tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Good To Begin Well, Better To End WellAmalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger3973125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-72667989890673649482023-10-04T10:42:53.461-04:002023-10-04T10:42:53.461-04:00I'm going to go on a bit of a fun rant, but th...I'm going to go on a bit of a fun rant, but this has literally been my jam for the last few months. As a practitioner of Asatru for 20 years and a convert to Orthodox Christianity in the last year, I can talk a bit from both sides of the fence and topics I've been struggling to make sense of myself.<br /><br />Most Christian traditions that are encountered have the strict "We have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-79128622570428808552023-01-31T12:23:22.433-05:002023-01-31T12:23:22.433-05:00So this can be argued both ways, absolutely!! Bald...So this can be argued both ways, absolutely!! Baldr as a god may well have existed prior to Jesus but the particular mythos regarding his resurrection is hard to date! The Norse Myths as we know them today, as they were preserved, did not evolve in a vacuum, and the only myths that were preserved were preserved AFTER Christianity had overrun Scandinavia and some academics would even argue that Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-11647237407902096722023-01-31T12:08:53.972-05:002023-01-31T12:08:53.972-05:00What's funny to me is comparing Baldr to Jesus...What's funny to me is comparing Baldr to Jesus as if Baldr was after. However history shows the Norse Gods were before the Christian god so while the comparison could be made it would be more in the way that jesus was created in Baldr's image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-70049718597022894392022-10-27T08:47:23.712-04:002022-10-27T08:47:23.712-04:00it's really an incredible piece, and I am so g...it's really an incredible piece, and I am so grateful I was able to see it in person. I'm glad you found my post--though I'm not art historian of any stripe. It's such a small little statuette. I wonder if that's part of why it's overlooked, too.<br /><br />(I enable comment moderation for all posts older than three days or so to keep the spam out, so that's why you Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-77896632460791053482022-10-27T08:33:19.557-04:002022-10-27T08:33:19.557-04:00Thanks so much for this writeup. I've just dis...Thanks so much for this writeup. I've just discovered this work of Rodin's, and am appalled (although, sadly, not terribly surprised) how little commentary on it I've been able to find. You've captured the essence: the pain in her bearing is almost tangible. Thanks again.JEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312246296535506327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-12984478082997734382022-03-18T16:51:56.235-04:002022-03-18T16:51:56.235-04:00😁😁Mrs. Ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674992034000898595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-39410936284304492292022-03-15T10:01:16.879-04:002022-03-15T10:01:16.879-04:00When it's finished and out, I will!When it's finished and out, I will!Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-9970944137033179502022-03-15T03:57:28.319-04:002022-03-15T03:57:28.319-04:00Please tell me how I can buy your 3rd Orc novel......Please tell me how I can buy your 3rd Orc novel...☺️Mrs. Ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674992034000898595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-20294436070436719192021-10-10T13:51:33.076-04:002021-10-10T13:51:33.076-04:00Very excited!!!!Very excited!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-47588547226500740512021-06-28T22:38:53.209-04:002021-06-28T22:38:53.209-04:00i am now replying to this message 11 years later. ...i am now replying to this message 11 years later. Congrats! You somehow, against all odds, managed to see this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014001313125507622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-51547908360105817832021-02-19T17:33:14.379-05:002021-02-19T17:33:14.379-05:00Ahhh! Yes, I LOVE him. I think there is a lot of e...Ahhh! Yes, I LOVE him. I think there is a lot of evidence to support that he is not so monstrous as he has been made to seem. I think we cannot divorce the influence of the gods in the story of Ariadne--upon which a lot of the ideas relating to his jerk-character have laid their foundation.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-3344019186711904772021-02-19T17:26:54.771-05:002021-02-19T17:26:54.771-05:00Thank you for the notification and also just to le...Thank you for the notification and also just to let you know I am very pleased to find an author like you, who sees Theseus not as some kind of jerk but as a kind hearted man.Madeline Wong-Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119989753205347760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-62779838063254325592021-02-19T16:27:26.020-05:002021-02-19T16:27:26.020-05:00I'm working on the formatting for the print ed...I'm working on the formatting for the print edition and digital wide release as I type this, in fact! Look for it this summer.