In alten Mären

I'm Nina, from Russia. I don't think there will be any original content here; most of the time I just reblog things that are of interest to me.

[carlutttra]

To whoever was in charge of designing these back in the days, thank you.

I *think* that you were able to get them in a magazine or something like that, around the year 2000-2003. I‘m not entirely sure though.

[nat-20s]

You can replace [ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY] with [SCROLLING] but watch out. This sucks bad 👍

[nat-20s]

Some things about this post since getting quite a few notes:

1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!

2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.

3. I think there are times where scrolling is fine. Right now, for example, I'm being connected to a machine for two hours to donate plasma and platelets. Yes this is a brag but it is also a time where scrolling is one of the few things I can do. (Though I will probably also read or watch something on phone lol)

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

hmmm, this seems to be some kind of curse breaking spell… be free ye reader

[macrolit]

Fir Forest Gustav Klimt

[kleinergeist]

After 9 months of work, my Oseberg tapestry sweater is complete!

This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry

For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:

Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.

[kleinergeist]

Kitty approved!

My sister jokingly asked what the creator of the tapestry would think if they knew that 1200 years later, a cat would be using their design as a bed. But considering that cats seem to have been widely kept and often much loved in Norse culture... I can imagine such a scene might not have been too strange to a Viking-age fiber artist.

[hays-code-evader]

[kleinergeist]

The saxophone was invented in 1207 by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus as an unexpected byproduct of his endeavors to combine Norse oral tradition with Latin literary convention

[kuzzzma]

Terror-vibes.

First one - Crozier and Death, probably giving a tour of their ships.

Art by Ernest Klausz (Ernő Klausz), Hungarian-born artist, who worked first in Berlin and later fled from Nazis to Paris. Those could be sketches for some play/opera.

[acupofbritishearlgrey]

'MAJOR GROM: THE GAME AGAINST THE RULES' (2026) episode 4 dir. Sobersasha [Alexander Pyanikh], Oleg Trofim

[terytery24601]

Sie irren Professor – Animation

[herpsandbirds]

[allthingseurope]

Dortmund, Germany

[trigona-necrophaga]

my devoted but dangerously unstable knight will be hearing about this

[waskitty]

i’m so glad i’ve never gotten over anything in my life it makes listening to music so fun

[allthingseurope]

Bonn, Germany

[aransevla]

die nibelungen

[ary369]

Day 3 - Crown

This time a trip into the world of German silent movies: Kriemhild form Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang)

[carlottagiudicellivevo]

Another clip from the short-lived (thanks to the pandemic) 2020 Danish production of Tanz der Vampire. This is probably my favorite staging of “Knoblauch” ever.