Norse
74 creative works found
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Green Dragon on a yellow umbrella.
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Pencil drawing scanned and photoshopped.
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Pencil drawing scanned and photoshopped.
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Valhalla (Old Norse Valhöll, “Hall of the Slain”) is Odin’s hall in Norse mythology, located in the Asgardian realm of Gladsheim and is the home for those slain gloriously in battle (known as Einherjar) who are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the valkyries. (The “höll” part of Valhöll means ‘hall’.) The term ‘Valhalla’ has entered popular usage for an ideal, heaven-like destiny. Painting using acrylics,ink and gold pigment.
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Odin
by WayneNicholsOdin (Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the chief god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism, like the Anglo-Saxon Woden it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wōđinaz or *Wōđanaz. His name is related to óðr, meaning “mind”, “excitation,” “fury” or “poetry,” and his role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is a god of wisdom, war, battle and death. He is also attested as being a god of magic, poetry, prophecy, victory and the hunt. This one was a real blast to draw Originally done as a pencil sketch on A3 cartridge paper, I then scanned it into the ol’ PC and painted it up 100% in photoshop.
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The head of Alsvid, who is one of the two horses [Arvak (“early-riser”) and Alsvid (“all-swift”)] that pulled Sol’s chariot (the sun) across the sky in Norse Mythology. Mixed recycled timber / 2007 Original sculpture available for sale.
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Caracter design for the North Wind, from the Scandinavian Fairy Tale, ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’
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‘She rode on and on until she reached the house of the East Wind…...’ / Illustration from the Scandinavian fairy-tale ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’. Acrylic and collage on canvas, 30×40 cm For more, see my website, http://www.matthewrogersillustration.co.uk
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‘They travelled for many days until they came to a mysterious castle, and gave a knock, then a door opened and they came into a large hall all lit up; rooms gleaming with silver and gold; and there too was a table ready laid, and it was all as grand as grand could be.’ Illustration from the Scandinavian fairy-tale ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’
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This is an oil painting I did some years ago to illustrate the Norse Myth of the three Norns. They are past, present and future. The Crone is the past and is therefore looking away to what has been. The present is the Mother and she is looking straight at you as is the now. The future is the maiden who’s eyes are covered by her hair and cannot be seen. / They guard the tree of knowledge
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The late eveing sun gave some wonderful light in the wild woods of Harrow Weald. The path runs along Grym’s Dyke. The dyke or ditch is believed to be one of the few remaining Anglo-Saxon trenches in England, where Norse tribes were converted to Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries. / Its name, the grim, is derived from the word ‘hooded’, a description of the dark appearance of the Norse god, Woden. Woden was the carrier-off of the dead and the god for whom Wednesday was named after. /
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“DARE TO BE DIFFERENT” makes the perfect gift for the independent individual in your life. Could that be you? The image features a photograph of a real White Raven (also known as a “Spirit Raven” by local Haida people) born in May, 2008 on Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada. He is one of two rare white and 3 black Ravens born to 2 accepting (black) parents. The two rare birds are not albino which is what makes them so unusual. Their eyes are quite blue. All 5 siblings are getting along extremely well and all are thriving. White Ravens are very rare and hold sacred meaning for many groups and cultures throughout the World, including Native American Indian, Celtic, Norse and Wiccans. This artwork is another tribute to these remarkably intelligent and friendly birds. 50% proceeds from all sales go to the Mountainaire Avian Society in the beautiful Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. Check out our recently filmed Spirit Raven Youtube video*
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Petty Harbour is a small fishing village adjacent to St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage
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See extra large view here Close of day at a misty Castle Moil. The present structure is of late 15th or early 16th century construction. This is supported by historical documents and carbon dating. In 1513, a meeting of chiefs was held here and they agreed to support Donald MacDonald as Lord of the Isles. The last occupant of the castle was Neill MacKinnon, nephew of 26th chief of the clan (c. 1601). The castle occupies a headland above the village of Kyleakin facing the village of Kyle of Lochalsh across the Sound. It is a simple rectangular keep of three stories. The unexplored basement level is filled with rubble and other debris and is believed to have contained the kitchen. The visitor today enters on the main level where the public dining space would have been. Stairs would have led up to the private apartments above. The castle is nearly completely ruined. In 1949 and 1989 parts of the ruins broke away in storms. The remaining ruins have been secured to prevent further deterioration. No excavation of the ruins has been carried out, or is planned.
