Drawing The Lad again. Further work and semi re-design on the little dude I drew at work the other day. Meet my Monstersona, Ægreth. He is a Mountain Wyrm. He enjoys long walks in the cold, hot mead, skaldic poetry where the dragon wins, and brutally devouring sheep and goats.
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Drawing The Lad again. Further work and semi re-design on the little dude I drew at work the other day. Meet my Monstersona, Ægreth. He is a Mountain Wyrm. He enjoys long walks in the cold, hot mead, skaldic poetry where the dragon wins, and brutally devouring sheep and goats.
Word of the Hour: Skaldic - See Scaldic. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Word of the Hour: Skaldic - See Scaldic. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Happy #Skaldic New Year to all who celebrate!
As promised, Vol. 5 (Poetry in the Sagas of Icelanders) is now out of embargo and online — skaldic.org/m.php?p=vol&...
Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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January 1, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Happy #Skaldic New Year to all who celebrate!
We regret to inform you that one of my characters is attempting poetry.
Whenever I try this it always comes out skaldic, no matter what I do. I simply cannot/will not rhyme any more.
Whenever I try this it always comes out skaldic, no matter what I do. I simply cannot/will not rhyme any more.
On the one hand, wedding scenes cry out for lavish descriptions of food.
On the other hand, can I afford another rabbit-hole of inventing an entire food culture?
On the other hand, can I afford another rabbit-hole of inventing an entire food culture?
December 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We regret to inform you that one of my characters is attempting poetry.
Whenever I try this it always comes out skaldic, no matter what I do. I simply cannot/will not rhyme any more.
Whenever I try this it always comes out skaldic, no matter what I do. I simply cannot/will not rhyme any more.
AC Valhalla is actually capturing my fav Viking vibes. Yes there's the meathead battle honor axes mead (i love this too), but also the deep and cold melancholies, the skaldic ways of speaking, devotion corrupting, fighting fate and knowing you'll lose yet you fight on, a red in teeth and claw world.
December 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AC Valhalla is actually capturing my fav Viking vibes. Yes there's the meathead battle honor axes mead (i love this too), but also the deep and cold melancholies, the skaldic ways of speaking, devotion corrupting, fighting fate and knowing you'll lose yet you fight on, a red in teeth and claw world.
Could fránstalls (Orkneyinga ch 81 Rv Lv 6) be a kenning for silk? skaldic has: of house of shining > snake's house > gold. But > of the silkworm's cocoon > of silk seems natural. For a hat. It's before Rǫgnvaldr's pilgrimage, but he innovated and Europeans learned how silk was made much earlier.
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Could fránstalls (Orkneyinga ch 81 Rv Lv 6) be a kenning for silk? skaldic has: of house of shining > snake's house > gold. But > of the silkworm's cocoon > of silk seems natural. For a hat. It's before Rǫgnvaldr's pilgrimage, but he innovated and Europeans learned how silk was made much earlier.
The skaldic format helps with the word count and this becomes a super-brief story nugget, of two schemers realizing why they shouldn't be going on this adventure, but are sure to do it anyway.
In the longer version, the adventure happens between the two stanzas.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
In the longer version, the adventure happens between the two stanzas.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The skaldic format helps with the word count and this becomes a super-brief story nugget, of two schemers realizing why they shouldn't be going on this adventure, but are sure to do it anyway.
In the longer version, the adventure happens between the two stanzas.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
In the longer version, the adventure happens between the two stanzas.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
We subvert this by diving into the history and economics of why getting a new piece of woolen clothing mattered, and turning it upon itself in our story with the linguistic misdirection of "eating the young" a skaldic misinterpretation by two youngsters looking for trouble.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We subvert this by diving into the history and economics of why getting a new piece of woolen clothing mattered, and turning it upon itself in our story with the linguistic misdirection of "eating the young" a skaldic misinterpretation by two youngsters looking for trouble.
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
#Amwriting #FiftyWords
I dare. I #Amwriting #FiftyWords after all.
I give you: Jólakötturinn
(And because the Light of the Nine Realms needs new lore, I may expand this skaldic tale of youthful indiscretion to its mythic conclusion.)
