hi there every1

[Heid]

as far as I remember, Odin was the God of death, I think his wife was called Frigg

I bet they didn't get invitites to many dinner parties

Hi Odin,

If Red's post is anything to go on .. please don't take offence when I say I hope you don't ever deal at a table I am on<g>.

Welcome to Blonde - your..err.. Deathness!

[TightEnd]

As the wife of Odin, Frigg is one of the foremost goddesses of Norse mythology. She is the patron of marriage and motherhood, and the goddess of love and fertility. In that aspect she shows many similarities with Freya, of whom she possibly is a different form.

She has a reputation of knowing every person's destiny, but never unveils it. As the mother of Balder, she tried to prevent his death by extracting oaths from every object in nature, but forgot the mistletoe. And by a fig made from mistletoe Balder died. Her hall in Asgard is Fensalir ("water halls"). Frigg's messenger is Gna, who rides through the sky on the horse Hofvarpnir. In some myths she was rumored to have had love affairs with Odin's brothers Ve and Vili.



Any other questions?
  

[TightEnd]

The chief divinity of the Norse pantheon, the foremost of the Aesir. Odin is a son of Bor and Bestla. He is called Alfadir, Allfather, for he is indeed father of the gods. With Frigg he is the father of Balder, Hod, and Hermod. He fathered Thor on the goddess Jord; and the giantess Grid became the mother of Vidar.

Odin is a god of war and death, but also the god of poetry and wisdom. He hung for nine days, pierced by his own spear, on the world tree. Here he learned nine powerful songs, and eighteen runes. Odin can make the dead speak to question the wisest amongst them. His hall in Asgard is Valaskjalf ("shelf of the slain") where his throne Hlidskjalf is located. From this throne he observes all that happens in the nine worlds. The tidings are brought to him by his two raven Huginn and Muninn. He also resides in Valhalla, where the slain warriors are taken.

Odin's attributes are the spear Gungnir, which never misses its target, the ring Draupnir, from which every ninth night eight new rings appear, and his eight-footed steed Sleipnir. He is accompanied by the wolves Freki and Geri, to whom he gives his food for he himself consumes nothing but wine. Odin has only one eye, which blazes like the sun. His other eye he traded for a drink from the Well of Wisdom, and gained immense knowledge. On the day of the final battle, Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir.

He is also called Othinn, Wodan and Wotan. Some of the aliases he uses to travel icognito among mortals are Vak and Valtam. Wednesday is named after him (Wodan).


Happy Wednesday Odin!!

[Heid]

Anyone else remember playing Valhalla on the CBM64 way back when?

I never knew what the hell was going on, either.

[RED-DOG]

Thank you tight, no wonder you have such a big head  

[Robert HM]

You Frigg started it 

[TightEnd]

 


just wanted to use this smiley.....

[RED-DOG]

Anyone else remember playing Valhalla on the CBM64 way back when?

I never knew what the hell was going on, either.

Yes, I played it, it crashed more times than Barry Sheen

[tikay]

WHAT? Eight footed monster? That's SERIOULY tall. Whee all that come from - a book?

And CMB, explain pleaase?

[Heid]

WHAT? Eight footed monster? That's SERIOULY tall. Whee all that come from - a book?

And CMB, explain pleaase?

Computer from the early 80's much better than the Spectrum

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an eight footed horse, not a monster, Sleipnir......about 28 hands tall or so as well. Even I could be a jockey on that!


Just some stuff I dredged up from the memory banks

[tikay]

Spectrum?

[TightEnd]

early 1980s home computer, developed by Sir Clive Sinclair

[Heid]

Spectrum?

What Mr Deep Thought just said

[Trace]

   and welcome..

Trace