Volsungs and Language (Live in Texas) 

Right? They say the secret isn't to do what you like, but to like what you do. As a linguist myself, I'm about 80% happy for him and 20% jealous for myself.

Why would he wear a hat indoors though? :)

Very Beautiful Norwegian last name you have

@@perperson199 Thank you! Our branch of the family were mostly farmers - nothing nearly as exciting as what Thor did - but we're proud of our Norwegian heritage :)

My late uncle was fond of sayings like "I am firm, You are obstinate, He is pig-headed" or "I have a healthy appetite, You should watch your weight, He is fat!"

@@davidweihe6052 Yes! Wise and clever and sly all mean about the same thing but have different connotations.

@@Galenus1234In my understanding what happens is, due to mixing of languages people find themselves with two or more words for the exact same thing, but since they learned each word in a different context, the words take on subtle or not so subtle differences. For instance, English imported "liberty" from French, I would imagine in the context of the intense political dogfights of the American and French revolutions, so it naturally became associated with that kind of discussion; on the other hand "freedom" is the original English (I.e., Germanic) word and is used in any context whatsoever, such as the feeling you get after taking off uncomfortable boots after a long day... whereas in French you would say "mes pieds sont enfin libres", "my feet are free at last".

I feel like wise/cunning is a good parallel. Usually when somebody is cunning, it has a mischievous sense

@@sarahgilbert8036 I didn't say it was. But thank you for the reminder.

He has mentioned having played dnd and he follows mathew colville's channel, so draw your own conclusions :)

@@getrealroleplaying7427 so you are telling me that Dr Jackson is the most amazing human on the internet and we need to protect him at all cost?

I think you are right about "bear" and "brown". I have read something about it a long time ago.

I'd say so!

No hat indoors

Hann var kappi mikill, drengr góðr og gledi mikla gerði skutr hans meðal emblu dætra.

Hann var kappi mikill, drengr góðr og gledi mikla gerði skutr hans meðal emblu dætra.

I believe the comparison is meant to be a superficial one, meant to get audiences to associate the mythos with the comics medium not a self-consistent work but with various inconsistencies, paradoxes and anachronisms from numerous writers over different time periods. Yet the main characters remain the same. That said, I don't necessarily think that "Norse myth is much deeper than a comic book" is true, looking at certain immensely complex series from many countries. It's all literature in different genres and media. And also we're gonna have to find a common working definition for "deep".

@@ErikHolten Much of it deals with death, struggle, memory. So, using a dash of the humor you might find in norse myth, it's riddled with the character development of a Gabor Maté novel. And if you think that is actually a joke, it isn't. Becoming caught in cycles, particularly 'familiar' cycles is dealt with widely. Very similar to the treatment of Oedipus, or any number of other myth dealing with curses running within family lines. The norse did not have comic books, and so did not see their world as a comic book. When someone in our day and age sees what they are reading as a comic book, likely their introduction was a comic book. Said people, therefore, see this or that like comics books. No sense in projecting that and confusing people. That is what projection is, I can see Odin on a chocolate bar because someone drew a connection between Odin and Santa. That would still be my projection, because facts, like time, run one direction, and that isn't back in the direction 'you' came from. The age-old idea of primitive man rationalizing, but in truth, we are the primitive man rationalizing at best. We see things as we are, not as they actually are. So when a dwarf is called a mold, creates things when added to water, not least of all alcohol, but disappears into a stone it becomes difficult for us to wrap our minds around this, seeing as we don't dry yeast on logs and stones anymore, that was part of their culture. Someone who doesn't know will likely picture a midget, as is the collective image of a dwarf in our day. Understandable, but a mistake nonetheless.