I have been reading up on my ancestors mythology to get in the right mind for Skyrim.
I really hope they implement a lot of the norse mythology in the game..

For example:

Warriors possesing the spirit of Wolves and Bears

"úlfhéeinn (plural úlfhéenar) is an Old Norse term for a warrior with attributes parallel to those of a berserker, but with a lupine aspect rather than ursine; both terms refer to a special type of warrior capable of performing feats far beyond the abilities of normal people. Historically, this was attributed to possession by the spirit of an animal. úlfhéenar are mentioned in Vatnsd?la saga, Haraldskv?ei and the V?lsunga saga. The Ulfhednar were said to wear the pelt of a wolf upon their heads when they entered battle, similar to the berserkers use of bear pelts."

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The Icelandic historian and poet Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) wrote the following description of berserkers in his Ynglinga saga:

"His (Odin's) men rushed forwards without armour, were as mad as dogs or wolves, bit their shields, and were strong as bears or wild oxen, and killed people at a blow, but neither fire nor iron told upon them. This was called Berserkergang."



This could easily be implemented in the game:

"Modern scholars believe certain examples of berserker rage to have been induced voluntarily by the consumption of drugs such as the hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita"



I'm also hoping to find a lot of runestones with tales of braverous men and women from Skyrim who died in adventures far away.

"A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century, and it lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones date from the late Viking Age. Most runestones are located in Scandinavia, but there are also scattered runestones in locations that were visited by Norseman during the Viking Age. Runestones are often memorials to deceased men. Runestones were usually brightly colored when erected, though this is no longer evident as the color has worn off.





And by the way. Are there any fishy sticks left?

Just to point out.
Nords aren't exactly an exact copy of the Norse mythology.

Then we would have einherjar, giant golden boars and what not.

I hope they make it Lore correct to the elder scrolls lore.

NINJA
I was gonna say don't feel to bad if they leave stuff out this game will be in Mundus not on Earth, its Skyrim not Norway, and its the Nords not the Norse.
game lore mimics but does not carbon copy real world themes.

Of course, they should make it correct to the lore of Elder Scrolls, but I guess that they will be adding new stuff too...

If they just make it like on Solstheim where you could have a wolf/bear armor made that would be really awesome.

There is still more lore to be written though. It's not like there is a giant back catalog on Skyrim already, with every little detail.

Though I do agree in part, it shouldn't be an exact copy, but I don't see any reason they couldn't borrow some of the cool stuff.

As long there s no dwaerf with a superpowered ring build by an evil entity allied to a giant spider and trools and orc and..
Ho wait most of what we known as fantasy has been borowed from norsen and Celtic mythology.
Well as long as they doesn t overdo, and introduce something alien (not alien from space but in a non heartly way cause we re not on hearth. which was one of the strongest points in Morrowind, and one of the weakest among the pleatora of other ones in Oblivion) i m happy.

Seeing as I actually believe in Norse paganism, it's only natural that I'm excited to see how this game turns out lore wise for the Nordic people.

And tbh, a lot of the differences between the Nords of TES and the ancient Norse of our world is mostly due to the rest of the TES lore intruding in, or just stuff that was not going to fit with the Elder Scrolls at all, such as the actual Norse gods and the Norse views on the afterlife. Yeah TES introduces Sovngarde which takes the place of Valhalla and Folkvangr, but as far as we know that might just get retconned out, so its better to just disregard that for now.

And whose hoping to find some easter eggs like Sliepnir or even Mjolnir?

You should see the movie "The 13th warrior". It has a lot to do with these kind of things...
A very good viking / nordic movie. Highly recommend it

Oh, this reminds me of a work on Norse Mythogloy I did in the Unviersity... the Edda, the meaning of the 'swastik' (nothing to do with nazism), the battles between Vanir, Aesir, the Giants in J?ttunheim.... Ragnar?k.... Manowar, ops, scrap that!!

yes, it is fun. Read the book too (Eaters of the Dead), as always some passages are not in the movie.

The Arab telling a tale at the Kopenhagen Court and seeing a whale for the first time, that's hillarious. Obviously, take most of it skeptically, as historians dispute the truthfulness of at least parts of the book (mainly by the way it ends) - yet some details provided by ibn Fadlan were so precise (Vikings house structure in specific locations) that most probably it is all a mix of actual encounters and some fantasising on his own. Arabs were extraordinary fantasy tellers, so one should take this into account when reading sth like this.