dIck mARTin Creative Artist
dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Ceramic Sculpture
Nordic Mythology
The
ancient
Greek
Gods
were
of
the
warm
south,
but
in
the
north
of
Europe
the
Norse
Gods
reigned
in
equally
ancient
lands
of
ice
and
fire.
The
Norse
deities
and
heroes
seem
to
me
to
be
carved
from
the
landscape,
craggy,
more
primitive
and
megalithic
than
the
sun-bathed,
elegant
Greeks.
While
my
initial
inspiration
comes
from
my
love
of
Wagner’s
take
on
aspects
of
the
Nordic
myths
in
his
Ring
Cycle
-
gods,
goddesses
and
those
magnificent
Valkyries
-
further
research
illuminates
an
entire
worldview
of
sagas
from
Iceland
and
Scaninavia,
a
true
inspiration for sculpture.
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Frigg 1
Herja
Helmwige
was
one
of
Wagner’s
Valkyries
in
his
Ring
Cycle,
Odin’s
daughters
by
the
Earth
Goddess
Erda.
They
chose
which
heroes
would
die
in
battle
and
be
taken to Valhalla, Odin’s hall.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY FIGURES SOLD
Freyja 1
Odin 1
Benandonner,
the
most
powerful
giant
in
Scotland,
challenged
the
Irish
Giant
Finn
McCool
to
a
fight.
Benandonner,
tricked
into
thinking
Finn
McCool
was
much
bigger
than
him,
destroyed
the
Giant’s
Causeway
to stop Finn McCool from coming to Scotland.
Fafner
Fasolt
Finn McCool 1
Helmwige
48cm
£295
Siegrune
Waltraute
Benandonner
44cm
£295
Rhitta Gawr
Brunnhilde
Finn McCool 2
Gogmagog 1
Odin 2
Frigg 2
46cm
£295
Freyja 2
Frigg
(Fricka
in
Wagner’s
Ring
Cycle),
wife
to
Odin
(Wotan),
chief
god,
the
Allfather,
was
the
goddess of marriage.
Gogmagog
was
a
legendary
English
and
Welsh
giant.
He
lived
around
Cornwall
and
had
such
great
strength
that
with
one
shake
he
could
pull
up
an
oak
tree.
He
battled
Corineus,
who
fought
giants,
at "Tottenesse."
Gogmagog 2
48cm
£295
