Ylva

“Loki was not evil, although he was certainly not a force for good. Loki was . . . complicated.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“Jedes Buch ist ein Ort an den man wieder und wieder zurück kehren kann.”
― Kai Meyer, Die Seiten der Welt

“I borrowed a copy of Myths of the Norsemen by Roger Lancelyn Green and read and reread it with delight and puzzlement: Asgard, in this telling, was no longer a Kirbyesque Future City but was a Viking hall and collection of buildings out on the frozen wastes; Odin the all-father was no longer gentle, wise, and irascible, but instead he was brilliant, unknowable, and dangerous; Thor was just as strong as the Mighty Thor in the comics, his hammer as powerful, but he was . . . well, honestly, not the brightest of the gods; and Loki was not evil, although he was certainly not a force for good. Loki was . . . complicated.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“Where the ice and the fire met the ice melted, and in the melting waters life appeared: the likeness of a person bigger than worlds, huger than any giant there will be or has ever been. This was neither male, nor was it female, but was both at the same time. This creature was the ancestor of all the giants, and it called itself Ymir.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology