Norse gods. By veritablehokum.
There is also a greek gods tree if you like this sort of thing.
HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THE SASS?? Love him.
Also the Vikings were known to be complete dandies. They sought bright colors, jewelry, imported Persian silks. Ribbons. Little mirrors sewn onto clothing, in Sweden. The men had long hair that was scandalous to Christians, and they carried combs and earspoons and such things with them. I recall seeing documents where the eastern Norse were big on baths and one of their demands in a particular negotiation was “we get to have baths drawn for us whenever we want”, which was often.
They used soap with agents designed to bleach hair to try to make themselves blonder.
SRSLY. Look at this stuff.
I’m sorry longhaired prettyboy viking men in gaudy clothing and jewelry, bleaching and combing their hair, doesn’t match with your Conan-the-Barbarian manlyman aesthetic.
…or the fact that a significant portion of the Norse were traders, fishermen, farmers, and herders, and weren’t raiding, pillaging warriors or hired Byzantine thug-bodyguards.
I also like the parts about how maybe women didn’t dress as modestly as some interpretations of the evidence suggest. And, like, putting BIG METAL CLIPS and STRANDS OF BEADS right across the breasts … kind of draws the eyes right there.
beatsandblades considering that you just posted something Viking related - thought you might be interested in this.
Oh my god, I LOVE THIS.
It also should be noted that they had tweezers and ladies used them to shape their eyebrows and keep their faces neat. It should also be noted that they had the most civilized laws toward women pre christian era in europe. Women were allowed to fight, allowed to inherit or acquire wealth, allowed to have bastard children or be raped without it being a mark against their honor and virtue. In fact, if the family of a raped woman wanted justice, they were free to kill the rapist under the law. Women were also free to divorce their husbands.
Viking men also composed POETRY as a sign of their virility and reciting poetry to a woman without her father’s permission was considered unseemly, because that was part of courtship and the young man had to take care that he wasn’t challenged or killed for doing so.
i feel it in my bones, i’m on F I R E
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OHMYGOD
hit the reblog so fast i think i broke my mouse
holY F U cKKKKkKKKkkkkkKKKKK
HOLY —- THIS KNOCKED MY SIDEWAYS
do yourself a favor and hit play. then reblog it for all to experience.
Oh. My. God. Amazing
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Lembas Bread Recipe
Elvish Bread. One small bite is enough to fill a grown man!
Minutes to Prepare: 15
Minutes to Cook: 15
Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
• 2 ½ cups of flour• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 8 tablespoons of cold butter (1 stick)
• 1/3 cup of brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon maple syrup/honey
• 2/3 cup of milk/heavy cream (or more, if necessary)
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla Directions
1) Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celcius (425 degrees Fahrenheit).
2) Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
3) Add the butter and mix with a fork or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine granules.
4) Add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly into the mixture.
5) Add the milk/cream and vanilla and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.
6) Roll the dough out about ½ in thickness.
7) Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet.
8) Criss-cross (DO NOT cut all the way) each square from corner-to-corner with a knife.
9) Bake for about 12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.
(the recipe makes about 10-12 pieces of lembas)
nutrition information is using honey, milk, and 10 pieces of lembas
Number of Servings: 10
FOREVER REBLOG.
my god
the Snape one gets me every time.
Signs as cat breeds??
This has probably been done already but oh well
Aries: Abyssinian
Taurus: Maine Coon
Gemini: Munchkin
Cancer: Scottish Fold
Leo: Bengal
Virgo: Russian blue
Libra: Burmese
Scorpio: Siberian
Sagittarius: Burmilla
Capricorn: Egyptian Mau
Aquarius: Turkish Van
Pisces: Singapura
I enjoyed making this because I got to look at pictures of cats
this is literally the best astrology post ever look at all these cats i can’t imagine being disappointed with any of these in any reality
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