Norse Mythology: Difference between revisions

** How many steps did Thor take in the Gotterdammerung? It's [[All There in the Manual|written on a skein somewhere, weaved by the fates]].

* [[You Cannot Kill an Idea]]: Odin's line from the ''Poetic Edda'':

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: As in all myths, every prophecy is inescapable. Mind you, this includes virtually ''everything'' that actually happens in the stories, including the [[Gotterdammerung|forthcoming destruction of the gods]].

** Some retellings of Loki's role in Baldur's death use this to explain Loki's actions. After devouring the heart of a witch with the power of prophecy, he saw that he was destined to suffer a horrific punishment at the hands of the other gods before dying in Ragnarok. Since Loki knew [[You Can't Fight Fate]], he figured he might as well do something to ''earn'' that punishment and make the other gods suffer.