Post AAcTFItw6A3DSBerZ2 by thor@pl.thj.no
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(DIR) Post #AAcOzDKidIKXjcG31s by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:42:45.097264Z
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(DIR) Post #AAcP6nQIqi3xh2U8zA by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:44:08.005422Z
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they even do traditional Norwegian bunad dresses in China these days. getting one made in Norway is fairly expensive.
(DIR) Post #AAcPII1TQAqzmVLsm0 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:46:10.592142Z
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the bunad dresses looking like this. unlike the Germans we don’t do the clevage exposing dirndls. we’re boring like that. but same sort of Germanic-type costume i guess.
(DIR) Post #AAcQ00xIErL3abFK8e by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:54:06.752583Z
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i still object a little to how the anglophone world calls them “costumes”i mean, they’re not disguises are they. they’re traditional dress.
(DIR) Post #AAcQ3SyQWXOtM5QFcG by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:54:39.358765Z
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people will wear these “costumes” as weddings and other formal occasions.
(DIR) Post #AAcQ4Dt46I2Qr4H8Hg by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:54:46.967468Z
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people will wear these “costumes” at weddings and other formal occasions.
(DIR) Post #AAcQBVv9RyHGoQjBI0 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:56:05.601188Z
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also, the guys also have bunad:
(DIR) Post #AAcQUxshiYu724rFuS by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T13:59:42.198917Z
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also, these is this dance that, traditionally, the men do. the woman stands on a stool and holds a hat on a stick, and the man dances; it somewhat resembles what Russian dancers do, and after dancing for a while, he’ll kick the hat off the stick, and the audience applauds:
(DIR) Post #AAcQgKjB7FBP4gp6RM by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:01:44.956195Z
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the dance is accompanies by music that much resembles that of Scottish fiddle music. the experts believe it may have been imported from Scotland at one point. doesn’t sound unlikely. the Danelaw mostly applied to the northern UK, and as i understand it, much cultural exchange has happened between Norway and Scotland.
(DIR) Post #AAcQiFSHgpNRIkpn84 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:02:05.444153Z
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the dance is accompanied by music that much resembles that of Scottish fiddle music. the experts believe it may have been imported from Scotland at one point. doesn’t sound unlikely. the Danelaw mostly applied to the northern UK, and as i understand it, much cultural exchange has happened between Norway and Scotland.
(DIR) Post #AAcQnY1k4EdELhwjw0 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:03:04.299509Z
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also, the whole Scottish Highlands thing together with Norwegian mountains and fjords.
(DIR) Post #AAcQxLaTAo4yfBrXpw by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:04:50.214832Z
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and then consider American Bluegrass and the prominent role of the fiddle there. there are some heavy similarities between the folk music of the US and that of Norway. take this 1970s cover of an old folk melody called Fanitullen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZi3YFVhhUI“fan” refers to fanden, the devil. they say this piece was played when men fought.
(DIR) Post #AAcR27dCUM8qpNPuBk by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:05:41.143821Z
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important note: US fiddle music was heavily influenced by the Scottish fiddle
(DIR) Post #AAcR8COhgHYJLaX9Qu by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:06:46.141525Z
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the tuning traditionally used by players of the Hardingfele, the Norwegian version of the fiddle, was called “trollstemt” - troll tuned
(DIR) Post #AAcRU4B6v8OIE6bRVQ by syscrash@distrotoot.com
2021-08-23T14:09:20Z
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@thor Troll as in magical, right? Not a modern troll.
