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Magical Soul · 09-27-2013, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GrapehGrape

Oooo. Mythology. And Norse mythology at that. One of Adelaide's favorites. Favorites being basically all mythology, but anyways. She looked at the man. He appeared to be playing some kind of instrument so best to go with the musical god right?

Adelaide raised her hand. "Is that Bragi, the god of music?" Yes? No?

Botros hmm'ed and looked back at the blackboard, considering the girl's answer. "I'd think Bragi would have a harp, if it was to represent his music." He smiled at her, not exactly an educational answer from him but rather a chitty chat. So no. It wasn't Bragi.

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Originally Posted by fire_faerie

Looking up at the Professor as he began talking, Benzi blinked stupidly at the picture that was shown. He had NO idea. Not a clue. Never seen that before.

A sudden thought occurred to him, and he smirked. "Professor that's Skamlagaduct, the mighty god of indoor plumbing! Some people might confuse him with a god of music but he's clearly fixing a blocked pipe in the picture," Benzi nodded, his face a mask of sincerity as he pretended to study the image.

Keep a straight face, Rider, keep it straight.

... oh.

Botros tried to repeat the ~~made up~~ boy's name for this.. plumbing god. Plumbing. Wasn't this some muggle process for rest rooms? "I'm positive the Norse gods didn't have plumbing..." Nodnod. That was his reasoning. Ravenclaws kids had the weirdest thoughts ever. He stared back at the boy for another minute to see if he had anything else to add. "..." Nope, nothing.

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Originally Posted by aaetha

They had learned about Odin and Thor in previous lessons? Why hadn't Adrienne taken this class in first year? WHY? And now they were learning about muscular, old gods wearing shorts and playing weird instruments. Fair enough.

Adrienne racked her brains for information about Norse mythology. She know about Thor, and Loki of course, and Odin and Frigga, and she'd heard of both Hel and Sif. But who was that guy? Instrument... instrument... yeah, she really had no idea. But according to the professor, an incorrect answer was better than no answer at all, right? She raised her hand.

"Possibly Tyr? Calling them all off to war or something?" Yeah, that didn't make much sense. Adrienne was going to stop guessing things now.

Tyr. Hmm. He looked back at the drawing and with his cane pointed at the swirly horn thing, "This. This should be your clue." He smiled at her, good guess though!

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Originally Posted by bitsyandtank

Asher smiled at the professor before raising his hand to answer. "I'm not sure who he is, but I bet he is a god of some sort. Maybe the god of horns?" It look like he was holding some sort of horn and playing it. He could have been calling out to assemble troops or warning others of danger coming. There seemed to be a lot of fighting back in those days.

God of horns? He chuckled, the younger students were okay not to give a good guess ~~at least it wasn't plumbing?~~. "You were right that he was a god." So partially incorrect.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Caleb really didn't know much about Norse gods and all that. He knew that they were important in Runes and stuff, but he didn't think he'd have to really LEARN about them. They just MADE the runes or something right? He tried to remember what his uncle had told him but he had no idea. Horn, ok, who had horns...

He raised his hand. "Um, is that Loki? He has horns right?"

"Some fragmentary, found around England, showed a horned figure with round shoulders, and some runologists referred it to Loki. But this wasn't the kind of horn that Loki had. Unless he'd stolen it from this god, of course." Botros wanted to wink at the little boy, because he must've known that Loki had his antics with other gods. Good guessing, though.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Uhh...what?

*BLINK*

Sophie knew there was a reason her mother and her aunt had both disliked Ancient Runes. Now she just knew what that reason was. Ancient Runes WAS HARD.

...and how did Caleb know some random name of an old guy who had horns?

She looked at him for a single second then turned back to the drawing. Hesitantly, she raised her hand. "I have no idea who he is or what he's holding," she said, "but it looks like some instrument."

...and what in the name of Merlin had that older Slytherin boy (West) just said?! Please don't say we have to learn a foreign language, too...

[indent]An instrument. Hmm. Yes. "We could call it that, yes. A very valuable instrument." Was it just him that thought this was an understatement? He gave the girl with the same surname as the previous boy an encouraging smile.[indent]

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Kace looked at the board and wondered who that due was. He really had no idea! He was tilting his head a little bit to try and decipher the picture. The professor said to not be afraid to give an incorrect answer. Kace shrugged and thought why not give it a shot?

Kace raised his hand and said, "Professor it looks like he is trying to eat something..." that was all Kace could say because he really didn't have a name, he just went with his observation.

Okay, Botros now laughed. He couldn't not laugh, Heimdallr eating (slurping?) something through his horn. Oh dear Merlin. "No, dear. He's not eating. He's blowing through this instrument." Or just posing for the painter to get his drawing. Only Heimdallr didn't.. do that. "Good effort, though."

