Viking

=**//__The Viking Creation Myth Page__//**=

__How did the Viking creation myth affect contemporary culture?__

Map of settlement area

(http://media.photobucket.com/image/viking%20map/Knifebeard/793px-Viking_Expansionsvg.png)

 The red area is primarily where the Viking originated, and the green and other areas are where the Vikings Raided/ explored.

This is an example of the form of hat that a viking would wear.



 (http://ally.sw-solutions.ch/myth/images/muspelheim.jpg) This is an image of what a Muspell is expected to look like. "A fiery world" this is the land below the void.

The recording of The Viking Creation myth media type="file" key="Viking creation myth recording.mp3" width="240" height="20"

__//Motif: There are four motif themes //__
 * 1) //Land emerging from ocean //
 * 2) //Separation/division //
 * 3) //fractionation of things through primordial chaos //
 * 4) //creation ex nihlo - creation out of nothing //

Viking creation myth motif paragraph //The motif this creation myth most portrays is “Fractionation of things through primordial chaos.” This is because, my creation myth talks about a lot of murder and brutality. My creation myth states “Ocean from his blood, sky from his skull…trees from his hair” this is a strong example of creation out of chaos. The fact that it mentions making the ocean from his blood portrays the idea of barbarity and chaos.Therefor the proper motif for this creation myth is "Factionation of things through primordial chaos"//

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Essay : How did the Viking creation Myth influence contemporary culture?

[|What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.] ( Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha) The Viking creation myth influenced contemporary culture and how we thinking/reflect on them in everyday life, through their violent ways and their barbaric actions. The Myth originated from the Norse land, also known as Norway and Sweden. The ideology of the Vikings as we know them today was all derived from this creation myth as was how we reflect on them now. During the creation of the earth, the gods encounty 2 ered many problems that they were forced to prevail. To overcome these obstacles, they didn’t negotiate like normal people, they result in violence and fighting. For example, the three sons Odin, Ville and Ve killed Ymir. The fact that they resorted to violence to solve all their problems portrayed their aggressiveness and barbarity. Nowadays, when we think about the Vikings, we tend to think of their power and their brutality. In this creation myth, even though Ymir got murdered. Despite this fact, the whole world and all its features were made out of parts of his body. For example, ocean from his blood, sky from his skull, earth from his flesh and the trees from his hair. This Myth makes Ymir out to be powerful and a key central figure in the creation of the earth. The world was made out of different parts of him, yet no part has any greater significance than any other. When we think or reflect back on the olden day Vikings now, we think about their power over everyone else. Ymir is a good example of that. The Creation as seen in the Norse mythology was strange and different from those of classical Greek mythology. Although there are many different versions of many different creation myths, and the Viking myth is really impractical and enviable. We can see from this myth how the Vikings influenced the newer generation of people, through their power and violence.

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Lemonick, Michael D. "Viking Culture: Norse History Includes Violence, Democracy - TIME." //Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com//. 08 May 2000. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996836,00.html>.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Annotation #1 Hinds, Kathryn. //The Vikings//. New York: Benchmark, Marshall Cavendish, 1998. Print. **A.** This book just gave a good version of my creation myth and had some background information of the Norse and Viking upbringings. It also stated that the Vikings introduced some words into the English language that we still use today **B.** This source is kind of useful, it gave me a legitimate version of my creation myth and it also stated the Viking influence on contemporary English culture. I think this source isn’t biased at all because it was written by a woman who was really interested in the Vikings. This is more reliable compared to the other sources I looked at **C.** I think this source was pretty helpful, it tells me about the Viking influence. This information is very relevant and helpful for me to answer my chosen question. It will help me with my argument too. This source didn’t really change how I thought about the Vikings though, it just interested me in my topic even more.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Annotation #2 Lemonick, Michael D. "Viking Culture: Norse History Includes Violence, Democracy - TIME." //Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com//. 08 May 2000. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996836,00.html>. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**A**. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This website told me some basic information about the Vikings. It educated me about where they raided and explored too. It had some relevant information about who they were and what they did/accomplished. It talked about how violent these men were and how ruthless they were. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**B**. I think this source was kind of useful, it had some good background/basic information on the topic. The information in here was better than most of my other sources. I think the main purpose of this source is to educate people.
 * C**. I think this source was good for knowledge on this topic, and the information it included was helpful. But the bad thing about this source is that it didn't really help me shape my arguement. The main reason i used this source was for background information on the Vikings, in order to get a basic understanding of who they were and what they did.

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This is a picture i got from the Minnesota Vikings football page. In this picture, it shows a form of a viking, and if you look closely, the look on his face expresses strength. It looks violent and barbaric. All of these attributes come from the Viking Creation Myth and are still portrayed in pictures/thoughts of these men nowadays <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">

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