I give you: Jólakötturinn
(And because the Light of the Nine Realms needs new lore, I may expand this skaldic tale of youthful indiscretion to its mythic conclusion.)
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I dare. I #Amwriting #FiftyWords after all.
I give you: Jólakötturinn
(And because the Light of the Nine Realms needs new lore, I may expand this skaldic tale of youthful indiscretion to its mythic conclusion.)
I give you: Jólakötturinn
(And because the Light of the Nine Realms needs new lore, I may expand this skaldic tale of youthful indiscretion to its mythic conclusion.)
I realized the problem immediately, there's too much setup required. This demands a TALE, a flash fiction maybe.
#FiftyWords is just too goddamn limiting. Or is it?
I #Amwriting after all. Perhaps I need a more skaldic perspective. Something weirdly poetic, maybe even embarrassingly so.
Dare I?
#FiftyWords is just too goddamn limiting. Or is it?
I #Amwriting after all. Perhaps I need a more skaldic perspective. Something weirdly poetic, maybe even embarrassingly so.
Dare I?
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I realized the problem immediately, there's too much setup required. This demands a TALE, a flash fiction maybe.
#FiftyWords is just too goddamn limiting. Or is it?
I #Amwriting after all. Perhaps I need a more skaldic perspective. Something weirdly poetic, maybe even embarrassingly so.
Dare I?
#FiftyWords is just too goddamn limiting. Or is it?
I #Amwriting after all. Perhaps I need a more skaldic perspective. Something weirdly poetic, maybe even embarrassingly so.
Dare I?
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December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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3/3 Odin's ravens, Hugnin and Mugnin, were said to have eaten it and discovered its clairvoyant properties. In Skaldic poetry Raven's Bread is associated with death. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3576... #FolkloreSunday #art #illustration #yule #folklore #homedecor #mythology #fairytale #gifts
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December 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
3/3 Odin's ravens, Hugnin and Mugnin, were said to have eaten it and discovered its clairvoyant properties. In Skaldic poetry Raven's Bread is associated with death. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3576... #FolkloreSunday #art #illustration #yule #folklore #homedecor #mythology #fairytale #gifts
Los Skalds eran poetas de la antigua Escandinavia, que cantaban y recitaban poemas conocidos como "skaldic poetry". #mitologíanórdicaca #sagasnórdicass #skalds
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December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Los Skalds eran poetas de la antigua Escandinavia, que cantaban y recitaban poemas conocidos como "skaldic poetry". #mitologíanórdicaca #sagasnórdicass #skalds
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Some Christmas cheer: on 1 January, volume 5 of the Skaldic Project (Sagas of Icelanders) will be out of embargo and available without login on our website!
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Some Christmas cheer: on 1 January, volume 5 of the Skaldic Project (Sagas of Icelanders) will be out of embargo and available without login on our website!
Now I look at this again, it looks a little bit like the end of “Nunc Sancte Nobis Spiritus” (at least the sense of it). Maybe time I revisited HAV with fresh eyes: I always felt it was a bit “generic”, but maybe there’s something more interesting to see/say about skaldic translators
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Now I look at this again, it looks a little bit like the end of “Nunc Sancte Nobis Spiritus” (at least the sense of it). Maybe time I revisited HAV with fresh eyes: I always felt it was a bit “generic”, but maybe there’s something more interesting to see/say about skaldic translators
Thine skaldic whimsie, as is its wont, doth delight mine eye, ear, and braine's twain halves. Neopren is forsooth a wondrous skein wrought by alchimie or magicien's seasoned crafte. 🙏🏆
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thine skaldic whimsie, as is its wont, doth delight mine eye, ear, and braine's twain halves. Neopren is forsooth a wondrous skein wrought by alchimie or magicien's seasoned crafte. 🙏🏆
🕯️🐾 RUNE OF THE OTTER-BEAVER
Hear this, river-folk and watchers of the wild:
swift as current, steady as stone.
Builder of lodges, breaker of dams,
In their whiskers lives joy,
in their paws, the calm of flowing worlds.
River guardian of the Codex.