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For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage
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“Larry, Curlie and Moe- Detail Study” (Moe is on the side bar)...is a signed,original, pastel and prismacolor pencil drawing. / Drawn on Bienfang, medium tooth, acid free artist drawing paper. / All of my drawings are sprayed with a final professional artist protective fixitive. The romance of the West, Southwest and the Horse is a subject I always return to. I live both in Colorado and in Nevada, so I have an endless supply of personal photography that I draw from for these drawings. I personally developed this sharp focus pastel and prismacolor pencil technique to make my drawings come alive. / My Fine Art and Photography Studio is located in Mesquite, Nevada. / Thank you for viewing my art. For more products custom designed from my original art and photography, please take a minute to view my products page on Zazzle! / VIEW Susan’sGallery / VIEW Susan’sZazzle / /
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This unique artwork depicts the Norse mythological creature Fenrir (or Fenris), a monstrous wolf creature that was the son of Loki the trickster god and a giantess. In this artwork, I depicted Fenrir as a wolf dragon form with a nod toward Celtic zoomorphism and knotwork. Oil pastels, colored pencils, art pens, and paint pens on brown watercolor paper. Original measures 19×25”
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All profits from the sale of this work will be donated to Wildlife-Appeal acrylic painting / Freyja / If Freyja’s chariot was really pulled by cats…I dont see how she got anywhere. Some stories had Freyja turned into a witch because they saw her cats as familiars. / I’ve included Freyja’s feathered invisibility cloak and the starry necklace that the dwarves made for her. While her cloak is supposed to be falcon feathers…what the heck…I like flamingos. / / / redqueen’s elf on zazzle.com /
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Freyja-Norse Goddess of Love and Fertility [ Party Girl ] Loki—-[ Party Boy ] Note: I just got a reproduction back, the color is outstanding. The brilliant color you see on screen is what you will get. For that bright flash of color or as a conversation piece in your decor use a small ‘Mounted Print’ on a plate easel, chic. Framed Print
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Off the docks road in Liverpool.
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Taken on the Glaisdale to Egton road in North Yorkshire in the North York Moors National Park, looking back towards the Moors above Goathland and the valley of the River Esk. A land settled by each passing generation of immigrant nations, the names and history of the land is now a reflection of the Norse people who settled the land with their place names. Converted into pinhole black and white and best viewed large
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This image is not what it seems. / But from this angle, it reminded me of a Viking Sailing Ship. / It is actually a piece of modern Public Art, outside No.1. Spring Street, on the corner of Flinders St in Melbourne. / Made from metal it certainly stands out in a crowd. / ( V = Vikings and Valhalla ) taken with a p&s Panasonic Lumix FZ30, and x2 images for hdr. ==================
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‘The Ice Maiden, a Norse myth, tells the story of Gerda, a frost goddess whose beauty enchanted Freyr, god of sunshine and rain. But Gerda refused to meet the god until Freyr’s servant threatened to put an unbreakable spell on her. Freyr, however, was able to thaw her heart. The music is brought full circle to reflect Gerda’s serenity when she comes to love her new husband.’ from Michele de Wilton A kaliedoscope made from a photograph of ice and snow crystals on a blue spruce next to my deck. View large to see the sparkles! :o) Listen
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Mixed media (liquid gold leaf, oil pastels, colored pencils, silver ink, liquid silver leaf, black marker) on paper, 19×25 inches. This photo does not do the original artwork justice as you can’t see the different metallic bits so well in the photograph. (There are two different types of silver used, for example, which you can differentiate in person, but not so well in the photo). But you get the idea at any rate…. Artwork is inspired by the Tree of Life / World Tree / Serpent Tree mythologies found across various mythologies. View more of my artwork online at lynnetteshelley.com Thus sayeth Wikipedia “Chthonic serpents and sacred trees In many myths the chthonic serpent (sometimes a pair) lives in or is coiled around a Tree of Life situated in a divine garden. In the Genesis story of the Torah and Biblical Old Testament the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is situated in the Garden of Eden together with the tree of immortality. In Greek mythology Ladon coiled around the tree in the garden of the Hesperides protecting the entheogenic golden apples. / Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript. Similarly