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** Some variants of the legend say that Fafnir was transformed by the 'Oegishjalmr,' a helmet that is basically a transformation-ray. Said helmet was part of Hreidmar's hoard. |
** Some variants of the legend say that Fafnir was transformed by the 'Oegishjalmr,' a helmet that is basically a transformation-ray. Said helmet was part of Hreidmar's hoard. |
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* [[Kill the Cutie]]: Balder. |
* [[Kill the Cutie]]: Balder. |
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* [[King Incognito]]: Odin is fond of this. The reader often identifies him before the protagonist. |
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* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The light elves were originally quite unpleasant. Loki himself, besides being portrayed as an attractive young man, also became associated with fire as he was mixed with Logi, an actual god of fire. Also, Freya was a beautiful goddess not only associated with love and jewelry but also bloodlust and indeed was quite a bitch in most myths she appeared, while the idea that Balder was good seems to be exclusive to myths [[Hijacked by Jesus]]. |
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The light elves were originally quite unpleasant. Loki himself, besides being portrayed as an attractive young man, also became associated with fire as he was mixed with Logi, an actual god of fire. Also, Freya was a beautiful goddess not only associated with love and jewelry but also bloodlust and indeed was quite a bitch in most myths she appeared, while the idea that Balder was good seems to be exclusive to myths [[Hijacked by Jesus]]. |
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** Aherm. Logi was never a god of fire, he was literally a fire construct created by Utgard-Loki in a one-off story just for the purposes of [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|beating Loki in an eating contest.]] <s>Loki was associated with fire because he was a [[Fiery Redhead]].</s> (But Thor matches the personality better.) |
** Aherm. Logi was never a god of fire, he was literally a fire construct created by Utgard-Loki in a one-off story just for the purposes of [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|beating Loki in an eating contest.]] <s>Loki was associated with fire because he was a [[Fiery Redhead]].</s> (But Thor matches the personality better.) |
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