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In the stories we are considering
the Gods have already been humanised,
to the extent that their god powers
are attributed to manufactured tools.
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Thor’s hammer may still be made of stone
but its magical crafting is given emphasis.
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Odin, it seems, retains his animal powers
in the form of ravens, and wolves,
and is correspondingly elevated in the pantheon.
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He sacrifices an eye to gain wisdom
from the world tree.
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Which might mean he has half an eye
on the plant realm too.
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Weirdly, the trickster, Loki is the most god-like
in that his powers are still all psychological.
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Even some of the Jotunn,
or ‘eaters’, have strength weapons
albeit those that do, like Grid, tend to
side with the gods.
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In this respect these stories are late.
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