I always get ideas, lots and lots of them, from brief, spontaneous swatting sessions, yet often more questions are raised.
Ancient Norse beliefs crossed my mind.
I was interested to find that both Odin and Freiya both meet their demise.
These deities welcome those who died in battle to their specific afterlife realm, yet
parallel this with the biblical end times, where there would be no death and no Hades – Hades being both a realm and the name of an ancient Greek deity. In addition, the earth’s great beasts, the land being, the behemoth and the sea being, the leviathan, would be served as a meal (something I completely sampled for my own story).
These old stories acknowledge a present of chaos, an impending major escalation, then a fresh start of all the nasties like war, death, sadness and evil no longer existing.
If reigning over or the likes of war, sickness, death etc, or being a big menacing monster is your role, yet this is a story that’s ending on a note of love peacefulness and nothing to fear, then writing such characters out of the tale looks a natural process?
Do these beings have personality?
Free will?
Understanding?
Do they agree or disagree?
Where do they go?
Did man just personify these things along the way?
What classifies as a being?
Ragnarok and Revelation have a deceptive deity (villain if you will) being the catalyst for this major shakeup, along with it’s scary offspring(s).
Why are there so many parallels between old world beliefs seeming so geographical apart?
Then again, Africa, Asia and Europe are one land mass, boarders have people forgetting this.
Plenty will see this as a load of metaphors essentially in early teaching, others will see a load of myths (a word I generally don’t use), but I feel I’m no closer to answers and never will be, but that’s OK. I’m offered plenty of room for speculation and being a writer, creation! I’m really inspired to flesh out my fiction a little more, create a bigger picture and sense of beginning, middle and end.
#deepseahead 