| Amon Amarth – Twilight Of The Thunder God Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[R31D:30607] Fun Fact - Jormundgandr is one of Loki's sons. Not born of his Asgardian wife (Sigyn - they have 2 children - Nari or Narfi) but in secret born by a frost giant mother (jötunn Angrboða) - she had 3 babies with Loki - Jormundgandr - the snake, Fenrir a giant wolf and Hel the female depicted in the film as Odin's right hand .. in mythology she was one of Loki's children and banished to rule in Hel (The bad place - opposite of Valhalla) The snake was banished to the sea and the wolf chained up in Asgard. | |
| Amon Amarth – Mjölner, Hammer of Thor Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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This, as you would expect from Amon, is a perfect telling (very true to the mythology) of the story of the creation of Thor's Hammer named Mjölner. The story mentions Sif getting new hair of gold. The song doesn't say it but in the mythology, the story begins with Thor waking up next to he beautiful wife (Sif) and finding her completely bald! Thor immediately goes after Loki, knowing it would have been him that did this, and proceeds to beat the living sh*t out of him. Odin gets wind of this and stops Thor from killing Loki on the promise that Loki will travel to the realm of the dwarves (Svartalvheim) and get new hair for Sif as well as gifts for the Asa Gods. The only way Loki can convince the 2 best dwarven forgers (Eitri and Brokk) to do this is by taunting them that they cant do it and offering his head as the prize if they are able to create such wonders grand enough to please all of the Gods. As the song says Loki realises he is going to die when they start creating these wonders, so he sabotages the last creation (Mjölner). They don't mention how he does this in the song but the mythology tells us he transformed in to a mosquito and landed on the nose of the dwarf working the bellows and bites him. This distracts the dwarf which means the fires don't burn hot enough and Mjölner is ruined as the hammers handle comes out short.(Loke disrupted the work of the blacksmiths, The handle came out short) The song and story finishes saying that Loki fooled them twice to keep his head. The mythology tells us that when the items were delivered even though Mjölner's handle was short - Thor loved it anyway. This means that Loki loses the bet and must lose his head. However, Odin and Loki are known for their silver tongues and trick the dwarves again by saying Loki agreed you could take his head but you are not allowed to take/damage his neck. As that is impossible Odin agreed that they could instead sew his mouth shut and thats where the story ends. Oh, and Sif gets new hair and its lovely. |
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