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Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy diamond mythology

legends and folklore. Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the

world. I'm Amanda and I'm Julia and we've arrived finally or perhaps again at Ragnarok.

Ah yes so as we've been mentioning in many of our It's Norse of Course episodes

we are going to be talking about Ragnarok and we've mentioned bits and pieces from the different

points of view of different gods and figures but today we are going to do a little more of like a

linear retelling so we can really dig into the nitty gritty of it all. Julia I have a cup of tea,

I have a blanket over my lap like a Victorian grandma and I'm ready. Well Amanda you would need a

a blanket and a cup of tea based on how kind of Ragnarok gets started but we'll get there when

we get there right? Sure sure sure yeah but you picked the right vibes despite it being August

when we're recording this. So when talking about Ragnarok keep in mind we're still pulling from our two

main literary sources so the poetic and the prose eddas. And Julia I'm glad you bring this up

because I've been meaning to ask you for a while. Do you think the prose edda feels inferior

because one is poetry and one is prose and if you describe someone as poetic it's like oh my god

they use language so beautifully they make pictures with their words then you describe it as

prosaic? No no no that's basic that's every day that's not even worth remarking on do you think

he's jealous? Maybe a little bit and now that you've said prosaic out loud a word that I feel like

I've probably only ever read. Sure sure it does sound like some sort of medicine that I take

for my anxiety. Yeah or perhaps a UTI which you know affects us all take prosaic twice a day

you'll be good at no time. I mean I wanted to give prosaic a little bit more love than UTI

medicine but it sounds like a like an anxiety or depression drug where they show people like

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