(DIR) Post #AAcRU4vu79oyZEUoRU by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:10:44.626291Z
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@syscrash Norwegian trolls look like this
(DIR) Post #AAcRWJzx4aeNs2SVY8 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:11:07.756155Z
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@syscrash and yeah, trolls were definitely associated with magic and the dark arts
(DIR) Post #AAcRqXzckbUd49wx8a by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:14:47.934145Z
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@syscrash there is this nursery rhyme often sung to Norwegian childrenWhen troll mother put her eleven small trollsand bound them fast to their tailsThen sings she for her little troll children soThe sweetest words that she knowsEieieieiei boffEieieieiei boffEieieieiei boff boffEieieieiei boff(repeat)related: small children are often called “småtroll” here - little trolls
(DIR) Post #AAcRusOipOoHVbkmSu by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:15:34.296351Z
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@syscrash mistake: “put her eleven small trolls to bed” but i can’t make that work with the prosody of the original lyrics
(DIR) Post #AAcSCw1k4ZudyfcF8q by syscrash@distrotoot.com
2021-08-23T14:17:54Z
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@thor "But it seems to have been a general supernatural word, such as Swedish trolla "to charm, bewitch;" Old Norse trolldomr "witchcraft." "https://www.etymonline.com/word/troll
(DIR) Post #AAcSCwU6N8b7OcstLU by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:18:50.500337Z
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@syscrash ah come to think of ittrolletrylletrylle is a verb meaning to do magicfortrylle = to enchantbut perhaps literally “to en-spell”
(DIR) Post #AAcSFbzh0muKiNvwzg by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:19:19.738803Z
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@syscrash oh and “trolldom” means wizardryand “trollmann” means wizard
(DIR) Post #AAcSKMitDTkanhLCG8 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:20:11.522235Z
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@syscrash and when it gets kinda foggy and spooky out in the woods, we call that “trollsk stemning” - trollish mood
(DIR) Post #AAcSdhQETwFeV2pj8q by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:23:41.639862Z
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@syscrash one of the creepiest creatures from Norwegian folklore is the hulder or huldra. she is a bit like a troll, with a tail. but also like the Greek sirens. a creature that lures men.
(DIR) Post #AAcSm3K6wB8ok3x9W4 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:25:09.967039Z
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@syscrash there is also a creature you might know from Pirates of The Carribean. the Krake. or, as you kinda do redundantly in English, the Kraken… which is a bit like saying “The The Kraken” because the -en suffix already makes it a definite noun.
(DIR) Post #AAcSrqgArR6LGS2LFQ by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:26:15.421360Z
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@syscrash if you wanted to combine the two languages properly, you’d say “the Krake”, i.e. drop the definite suffix and use the English definite article instead.
(DIR) Post #AAcT5USGHseQOI2B16 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:28:40.937562Z
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@syscrash noticed just now that you mentioned the Old Norse “trolldomr”yeah, according to our modern Norwegian ears, they added suffixes we don’t need, such as -r… mannr. also odd ones like “-ir” or “-ur” where we’ve normalised it to “-er”Baldur = BalderLoki = LokeÞórr = Tor or Thor
(DIR) Post #AAcTFItw6A3DSBerZ2 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:30:28.716072Z
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@syscrash the spelling of my first name is actually a bit less common. more people are named Tor because we don’t have the TH sound anymore. but for some reason, my parents chose to use the version with TH in it. still pronounced the same as Tor though. doesn’t sound much like what the English speakers say though.closest, but still bad approximation, of how we say Tor/Thor is the English word “tour”
(DIR) Post #AAcTOYKK7EcntxPWkK by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:32:07.235465Z
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@syscrash however, with that saidit’s likely that the Old Norse speakers would’ve in fact have pronounced it close to what English speakers say todayin some respects, English has preserved some bits of the old Proto-Germanic tongue that the Scandinavian languages have lost.
(DIR) Post #AAcTWvQI80mNqlC7bU by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:33:38.381496Z
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@syscrash Old Norse had short vowels, spelled plainly, and long ones, in Icelandic and modern Latin alphabet reproductions, spelled with an accent mark like Thór. as far as i know, the overall sound of the vowel didn’t change. so, Thohhhr.
(DIR) Post #AAcTgkjUjGztafrYaO by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:35:26.866018Z
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@syscrash or, well, in Icelandic, they actually continue to use the letters thorn (Þ, þ) and eth (Ð, ð). and my name would be Þór. not sure if they continue to spell it Þórr over there.