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

Tag had no clue who that guy was. But, when Professor Botros mentioned Thor Tag's first thought was... none other than Loki. Loki had that weird staff looking thing, didn't he? But this guy didn't? It looked like some sort of trumpet, so maybe it wasn't Loki. Raising his hand, well, Tag didn't have an answer but he gave the best thing he could give, "Well- my first thought was Loki. But- he doesn't look like Loki, anyway- because this guy has some sort of trumpet. Still going to answer with Loki."

Botros respected the Gryffindor's confidence. Even if it was in the wrong place... sort of. He nodded with a smile, "You're correct. He doesn't look like Loki, but I understand why you thought of him." Mischievous grin from the old professor. He mentioned Thor and Odin for a reason, heh heh.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Who was in the drawing? Sky had no idea. She really hadn't brushed up on her Norse gods at all (though, it seemed like she might need to now), but the picture did remind her of something else. Actually, a couple of somethings, but one would make her seem absolutely bonkers. After all, what seventeen year old in their right mind starts going on and on bout the Little Mermaid in the middle of class?

So, she went with her original idea. "He looks like that dude who goes Riccoollllla in those commercials......" Well, he did.

Hmm. Botros just stared at the Slytherin for a moment. Not sure how to respond to that... moving oooooonnn.

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Originally Posted by Sonea

Had she eaten a breakfast? No, she had no time to eat because she had *almost* overslept and she didn't had wanted to be late for her first lesson ancient runes, she might be a Slytherin and she had misbehaved herself A LOT, but she wasn't all bad... So she wanted here to be on time and she was! She could always ask one of the house elves for something to eat when she had time, so there was no problem at all! But what the professor next said was something she still needed to do, so she opened her schoolbag and took a few pieces of parchment to make her notes, and making notes was now really important because this was one of the lessons she found really difficult. She NEEDED her notes if she wanted to get a good grade for this lesson!

The Norse mythology? She had heard a little about it, but not enough to know much about it, the only things she knew were some old child stories, but she suspected that that wasn't what the professor wanted to talk about...

And his question about the figure on the blackboard... She had really no idea, she didn't knew ANYTHING about this and the figure was nothing more than... just a figure for her... She frowned while she stared at the blackboard and tried to think of a ques, but she didn't had a idea, so she kept her mouth shut.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi liked this Professor instantly. He didn't know why but the man reminded him of his own grandfather. He decided Runes wasn't going to be so bad after all. Professors did play apart of a student deciding if he liked the subject, you know.

Ohhh! They had looked at Thor previously? Adi was crest fallen. There were similarities between the Norse God and Superhero so he would have loved to learn more about Thor. Ah well. He'd have to make do with the guy on the board. Who was he? Adi had no idea.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

See, this was why this class wasn't one of her favorites despite the good professor - she really had no idea what people were saying half the time. All these names and places were so weird and hard to spell and it was just really confusing. So Penelope just kinda listened but couldn't be bothered to take notes because she couldn't spell these things correctly anyway. Unless she could look in the textbook and copy the stuff from there. But she didn't think Botros had mentioned they could use it right now so...yeah, just gonna listen and watch right now.

He made sure the silent part of his class was awake.

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Originally Posted by Zellanna

Maika raised her hand, speaking quietly. "I believe that's Heimdallr, and he's holding the Gjallarhorn. He watches for the end of times, I think. That's what the horn is for." There was a word for it... Not apocalypse or Gehenna... something else... She tried to slyly pull out a book and peek at it. It had to do with Apocalypse, she was sure of that. It reminded her something of the perfect metis.

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

Wade smiled, feeling good knowing Botros had a fine summer, and then being congratulated. "Thanks, sir." After taking his seat, he did see and hear Adi-who-needed a nickname from him soon. Wade simply smiled back before giving him a little wave. Such a nice kid, he was.

Now that class had fully begun, Wade's brows furrowed a little. Not so much on the note taking, that was a given in any class, but on the new figure. After seeing the guy show on the board, Wade blinked...Hm. That was definitely no hammer in his hand, it looked like.. a horn? He furrowed his brows trying to remember some of the Norse mythology he remembered from when he was living back in Norway.

The horn.. in Norse.. that was the Gjallarhorn. *Blink* and that usually meant.. Blinking again, before raising his hand, "That's Heimdall.. he was said to be the God of Light." Hopefully his memory wasn't straying on that.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

It felt good to be back in this class and Ella was listening with a smile on her face as the lesson started. She'd missed Botros, y'know? And she'd had her breakfast and was ready to work so extra smiles for that.

Eyes now on the picture, Ella tapped her chin thoughtfully and focused on the horn. She'd read about Norse gods associated with a sounding horn like that one but she wasn't sure which one it could be. Hm. "That Heimdallr name sounds familiar, Sir. I think...he was the one who actually owned that horn thing. Or at least I think he had it for a time."

