farteagle t1_jdxy4zk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Did you avenge your father? Save your mother? Kill Fjolnir?

PotterGandalf117 t1_jdy33po wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:59 AM

What's this a reference to

farteagle t1_jdy39s5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Northman

PotterGandalf117 t1_jdyoo1a wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:45 AM

Ahh less I actually loved that movie

[deleted] t1_je0287k wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:24 PM

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IamBenAffleck t1_je08b12 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:08 PM

HEAR ME, ODIN...

Defiant-Turtle-678 t1_jdy0z8j wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:43 AM

Came here looking for the Mordor comment, thx

v13ragnarok7 t1_jdz4sr2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:46 AM

Ya, how is this not mordor???

kuttoos t1_jdzfbm3 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:21 AM

Because this is Iceland, not New Zealand

ContentsMayVary t1_je0czri wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:40 PM

To be fair, Tolkien had an Icelandic nanny who taught him a lot of the Icelandic/Nordic myths and folk tales, which may have been an influence on his writings - so it seems only appropriate that we mention Mordor in relation to the Icelandic volcanoes.

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/iceland/articles/how-icelandic-norse-mythology-influenced-tolkien/

Here's my favorite shot of the eruption in Iceland in 2021. [OC][1220x1440]

JoDFostar t1_jdw6a09 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 5:15 PM