🙏🙂↕️
#Runes #Skaldic #PagansOfBluesky #WitchFolk
Hear this, river-folk and watchers of the wild:
swift as current, steady as stone.
Builder of lodges, breaker of dams,
In their whiskers lives joy,
in their paws, the calm of flowing worlds.
River guardian of the Codex.
🙏🙂↕️
#Runes #Skaldic #PagansOfBluesky #WitchFolk
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🕯️🐾 RUNE OF THE OTTER-BEAVER
Hear this, river-folk and watchers of the wild:
swift as current, steady as stone.
Builder of lodges, breaker of dams,
In their whiskers lives joy,
in their paws, the calm of flowing worlds.
River guardian of the Codex.
🙏🙂↕️
#Runes #Skaldic #PagansOfBluesky #WitchFolk
Hear this, river-folk and watchers of the wild:
swift as current, steady as stone.
Builder of lodges, breaker of dams,
In their whiskers lives joy,
in their paws, the calm of flowing worlds.
River guardian of the Codex.
🙏🙂↕️
#Runes #Skaldic #PagansOfBluesky #WitchFolk
Hel of the Quiet Hall,
Charon of the Silent Oar—
death’s queen and death’s ferryman,
two lights in the dark.
He carries all; she keeps all.
Between them blooms a love
that outlives All. ❄️🛶💛
#Pagan #Witchcraft #FolkMagic #Norse #Underworld #DeathGoddess #MythicLove #WitchTok #PaganPoetry #Skaldic
Charon of the Silent Oar—
death’s queen and death’s ferryman,
two lights in the dark.
He carries all; she keeps all.
Between them blooms a love
that outlives All. ❄️🛶💛
#Pagan #Witchcraft #FolkMagic #Norse #Underworld #DeathGoddess #MythicLove #WitchTok #PaganPoetry #Skaldic
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hel of the Quiet Hall,
Charon of the Silent Oar—
death’s queen and death’s ferryman,
two lights in the dark.
He carries all; she keeps all.
Between them blooms a love
that outlives All. ❄️🛶💛
#Pagan #Witchcraft #FolkMagic #Norse #Underworld #DeathGoddess #MythicLove #WitchTok #PaganPoetry #Skaldic
Charon of the Silent Oar—
death’s queen and death’s ferryman,
two lights in the dark.
He carries all; she keeps all.
Between them blooms a love
that outlives All. ❄️🛶💛
#Pagan #Witchcraft #FolkMagic #Norse #Underworld #DeathGoddess #MythicLove #WitchTok #PaganPoetry #Skaldic
Ska is short for Skaldic.
Tyr is up, Tyr is up, Tyr is up.
Tyr is up, Tyr is up, Tyr is up.
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Ska is short for Skaldic.
Tyr is up, Tyr is up, Tyr is up.
Tyr is up, Tyr is up, Tyr is up.
Palästinalied in Latin [Crusader Song] | The Skaldic Bard
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November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Yesterday, I spent a solid chunk of the day felling trees for firewood, & today I'm trying to write something coherent about skaldic poetry. Somehow, these topics do not feel as unrelated as one might expect.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yesterday, I spent a solid chunk of the day felling trees for firewood, & today I'm trying to write something coherent about skaldic poetry. Somehow, these topics do not feel as unrelated as one might expect.
#WIPSnips Today marks Bragi’s first appearance – he’s the God of skaldic poetry, whose words are so powerful they replace truth. (He is also the actual inventor of ‘alternative facts’. True story.*)
#NorseMythology won’t know what hit it…
Book I → www.whyodindrinks.com
*might not be a true story
#NorseMythology won’t know what hit it…
Book I → www.whyodindrinks.com
*might not be a true story
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#WIPSnips Today marks Bragi’s first appearance – he’s the God of skaldic poetry, whose words are so powerful they replace truth. (He is also the actual inventor of ‘alternative facts’. True story.*)
#NorseMythology won’t know what hit it…
Book I → www.whyodindrinks.com
*might not be a true story
#NorseMythology won’t know what hit it…
Book I → www.whyodindrinks.com
*might not be a true story