(DIR) Post #AAcTq4cOAIkbs0z2ky by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:37:07.648459Z
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@syscrash eth as in ether/aether/either, thorn as in think or thatch.
(DIR) Post #AAcTrGzfdfLMXeRgJs by bonifartius@qoto.org
2021-08-23T14:35:32Z
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@thor the boob exposing is more of an "oktoberfest" meme than real traditional dress :)
(DIR) Post #AAcU0pdAEEgsZZTa4G by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:39:04.898088Z
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@bonifartius have you got pictures of the legit traditional dress?
(DIR) Post #AAcUltpSRALhChfbLk by syscrash@distrotoot.com
2021-08-23T14:45:35Z
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@thor That is Thor's rune, so you could just use it to represent your name... it does have some negative connotations.
(DIR) Post #AAcUluMQSaiiqx5vjk by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:47:34.333776Z
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@syscrash for decades after WWII, there was a phobia for anything viking/norse themed here, because the Nazis, who occupied us, did stuff like this
(DIR) Post #AAcUtW5kZjprtuvHH6 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:48:57.385137Z
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@syscrash the Germans didn’t call themselves “the super race”no, they called themselves “Das Nordische Volk”the Nordic Peoplei.e. they kind of imagined themselves to be a part of the Scandinavian Master People.
(DIR) Post #AAcUyfd6Xb3mvjyv3I by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:49:53.463267Z
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@syscrash so of course they were a tad disappointed with how this Norway (and Denmark) didn’t like them very much.
(DIR) Post #AAcV02Ymlv6wKxcAca by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:50:06.927318Z
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@syscrash so of course they were a tad disappointed with how Norway (and Denmark) didn’t like them very much.
(DIR) Post #AAcV3ILeWodAAj1XCC by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:50:38.518109Z
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@syscrash or, well, “Master Race”
(DIR) Post #AAcV87VEHMx3z0nu8O by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:51:31.784763Z
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@syscrash i saw this American anti-Nazi propaganda flick where they quoted them on the term “Das Nordische Volk”in Norwegian, we would say “Det Nordiske Folk”
(DIR) Post #AAcVEqc3TRBZcwCkAS by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:52:48.298748Z
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@syscrash but of course, in Scandinavia, we saw ourselves in no such way. okay, yes, of European stock. but we had our own history, in Norway, of being liberated from Denmark and Sweden. okay, we are Scandinavian, but there was no perception of this united blonde Scandinavian race.
(DIR) Post #AAcVLSvjvIXwCiZFlw by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:53:57.910642Z
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@syscrash i mean, okay, granted, in the 1930s, racial theory wasn’t uncommon. can’t lie about that… ideas of being Aryan and such. but i don’t think there was this hatred.
(DIR) Post #AAcVLjmRH8CwSnLZ8S by syscrash@distrotoot.com
2021-08-23T14:53:40Z
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@thor Norse mythology may never fully recover from what those asshats did.
(DIR) Post #AAcVNOqw3Q0O8ZF6wa by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:54:16.872284Z
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@syscrash what American movie/series creators have done has helped
(DIR) Post #AAcVQZSd4QcHuENyuO by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:54:49.249517Z
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@syscrash it made the vikings cool again. it probably helps that most of the people who fought the nazis aren’t alive anymore.
(DIR) Post #AAcVUE7CNJLyrV6ZWK by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:55:35.331235Z
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@syscrash after the Americans did cool shows on it (and not just goofy horned helmet stuff like Hägar the Horrible), it became more acceptable to do Viking themed shows over here.
(DIR) Post #AAcVdEu4oU0NugGUAy by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:57:13.636224Z
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@syscrash our image of the vikings, for a couple of hundred years now, is perhaps best summarised in this image:
(DIR) Post #AAcVfkQ0c0e8EbOfy4 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:57:39.020029Z
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@syscrash the ski was likely invented by the vikings. ski jumping was definitely invented in Norway.
