Top Ten Norse Mythology Websites. Thor and the Midgard Serpent Face it — Norse mythology is more intense, more shadowy and frightening than Greek Mythology. Jungian writers utilize Greek Myths all the time — but I have found almost no references to Jungian views about Norse mythology. (Please contact me if you know of any). Maybe Jungian writers are scared of the North? It is easy to philosophize and have happy stories if you are living on a Greek Island, with sunshine and plenty of fish to eat. It is another thing to philosophize when it is dark and cold much of the year and the environment is usually trying to kill you. I’ve lived Alaska for over thirty years now (winters here are an acquired taste).
It is no surprise to me that the Norse Myths are full of immense and overwhelming forces, full of darkness and death, yet spiritual and soulful at the same time. Before Ragnorak, the apocalypse at the end of the world, are three winters that never end. Walhalla (1896) Max Bruckner. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Norse Mythology. Norse Mythology In Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson enumerates the twelve gods and the thirteen goddesses who, together with Óðin and his wife Frigg, make up the Norse pantheon. Stories survive for some of the gods, preserved in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other Icelandic manuscripts. But no stories have survived for many of the gods and for most of the goddesses. We know that many more stories once existed, because quotes from those stories are mentioned in other literature from the period.
The articles linked below provide a brief introduction to some of the Norse gods and goddesses, as well as a summary of a few of the stories. Óðin (Odin) Þór (Thor) and the story of Þrym LokiTýrFreyr and the story of Gerð Freyja and the story of the necklace of the Brísings HeimdallIðunn and the story of the theft of the apples Njorð and the story of Skadi ÆgirThe Norns The illustrations accompanying these stories were taken from a wide variety of sources. Scales and emotions. See also a post about making chords from scales. So maybe you want to write a song or an instrumental in a particular mood or style, and you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the scales. Here’s a handy guide to the commonly used scales in Western pop, rock, jazz, blues and so on. Click each image to play the scale right in your browser with the aQWERTYon. These scales have a major third (E in the key of C), which makes them feel happy or bright.
Major scale Happy; can be majestic or sentimental when slow. Mixolydian mode Bluesy, rock; can also be exotic/modal. Lydian mode Ethereal, dreamy, futuristic. Lydian dominant mode Also known as the overtone scale or acoustic scale, because it is close to the first seven pitches in the natural overtone series. Phrygian dominant mode Exotic, Middle Eastern, Jewish. Harmonic major scale Majestic, mysterious. These scales have a flat third (E-flat in the key of C), which gives them a darker and more tragic feel. Natural minor scale (Aeolian mode) Dorian mode.