Auld rock meets Nordic Noir
“the idea of the ‘Nordic’ is constructed through the naming of the landscape rather than geography itself”
– Hanne Tange & Gunhild Agger turn a Danish gaze on Shetlandic Scandinavian-ness
3/8
A Deep, Owld Anchor
“Even writing about Nicaragua or New York, Cuba or my adopted home of Glasgow, it is with Shetlandic eyes that I see the world, and with Shetlandic ears that I hear it”
—Christie Williamson on da wirds an wyes o spaekin in Shaetlan
2/8
Auld rock meets Nordic Noir
“the idea of the ‘Nordic’ is constructed through the naming of the landscape rather than geography itself”
– Hanne Tange & Gunhild Agger turn a Danish gaze on Shetlandic Scandinavian-ness
3/8
When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, #Orkney & #Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472
NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future
1/8
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/northern-ness/
#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #Norse
A Deep, Owld Anchor
“Even writing about Nicaragua or New York, Cuba or my adopted home of Glasgow, it is with Shetlandic eyes that I see the world, and with Shetlandic ears that I hear it”
—Christie Williamson on da wirds an wyes o spaekin in Shaetlan
2/8
When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, #Orkney & #Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472
NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future
1/8
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/northern-ness/
#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #Norse
Da_Gut
boosted
In Norse mythology, Loki scandalized the gods by fathering the monsters Fenris, Jormungandr, and Hel with the giantess Angroboda. One source said that Loki ate a witch's heart, and so gave birth to monsters himself. It's unclear if this is the same relationship.
🎨 John Bauer
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Loki #Monster
In Norse mythology, Loki scandalized the gods by fathering the monsters Fenris, Jormungandr, and Hel with the giantess Angroboda. One source said that Loki ate a witch's heart, and so gave birth to monsters himself. It's unclear if this is the same relationship.
🎨 John Bauer
#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Loki #Monster