Status Updates From Edda

Didn't read the introduction too much, but idc

The structure of the universe and diction of the creation story is amazing. Ginnungagap—the primal void. Yggdrasil—the world treee. Body metaphors abound: the world is built from a giant's body, rocks are bone, earth is skin, blood is water. Surprising number of legal deities. Loki is a very interesting character to give such stature to, so much importance placed on the trickster figure.

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