Many of you might not know much about Norse Gods beyond Thor and his formidable hammer.
For instance, did you know that most of the days of the week are named after them?
But what if Loki, Odin and their mates were actually out there?
Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest Questions, I am Rebecca Felgate and today
I am asking, What If the Norse Gods Were Real?
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The Norse gods are plentiful and tales of these divine beings stem back millennia.
There are over 60 gods and deities split into two groups, Æsir and Vanir, or warrior gods
and fertility gods.
To accept they are real is to pretty much throw science out of the window and to accept
that we are pretty much at their mercy.
f the Norse Gods were real, the make up of the world as we know it would be preeeeetty
different.
If you thought flat earthers were crazy, wait until you meet the 9 worlds of Norse mythology.
Sit tight, because things are about to get a little different round here.
So, we would all live within Yggdrasil (IG-druh-sill), a vast tree that connects the nine worlds.
Us lowly humans live midtree in a place called Midgard.
The Aesir gods would live above us in the top branches in a place called Asgard, and
the Vanir gods live underneath the ground in a realm called Vanaheim.
But hooo, woaah, brace yourself, the light elves live in an adjacent branch to Midgard
called Alfheim, the fire giants and demons also live nearby us in Muspellheim, less firey
giants would live below us in Jotunheim, the dwarves live in Nidavellir (Nid a vellir)
, there is a whole ice world called Niflheim and hel people and dishonoured dead live in
a ghoulish place called Helheim.
Mate….
What a mind melt.
So, what you should take from that are a few key things, we all live in a big tree and
giants, elves and dwarves are real too.
It is all getting pretty lord of the rings to be honest with you.
Before we start leading the hobbits to eisengard, lets get back to those gods, shall we?
If the gods were real, Odin really would be in charge, for he is the ultimate god, like
Zeus in Greek Mythology, and like Kanye West on earth.
Just joking.
Ish.
Odin is kind of gandelphy in appearance; he is old and wise and is the unquestioned ruler.
Odin is the father of Thor, the god of thunder and master of the weather.
There are also gods and goddesses of beauty and light, gods of mischief and chaos, gods
of justice, gods of creativity, gods of the ocean, gods of nature, gods of fertility and
gods of fate.
All of this leaves humans pretty meek and at the gods mercy, but I have to wonder, if
the Norse gods were real today, how would they feel about the rise of technology?
How do they feel about robots?
Norse mythology paints a very pastoral existence, but I would love to know what Odin thinks
to AI.
Do gods have smartphones?
So many questions.
Forget smartphones though, according to Norse Mythology, the gods kind of enjoyed wreaking
havoc on humans, so I wonder what they would think to our space exploration programmes
or our quest to dig to the mantle of the earth?
Have they just let us believe in a round earth amid a solar system amid a galaxy amid a universe
for one big joke?!
So, what would happen when we died if the Norse Gods were real?
Well, those who died in combat would reach Odin in Valhalla or join goddess Freyja in
Folkvangr, which maybe would be a bit of a glory greenlight on warfare, possibly encouraging
martrys into warfare in an age wherein the world needs peace!
Of course, the age old question when it comes to any god being real is, where exactly are
these gods hiding?
Does them being real mean that they have suddenly showed up at Midgard ready to surprise us
humans?
If so, the team of Norse Gods would seem somewhat like fickle superheros… to be honest, Thor
and Loki already feature in the avengers, so maybe life would be a bit like a marvel
movie, although instead of Captain American ruling the roost, wise old Odin would call
the shots…who knows?
Of course, that is the crux of it, really….who knows.
Like with any question of theology, who is to say truly what would happen if this band
of divine beings turned out to be real.
People would likely lose it and a semi Armageddon would ensue.
That, or we would all have one huge Viking feast with much beer swilling.
I know which I would prefer.
Thanks guys for tuning into this episode of Life’s Biggest Questions.
What do you guys think would happen if the Norse Gods were real?
Which is your favourite Nordic god?
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