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I hope you merry philologists have been enjoying your holidays. As my gift to you, have an etymological study on Mjölnir to celebrate the arrival of Resplendent Ishtar!
Mjölnir
Mjölnir appears as a weapon in the Jugdral Saga. When the Miracle of Darna occurs, Thrud the Crusader receives the tome Mjölnir. Since then, the tome has passed to his descendants, who are House Friege of Grannvale. Through her father, Duke Bloom, Ishtar inherits the major Thrud blood needed to wield Mjölnir.
In Genealogy of the Holy War, Mjölnir grants its wielder an extra 20 Skill and 10 Speed. Upon its reappearance in Awakening, it only grants an additional 5 Skill. By the time it appears in Fates, it quadruples critical damage, like a slaying weapon. In Heroes, this slaying effect is imitated by accelerating Ishtar's special trigger and also giving her an additional 6 Speed if she initiates combat.
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If you have seen any Marvel movie in the past decade, you already know that Mjölnir is the famous war hammer of the Norse thunder god, Thor. Indeed, the weapon was originally named "Tor Hammer" in Japanese and was translated as such in Fire Emblem Treasure; it was also called "Thor Hammer" in Fire Emblem Museum. It did not officially get renamed Mjölnir until Awakening.
Unsurprisingly, being the weapon of one of the most famous Aesir means that there is a lot of lore surrounding Mjölnir. The hammer's creation is described in the Skáldskaparmál. Loki, eternal trickster, pranks the goddess Sif by cutting off all her hair. Unfortunately for him, Sif happens to be Thor's wife, and Thor is none too happy when he finds out about this. Thor gets his hands on Loki and threatens to snap his bones like twigs if he does not fix this. Loki heads to Svartálfaheimr, home of the dark elves, and asks some of them to craft new hair for Sif. These dark elves, the Sons of Ivaldi, fashion not only new hair for Sif but also Odin's spear Gungnir and Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir.
Loki, being Loki, cannot stop getting into trouble and bets his own head against the dwarf Brokkr that Brokkr's brother Eitri cannot make anything better than what the Sons of Ivaldi have made. Brokkr takes the bet and teams up with Eitri (portrayed in Heroes as a wicked child but in the Marvel movies by the far more charming Peter Dinklage). Loki tries to cheat by shapeshifting into a gadfly and biting Brokkr several times. First, he bites Brokkr's arm while the dwarves forge Gullin
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While everyone is scrambling to determine which server to join based on the preferences of friends or streamers or just "sounding cool", I was super curious as to where the ideas for the names came from.
I spent the better part of this weekend digging through Wikipedia and Google and many other educational sites I probably haven't used since college to try to figure out where they pulled the names from and what they mean, or what they're in reference to.
A big shout out to this thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/pt2906/na_west_server_name_meanings/) for all the info on the NA West servers.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to figure them all out. Your help in that aspect would be truly appreciated. I had actually planned to make a YouTube video out of this info, but won't have time before launch, so if anyone wants to use this info for such a reason please feel free.
- Denotes an item that needs a definition or more clarification.
US West
| Servers | Meaning / Reference |
|---|---|
| Camelot | The castle and court associated with King Arthur |
| Kshira Sagara | "The Ocean of Milk" in Hindu Cosmology. According to Hindu scriptures, the devas and asuras worked together for a millennium to churn the ocean and release Amrita the nectar of immortal life |
| Linnunrata | Finnish for "The Pathway of the Birds" also known as The Milky Way |
| Mulitefao | Tuvaluan mythology On Niutao the understanding is that their ancestors came from Samoa in the 12th or 13th century. Niutaon mythology tells the story of the people who first inhabited the island: “The first inhabitants of Niutao were half spirit and half human beings who lived at Mulitefao. Their leader was Kulu who took the form of a woman. The first human settlers came from Samoa in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika. He settled at Tamana on the eastern side of the island, where winds swept the spray of the surf over the reef.” |
| Ptolemais | An ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in Palestine region often referred to by historians as the Ancient Greek word for "Cure" |
| Celadon | The Celadon is a mythological river of Arcadia crossed by Heracles in pursuit of the Hind of Ceryneia, according to Pindar: it is mentioned by Strabo. |
| Neno Kuni | A netherworld in japanese mythology |
| Uku Pacha | The pacha was an Incan concept for dividing t |
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Jörmungandr from Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard serpent or the world serpent is a sea serpent and the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda.