Níðhöggr (Nidhogg Nagar) the dragon of Norse mythology eats from the roots of the Yggdrasil the World Tree. Under yet another Tree (the Bodhi tree of Enlightenment), the Buddha sat in ecstatic meditation. When a storm arose, the mighty serpent king Mucalinda rose up from his place beneath the earth and enveloped the Buddha in seven coils for seven days, not to break his ecstatic state. The Vision Serpent was also a symbol of rebirth in Mayan mythology, fuelling some cross-Atlantic cultural contexts favored in pseudoarchaeology. The Vision Serpent goes back to earlier Maya conceptions, and lies at the center of the world as the Mayans conceived it. “It is in the center axis atop the World Tree. Essentially the World Tree and the Vision Serpent, representing the king, created the center axis which communicates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power”. (Schele and Friedel, 1990: 68) / The Sumerian deity, Ningizzida, is accompanied by two gryphons; it is the oldest known image of two snakes coiling around an axial rod, dating from before 2000 BCE. Sometimes the Tree of Life is represented (in a combination with similar concepts such as the World Tree and Axis mundi or “World Axis”) by a staff such as those used by shamans. Examples of such staffs featuring coiled snakes in mythology are the caduceus of Hermes, the Rod of Asclepius, the staff of Moses, and the papyrus reeds and deity poles entwined by a single serpent Wadjet, dating to earlier than 3000 BCE. The oldest known representation of two snakes entwined around a rod is that of the Sumerian fertility god Ningizzida. Ningizzida was sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head, eventually becoming a god of healing and magic. It is the companion of Dumuzi (Tammuz) with whom it stood at the gate of heaven. In the Louvre, there is a famous green steatite vase carved for king Gudea of Lagash (dated variously 2200–2025 BCE) with an inscription dedicated to Ningizzida. Ningizzida was the ancestor of Gilgamesh, who according to the epic dived to the bottom of the waters to retrieve the plant of life. But while he rested from his labor, a serpent came and ate the plant. The snake became immortal, and Gilgamesh was destined to die. / Ancient North American serpent imagery often featured rattlesnakes. Ningizzida has been popularised in the 20th C. by Raku Kei Reiki (a.k.a. “The Way of the Fire Dragon”) where “Nin Giz Zida” is believed to be a fire serpent of Tibetan rather than Sumerian origin. Nin Giz Zida is another name for the ancient Hindu concept of Kundalini, a Sanskrit word meaning either “coiled up” or “coiling like a snake”. Kundalini refers to the mothering intelligence behind yogic awakening and spiritual maturation leading to altered states of consciousness. There are a number of other translations of the term usually emphasizing a more serpentine nature to the word— e.g. ‘serpent power’. It has been suggested by Joseph Campbell that the symbol of snakes coiled around a staff is an ancient representation of Kundalini physiology. The staff represents the spinal column with the snake(s) being energy channels. In the case of two coiled snakes they usually cross each other seven times, a possible reference to the seven energy centers called chakras. In Ancient Egypt, where the earliest written cultural records exist, the serpent appears from the beginning to the end of their mythology. Ra and Atum (“he who completes or perfects”) became the same god, Atum, the “counter-Ra,” was associated with earth animals, including the serpent: Nehebkau (“he who harnesses the souls”) was the two headed serpent deity who guarded the entrance to the underworld. He is often seen as the son of the snake goddess Renenutet. She often was confused with (and later was absorbed by) their primal snake goddess Wadjet, the Egyptian cobra, who from the earliest of records was the patron and protector of the country, all other deities, and the pharaohs. Hers is the first known oracle. She was depicted as the crown of Egypt, entwined around the staff of papyrus and the pole that indicated the status of all other deities, as well as having the all-seeing eye of wisdom and vengeance. She never lost her position in the Egyptian pantheon. The image of the serpent as the embodiment of the wisdom transmitted by Sophia was an emblem used by gnosticism, especially those sects that the more orthodox characterized as “Ophites” (“Serpent People”). The chthonic serpent was one of the earth-animals associated with the cult of Mithras. The Basilisk, the venomous “king of serpents” with the glance that kills, was hatched by a serpent, Pliny the Elder and others thought, from the egg of a cock. Outside Eurasia, in Yoruba mythology, Oshunmare was another mythic regenerating serpent. The Rainbow Serpent (also known as the Rainbow Snake) is a major mythological being for Aboriginal people across Australia, although the creation myth associated with it are best known from northern Australia. In Fiji Ratumaibulu was a serpent god who ruled the underworld and made fruit trees bloom.”
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