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Originally Posted by Tegz

That was definitely Heimdallr, he even knew who had drawn that particular depiction. West put his hand up and quoted, "Gjolp there bore him, Greip there bore him, Eistla bore him, and Eyrgjafa, Ulfrun bore him, and Angeyja, Imth and Atla, and Jarnsaxa.: that's Heimdallr, son of Nine Mothers."

He paused and heard some little girl speak up, mentioning end of time. "Ragnarok." He offered helpfully. Favourite class was his favourite for a reason.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Ah. So Botros did know. Awesome. Botros was pretty cool. Nigel did not know who that was. But West says it is Heimdallr. So yeah. Lets go with that. That is some awesome horn the guy had. But the hat was just a bit weird.

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Originally Posted by HazelStone101

Jayden slowly raised her hand, silently praying that she got this right, Ravenclaw needed more points! They were already SO FAR BEHIND already. "Professor, could that possibly be Heimdallr, the god who possessed the resounding horn?" Well, at least she was able to give it a shot.

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea

Nicola did feel a little bad that she had almost revealed the Professor's surprise too soon, but she had quickly calmed down the moment she had seen his genuine smile along with a kind greeting. How sweet he was to make sure she had had a good breakfast! Come to think of it, she didn't have a big breakfast this morning, but she did have a little something, so that definitely had to count for something. Suppose it must've had to do with the class only making her this happy.

Before she knew it class had started and Nicola perked up immediately. She looked at the Professor as he began to address the class. From the moment he began speaking, her full attention was on him as he spoke. Then he pointed to the blackboard showing them a picture of a god from Norse mythology. Nicola eyed it briefly studying every little detail about the picture. Then suddenly, the name had immediately popped into her head.

Without hesitation, the redhead raised her hand before speaking clearly for the Professor, "Professor, that is Heimdall, or 'Heaven's Mount', and he was known by a lot of people as the the Watchman of the Gods. And the trumpet that he is wielding in his hands is called Gjallarhorn, which the Gods had him blow whenever he saw their enemies approaching, declaring that its sound would rouse all creatures in the heavens, earth, and Niflheim.."

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Oh the man had a good summer? GOOD. Alec liked the sound of that. He even nodded at the professor's comment, as if to say that he had had a good summer. And it was mainly down to one blonde haired girl in particular. Though, he probably shouldn't mention this since the guy might not be happy knowing that no Runes studying had taken place. Sorry Botros.

Oh HEY! They were going to be doing some carving? Intaglio? AWESOME. Alec's eyes flew over towards the board when a picture emerged. He leant forwards slightly and squinted a little at the picture. He recognised the guy in the picture from somewhere... but... he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Why did he look so--

And then people said it. And his eyes widened. OF COURSE! Alec raised his hand in the air. "Yeah, it's Heimdallr... I think," No it sounded familiar. VERY familiar. "He usually stays near a rainbow bridge... a bridge that meets... heaven?" Did Botros even need to or want to know that? ... Probably not.

Also, the rainbow bridge reminded the seventeen year old all too much of the rainbow road in Mario Kart.

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Originally Posted by Zellanna

"Oh, thank you!" She smiled shyly. She repeated it to herself several times so she wouldn't forget again.

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Originally Posted by lemon

Hand uppp. "Heimdallr's one of the Aesir gods, and he guards Asgard. Gjallarhorn isn't only blown at the begining of Ragnarök, he sounds it when intruders are approaching, too."

Good answer? Did she get shoulder pats?

Alice had slipped into Ancient Runes quietly today, possibly for the first time ever without asking Botros a bazillion questions. The sixth year took her regular seat at the front of the room, nearest to his desk, and had filled out her name tag obligingly. Just sitting and offering to the discussion today, professor, no unnecessary pestering. Being good and stuff.

She swung her legs around underneath her desk and watched him. Hiii, professor. Hi.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Kat was here all the time. Just that she was a ninja and really stealthy which made her seem like she was there. Yep. She had been listening too, just in case they thought she wasn't because she had been a bit quiet earlier. So... that dude in the picture was kinda familiar. And holding some sort of a hybrid between a trumpet and a horn.

Haha.

After scanning a few pages in her textbook, because she felt like remembering names was too much effort, Kat finally found him and raised her hand. "Yeah, that's Heimdallr... and that thing he's holding is called Gjallarhorn." There. So it didn't seem like she wasn't around, you know. Because she was.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Sure, Tobias had certainly read lots and lots for this subject. He'd really done his research and had loads of books and it was perhaps the only subject he LIKED reading about, because of the old stories............. but he couldn't concentrate on his thoughts and what was the good of reading ahead if you couldn't remember what you'd read?

