Hi

Actually, the AMG group would make short work of the Ragnorak group.  
Belldandy probably would be pretty upset seeing an innocent mortal being 
vitimized the way she was and fix things all by herself.  In the Ragnorak 
series, Odin resembles Hild more than anyone else.  Also, there is a lot of 
demonic creatures under control of the Norns, which make them look more like 
Mara's buddies than anyhting else.  Maybe we have a group of the 
anti-goddesses here.  Also, in the dialoque they indicate that they were 
doing what they were doing not for any set of principles but out of 
expediancy.  Belldandy at least has demonstrated principles beyond expediancy 
and is willing to break with authority (and sufferr the consequences) when 
she believes she would hurt (unneccessarily) someone else to solve her 
problems.  Also, the Norn's in Ragnorak have not shown any powers close to 
what the AMG sisters have in the way of a battle arsenal.  I did play the 
sound bite where Loki pernounces Vervandi's name more than a few times and it 
did sound more like "Belldandy" than anything else.  Now I am aware of the 
d(o) on ending words as a normal part of speech patterns, as well as the 
infamous "L/R", but the VA's happen to handle "Loki" and "Frey/Freya" quite 
well and the "V/B" sibilance seems to be only to appear in 
Belldandy/Vervandi.
 

But all in all it's the best researched work yet on any series that I have 
seen that pulls in the Norse mythos.
 

Also, if you want another Japanese take on the Norns, check out "Thone of 
Blood" which was a retelling of Macbeth and quite good.
 



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Separate amusing item, according to most Norse mythology Loke was 
Fenris/Fenrir mother (don't ask), in the series he's addressed as "Daddy".  I 
guess they did not want this to be a "Yoi" anime.  
 

Dave M.  
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> From: Chan Wei Lik <weimin@pl.jaring.my>
Sent: 07/30/03 09:02 AM
To: Megami ML <megami@ml.usagi.org>
Subject: Re: Norn's in New Anime

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> I just watched 14 and 15 myself. I think the VAs are making an effort _not_ 

to pronounce Verthandi as 'Belldandy'. That would be stepping on AMG's 
turf. The fansubs of course are avoiding it also. It would be amusing to
see 
how the name will be spelt if the show ever gets licensed in the US. I 
compared the kanji for Verthandi in the credits to the kanji used for 
Belldandy in AMG, it looks like they are using a few different kanji from 
AMG.
On another note, it looks like this show has one upped AMG as far the
usage 
of Norse myth is concerned.
With both sets of sisters being gods, who do you think is more
powerful?
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