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Though deceptively simple at first glance, this has got to be the most complicated papercutting I've ever done, requiring 6 different colors of paper (I didn't add color to anything), 7 layers of cuttings, and 3 weeks of work. I designed everything myself except for the "Valknut" symbol, which you can see in full over here. The Valknut is an interlocking triple-triangle associated with Odin, which is found on several Runestones and on the headboard of the bed found in the Oseberg Viking ship burial. The 8-legged Stallion is of course Sleipnir, Odin's steed and the son of Loki (I based his body on that of a fjord horse). The two Ravens are Hugin and Munin, Odin's messengers/information gatherers, whose names mean "thought" and "memory". The swirly borders at the top and bottom are space fillers (based on an infinity symbol, which is an ancient Norse design), and the circle in the back is the full moon. (I used a thinner sheet of paper on Sleipnir, because I was hoping the symbol would show through him a bit, but I'm not sure now if I like how that effect turned out. Also, before anyone asks, the wolves Freki and Geri were not included due to lack of space, but I hope to feature them together in another cutting later on.)
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
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Oh man, really beautiful. :} I love this on a more personal level. My best friend's baby son (and my god-child) is named Odin. He has a stuffed horse named Sleipner, and my best friend and her husband have beautiful ravens tattooed on their back each with a name - one Hugin and Munin. I can't remember which is which, though I think my best friend's is the one for memory and her husband's is the one for thought.
Woo, went off on the tangeant there, sorry. e_e; Anyway, this is lovely.
Woo, went off on the tangeant there, sorry. e_e; Anyway, this is lovely.
Great painting!!!!!
And it's very interesting. By the way, it is curious that he is also connected with my ancestors. After nickname Odin, the Coyote (coyoteOdin) I took the occasion of his Scandinavian origin (paternal my ancestors were from Denmark), while the maternal line ... I think a generic tree of this line will show why I took my nickname
The fact is that according to the genealogy of this line, I am a descendant of Odin in the sixty-sixth generation
1 I’m
2 My mother
3 My grandfather
4 My great-grandfather
5 My great-great-grandfather
6 My great-great-great-grandfather
7 My great-great-great-great-grandfather
8 countess Anastasia Tolstaya
9 count Sergey Tolstoy
10 count Vasili Tolstoy
11 count Andrew Tolstoy
12 lady Praskovia Rtyszeva
13 lady Praskovia Vasiltsikova
14 sir Simeon Vasiltsikow
15 sir Lucian Vasiltsikow
16 sir Gregory Vasiltsikow
17 princess Anne Zasekina
18 prince Peter Zasekin
19 prince Theodore Zasekin
20 prince David Zasekin
21 prince Ivan Zaseka
22 prince Theodore
23 prince Glebe
24 Vasili II, prince of Yaroslavl 1321 – 1345
25 David I, prince of Yaroslavl 1299 – 1321
26 Theodore I, prince of Yaroslavl 1260 – 1299
27 Rostislav II, grand duke of Kiev 1239
28 Mstislav III, prince of Smolensk 1219 – 1230
29 David II, prince of Smolensk 1180 – 1197
30 Rostislav I, grand duke of Kiev 1154 – 1167
31 Mstislav I Harold, grand duke of Kiev 1125 – 1132
32 Vladimir II, grand duke of Kiev 1113 – 1125
33 Vsevolod I, grand duke of Kiev 1076 – 1093
34 Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
35 Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden 990 – 1022
36 Erik Segersäll, king of Sweden 975 – 990
37 Beorn Eiríksson
38 Erik Eimundsson
39 Eimund Eiríksson
40 Erik Revilsson
41 Revil Beornsson
42 Beorn Ragnarsson
43 Ragnar Lodbrok
44 Sigurd Ring
45 Radbard Skirsson
46 Skira
47 Ingvar Aldisson
48 Aldis
49 Ottar Egilsson
50 Egil Aunsson
51 Aun the Old
52 Ingvi
53 Alrek Agnisson
54 Agni
55 Dag Duggvisson
56 Duggvi
57 Domar
58 Domaldi
59 Visbur
60 Vanlandi
61 Sveigdir
62 Fiolnir
63 Ingvi Freyr
64 Njord (Njörðr)
65 Ingvi
66 Odin
And it's very interesting. By the way, it is curious that he is also connected with my ancestors. After nickname Odin, the Coyote (coyoteOdin) I took the occasion of his Scandinavian origin (paternal my ancestors were from Denmark), while the maternal line ... I think a generic tree of this line will show why I took my nickname
The fact is that according to the genealogy of this line, I am a descendant of Odin in the sixty-sixth generation
1 I’m
2 My mother
3 My grandfather
4 My great-grandfather
5 My great-great-grandfather
6 My great-great-great-grandfather
7 My great-great-great-great-grandfather
8 countess Anastasia Tolstaya
9 count Sergey Tolstoy
10 count Vasili Tolstoy
11 count Andrew Tolstoy
12 lady Praskovia Rtyszeva
13 lady Praskovia Vasiltsikova
14 sir Simeon Vasiltsikow
15 sir Lucian Vasiltsikow
16 sir Gregory Vasiltsikow
17 princess Anne Zasekina
18 prince Peter Zasekin
19 prince Theodore Zasekin
20 prince David Zasekin
21 prince Ivan Zaseka
22 prince Theodore
23 prince Glebe
24 Vasili II, prince of Yaroslavl 1321 – 1345
25 David I, prince of Yaroslavl 1299 – 1321
26 Theodore I, prince of Yaroslavl 1260 – 1299
27 Rostislav II, grand duke of Kiev 1239
28 Mstislav III, prince of Smolensk 1219 – 1230
29 David II, prince of Smolensk 1180 – 1197
30 Rostislav I, grand duke of Kiev 1154 – 1167
31 Mstislav I Harold, grand duke of Kiev 1125 – 1132
32 Vladimir II, grand duke of Kiev 1113 – 1125
33 Vsevolod I, grand duke of Kiev 1076 – 1093
34 Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
35 Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden 990 – 1022
36 Erik Segersäll, king of Sweden 975 – 990
37 Beorn Eiríksson
38 Erik Eimundsson
39 Eimund Eiríksson
40 Erik Revilsson
41 Revil Beornsson
42 Beorn Ragnarsson
43 Ragnar Lodbrok
44 Sigurd Ring
45 Radbard Skirsson
46 Skira
47 Ingvar Aldisson
48 Aldis
49 Ottar Egilsson
50 Egil Aunsson
51 Aun the Old
52 Ingvi
53 Alrek Agnisson
54 Agni
55 Dag Duggvisson
56 Duggvi
57 Domar
58 Domaldi
59 Visbur
60 Vanlandi
61 Sveigdir
62 Fiolnir
63 Ingvi Freyr
64 Njord (Njörðr)
65 Ingvi
66 Odin
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