But he still kept taking notes from what people were saying, and sketched out the image Botros was showing them. It did all sound vaguely familiar but when Toby tried to think of something to say it didn't sound worth saying.

It wasn't until ALEC mentioned a rainbow bridge that he suddenly remembered something. Tobias smiled to himself; at least his brain was starting to unfog a bit.

Once he'd raised his hand and got Botros' attention, he spoke, still a little croaky and not quite at the usual tempo, but still enthusiastic. "He lives at the Bifrost. Or... on the Bifrost. Or... near the Bifrost. That's the rainbow bridge what Alec said about." Toby decided not to mention Asgard as he wasn't sure if that he was confusing real mythology with comic books.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

SQUINT at the picture. Lottie almost wanted to say Oakey Gunter to test Botros' memory, but refrained from doing so, because NO.

But she did remember who he was. He had many names, of course. Hand up. "That's Heimdallr." Yup. One girl said Vindler, so, sure. Vindlher would've worked too, right? "He owns Gulltoppr, the horse with a golden mane." So, basically, blond hair, or just lighter hair. Just the horn wasn't enough, apparently. And he also had gold teeth, right? That was weird, she made a face at that.

The horse was a very important FACT, Botros.

Leave behind the gold teeth and Heimdallr was Lottie's favorite. Reasons.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Oh, oh! Mo knew this one. He tilted his head thoughtfully as his classmates answered, some with the answer he thought was correct and many with other answers. West in particular got a flash of a grin in response to his recitation, and then Mo turned back to the professor.

"Professor, I think that's Heimdallr, and honestly, sir, if I could choose one of those Norse gods to emulate, his life seems pretty awesome. He just sits around, guarding a bridge and drinking mead, hanging with his gold horse, waiting for a chance to do his job and blow that big horn. Oh, and also, one time he turned into a seal, so he was basically an Animagus." And so... awesome. Dude was awesome in Mo's book.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva had been spaced out since she sat down before class had started. Ancient Runes was always a subject that her mind never wanted to stay on. She felt it leaving to head in different directions. Some on classes, quidditch, and others on the owl her grandmother had sent her. Had she even said good morning to the professor, she actually was afraid she might not have. Ooops well she would make sure to speak to him after class so she wasn't rude.

Hearing him she looked up and noticed the picture. Of course Min had no clue who that was. A man with a horn, did it really matter if they knew his name. Well it seemed like it at least. Listening to the others she put up her hand, "Professor I agree with everyone that said Hei..Hei.. Well that H person. Heimdal I think it was." Did she get that name right? Minerva blushed a little bit not sure if she did get the pronunciation right. Maybe next time she should listen a little better before answering and not spacing on other things.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

SHOULDER PATS WERE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OKAY?? Lex continued beaming up at the Professor, glad to know he'd managed to have a good summer as well. It was important to have those considering the knowledge that you'd have to come right back here come September. She personally could have had a bit more summer but you know those Government Officials, thinking they were experts on when would be ideal to start school again.

Pffft.

She walked back inside with the Professor. No class outside then...? Okay, she could live with that too. No big deal.

Lex took her seat and waited for the Professor to begin. Unfortunately he chose to start with a guessing game. She was no good with those. Ahem. She leaned forward feigning an unnatural level of interest in the picture before finally saying, "Weeeeeell Professor, honestly, I have no idea but most of my classmates as guessing this Heimdallr guy and I as much as I'd hate to either copy from them or remain silent I must otherwise you'll think I've lost focus again." And tell her father she wasn't paying attention again.

"So I'm going with what their saying." If anything, he should at least value her honesty. Just saying.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Ancient Runes. She still couldn't decide if she hated this class or Arithmancy the most. She honestly didn't even know why she was here. She knew that she needed to do better this term, but did Ancient Runes really matter? She was starting to think that the answer to that was a big fat no. Still, since she was here she might as well take a crack at it.

Was she supposed to know who that was? It seemed like her peers that looked to be around her age knew the answer. Hannah was not sure at all. She didn't want to just sit there like a bump on a log so she gave it a shot. She raised her hand in the air. "Professor, is that Vindlér?"

Aaahh, yes. Those were correct answers, and Botros listened to all of them without interrupting but nodding his head vigorously. He gave Odessa a small clap of the hands when he quoted from the Poetic Edda's translation. This was why he thought the boy had a natural gift in runes, the father obviously worked hard on him. Or the kid loved his father limitlessly.

"Correct, you all were correct." And mentioned good facts of Heimdallr. "The figure in the drawing is Heimdallr and he's holding the horn Gjallarhorn. Odessa recited a part of Poetic Edda where his nine mothers are mentioned." He noticed the confusion look on some of the Slytherin's peers' faces. "We'll list all the facts that you know about him, you can copy them onto your parchments."

