Re: Asgardians and Orlanth the Cross-dresser

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 02:09:22 +0100 (BST)

Mikael Raaterova:
> When some Giant (whose name eludes me for the moment...)
> had gotten hold of Mjollnir and demanded fair Freya (Afrodite of the
> North, so to speak) in marriage to give it back, Loki (the resident
> trickster) persuaded Thor to dress up as a bride and pretend to be
> Freya so Thor could steal back his hammer. Which gave the
> storytellers lots of opportunities for cheap sit com.

That's the one I was (attempting to be) thinking of...

> Eurmal persuades Orlanth
> to dress up as Ernalda ("ZZ won't notice; he can't tell the
> difference between a cow and a bull anyway") so Orlanth can get his
> Thunderbolt back during the wedding party (that *precedes* the
> wedding ritual) and smash the place up before he blows out of there.

I'm scared. Very, very scared... Pretty logical parallel, though.

Cheers,
Alex.

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