Alright félagar, kynslóð, sveit & hverrfleiri,
There seems to be some ósœmd, FUCKED up, comments going around the community. SHOCKING I know. Most seem to be anons.
-Side note, you at the AAA ( anon anonymous allegiance) you're fine, this is not about you.
I, Naki of @valkyrthra, declare a nið, challenge those who have been picking
ᚾᛁᚦ
apart my friends, family & community here on tumblr. A nið, in old Norse / Viking culture, was a declaration of a Flyting Senna. Let's see how good your knowledge is to pick a part people's knowledge of the Sagas, stories, lore & mythos fairs again me, since you seem so proud of your knowledge of the Norse Mythologies that you feel the need to come on to other's blogs & nitpick minor details. Details that you corrected that didn't needed correcting, factually, regardless of IF the muse was altered for someone's own universe that you have ZERO say in. You in the cases that I am aware of, you have been factually WRONG.
-Flyting for those who do not know.
Flyting or fliting (Classical Gaelic: immarbág, Irish: iomarbháigh, lit. "counter-boasting") is a contest consisting of the exchange of insults between two parties, often conducted in verse. (Wiki)
Or in other words a battle of wits & insults using poems. In other words, & this is NOT my words but still describes it pretty well, its a Viking Rap battle.
Okay by the rules flyting, I have declared a challenge, now to issue
ᚠᛚᛁᛏᛁᛜ
the terms. The rules of the dual are
That it has to be poetry done in HISTORICAL Viking metrical principles, but in English.
It has to rhyme at least every other half line.
Insults to each other are accepted & in the true spirit of flyting is encouraged.
You can keep your anon status, my anons will be off, but you will be considered dishonorable by Viking cultural rules. If you chose to stay on anons then I will be posting the responses. You may do the same.
We will each do one Ljóðaháttr (ᛚᛃᛟᚦᚨᚺᚨᛏᛏᚱ), song meter, consisting of two sets of 3 lines but the first two lines are half lines. Below is clippet of the Lokesanna from the Eddas as an example of what I am describing.
Thorpe's Translation Lokesenna
1a.) Hail, Æsir! 1.b.) Hail, Asyniur!
2a.) And ye, all-holy gods! 2.b.) all, save that one man,
3a.) who sits within there, 3b.)Bragi, on yonder bench
x2
Those are my terms, if you so accept.
Behold the Ergi anon,
ᛖᚱᚷᛁ
Speaking where they should not.
When this Sigyn's heritage is gone,
An Asian faceclaim you for fought.
For all of this I hope you do not spawn,
Passing on a fool's genes shouldn't be sought.
Next let me call out & fight,
The supposed errors in spelling,
The name of the god of beauty & light,
Being questioned is pretty telling.
To make yourself feel at your height,
Every minor incorrect detail are you dwelling.
There WILL be more to come, with or without response from those that I challenged. That all being said....
Mutuals may interact & reblog. I want this to get back to whom it may concern.
[Graphics & edits smithed by @galdrameistari & myself.]