(DIR) Post #AAcVlkf6cTl4j9Jz96 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T14:58:46.091980Z
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@syscrash i can’t imagine the vikings not using skis during winter. how would you get around on land otherwise…
(DIR) Post #AAcVz0olrbuKbAAJKi by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:01:09.942025Z
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@syscrash the kid in the picture is someone who’d become future kind of Norway. this painting depicts Norway before the royal line died out around the Black Death. the king we have today is descended from a Danish king. but he made sure to marry with a Norwegian woman. every king/prince since him has gone outside of royal families to find a wife.
(DIR) Post #AAcW0WFaU3cKNGQXXk by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:01:24.246183Z
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@syscrash the kid in the picture is someone who’d become future king of Norway. this painting depicts Norway before the royal line died out around the Black Death. the king we have today is descended from a Danish king. but he made sure to marry with a Norwegian woman. every king/prince since him has gone outside of royal families to find a wife.
(DIR) Post #AAcW4izf2yxX3Rz0SG by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:02:08.074255Z
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@syscrash as for skis: slalom. that’s a Norwegian word.
(DIR) Post #AAcWIZPXTJT3OAgmuW by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:04:42.073035Z
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@syscrash unusually for a king: the prince we brought from Denmark insisted on having an election. democracy was becoming a thing and he did not want to become king of a country that didn’t want him. so he held an election.
(DIR) Post #AAcWOCL0AcCxZAFanA by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:05:43.253240Z
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@syscrash i think perhaps this won the hearts of Norwegians. a polite royal who asked for permission.
(DIR) Post #AAcWcJ2U3GIyP7JeuO by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:08:13.596804Z
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@syscrash not sure if he would’ve had to. the king holds more of a ceremonial role than a governing one, and that’s the way it’s been for a long time. now, the prime minister and other members of the parliament do hold a regular briefing with the king, and formally speaking, he does wield some power over parliament.but the only time a king ever did that was during WWII when the Nazis occupied, and the parliament wanted to surrender. and he said no. they made a movie about that.
(DIR) Post #AAcWdjdkdQP5CBQfDM by bonifartius@qoto.org
2021-08-23T15:07:34Z
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@thor i'm no expert on bavarian traditional clothes but something like this https://dewiki.de/Media/Datei:MB-Tracht_paar.jpgas you observed, those things all have the same common pattern :)
(DIR) Post #AAcWrLPPWUQG67D82S by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:10:58.888127Z
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@syscrash movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNtu-bCGi18
(DIR) Post #AAcXWmngaRIMvLKI2i by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:18:27.016752Z
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@syscrash also, this movie about war hero Max Manus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbK4WTQFf9Uhe and other guys went to Scotland to train at paratroops to sabotage the Heavy Water plant that the Nazis had taken over; they wanted it to make the atom bomb.
(DIR) Post #AAcXZOyFdo0Jt1W10C by JarlavGrenlandUpir@mastodon.pirateparty.be
2021-08-23T15:18:56Z
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@thor kinda wish they where a bit cheaper. Only way to get it cheap is by inheritance or you know someone who can make them
(DIR) Post #AAcXsFnLyqt0vkPJoW by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:22:20.751309Z
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@syscrash we didn’t make movies like this before. it’s a thing that began emerging in recent years. maybe we needed a little time to get over the horrors of WWII. i mean, compared to what the Polish went through, Norway got off relatively easy, but we were occupied, and we did fight.
(DIR) Post #AAcXwminVDCuCzR9E0 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:23:09.366158Z
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@syscrash the Norwegian military was utterly unprepared for this though.some people feel that we should put more funding into our military for this reason. one slogan often used is “never again”.
(DIR) Post #AAcY2UIotelgow0Osi by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:24:11.605791Z
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@syscrash it’s said that we were left with our pants down. our initial plan for dealing with the Nazis was to remain neutral, like Sweden did, but well, the issue with Norway is that it’s the perfect place from which to attack the British…
(DIR) Post #AAcY50c1jypBbgBwTg by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:24:36.972529Z
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@syscrash …much like the vikings knew so well.
