History Headscratchers / MagnusChaseandtheGodsofAsgard

* One of the chapter titles in ''The Sword of Summer'' references Jason Grace, then goes on to say that Magnus doesn't know who that actually is. So how was he able to make the reference?

* The new rope for binding Fenris Wolf is said to be made up of paradoxes, and one of them is said to be "a printer that prints." Was I the only one who didn't see much of a paradox here? Most printers (at least ones that I've used) have generally been known to print things out when they're supposed to.

* Why is Magnus so willing to trust Loki whenever he meets him in his dreams? He's already been shown to have more than a basic knowledge of Norse mythology, and everyone and their grandmother has told him that Loki is a sociopathic liar...Even as someone who's only seen the Marvel movies, it would seem pretty obvious that you ''shouldn't'' pay so much attention to whatever it is he's trying to say.

* Seeing how Frey's sphere of influence exists through a perfect balance of heat and cold, shouldn't that make Magnus ''more'' susceptible to extreme temperatures? Since the extremes, in this case, would just tip the balance, wouldn't they?

** The guy has only been an orphan for around two years at the start of Magnus Chase and the God of Asgard. Given that it takes place just after Blood of Olympus. That puts his time of being an orphan at Battle of the Labyrinth. Besides Annabeth both live thousands of miles away.

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters embodied blights on the modern world that undermining civilization]] [[TakeThat E.G fast food chains and similar institutions]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the culture they have bound themselves too.]] And, of course, there are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. So Maat, the order that maintains the universe in the midst of Chaos, is a power that both the Greek and Egyptian pantheons could see and interact with. But because the Egyptian culture has such a close connection to it, it has the best "tools" to interact with and manipulate it. Basically, the clearest vision we have of what's ''really'' going on is when Annabeth sees into the Duat using Egytian magic or Percy sees the world through the eyes of Nekhbet.

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters embodied blights on the modern world that undermining civilization]] [[TakeThat E.G fast food chains and similar institutions]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. And, of course, there are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the culture they have bound themselves too.]] So Maat, the order that maintains the universe in the midst of Chaos, is a power that both the Greek and Egyptian pantheons could see and interact with. But because the Egyptian culture has such a close connection to it, it has the best "tools" to interact with and manipulate it. Basically, the clearest vision we have of what's ''really'' going on is when Annabeth sees into the Duat using Egytian magic or Percy sees the world through the eyes of Nekhbet.

* So, Magnus was a street orphan for a few years, right? What I am wondering is his orphaning occurred mid-way through the PJ series. Because if it happened when, say, Titan's Curse had Annabeth get kidnapped that might be a potential plot point.

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters empower blights on the modern world that undermining civilization.]]: [[TakeThat fast food chains and similar institutions]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. And, of course, their are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the culture they have bound themselves too.]] So Maat, the order that maintains the universe in the midst of Chaos, is a power that both the Greek and Egyptian pantheons could see and interact with. But because the Egyptian culture has such a close connection to it, it has the best "tools" to interact with and manipulate it. Basically, the clearest vision we have of what's ''really'' going on is when Annabeth sees into the Duat using Egytian magic that works better because she's a demigod or Percy sees the world through the eyes of Nekhbet.

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters empower fast food chains and similar]]: [[TakeThat blights on the modern world the make things a bit worse, undermining civilization.]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. And, of course, their are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the culture they have bound themselves too.]] So Maat, the order that maintains the universe in the midst of Chaos, is a power that both the Greek and Egyptian pantheons could see and interact with. But because the Egyptian culture has such a close connection to it, it has the best "tools" to interact with and manipulate it. Basically, the clearest vision we have of what's ''really'' going on is when Annabeth sees into the Duat using Egytian magic that works better because she's a demigod or Percy sees the world through the eyes of Nekhbet.

** Also, "children of Loki" used to be a convenient fiction for people [[DisappearedDad whose parents ran off]].

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters empower fast food chains and similar]]: [[TakeThat blights on the modern world the make things a bit worse, undermining civilization.]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. And, of course, their are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the context they have bound themselves too.]] So Maat, the order that maintains the universe in the midst of Chaos, is a power that both the Greek and Egyptian pantheons could see and interact with. But because the Egyptian culture has such a close connection to it, it has the best "tools" to interact with and manipulate it. Basically, the clearest vision we have of what's ''really'' going on is when Annabeth sees into the Duat using Egytian magic that works better because she's a demigod or Percy sees the world through the eyes of Nekhbet.

