Poor Image: Myth.Norse Mythology

The image seems a bit "childish", considering that we are talking about the war gods of terrible and destructive people. Some suggestions:

• Odin on his throne
• Thor with his hammer and chariot◊
• A valkyrie in her horse◊
• A valkyrie with a horn◊
• Odin with a hat and staff◊
• Fenrir, the great wolf◊

There are many others in the web, but those may help to start the discussion

I don't really have that much of an issue with the current, but if there's a pic of the Norse pantheon available, that might work better.

For the myths as a whole, I'd prefer an image of Yggdrasil, as I think that better represents the world rather than a single Aesir.

[1]◊, [2] (first image on the page). The labels probably won't be readable at wiki size, which may be fixable or not necessary.

edited 29th May '17 2:09:12 AM by AnotherDuck

I'm going with keep current.

There's not much wrong with it and it's kind of lighthearted. I think the lighthearted-ness is a plus, given that people tend to think of "the war gods of terrible and destructive people" when they think of Norse mythology. It's not all gloom, doom, blood, and destruction. (I see where these ideas come from, but they're not particularly accurate.)

That said, we could have an image links page anyway. The images of Yggdrasil are nice.

I'm voting on anything that only shows Odin for the page image. There's enough of a misconception that Odin is the king of all the gods, or that he's the most powerful, or that he's basically Yahweh-but-Norse. There are a few denominations of Heathenry that only worship Odin, but they're generally creepy in a racist sort of way. It could get controversial if the page suddenly takes an Odinist slant.

Also voting on anything that depicts the "Rokkr" or those worshipped in Rokkatru for the page image. It's needlessly controversial for the page, as Rokkatru is itself controversial within Heathenry (the pagan religion of norse mythology).

The first image proposed by Another Duck may be a good one.