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Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

Posted: 04 Feb 2024, 20:40
by Bjorn_Steinthorsson
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

Re: Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

Posted: 05 Feb 2024, 04:22
by Helgiteut
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.

Re: Hliðskjálf the seat of the gods

Posted: 05 Feb 2024, 07:35
by Bjorn_Steinthorsson
Think I missed that one, thanks!