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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Hello, hello - time to get the ball rolling on my own content. Eagle-eyed viewers will recognise this as a reupload, but worry not, new content is incoming. Stay tuned!
In this video, I posit a few questions to get the brain juices flowing. Namely, from a heathen perspective, is Angrboda evil? Let's break that question down.
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Fantastic video!
Thank you!
To my understanding it is Angrboða who lends the common belief that Loki is a Jötunn, even when He's not. Her powerful position as the caretaker of the Iron Wood gives Her the standing amongst the Gods to attract Loki as a mate, even if it is a temporary one. And when She promises to give Him children that will set a definitive challenge to the Æsir, Óðinn's brother just cannot refuse, as it is He who tends to set them for the other Gods in so many different ways.
Yes, She is Gullveig, burnt thrice, but then She could have Herself burnt a dozen times, She is a Jötunn, a Goddess of the Olden Times, created long before the Æsir and the Vanir, from the time soon after Ginnungagap, which created the first race of Gods, the Jötnar.
And yes, She is The Witch who speaks to Óðinn. Germanic Gods are not eternal, they have their lives, they die eventually. At times it feels the whole of the Heathen belief system deals with just keeping Valfaðr's fear of His own personal death in Ragnarok in some sort of check. Ragnarok, the challenge set ultimately by Angrboða and Loki through their children, matching the Æsir and the Jötnar Gods not just on a physical strength basis, but also on a philosophical one, the Tiwas/Fenrir conflict of instance an example of a Germanic resolution between right and might... the Hand/Glove then becoming an important symbol for setting the scene at the þings, at least in continental Germanic regions.
Angrboða is very important to myself, She's the Mother of Monsters, Mother of children not placed easily within society.... with diversity issues on likely many levels. I do not think She abandons them, instead I think Loki's ego needs His children in Asgard, which then sets the scene for the ill treatment of them, Hel, the ultimate Goth Goddess sent to Helheim (I always wondered what the place was called originally) when the Gods couldn't bear to look at her for a moment longer. Jörmungandr to the outer reaches of Miðgarðr, and Fenrir to spend His days in bondage (reminds me only too often of the political situation of the occupation and oppression of Palestine 🇵🇸), three Gods forced to live isolated, lonely lives, yet often we present them to ourselves in almost a family group photography setting in order to make their daily conflicts easier to live with by us.