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

Heimdallr
He owns the horn Gjallarhorn which could be heard throughout heaven, earth, and the lower world.

He would sound the horn to summon the gods when their enemies, the giants, drew near at the Ragnarök

He guards Bifrost, the rainbow bridge.

Came from 9 mothers.

He requires less sleep than a bird.

Referred to as the Watchful of gods.

He can see 100 leagues, and can hear grass growing in the meadows and wool growing on sheep.

"Giving those facts you just gave, which rune do you think is most associated with Heimdallr? And why." That was the core of today's class, so be thoughtful kids. Botros waited for them to raise their hands and write down that list.

ooc: - Be creative with your answer as much as possible, and have fun! Don't hesitate to debate/interact with each other, too.
- Class will resume in 18 hrs.

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Magical Soul Kappa Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GMT +3 Posts: 14,517 x6	Dalliesa \| Ab-Bot \| Hogwarts Trojan War \| Quote: Originally Posted by GrapehGrape Oooo. Mythology. And Norse mythology at that. One of Adelaide's favorites. Favorites being basically all mythology, but anyways. She looked at the man. He appeared to be playing some kind of instrument so best to go with the musical god right? Adelaide raised her hand. "Is that Bragi, the god of music?" Yes? No? Botros hmm'ed and looked back at the blackboard, considering the girl's answer. "I'd think Bragi would have a harp, if it was to represent his music." He smiled at her, not exactly an educational answer from him but rather a chitty chat. So no. It wasn't Bragi. Quote: Originally Posted by fire_faerie Looking up at the Professor as he began talking, Benzi blinked stupidly at the picture that was shown. He had NO idea. Not a clue. Never seen that before. A sudden thought occurred to him, and he smirked. "Professor that's Skamlagaduct, the mighty god of indoor plumbing! Some people might confuse him with a god of music but he's clearly fixing a blocked pipe in the picture," Benzi nodded, his face a mask of sincerity as he pretended to study the image. Keep a straight face, Rider, keep it straight. ... oh. Botros tried to repeat the ~~made up~~ boy's name for this.. plumbing god. Plumbing. Wasn't this some muggle process for rest rooms? "I'm positive the Norse gods didn't have plumbing..." Nodnod. That was his reasoning. Ravenclaws kids had the weirdest thoughts ever. He stared back at the boy for another minute to see if he had anything else to add. "..." Nope, nothing. Quote: Originally Posted by aaetha They had learned about Odin and Thor in previous lessons? Why hadn't Adrienne taken this class in first year? WHY? And now they were learning about muscular, old gods wearing shorts and playing weird instruments. Fair enough. Adrienne racked her brains for information about Norse mythology. She know about Thor, and Loki of course, and Odin and Frigga, and she'd heard of both Hel and Sif. But who was that guy? Instrument... instrument... yeah, she really had no idea. But according to the professor, an incorrect answer was better than no answer at all, right? She raised her hand. "Possibly Tyr? Calling them all off to war or something?" Yeah, that didn't make much sense. Adrienne was going to stop guessing things now. Tyr. Hmm. He looked back at the drawing and with his cane pointed at the swirly horn thing, "This. This should be your clue." He smiled at her, good guess though! Quote: Originally Posted by bitsyandtank Asher smiled at the professor before raising his hand to answer. "I'm not sure who he is, but I bet he is a god of some sort. Maybe the god of horns?" It look like he was holding some sort of horn and playing it. He could have been calling out to assemble troops or warning others of danger coming. There seemed to be a lot of fighting back in those days. God of horns? He chuckled, the younger students were okay not to give a good guess ~~at least it wasn't plumbing?~~. "You were right that he was a god." So partially incorrect. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Caleb really didn't know much about Norse gods and all that. He knew that they were important in Runes and stuff, but he didn't think he'd have to really LEARN about them. They just MADE the runes or something right? He tried to remember what his uncle had told him but he had no idea. Horn, ok, who had horns... He raised his hand. "Um, is that Loki? He has horns right?" "Some fragmentary, found around England, showed a horned figure with round shoulders, and some runologists referred it to Loki. But this wasn't the kind of horn that Loki had. Unless he'd stolen it from this god, of course." Botros wanted to wink at the little boy, because he must've known that Loki had his antics with other gods. Good guessing, though. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Uhh...what? BLINK Sophie knew there was a reason her mother and her aunt had both disliked Ancient Runes. Now she just knew what that reason was. Ancient Runes WAS HARD. ...and how did Caleb know some random name of an old guy who had horns? She looked at him for a single second then turned back to the drawing. Hesitantly, she raised her hand. "I have no idea who he is or what he's holding," she said, "but it looks like some instrument." ...and what in the name of Merlin had that older Slytherin boy (West) just said?! Please don't say we have to learn a foreign language, too... [indent]An instrument. Hmm. Yes. "We could call it that, yes. A very valuable instrument." Was it just him that thought this was an understatement? He gave the girl with the same surname as the previous boy an encouraging smile.