S2E3: The Wrath of Skadi and Loki's Balls

Continuing our series on “Loki - The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” Loki has pissed off Skadi, the giant goddess of hunting and skiing, by getting her father Thjazi killed. Loki solves problems the only way he knows how. By tricking her into marrying Njord rather than her preferred groom, the beautiful Baldur, and then Loki tries to make Skadi laugh by tying one half of a cord to his testicles, and the other half to a goat.
It gets real weird this week. Shawn and David present their theories that Loki is the god of kink, Njord is a polygamist, Idunn is Thjazi’s sister, and that Loki’s “sacrifice” to appease the goddess is actually a meaningful lesson and not just a bit.
We answer a fan question on “How are angels represented in Norse Mythology?” (4:30) and start the myth of the week at 11:15 mark.
Interested is more discussions on psychology, philosophy, and wisdom? Check out The Walled Garden meet-ups: (https://thewalledgarden.com/the-walled-garden-philosophical-society-meetup) July 28th Author Sharron LeBell discusses the life and work of the inspiring Edith Edger.
August 4th David of Between Two Ravens presents Albert Ellis: Stoicism as the root of cognitive behavior therapy. This week, David was inspired by: We discussed part of Rocco Jarmin’s episode in regards to cognitive biases and instinct in relation to self-deception: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1a230lovJP20d29zwnEW0j
Shout out to @RenaissanceWisdom on Instagram for the inspirational quote from Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, on the relationship between Wisdom and Self-deception.

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