Although not quite the same as the one from Odin’s forge, a similar item is available commercially.
http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Milton-Moon-My-Room/dp/B000EUHKUE/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1278070810&sr=8-1
Hel-hounds? Rhyming star with boudoir? And a cliffhanger (for me at least, although probably not for anyone who knows Norse mythology–if you do, don’t tell us).
And grammatically, if memory serves, the same is true in Biblical Hebrew.
Ah, yes. According to the BDB Lexicon shemesh (sun) is masculine or feminine (in agreement), which yareach (moon) is masculine. In Psalms 19:4-6 shemesh is masculine, but in Malachi 4:2 it is feminine.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Brilliance! Sheer Brilliance!
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
A moon of one’s own! Who could resist?
(Nice doggie! Down, boy!)
ksoskins over 14 years ago
Who can resist a 3-way moon? I hope she has a 3-way socket to plug it into.
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
Why ask for the stars?
runar over 14 years ago
In Norse cosmology, the moon is masculine and the sun is feminine.
Silentknight7 over 14 years ago
It’s the Latest Magic. Wonderful comic Justin.
jmcenanly over 14 years ago
Although not quite the same as the one from Odin’s forge, a similar item is available commercially. http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Milton-Moon-My-Room/dp/B000EUHKUE/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1278070810&sr=8-1
mntim over 14 years ago
Where was he carrying that? Is that a moon in your … oh, never mind.
j2p2 over 14 years ago
Hel-hounds? Rhyming star with boudoir? And a cliffhanger (for me at least, although probably not for anyone who knows Norse mythology–if you do, don’t tell us).
Great stuff, as usual!
prrdh over 14 years ago
Hel will want to use one of the lower settings to read by; how can you concentrate on what you’re reading with your brother Fenrir howling away?
Simon_Jester over 14 years ago
Promise her the moon….
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Don’t tell me… let me guess… the moon-lamp will turn the Hel-hounds into Were-wolves…
bmonk over 14 years ago
runar said, about 12 half-days ago
In Norse cosmology, the moon is masculine and the sun is feminine.
The same is true, according to Tolkein, of Hobbits.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
And grammatically, if memory serves, the same is true in Biblical Hebrew.
Ah, yes. According to the BDB Lexicon shemesh (sun) is masculine or feminine (in agreement), which yareach (moon) is masculine. In Psalms 19:4-6 shemesh is masculine, but in Malachi 4:2 it is feminine.