Talk:Útgarða-Loki

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Okay, I moved the article here as you suggested because I agree with you. But be careful in the future to use the 'move' tab to move pages. When a page is moved with cut-and-paste the page history is cut into two parts. Having the history accessible is convenient and also important for copyright reasons. But don't worry, I used to make the same mistake and it's no big deal.

Also - try to tread a bit more lightly when adding diacritics and nominative endings to Old Norse names. Calling the Anglicized/ASCIIized forms "misspellings" is unnecessarily provocative. We have had many a row over this in the past and some tact is called for to minimize confrontations.

Wikipedia naming conventions suggest that common English names be used when they exist. I.e. we normally use "Odin" and "Thor" rather than "Óðinn" and "Þórr". It's okay to use the original names if you want — especially within articles on obscure mythological figures which are likely to be read by readers familiar with Old Norse orthography — but then it's helpful to specify the Anglicized forms as well since many readers are familiar with them and find them more convenient.

But there's no common English form of Útgarða-Loki since the normal English-speaking person doesn't have any idea who he is :) So using the accurate spelling with diacritics is the thing to do. But even there not everyone agrees so some care is called for.

I'd like to welcome you again to Wikipedia and to editing Norse mythology articles. We can certainly use more good men out here :) - Haukur 10:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

The Move and Thanks

Thank you, Haukur, for finishing the move and for the welcome! I tried to do it with what I knew, but I butchered it horribly so. :/ I tried to undo what I could in order to use "Move," but alas, I was too late.

Your recommendations have been met with agreement, too. I must admit, you're far kinder about these things than most of the people on Wikipedia whom I've met. :) - Karl 17:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

File:Louis Huard - Giant Skrymir and Thor.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Louis Huard - Giant Skrymir and Thor.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 15, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-07-15. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 18:18, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Picture of the day

A 1900 illustration of the Norse god Thor with the giant Útgarða-Loki. Giving his name as "Skrymir", the giant tricked Thor and his companions in several ways, such as challenging Thor's servant Þjálfi to a race against Thought, challenging Loki in an eating contest with Wildfire, and challenging Thor to a drinking contest where the drinking horn was connected to the ocean. In the end, Útgarða-Loki revealed his trickery and said that he had been truly afraid at their performance and would never again risk coming near the thunder god. Thor's dealings with giants make up most of the myths surrounding him.Artist: Louis Huard; Restoration: Adam Cuerden

More edda

I expanded on the prose edda section and added a quote with translation. Me thinks it was too terse and incomplete. Thor's challenges are now in the same order as in the edda, which sort of fits with how we party in Danish asatru milieus: first we drink, then we lift things to show our strength, then we fight. ;-)

- User:Ole Nielsby 00:08, 01 October 2011 (UTC)

Loki of the Outyards

While "gard" might be cognate to the English "yard", it does not mean yard. Surely there is a better translation than this naive using of cognates. "Midgard" usually translates to "Middle Earth", so "Outer Earth" might be closer. "Outlands" might be closer as well. 24.21.175.70 (talk) 05:01, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Skyrim

Skyrim name inspiration anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.220.162.177 (talk) 08:49, 14 March 2012 (UTC)