Norse Quotes
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In the early Vedic tradition , the death god Yama kept two dogs, Syama the Black and Sabala the Spotted, to bring and hold souls in the Purgatory-like afterlife called Naraka. Even the Norse god Odin kept a pair of wolves, Geri and Freki.
— Nathan Robert Brown, in The Mythology of Supernatural: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show, Penguin, 2 August 2011, p.62
As technology became more important, the Trickster underwent a shift in character and became the god of crafts of technology, if you will while retaining the underlying roguish qualities. So we have the Sumerian Enki , the Greek Prometheus and Hermes , Norse Loki , and so on.
— Neal Stephenson, in The Diamond Age (1995), Part the First
As technology became more important, the Trickster underwent a shift in character and became the god of crafts of technology, if you will while retaining the underlying roguish qualities. So we have the Sumerian Enki , the Greek Prometheus and Hermes , Norse Loki , and so on.
— Neal Stephenson, in The Diamond Age (1995), Part the First
