Couch Drawings

Geri, Odin's Greedy Wolf Norsery Rhymes from A to Z

Happy Thorsday! - Here’s another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, Celtic) mythological characters. This week it’s the Geri, Odin's Wolf mentioned in the Prose Eddas, Skaldic Poetry and more.

It's name means “greedy”, or "ravenous" from the word ‘ger’ indicating hunger, from Proto German.

Challenge Day 080 of Year 12 Watii was working nearly a full rotation these days. She was finding it more and more difficult to squeeze in a relaxing activity or a chance to exercise. She knew something had to change.

Challenge Day 079 of Year 12 Bafol liked seeing all the things he could on other planets. You could rarely see everything there was to see on one in a single trip. But it was fun to try and fit as much in as he could.

That Artificial Look, 2026

Challenge Day 078 of Year 12 Garal job often asked him to achieve things without any instruction. While interesting and challenging, it resulted in some messy solutions.

Challenge Day 077 of Year 12 NOV-WBR had a lot of time to think about things. Chat with people, and explore the colony. It liked where it had ended up. I really enjoyed it talking about shoes with the man and woman who ran the outfitters. It had no use for clothing so it was finding the conversation fascinating.

Challenge Day 076 of Year 12 Jarep worked asteroid refining like most of the people he knew. But it was his band he care most about. He was always thinking abut new melodies, and where they could play next.

Challenge Day 075 of Year 12 Atree loved spending time with old friends. Since he spent more time traveling a faster relativistic speeds, they were a getting a bit older faster.

Challenge Day 074 of Year 12 Barto never felt very comfortable in his own skin. Always anxious about how people saw him, and critical in how he saw himself.

Geri, The Greedy One Norsery Rhymes from A to Z

Happy Thorsday! - Here’s another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, Celtic) mythological characters. This week it’s the Geri, the hounds mentioned in the Fjolvinnsmal / Fjölsvinnsmál.

It's name means “greedy”, or "ravenous" from the word ‘ger’ indicating hunger, from Proto German.

Geri who along with Gifur / Gifr, gaurd the goddess Menglod who encounter the hero Svipdagr. The will live till forever and serve as guards until Ragnarock. They are unbeatable guardians with unmatched hunger. One guards her by day, the other by night, and they only can be distracted by the meat of Víðópnir, a mythical golden rooster that lives at the top of the world tree, Mímameiðr. That only a sword Lævateinn sealed in Hel can harm. Though in the end the hounds recognize Svipgar by his name and end up acting like puppies round him while letting him through.

With all of the mentions of Hel and their power and immortality it's sometimes considered that the hounds are from Hel itself.

Challenge Day 073 of Year 12 I-503 could float anywhere it wanted to, but when it could, it preferred to roll. It found it very exciting to have the ground so close.

Challenge Day 072 of Year 12 Wirit took her security job seriously. Was it likely that anyone was going to try and get into the factory she guarded, no. But if someone ever did try they'd have her to deal with.

Challenge Day 071 of Year 12 Hodd was always just barely scraping by with his salary. He wanted to find somewhere better for him to work, but that was a full time job in itself.

Challenge Day 070 of Year 12 Aore was a good shot, but his lack of an imposing nature combined with the rough places his work took him, meant he often had to demonstrate that fact more than he'd like.

Challenge Day 069 of Year 12 Hiek loved spending vacation time in and on the water. It's human friends was going to show it windsurfing on their upcoming trip and it was thoroughly excited to try it.

Challenge Day 068 of Year 12 Wonik always seemed to have a song stuck in it's head. Most of the time it didn't mind. But sometimes it was a song it didn't like, and for some reason those were always so much harder to unstick than the others.

Challenge Day 067 of Year 12 Xerix-0134B9 hadn't had the most gentle of years. It was dented and creaking, It was dropping memory blocks, and overall not functioning the way it wanted to. But it was taking steps to make things better, scheduling maintenance and repair, and while it might not get it back to 100% it was a positive propulsion in the right direction.