*** It seems like the real estate is both cultural and metaphysical. So the Greek pantheon has tied it's power to various aspects of Western Civilization, and that lets them place a certain portion of the underworld under their power. Similarly, the Egyptian pantheon is invested in the culture of Egypt, which continues to have aspects in the modern day. And how, in a throwaway gag, [[NotSoDifferent we learn that certain monsters empower fast food chains and similar]]: [[TakeThat blights on the modern world the make things a bit worse, undermining civilization.]] But the gods have existence and power beyond just their cultural ties: this is why they can take on different aspects, such as the Greek and Roman manifestations of the same god. And, of course, their are beings like [[EldritchAbomination Apothis]]. [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith The power is manifested in a context appropriate to the context they have bound themselves too.]]

** There are Skjöldr, first king of Denmark; Froger, king of Norway; Sigi, king of Húnaland and great-grandfather of Sigurd Dragonslayer. Gauti, ancestor of the Geats. Sigrlami, king of Garðaríki. Wecta (or Wægdæg), Beldeg, Wihtgils, Winta and Seaxneat, who become the ancestors of the kings of Wessex, Northumbria, Mercia, Lindsey/Lindisfarne, and Essex, respectively. Wihtlaeg (or Weothulgeot) and Casere, who became the ancestors of the royal house of East Anglia. All these guys are children of Odin. You can actually find a lot of them if you look up on Google.

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*That, my friend, [[DontExplainTheJoke is the joke]]

* There are Skjöldr, first king of Denmark; Froger, king of Norway; Sigi, king of Húnaland and great-grandfather of Sigurd Dragonslayer. Gauti, ancestor of the Geats. Sigrlami, king of Garðaríki. Wecta (or Wægdæg), Beldeg, Wihtgils, Winta and Seaxneat, who become the ancestors of the kings of Wessex, Northumbria, Mercia, Lindsey/Lindisfarne, and Essex, respectively. Wihtlaeg (or Weothulgeot) and Casere, who became the ancestors of the royal house of East Anglia. All these guys are children of Odin. You can actually find a lot of them if you look up on Google.

* There are Skjöldr, first king of Denmark, Froger, king of Norway
Sigi, king of Húnaland and great-grandfather of Sigurd Dragonslayer. Gauti, ancestor of the Geats. Sigrlami, king of Garðaríki
Wecta (or Wægdæg), Beldeg, Wihtgils, Winta and Seaxneat, who become the ancestors of the kings of Wessex, Northumbria, Mercia, Lindsey/Lindisfarne, and Essex, respectively. Wihtlaeg (or Weothulgeot) and Casere, who became the ancestors of the royal house of East Anglia. All these guys are children of Odin. You can actually find a lot of them if you look up on Google.

** Pretty much this, giving what we are shown, it appears that in ancient times the gods have some sort of territory of the planet. E.G, the Greek Gods stay in Greece, Egyptian Gods stay in Egypt, the Norse stay in Northern Europe etc. Also given what happen in Staff of Serapis, some ''very bad'' things happen when you try to mix pantheons together. Right now it appears that the Norse Gods have Boston as their territory, Greek Gods have most of U.S. The Egyptian Gods appear to have gone global with the House of Life having stations everywhere.

** Pretty much this, giving what we are shown, it appears that the gods have some sort of territory of the planet. E.G, the Greek Gods stay in Greece, Egyptian Gods stay in Egypt, the Norse stay in Northern Europe etc. Also given what happen in Staff of Serapis, some ''very bad'' things happen when you try to mix pantheons together.

* I can understand the Greek Gods having demigod children, since in the myths they were always getting into affairs with mortals. But the Norse Gods? Is there some sort of prose or edda or saga that says that whatever Aesir or Vanir deity took up with a mortal? I'm not too familiar with Norse mythology.

* How do all these Norse, Greek, and Egyptian gods and goddesses coexist with each other?

How do all these Norse, Greek, and Egyptian gods and goddesses coexist with each other?

*That, my friend, [[DontExplainTheJoke is the joke]]

*That, my friend, [[is the joke Don'tExplainTheJoke]]

Is Taylor Swift a dwarf? Blitzed says her songs are dwarf music.