Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

both within OL texts as in relation to other traditions
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Bjorn_Steinthorsson
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Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

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I was looking into Germanic astronomy and stumbled on this article:

https://germanicmythology.com/ASTRONOMY/HLIDSKJALF.html

It's making a case Hliðskjálf might refer to the constellation of Cassiopeia, the seated woman. My first thought was Cybele, until I actually looked at the constellation and realized it's the big W in the northern sky, so now I'm considering it might be related to Wralda.

https://stock.adobe.com/nl/images/const ... /429295571

It's nothing big but I thought I'd share it anyway
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Re: Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

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This was mentioned by "half life over" as an answer to the question "time on the yule scale"viewtopic.php?t=139
I find it interesting because Cassiopeia is one of the constellations that circle the North Star/Polaris, which seems like one of the likely places for the yule to be. Like the spoke of a wheel.
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Re: Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

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Think I missed that one, thanks!
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