#berserkir

[spicymotte]

a new Patreon exclusive illustration is up! Spring fever part 02... 🌸

[ur-folk]

“The wolfish aspect of the Greek god Apollo seems to connect him both to death and to fertilizing and live-giving powers, in consonance with the other doubled or contradictory aspects of this god, who surely resembles another god with wolf names and companions, the Norse Óðinn”  

“The wolf-image ordinarily would be attached to the aggressive second function warrior but what might be called wolf-kings are also seen: Lykos or 'wolf' was a king-name in ancient Thebes; Sigmund and his son (in Volsunga saga) took their lycanthropic posture and powers from wolves' skins once worn by two shape-changing princes (konungasynir, Vols. c8) while the violent war-king of Norway, Harald lúfa, himself showing a near-berserk image, had his own berserker band of Wolfskins, Úlfhèðnar (Heimskringla 19).”

-- Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (1997), page 647 by J.P. Mallory and Douglas Adams

[have-you-read-this-webcomic]

Have you read Berserkir by spicymotte?

Yes, completely!

Yes, partially

No

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 5, 2025

"Berserkir is a Romance/Fantasy comic about Ava, who has fled to a lonely cabin in the mountains after the death of her husband. There she meets the resident god, Berserkir, who is hiding an incredible secret…"

Propaganda:

"Falling in love with a monstrous, mysterious forest god might sound like a dream come true - were it not for the fact that countless other women have disappeared in that same forest under mysterious circumstances."

Read it here!

[atundratoadstool]

Fun fact: In the typescript for the novel, there is explicit mention of a verandah the wolf is hopping onto, which is how it busts through Lucy's second story window. Why Stoker deleted that so we're just left with the bizarre image of a gothic hoverwolf is one of those mysteries of literature never to be solved.

[perhaps-relax]

Third of my old movie ref series, now featuring @spicymotte's original characters Ava and Berserkir from their webcomic Berserkir, which you should definitely definitely read.

Refs below the cut:

[stjarnskrik]

Please read the comic Berserkir by @spicymotte!

[gloryofdawn]

@veebeejeebies and I listening to Berserkir like

[redwylde]

I'm going to upload it here too, because why not 😌

Brothers of Metal, one of my most favourite bands, released a new song the other day and I felt compelled to make a little edit with my WoL.

This is 100% vanilla, using gpose on PS5 and a video editor on my phone!