woe.”
Part 2- Random Hàvamàl today is Stanza 94 of Domi Othins (Odin’s love adventures)
Crawford (2015) “No man
should mock another
for falling in love;
love is strong enough
to make a fool
out of a man who once was wise.”
Crawford (2015) “No man
should mock another
for falling in love;
love is strong enough
to make a fool
out of a man who once was wise.”
January 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Part 2- Random Hàvamàl today is Stanza 94 of Domi Othins (Odin’s love adventures)
Crawford (2015) “No man
should mock another
for falling in love;
love is strong enough
to make a fool
out of a man who once was wise.”
Crawford (2015) “No man
should mock another
for falling in love;
love is strong enough
to make a fool
out of a man who once was wise.”
Random Hávamál today comes at you with stanza 27 from Gestaþattr
Thorpe(1866) “A foolish man, who among people comes,
Had best be silent;
For no one knows that he knows nothing,
Unless he talks too much.
[He who previously knew nothing
Will still know nothing, talk he ever so much.”
Thorpe(1866) “A foolish man, who among people comes,
Had best be silent;
For no one knows that he knows nothing,
Unless he talks too much.
[He who previously knew nothing
Will still know nothing, talk he ever so much.”
January 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Random Hávamál today comes at you with stanza 27 from Gestaþattr
Thorpe(1866) “A foolish man, who among people comes,
Had best be silent;
For no one knows that he knows nothing,
Unless he talks too much.
[He who previously knew nothing
Will still know nothing, talk he ever so much.”
Thorpe(1866) “A foolish man, who among people comes,
Had best be silent;
For no one knows that he knows nothing,
Unless he talks too much.
[He who previously knew nothing
Will still know nothing, talk he ever so much.”
Today’s random Hávamál is Stanza 40 from the Gestaþattr section (Guest ‘s Section)
Thorpe (1866)-
“Of the property which he has gained
No man should suffer need;
For the hated oft is spared what for the dear was
destined. Much goes worse than is expected.”
Thorpe (1866)-
“Of the property which he has gained
No man should suffer need;
For the hated oft is spared what for the dear was
destined. Much goes worse than is expected.”
January 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today’s random Hávamál is Stanza 40 from the Gestaþattr section (Guest ‘s Section)
Thorpe (1866)-
“Of the property which he has gained
No man should suffer need;
For the hated oft is spared what for the dear was
destined. Much goes worse than is expected.”
Thorpe (1866)-
“Of the property which he has gained
No man should suffer need;
For the hated oft is spared what for the dear was
destined. Much goes worse than is expected.”
Today’s randomly generated Hávamál number is 64 from Gestaþáttr (Guest’s section)
Thorpe (1866) “His power should every sagacious man
Use with discretion;
For he will find, when among the bold he comes,
That no one alone is doughtiest.”
Thorpe (1866) “His power should every sagacious man
Use with discretion;
For he will find, when among the bold he comes,
That no one alone is doughtiest.”
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today’s randomly generated Hávamál number is 64 from Gestaþáttr (Guest’s section)
Thorpe (1866) “His power should every sagacious man
Use with discretion;
For he will find, when among the bold he comes,
That no one alone is doughtiest.”
Thorpe (1866) “His power should every sagacious man
Use with discretion;
For he will find, when among the bold he comes,
That no one alone is doughtiest.”
😆🤣😆 Omg so the number generator sent me to….Stanza 163 😆🤣 I wonder if we are going to do it all backwards ?
Hávamál
Thorpe (1866) “These songs, Loddfafnir!
Thou wilt long have lacked;
Yet it may be good if thou understandest them,
Profitable if thou learnest them.”
Hávamál
Thorpe (1866) “These songs, Loddfafnir!
Thou wilt long have lacked;
Yet it may be good if thou understandest them,
Profitable if thou learnest them.”
January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
😆🤣😆 Omg so the number generator sent me to….Stanza 163 😆🤣 I wonder if we are going to do it all backwards ?
Hávamál
Thorpe (1866) “These songs, Loddfafnir!
Thou wilt long have lacked;
Yet it may be good if thou understandest them,
Profitable if thou learnest them.”
Hávamál
Thorpe (1866) “These songs, Loddfafnir!
Thou wilt long have lacked;
Yet it may be good if thou understandest them,
Profitable if thou learnest them.”
Number generated 164 😆
Havámal 164- Part of Ljóðatal/The magic charms
Thorpe (1866) “For the eighteenth I know that which I never teach
To maid or wife of man,
(All is better what one only knows.
This is the closing of the songs)
Save her alone who clasps me in her arms,
Or is my sister.”
Havámal 164- Part of Ljóðatal/The magic charms
Thorpe (1866) “For the eighteenth I know that which I never teach
To maid or wife of man,
(All is better what one only knows.
This is the closing of the songs)
Save her alone who clasps me in her arms,
Or is my sister.”
January 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Number generated 164 😆
Havámal 164- Part of Ljóðatal/The magic charms
Thorpe (1866) “For the eighteenth I know that which I never teach
To maid or wife of man,
(All is better what one only knows.
This is the closing of the songs)
Save her alone who clasps me in her arms,
Or is my sister.”
Havámal 164- Part of Ljóðatal/The magic charms
Thorpe (1866) “For the eighteenth I know that which I never teach
To maid or wife of man,
(All is better what one only knows.
This is the closing of the songs)
Save her alone who clasps me in her arms,
Or is my sister.”