Yet more proof Nazis are idiots

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1. They appropriate ᛏ (the Tiwaz rune) as a symbol, which is named after the god Týr. 

Týr’s biggest claim to fame: He’s disabled. He’s only got one hand because the other was bitten off by Fenrir the Great Wolf (one of Loki’s Monstrous Children).

2. They appropriate Mjölnir (Thor’s hammer) as a symbol.

Thor Odinson is mixed-race. His father is Odin, who the Vikings considered to be an Ás, and his mother is Earth, who is a Jötunn.

3. They claim to ascribe to a religion called “Odinism”.

Odin Borson the Allfather is the mixed-race disabled leader of the Æsir and any other deities residing in Asgard (Vanir like Njörd, Jotnar like Loki, etc). 

His father, Bor, was an Ás and his mother was a Jötunn (aka Giant), meaning he’s part Æsir and part Jotnar, or mixed-race. 

Odin gave up one of his eyes as the price for drinking from Mimir’s Well to gain wisdom, making him disabled.

3. a) Asgard is multicultural.

Uneducated people think Asgard is where the Viking gods came from. It’s not. The Viking gods hailed from many worlds, Asgard being just one of them. 

They also hailed from Vanaheim, Helheim, and Jotunheim. There were also extremely powerful beings which came from Alfheim and Svartalfheim. Then there’s the Norns, who live at the Well of Urd by the roots of Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life. And there are, of course, the many creatures who live on Yggdrasil’s branches (my all-time favourite hands down being Ratatosk, the chipmunk who runs up and down Yggdrasil “spreading slanderous gossip”).

Slightly more educated people think Asgard is the home of the Æsir. That’s not entirely correct. 

People who have actually read the Eddas and other Viking lore know that Asgard was the homeland of the Æsir, but that it wasn’t just populated by Æsir.

Njörd, Freyja, and Freyr were Vanir. 

Skaði (Njörd’s wife), Járnsaxa (Magni’s mother), and Loki were Jotnar. 

Odin, Thor, Þrúðr, Móði, Magni, and Baldr were mixed-race (Æsir-Jötunn). 

Dark Elves were super good friends with the Æsir and made and cared for their weapons, so it’s not unreasonable to assume some might have settled in Asgard. 

Hel undoubtedly would stop by for visits from Helheim to visit her dad (Loki). 

The Dwarves would presumably be coming and going all the time (the only reason they couldn’t permanently settle there being the whole turns-into-stone-if-touched-by-sunlight thing).

3. b) There were plenty of women in power in Asgard.

Frigg could see the future and was highly respected for her abilities.

Freyja was so badass Loki and Thor once spent a good deal of time arguing about which of them was going to ask her for help because neither wanted to be the one she got mad at when she said no.

Hel ruled one of the lands of the dead and during Ragnarök commanded an army of all the dead souls in Helheim.

Idun was charged with one of the most important jobs in all of Asgard: Guarding the golden apples which granted the gods immortality.

Gefjun created the Danish island of Zealand.

The Valkyries were warriors and were charged with taking the souls of the chosen up to Valhalla, one of the underworlds (it’s possible they’d also take the chosen to Gimlí as well, though there’s very little known about the third underworld).

3. c) Loki was either intersex or nonbinary.

Loki once turned himself into a mare and gave birth to Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir. He’s also known to cross-dress and use seiðr magic (which was considered “unmanly" and was used almost exclusively by women).

3. d) Thor has been known to crossdress convincingly enough to pass as a gorgeous babe.

No, really. He dressed as a bride to steal back Mjölnir when it was stolen from him by Thrym, king of the Jotnar. He was dressed convincingly enough that no one in the wedding party realized he wasn’t Freyja (who’s renown for her beauty) until it was too late.

Oh, and Loki went along as Thor’s serving maid to have his nephew’s back just in case.