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-20899147909822959182021-02-19T16:01:58.731-05:002021-02-19T16:01:58.731-05:00How exciting, will this come out as a physical cop...How exciting, will this come out as a physical copy?Madeline Wong-Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119989753205347760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-66461770552504161952021-01-24T14:54:10.593-05:002021-01-24T14:54:10.593-05:00I envision her as a pale skined woman, with a volu...I envision her as a pale skined woman, with a voluminous body type, long wavy light brown hair with blond spectrums and light brown eyes (honey like).Laura Velascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968972821943227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-87744763139617753682020-10-23T14:54:08.682-04:002020-10-23T14:54:08.682-04:00Yes yes yes. Magni and modi are always together as...Yes yes yes. Magni and modi are always together as might and courage (wrath) and thrudr stands alone. Always alone. Defind by what she is not we then have what is left. And thats who she is. Strength of will. Being a strong mind and learning from the questions asked of allwise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876791474904848050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-2244781433416681202020-08-25T16:01:21.354-04:002020-08-25T16:01:21.354-04:00Great!Great!jamesridleyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115587852456281676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-3661655234882220862020-04-25T01:04:44.490-04:002020-04-25T01:04:44.490-04:00Depending on her viewer I'd think. I totally a...Depending on her viewer I'd think. I totally agree that Aphrodite as an Olympian goddess has the power to not only merely glimpse you and know what you like in a woman, and "be" that but that but she can do this before thousands of people at once. Who Aphrodite was (is) and what she looked like viewed and expressed by women sculpts a somewhat different woman than the one precieved Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373867875426725152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-91133544492703017372020-04-02T10:23:08.078-04:002020-04-02T10:23:08.078-04:00Me toooooo.Me toooooo.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-13752490119699849392020-04-01T18:51:59.126-04:002020-04-01T18:51:59.126-04:00This is so great! I'm so so so glad this has b...This is so great! I'm so so so glad this has been born into the world now.Miahttp://www.miahayson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-62730594428882187902020-02-14T08:26:28.642-05:002020-02-14T08:26:28.642-05:00here is that later reflection: https://blog.amalia...here is that later reflection: https://blog.amaliadillin.com/2018/09/further-reflections-on-harbarsljo.htmlAmalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-85442380181118884962020-02-14T08:23:52.809-05:002020-02-14T08:23:52.809-05:00It's Very awkward for a modern audience, absol...It's Very awkward for a modern audience, absolutely. I came back to this part of the poem a few years ago, but to me, it definitely read as forceful rape of the white-linen maid (the stealth could have been either behind the back of her guardian or surprising her altogether), even if he did have a more mutually gratifying experience with the golden one. It sounds like he is recounting Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-66917833091055150612020-02-14T04:14:15.515-05:002020-02-14T04:14:15.515-05:00What threw me off was the part before. That part s...What threw me off was the part before. That part sounds as you described harland saying thor could have held her down and thors all hell yes.<br /><br />But the part right before that " I gladdened the gold-decked one, | and she granted me joy." <br /><br />Makes it sound like she was into it.. its awkward.<br /><br />Is that talking about rape, a thressome some missing context. It alsoEvelakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992391704057596889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-677194563217518382019-12-12T14:07:55.184-05:002019-12-12T14:07:55.184-05:00Congratulations to you Amalia! I am so excited for...Congratulations to you Amalia! I am so excited for you!!Frederic Michel Verdierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279381869039158801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-14789911302570678802019-09-26T09:08:36.015-04:002019-09-26T09:08:36.015-04:00That's amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharin...That's amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!! What's your topic?<br /><br />I absolutely will continue writing--but some years are rockier than others. <br /><br />Thank you again for the encouragement!!Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.com