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Eboraci 2
I know i said i wouldn't, but i did anyway because i couldn't get this out of my head.
The central conflict of the norse world is between the rival families of the Æsir (gods) and the Jotuns (giants), with the Álfr (elves) having little at all said of them to the point that they have become synonymous with the Dvergar (dwarves).
In the Anglisc world, the conflict between the Ése (gods, singular Ós) and the Ettin (giants, singluar Eoten) only makes up the first two ages of the world, while in the third the gods have defeated the ents, but not their creations, the Aglæca (calamities; monsters).
Events in the Eboraci is divided into ages(Eldu), based on the lifetime of certain individuals or peoples.
The first age is the age of Ysmir, the first living thing. This age ends when the Ése battle and slay him.
The second is the age of the Ettin, born from sweat Ysmir shed during his fight with the Ése. Many things are created at this time, including the seven worlds and the elves. This age ends when the last and most cunning of the Ettins, (loki) begets the four Aglæca (calamities): a horse (sleapor; slippery), a wolf (felwulf; foul wolf)), a drake (Erđefretende draca/ Erđe Wyrm; World-devouring dragon/Earth Wyrm), and a living corpse (Hella). As his final act, the eoten binds them with the wyrd (fate) of the gods.
The Third age is the age of men. It is only after the calamities are born that men are created by the gods to be warriors against the calamities in the final battle against Ysmir’s descendants. This is the current age according the Anglisc, and it is in this section of eboraci that the deeds of their heroes are recorded.
After this is a collection of miscellaneous poems in praise of the gods, perhaps intended as a pagan book of psalms.
A fourth age is alluded to, but no poem or story deal with it in any great detail. What is known is that mankind will be saved “with in thunors’ oak”, and for this reason thunor is honored most among men.
The central conflict of the norse world is between the rival families of the Æsir (gods) and the Jotuns (giants), with the Álfr (elves) having little at all said of them to the point that they have become synonymous with the Dvergar (dwarves).
In the Anglisc world, the conflict between the Ése (gods, singular Ós) and the Ettin (giants, singluar Eoten) only makes up the first two ages of the world, while in the third the gods have defeated the ents, but not their creations, the Aglæca (calamities; monsters).
Events in the Eboraci is divided into ages(Eldu), based on the lifetime of certain individuals or peoples.
The first age is the age of Ysmir, the first living thing. This age ends when the Ése battle and slay him.
The second is the age of the Ettin, born from sweat Ysmir shed during his fight with the Ése. Many things are created at this time, including the seven worlds and the elves. This age ends when the last and most cunning of the Ettins, (loki) begets the four Aglæca (calamities): a horse (sleapor; slippery), a wolf (felwulf; foul wolf)), a drake (Erđefretende draca/ Erđe Wyrm; World-devouring dragon/Earth Wyrm), and a living corpse (Hella). As his final act, the eoten binds them with the wyrd (fate) of the gods.
The Third age is the age of men. It is only after the calamities are born that men are created by the gods to be warriors against the calamities in the final battle against Ysmir’s descendants. This is the current age according the Anglisc, and it is in this section of eboraci that the deeds of their heroes are recorded.
After this is a collection of miscellaneous poems in praise of the gods, perhaps intended as a pagan book of psalms.
A fourth age is alluded to, but no poem or story deal with it in any great detail. What is known is that mankind will be saved “with in thunors’ oak”, and for this reason thunor is honored most among men.
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