According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail. As a result, it received the name of World Serpent. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök will begin.
Jörmungandr's arch-enemy is the thunder god, Thor.
In one story, Thor encounters the giant king Útgarða-Loki and has to perform deeds for him, one of which is a challenge of Thor's strength. Útgarða-Loki goads Thor into attempting to lift the World Serpent, disguised by magic as a huge cat. Thor grabs the cat around its midsection but manages to raise the cat only high enough for one of its paws to leave the floor. Útgarða-Loki later explains his deception and that Thor's lifting the cat was an impressive deed, as he stretched the serpent so that it almost reached the sky. Many watching became fearful when they saw one paw lift off the ground. If Thor had managed to lift the cat completely from the ground, he would have altered the boundaries of the universe.
As recounted in Snorri's Gylfaginning based on the Eddic poem Völuspá, one sign of the coming of Ragnarök is the violent unrest of the sea as Jörmungandr releases its tail from its mouth and thrashes its way onto land. It will advance, spraying poison to fill the air and water, beside Fenrir, whose eyes and nostrils blaze with fire and whose gape touches the earth and the sky. They will join the sons of Muspell to confront the gods on the plain of Vigrid. Here is where the last meeting between the serpent and Thor is predicted to occur. He will eventually kill Jörmungandr but will fall dead after walking nine paces, having been poisoned by the serpent's deadly venom. Thor's final battle with Jörmungandr has been identified, with other scenes of Ragnarök, on the Gosforth Cross.
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Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
While everyone is scrambling to determine which server to join based on the preferences of friends or streamers or just "sounding cool", I was super curious as to where the ideas for the names came from.
I spent the better part of this weekend digging through Wikipedia and Google and many other educational sites I probably haven't used since college to try to figure out where they pulled the names from and what they mean, or what they're in reference to.
A big shout out to this thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/pt2906/na_west_server_name_meanings/) for all the info on the NA West servers.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to figure them all out. Your help in that aspect would be truly appreciated. I had actually planned to make a YouTube video out of this info, but won't have time before launch, so if anyone wants to use this info for such a reason please feel free.
- Denotes an item that needs a definition or more clarification.
US West
| Servers | Meaning / Reference |
|---|---|
| Camelot | The castle and court associated with King Arthur |
| Kshira Sagara | "The Ocean of Milk" in Hindu Cosmology. According to Hindu scriptures, the devas and asuras worked together for a millennium to churn the ocean and release Amrita the nectar of immortal life |
| Linnunrata | Finnish for "The Pathway of the Birds" also known as The Milky Way |
| Mulitefao | Tuvaluan mythology On Niutao the understanding is that their ancestors came from Samoa in the 12th or 13th century. Niutaon mythology tells the story of the people who first inhabited the island: “The first inhabitants of Niutao were half spirit and half human beings who lived at Mulitefao. Their leader was Kulu who took the form of a woman. The first human settlers came from Samoa in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika. He settled at Tamana on the eastern side of the island, where winds swept the spray of the surf over the reef.” |
| Ptolemais | An ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in Palestine region often referred to by historians as the Ancient Greek word for "Cure" |
| Celadon | The Celadon is a mythological river of Arcadia crossed by Heracles in pursuit of the Hind of Ceryneia, according to Pindar: it is mentioned by Strabo. |
| Neno Kuni | A netherworld in japanese mythology |
| Uku Pacha | The pacha was an Incan concept for dividing t |