[indent] Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 Kace looked at the board and wondered who that due was. He really had no idea! He was tilting his head a little bit to try and decipher the picture. The professor said to not be afraid to give an incorrect answer. Kace shrugged and thought why not give it a shot? Kace raised his hand and said, "Professor it looks like he is trying to eat something..." that was all Kace could say because he really didn't have a name, he just went with his observation. Okay, Botros now laughed. He couldn't not laugh, Heimdallr eating (slurping?) something through his horn. Oh dear Merlin. "No, dear. He's not eating. He's blowing through this instrument." Or just posing for the painter to get his drawing. Only Heimdallr didn't.. do that. "Good effort, though." Quote: Originally Posted by Team ronmione Tag had no clue who that guy was. But, when Professor Botros mentioned Thor Tag's first thought was... none other than Loki. Loki had that weird staff looking thing, didn't he? But this guy didn't? It looked like some sort of trumpet, so maybe it wasn't Loki. Raising his hand, well, Tag didn't have an answer but he gave the best thing he could give, "Well- my first thought was Loki. But- he doesn't look like Loki, anyway- because this guy has some sort of trumpet. Still going to answer with Loki." Botros respected the Gryffindor's confidence. Even if it was in the wrong place... sort of. He nodded with a smile, "You're correct. He doesn't look like Loki, but I understand why you thought of him." Mischievous grin from the old professor. He mentioned Thor and Odin for a reason, heh heh. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Who was in the drawing? Sky had no idea. She really hadn't brushed up on her Norse gods at all (though, it seemed like she might need to now), but the picture did remind her of something else. Actually, a couple of somethings, but one would make her seem absolutely bonkers. After all, what seventeen year old in their right mind starts going on and on bout the Little Mermaid in the middle of class? So, she went with her original idea. "He looks like that dude who goes Riccoollllla in those commercials......" Well, he did. Hmm. Botros just stared at the Slytherin for a moment. Not sure how to respond to that... moving oooooonnn. Text Cut: Silent people Quote: Originally Posted by Sonea Had she eaten a breakfast? No, she had no time to eat because she had almost overslept and she didn't had wanted to be late for her first lesson ancient runes, she might be a Slytherin and she had misbehaved herself A LOT, but she wasn't all bad... So she wanted here to be on time and she was! She could always ask one of the house elves for something to eat when she had time, so there was no problem at all! But what the professor next said was something she still needed to do, so she opened her schoolbag and took a few pieces of parchment to make her notes, and making notes was now really important because this was one of the lessons she found really difficult. She NEEDED her notes if she wanted to get a good grade for this lesson! The Norse mythology? She had heard a little about it, but not enough to know much about it, the only things she knew were some old child stories, but she suspected that that wasn't what the professor wanted to talk about... And his question about the figure on the blackboard... She had really no idea, she didn't knew ANYTHING about this and the figure was nothing more than... just a figure for her... She frowned while she stared at the blackboard and tried to think of a ques, but she didn't had a idea, so she kept her mouth shut. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Adi liked this Professor instantly. He didn't know why but the man reminded him of his own grandfather. He decided Runes wasn't going to be so bad after all. Professors did play apart of a student deciding if he liked the subject, you know. Ohhh! They had looked at Thor previously? Adi was crest fallen. There were similarities between the Norse God and Superhero so he would have loved to learn more about Thor. Ah well. He'd have to make do with the guy on the board. Who was he? Adi had no idea. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl See, this was why this class wasn't one of her favorites despite the good professor - she really had no idea what people were saying half the time. All these names and places were so weird and hard to spell and it was just really confusing. So Penelope just kinda listened but couldn't be bothered to take notes because she couldn't spell these things correctly anyway. Unless she could look in the textbook and copy the stuff from there. But she didn't think Botros had mentioned they could use it right now so...yeah, just gonna listen and watch right now. He made sure the silent part of his class was awake. Text Cut: Heimdallr people Quote: Originally Posted by Zellanna Maika raised her hand, speaking quietly. "I believe that's Heimdallr, and he's holding the Gjallarhorn. He watches for the end of times, I think. That's what the horn is for." There was a word for it... Not apocalypse or Gehenna... something else... She tried to slyly pull out a book and peek at it. It had to do with Apocalypse, she was sure of that. It reminded her something of the perfect metis. Quote: Originally Posted by Charely Potter Wade smiled, feeling good knowing Botros had a fine summer, and then being congratulated. "Thanks, sir." After taking his seat, he did see and hear Adi-who-needed a nickname from him soon. Wade simply smiled back before giving him a little wave. Such a nice kid, he was. Now that class had fully begun, Wade's brows furrowed a little. Not so much on the note taking, that was a given in any class, but on the new figure. After seeing the guy show on the board, Wade blinked...Hm. That was definitely no hammer in his hand, it looked like.. a horn? He furrowed his brows trying to remember some of the Norse mythology he remembered from when he was living back in Norway. The horn.. in Norse.. that was the Gjallarhorn. Blink and that usually meant.. Blinking again, before raising his hand, "That's Heimdall.. he was said to be the God of Light." Hopefully his memory wasn't straying on that. