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  1. Karmic Acumen

    ASOIAF/GOT ASOIAF Ideas, Recs, and Discussion thread

    I don't think it's the Kalevala they're referencing here. Actually it is, but not that part. This is in reference to Wainamoinen's trip to the Underworld (Manala), which is a long time after his 700-year gestation and has nothing to do with the Duck. One of the tasks involved a river guarded by...
  2. Karmic Acumen

    ASOIAF/GOT ASOIAF Ideas, Recs, and Discussion thread

    All pagan cultures had this before the heathen killers, rune destroyers and book burners of the various churches. The Eddas are just a fragment of what Norse oral culture had and speak of a "giant of ice" whose death ended the primordial chaos and whose corpse became the world (i.e. Yimir was...
  3. Karmic Acumen

    ASOIAF/GOT ASOIAF Ideas, Recs, and Discussion thread

    Same thing, North vs. South would justify it unless the Vale got wrecked early on, and even then it's likely Lisa's lunacy would come out and become justification for it. For the rest of your story idea, I'm rather leery of inserting plot devices AND playing god with them for the specific...
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