My favorite Finals Prjects

1. There will be Blood
 Her process of using journey of the hero backwards for a villan was brilliant.  I loved it.  It made perfect sense since his character was getting gradually worse rather than growing. 

2. Black Swan.
I did black swan and so did another girl. I did characteristics of the trickster while she did the goddess.  I reallly appreciated her going from the virgin to the crone.  This is a method I never would have thought to use but is definetly there and it worked well. 

3. Princess and the Frog

Not only was it an entertaining presetation but She really made me want to watch the movie and try and see aspects of mythology.

4.The Warlock
Um I had no idea WTF he was talking about.  But yeah still etertaining and fun hahahaa

Overall this class opened my eyes to what was really going on around me.  Mythology is everywhere~

Mondays Presentations

I really enjoyed all of them.  I specifically liked the journey of the hero in 127 hours and how to train ur dragon 1 and 2.  I thought that Killian could have mentioned Aarons hallucinations as being thresholds between two worlds also.  I thought that the idea of making the presentation for how to train ur dragon and the journey of the hero in Toothless's point of view.

Animals is Norse Mythology

Norse mythology mentions a number of different animals, and most animals are given names.

Boar

Gold-Bristle and Fearful-Tusk are boars of Freyr mentioned in the Prose Edda.

Cow

Audumla is the cow that nourished Ymir.

Dog

Garmr is a dog mentioned in the Prose Edda.

Goat

"Thor has two he-goats, that are called Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Gritter, and a chariot wherein he drives, and the he-goats draw the chariot" -Prose Edda

There are two he-goats mentioned in the Prose Edda; Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Gritter that pull Thor's chariot.
Heidrún is a she-goat whose udders gave mead to the Einherjar.

Hart

A number of harts are mentioned in the Prose Edda: Dáinn, Dalarr, Dalr, Duneyrr, Durathrór, Dvalinn, Eikthyrni and Módrödnir.

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Hawk

Hábrók and Vedrfölnir are hawks mentioned in the Prose Edda.

Horses

There are a lot of horses mentioned in the Prose Edda. Most are described as the mounts of various gods and goddesses and such. There are also a variety of names for the horses involved the in the sun and moon chasing.

Sleipnir (son of Svadilfari) is the most famous of horses because he was Odin's mount. Goti was Gunnarr's horse. Grani was Sigurdr Fáfnisbani's horse. Gulltopr (also called "Gold-Top") was Heimdallr's horse. Hoof-Tosser was Gná's horse. Kertr was Bjárr's horse. Slöngvir was the horse of King Adils. Vakr was Morn's horse.

The sun horse names mentioned are All-Bright, Alsvidhr, Arvakr, Early-Wake, Gladr, Gullfaxi, Sheen-Mane, Shining-Mane and Skinfaxi. The night horse names mentioned are Fjörsvartnir and Frosty-Mane.

Other Horses

Blódughófi	Gyllir	Módnir
Blakkr	Háfeti	Mór
Drösull	Hamskerpir	Silfrintoppr
Fákr	Hrafn	Sinir
Falhófnir	Hrímfaxi	Skeidbrimir
Fölkvir	Hœnir	Skævadr
Gardrofa	Hölvir	Sóti
Gísl	Jór	Stúfr
Glaumr	Léttfeti	Tjaldari
Glenr	Lungr	Valr
Glær	Marr	Vigg

Oxen

These are oxen mentioned in the Prose Edda: Apli, Arfr, Arfuni, Himinhrjódr, Hýrr, Raudr, Rekinn, Himinhrjódr, Hýrr, Raudr and Rekinn.

Raven

Quoth the raven, nevermore...oh wait, that's a poem from Edgar Allen Poe and not Norse mythology. Huninn and Munnin are Odin's ravens.

Serpent

Nídhöggr is the most famous serpent in Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasill.
A number of other serpents are mentioned in the Prose Edda, including; Góinn, Grábakr, Grafvitnir and Grafvölludr, Móinn, Ófnir and Sváfnir.

Squirrel

Ratatöskr is the squirrel of Yggdrasill

Wolf

"It is two wolves; and he that runs after her is called Skoll; she fears him, and he shall take her. But he that leaps before her is called Hati Hródvitnisson. He is eager to seize the moon; and so it must be." -Prose Edda

Fenris-Wolf or Fenrir is of course the most well-known wolf in Norse mythology. Freki and Geri are wolves that belong to Odin. Hati Hródvitnisson and Sköll are two other wolves mentioned in the Prose Edda.

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Pantheon of edda

Odin
-Raven-thoughts and memory
-Wolves
-(one eye)

Frigg
-Odin's wife

Thor (Odin's son)
-hammer- iron gloves
-strength- belt
-goats

Baldr
-Son of Odin
-Wisdom
-Whiteness

Njard
-Sea
-Fire
-North
-Wind

Frey                                   
-brother of Freyja
-rain
-controls sunlight (because he controls rain clouds not the sun)
-peaceful
-fertility

Freyja
-love/beauty
-cats
-first pic on warrior deaths

Tyr
-war
-one hand

Bragi
-poetry

Heimdall
-watchmen/guardian of rainbow
-horn (sound in warning)

Loki
-Evil children (Ferris, Hel, Midgard Serpent)
-Trickster

just another step

Recently I have not been to class do to some unforseen tradgedies in my life... I feel that this must be just another step in my journey of the hero.  I am now facing my road of trials and though i do not care to share my experiances I guess you could compare them to fighting a very big and nasty troll. I, ofcourse, am the hero...so obvioulsy I will overcome this ugly beast. But this is something that will take the hero years to overcome. Hope to be back in class by Wednesday...

Mythology in Everyday Life

Common words and phrases, like
--odyssey (a long quest, from the story of Odysseus);
--tantalize (from Tantalus in Greek mythology who had food hanging before him which he could never reach);
--panic, the English word comes from the god Pan, who was thought to cause panic--panikos was a Greek word made from the god's name;
--nectar, from Greek nektaros, the food of the gods;
--chimera, from the Greek monster the Chimera;
--echo, from the Greek nymph Echo was turned into an echo;
--flowers like the narcissus, hyacinth, and crocus are named after the boys Narcissus, Hyacinthus and Crocus of Greek myth who were turned into these flowers by the gods;
--mint the herb, from the nymph Minthe, who was turned into the plant;
--Pandora's box (=a nest of problems, from the story of Pandora), Achilles' heel,
--adonis, a handsome man, after the Greek Adonis;
--Europe, the continent, from Europa;
--Atlantic, from the Titan Atlas;
--Asia, from Asia the wife of the Titan Prometheus;
--atlas, from the Titan;
--and so on.

They got Grendel right...

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