Berengar
January 5, 2016, 2:56pm
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silveroak:
The Greeks had a mythology where the Titans had been defeated by the Gods, and the Titanomachia fit. There was no such legend in the Norse mythology, and the whole concept seemed wedged in with a crowbar to make a one size fits all concept go where it didn't belong.
The concept of Titanomachia comes from Greek mythology. But have a quick look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tu ... .C3.B6tnar , in particular:
As a whole, the Æsir-Jötnar relationship is a complex one, with a deep history embedded in murder. Odin with Vili and Vé killed Ymir, the primordial giant, and then killed the rest of the race, save Bergelmir, by spilling Ymir’s blood and flooding Niflheim. Then, there are many myths of hostilities over resources, women, and valuable objects: Odin steals the mead of poetry from Suttung and Gunnlöð; the Æsir trick a giant out of his prize; Útgarða-Loki tricks Thor, Þjálfi, and Loki into losing many contests. Throughout the mythology, the Æsir subordinate the Jötnar and steal their wealth, knowledge, and women, even when the Jötnar are given some of the most important roles in the world.
The RoP:M p.108 box Genii, Gods and Worship captures this reasonably well in "... the Faerie gods staged a coup and ousted the uncaring and aloof spirits of Magic from the thrones of the world. ... Odin and his brothers formed the habitable world from the bodies of the slain Jotnar; ..."
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