(DIR) Post #AAcYFBO0XRXVuvU9jM by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:26:27.087062Z
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@syscrash the word “viking” itself coming from “a man from Vika/Viken”, an area around the Oslo fjord (south of Norway), the west of Sweden (including Gothenburg) and the north of Denmark. basically the strait between those countries.
(DIR) Post #AAcYJDcWArgy0KCH3Y by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:27:06.862028Z
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@syscrash this area was heavily contested by the viking chieftains.
(DIR) Post #AAcYNl2nqYgOpDejXU by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:27:55.911544Z
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@syscrash it was, in fact, contested into recent history. there are parts of Sweden that once belonged to Norway a century or two ago.
(DIR) Post #AAcYaMlpPJktJ1jDeK by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:30:08.336827Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir my sister once made her own. not as fancy as what you see from the professionals though. it was a simple dress and a vest. no silverware.
(DIR) Post #AAcYhXD8zJQFiJvIrw by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:31:33.811769Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir not sure if the sami dresses took inspiration from that, or the other way around though…
(DIR) Post #AAcYuS2BXvb3QHxMUi by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:33:56.753867Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir what i’ve heard though is this: the Sámi were known, to the vikings, as skilled boatbuilders. it’s been claimed that the hull of the viking boats was a design borrowed from the Sámi. also, the sami shamans (noaidi) were respected among the vikings as having magical powers.in fact, i remember, some years ago, at a convention, some eastern Norwegian woman, upper class, who was convinced that, since i had that heritage, i had special powers.i should’ve ganned (put a spell on) her 🤣
(DIR) Post #AAcYwQsWoXxMPxNt1E by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:34:18.919362Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir and yes, “gann” as in “gandalf”
(DIR) Post #AAcZ6mCuMy85SmqiHI by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:36:08.114766Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir (Tolkien was much inspired by Old Norse mythology)
(DIR) Post #AAcZD615dDaydeKoHQ by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:37:18.709673Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir “gandalf the white” is a tad redundant“alf” meant “white”much like “alb” as in “albino” means white
(DIR) Post #AAcZIYaYpQnohXWuUi by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:38:18.290792Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir and of course, elfs are usually depicted as having completely white hair, so there you go
(DIR) Post #AAcZLQhoasMz7aIDVw by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T15:38:49.946290Z
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@JarlavGrenlandUpir and yes, it was probably “alfir” (elves) in Old Norse
(DIR) Post #AAcfoLBKoGz071GlP6 by dukethereal@mastodon.xyz
2021-08-23T16:50:36Z
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@thor As you mentioned "German" before. What is known internationally as German is actually from Bayern. In Baden there is a photographer who makes fotos of traditional clothes from the Schwarzwald. I guess they could like you.https://sebastian-wehrle.de/shop/facing_tradition_maedels/bollenhut-kirnbach/ (the hat is iconic for the region)https://sebastian-wehrle.de/shop/product-category/facing_tradition_mannsbilder/https://sebastian-wehrle.de/shop/product-category/facing_tradition_maedels/The different styles are depending on the different cities within Baden the Schwarzwald.
(DIR) Post #AAcfs9kFH38RndPyaG by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:51:58.288986Z
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@dukethereal they look similar to ours. i’m not surprised. i expect some of the more patriotic people here might get a bit of a shock. germanic culture.
(DIR) Post #AAcg1BZHrf703ob8Fc by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:53:34.793733Z
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@dukethereal with that saidit’s a lie that white people don’t have a culture. i don’t agree with the leftists there.
(DIR) Post #AAcg8dvwnhka3skkiG by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:54:56.050126Z
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@dukethereal we do not walk around in our folk dress everyday but we haven’t forgotten it either.