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow It felt good to be back in this class and Ella was listening with a smile on her face as the lesson started. She'd missed Botros, y'know? And she'd had her breakfast and was ready to work so extra smiles for that. Eyes now on the picture, Ella tapped her chin thoughtfully and focused on the horn. She'd read about Norse gods associated with a sounding horn like that one but she wasn't sure which one it could be. Hm. "That Heimdallr name sounds familiar, Sir. I think...he was the one who actually owned that horn thing. Or at least I think he had it for a time." Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz That was definitely Heimdallr, he even knew who had drawn that particular depiction. West put his hand up and quoted, *"Gjolp there bore him, Greip there bore him, Eistla bore him, and Eyrgjafa, Ulfrun bore him, and Angeyja, Imth and Atla, and Jarnsaxa.: that's Heimdallr, son of Nine Mothers."* He paused and heard some little girl speak up, mentioning end of time. "Ragnarok." He offered helpfully. Favourite class was his favourite for a reason. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Ah. So Botros did know. Awesome. Botros was pretty cool. Nigel did not know who that was. But West says it is Heimdallr. So yeah. Lets go with that. That is some awesome horn the guy had. But the hat was just a bit weird. Quote: Originally Posted by HazelStone101 Jayden slowly raised her hand, silently praying that she got this right, Ravenclaw needed more points! They were already SO FAR BEHIND already. "Professor, could that possibly be Heimdallr, the god who possessed the resounding horn?" Well, at least she was able to give it a shot. Quote: Originally Posted by SweetPeea Nicola did feel a little bad that she had almost revealed the Professor's surprise too soon, but she had quickly calmed down the moment she had seen his genuine smile along with a kind greeting. How sweet he was to make sure she had had a good breakfast! Come to think of it, she didn't have a big breakfast this morning, but she did have a little something, so that definitely had to count for something. Suppose it must've had to do with the class only making her this happy. Before she knew it class had started and Nicola perked up immediately. She looked at the Professor as he began to address the class. From the moment he began speaking, her full attention was on him as he spoke. Then he pointed to the blackboard showing them a picture of a god from Norse mythology. Nicola eyed it briefly studying every little detail about the picture. Then suddenly, the name had immediately popped into her head. Without hesitation, the redhead raised her hand before speaking clearly for the Professor, "Professor, that is Heimdall, or 'Heaven's Mount', and he was known by a lot of people as the the Watchman of the Gods. And the trumpet that he is wielding in his hands is called Gjallarhorn, which the Gods had him blow whenever he saw their enemies approaching, declaring that its sound would rouse all creatures in the heavens, earth, and Niflheim.." Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone Oh the man had a good summer? GOOD. Alec liked the sound of that. He even nodded at the professor's comment, as if to say that he had had a good summer. And it was mainly down to one blonde haired girl in particular. Though, he probably shouldn't mention this since the guy might not be happy knowing that no Runes studying had taken place. Sorry Botros. Oh HEY! They were going to be doing some carving? Intaglio? AWESOME. Alec's eyes flew over towards the board when a picture emerged. He leant forwards slightly and squinted a little at the picture. He recognised the guy in the picture from somewhere... but... he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Why did he look so-- And then people said it. And his eyes widened. OF COURSE! Alec raised his hand in the air. "Yeah, it's Heimdallr... I think," No it sounded familiar. VERY familiar. "He usually stays near a rainbow bridge... a bridge that meets... heaven?" Did Botros even need to or want to know that? ... Probably not. Also, the rainbow bridge reminded the seventeen year old all too much of the rainbow road in Mario Kart. Quote: Originally Posted by Zellanna "Oh, thank you!" She smiled shyly. She repeated it to herself several times so she wouldn't forget again. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Hand uppp. "Heimdallr's one of the Aesir gods, and he guards Asgard. Gjallarhorn isn't only blown at the begining of Ragnarök, he sounds it when intruders are approaching, too." Good answer? Did she get shoulder pats? Alice had slipped into Ancient Runes quietly today, possibly for the first time ever without asking Botros a bazillion questions. The sixth year took her regular seat at the front of the room, nearest to his desk, and had filled out her name tag obligingly. Just sitting and offering to the discussion today, professor, no unnecessary pestering. Being good and stuff. She swung her legs around underneath her desk and watched him. Hiii, professor. Hi. