Lord Hákon Brimill

Kraken

at Holiday Faire in Our Barony of Stierbach, 19 November A.S. LVII (57) 2022

Calligraphy & Illumination

Kolfinna ValravnRoxbury MillAtlantia

Wordifier

Lord Ishmael Stedfast ReedAtlantia
This Gift-of-Grimnir now gives earned praise
To a fierce fighter, feeder-of-ravens
Hakon here known, For whom it’s said
The battle-barks fold  And break, shivered
By burly blows,  Bite of blood-worm. 
Like the Serpent-Striker In sea-cart caught  The girdle of green earth Jormungandr,
Who bait-gallows bit, was brought above
And eye-to-eye Met iron-breasted Thor,
Just so, Shield-Breaker, Hakon Seal-named
Hooked and hauled up Test-of-heroes,
The many-armed, mighty  Sea-born monster
Called here Kraken,  Carrack’s-bane,
And with it wrestled,  Never withered
Nor severed sea-rope To spare his prey. 
Rightly We Ring-Givers, In first rule of Abran,
Beam of the bench-road Of broad Atlantia,
And dear Anya, Destroyer of Deceit,
Subduer of strife, Sat side-by-side
Do make thee Kraken.  Come! Grant we Arms:
“On cloth-of-gold, a cobalt pall Encased by raven pair”
At Yule-tide ewe-trade And Yearling Faire  Of Cattle-carers, Kinsmen of Jarls.
From nineteenth of ninth month (By Rome’s number), 
Three small of sixty-year, (As Society counts),
Until Ragnarok razes The realms of men. 

Materials

Brass
Patina: salt & vinegarSlight removal of Patina: KetchupA little bit of acrylic paint

Substrate Size

11" x 14"

Script

Elder Futhak

Sources

1) Hakon’s helmet2) Bronze Ornament, Late Iron Age style, item c4640, University of Oslo Museum of Cultural History https://www.unimus.no/portal/#/things/af8b1469-f202-441b-8229-0826d642acd3 

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