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
Helwige
and
Siegrune
are
three
of
Wagner’s
Valkyries
in
his
Ring
Cycle.
The
Valkyries
were
Odin’s
daughters
by
the
Earth
Goddess
Erda.
They
rode
horses
through
the
sky
and
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
Welsh Giant Rhitta Gawr held court on
Snowdonia. He fought and defeated many
giants and the twenty-six kings of Britain and
their armies.He cut off the kings' beards and
made them into a great cape to protect
himself from the cold.
Finn McCool 1
Helmwige
48cm
£285
Siegrune
50cm
£285
Waltraute
Benandonner
44cm
£285
Rhitta Gawr
47cm
£285
Brunnhilde
Finn McCool 2
Gogmagog 1
Odin 2
47cm
£295
Frigg 2
46cm
£295
Freyja 2
48cm
£295
Three
of
the
most
important
of
the
Norse
Deities,
Odin
(Wotan
in
Wagner’s
Ring
Cycle)
is
the
chief
god,
the
Allfather,
who
sacrificed
an
eye
to
gain
wisdom.
His
wife
is
Frigg
(Fricka),
goddess
of
marriage,
and
her
sister
Freyja
(Freia) is the goddess of love and beauty.
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