(DIR) Post #AAcgKvsltRydCh7yYS by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:57:09.255376Z
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@dukethereal and the foods the European countries prefer are different.i was struck by a remark by an American who went to Eurovision.because what struck him was, as he said, “culture”Europe has so much culture.see, this is why the EU can’t agree on anything…
(DIR) Post #AAcgPexAGMaQ9AR7a4 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:57:59.570298Z
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@dukethereal in Norway, no one cooks with garlic, but this is taken for granted further south.
(DIR) Post #AAcgVeV0rd6UTa7tLc by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T16:59:04.340453Z
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@dukethereal okay, if you’re a trendy cosmopolitan you will cook with garlic, but this is for sure not a part of our culture.
(DIR) Post #AAcgkKvNvMuA6tSnnE by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:01:45.982277Z
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@dukethereal my friend’s dad remarked, upon seeing tacos: corn? that’s horse food!
(DIR) Post #AAcgn43N6ii6ebV4Cm by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:02:15.187306Z
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@dukethereal he did not consider corn suited for consumption by humans.
(DIR) Post #AAcgz11YCEXijXLZk8 by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:04:23.757296Z
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@dukethereal corn is something i didn’t really have any kind of relationship to until i consumed it as part of tacos. my parents never served it to me. makes sense, since corn can’t even grow here.
(DIR) Post #AAchW02ItFFTE4QYKm by dukethereal@mastodon.xyz
2021-08-23T17:08:30Z
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@thor You are too fast responding 😄 Yeah there are differences and I personally like traditional food. I mean, what would you say is typical German? Exactly only Fast-Food-Stuff or nothing comes to your mind.If you search restaurants you can still find "Gutbürgerliche Küche" ~ good home cooking / plain cooking of tasteful cooking culture of that respective region.However sometimes I have problems with that kind of food as a vegetarian when there is nothing on the menu.
(DIR) Post #AAchW1keVqJkXuBU6C by dukethereal@mastodon.xyz
2021-08-23T17:08:45Z
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@thor by the way - I love garlic ;-)
(DIR) Post #AAchcUZsFaxlgbE2TI by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:11:31.759973Z
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@dukethereal let me thinkwell, primarily Sauerkraut and Bratwurstsausages in general i suppose
(DIR) Post #AAchkbHVD68onHUyAa by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:13:00.947393Z
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@dukethereal i can think of more things if i go a little bit outside of Germany and to its neighboursSwiss cheeseFondueRösti potatoesGouda
(DIR) Post #AAchyRXoD0zeeJj6hs by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:15:29.276072Z
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@dukethereal the most common type of sausage here is resembles the Frankfurter.
(DIR) Post #AAci29JDwtzNFgfhuC by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:16:10.642489Z
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@dukethereal (most Norwegians would probably be unaware of this but i’m a nerd so i checked)
(DIR) Post #AAcjsCttwNn9P5DLH6 by dukethereal@mastodon.xyz
2021-08-23T17:22:01Z
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@thor Yeah - the same in Spain. It was very strange to me when I was first in Spain reading on stores "Frankfurts" (Plural in German would be Frankfurter as you wrote it correctly) and all kind of sausages are sold as Frankfurts just as a synonym to sausage.Have to say that when I still ate meat the choice on a christmas market on sausages was very pleasant 😄 Frankfurter, Thüringer, Rote - not so frequent Nürnberger, also Merguez from France - In Spain I most liked the Chistorra - and Norway?
(DIR) Post #AAcjsDLYHZuSmq9QNE by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:36:46.962942Z
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@dukethereal in Norway, we don’t use the word “frankfurter” whatsoever. sausages are called “pølse” consistently. if it’s some fancy import (or import inspired) sausage such as bratwurst or chorizo they’ll say that.
(DIR) Post #AAcjvKyuLx4HKn350q by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:37:19.545301Z
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@dukethereal i like chorizo and tapas
(DIR) Post #AAck7zvVwfmpnaUxCy by thor@pl.thj.no
2021-08-23T17:39:36.505525Z
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@dukethereal red sausages are usually used as sandwich toppings here. i think that’s the main distinction we make.