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Kat was here all the time. Just that she was a ninja and really stealthy which made her seem like she was there. Yep. She had been listening too, just in case they thought she wasn't because she had been a bit quiet earlier. So... that dude in the picture was kinda familiar. And holding some sort of a hybrid between a trumpet and a horn. Haha. After scanning a few pages in her textbook, because she felt like remembering names was too much effort, Kat finally found him and raised her hand. "Yeah, that's Heimdallr... and that thing he's holding is called Gjallarhorn." There. So it didn't seem like she wasn't around, you know. Because she was. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Sure, Tobias had certainly read lots and lots for this subject. He'd really done his research and had loads of books and it was perhaps the only subject he LIKED reading about, because of the old stories............. but he couldn't concentrate on his thoughts and what was the good of reading ahead if you couldn't remember what you'd read? But he still kept taking notes from what people were saying, and sketched out the image Botros was showing them. It did all sound vaguely familiar but when Toby tried to think of something to say it didn't sound worth saying. It wasn't until ALEC mentioned a rainbow bridge that he suddenly remembered something. Tobias smiled to himself; at least his brain was starting to unfog a bit. Once he'd raised his hand and got Botros' attention, he spoke, still a little croaky and not quite at the usual tempo, but still enthusiastic. "He lives at the Bifrost. Or... on the Bifrost. Or... near the Bifrost. That's the rainbow bridge what Alec said about." Toby decided not to mention Asgard as he wasn't sure if that he was confusing real mythology with comic books. Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian SQUINT at the picture. Lottie almost wanted to say Oakey Gunter to test Botros' memory, but refrained from doing so, because NO. But she did remember who he was. He had many names, of course. Hand up. "That's Heimdallr." Yup. One girl said Vindler, so, sure. Vindlher would've worked too, right? "He owns Gulltoppr, the horse with a golden mane." So, basically, blond hair, or just lighter hair. Just the horn wasn't enough, apparently. And he also had gold teeth, right? That was weird, she made a face at that. The horse was a very important FACT, Botros. Leave behind the gold teeth and Heimdallr was Lottie's favorite. Reasons. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Oh, oh! Mo knew this one. He tilted his head thoughtfully as his classmates answered, some with the answer he thought was correct and many with other answers. West in particular got a flash of a grin in response to his recitation, and then Mo turned back to the professor. "Professor, I think that's Heimdallr, and honestly, sir, if I could choose one of those Norse gods to emulate, his life seems pretty awesome. He just sits around, guarding a bridge and drinking mead, hanging with his gold horse, waiting for a chance to do his job and blow that big horn. Oh, and also, one time he turned into a seal, so he was basically an Animagus." And so... awesome. Dude was awesome in Mo's book. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva had been spaced out since she sat down before class had started. Ancient Runes was always a subject that her mind never wanted to stay on. She felt it leaving to head in different directions. Some on classes, quidditch, and others on the owl her grandmother had sent her. Had she even said good morning to the professor, she actually was afraid she might not have. Ooops well she would make sure to speak to him after class so she wasn't rude. Hearing him she looked up and noticed the picture. Of course Min had no clue who that was. A man with a horn, did it really matter if they knew his name. Well it seemed like it at least. Listening to the others she put up her hand, "Professor I agree with everyone that said Hei..Hei.. Well that H person. Heimdal I think it was." Did she get that name right? Minerva blushed a little bit not sure if she did get the pronunciation right. Maybe next time she should listen a little better before answering and not spacing on other things. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo SHOULDER PATS WERE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OKAY?? Lex continued beaming up at the Professor, glad to know he'd managed to have a good summer as well. It was important to have those considering the knowledge that you'd have to come right back here come September. She personally could have had a bit more summer but you know those Government Officials, thinking they were experts on when would be ideal to start school again. Pffft. She walked back inside with the Professor. No class outside then...? Okay, she could live with that too. No big deal. Lex took her seat and waited for the Professor to begin. Unfortunately he chose to start with a guessing game. She was no good with those. Ahem. She leaned forward feigning an unnatural level of interest in the picture before finally saying, "Weeeeeell Professor, honestly, I have no idea but most of my classmates as guessing this Heimdallr guy and I as much as I'd hate to either copy from them or remain silent I must otherwise you'll think I've lost focus again." And tell her father she wasn't paying attention again. "So I'm going with what their saying." If anything, he should at least value her honesty. Just saying. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Ancient Runes. She still couldn't decide if she hated this class or Arithmancy the most. She honestly didn't even know why she was here. She knew that she needed to do better this term, but did Ancient Runes really matter? She was starting to think that the answer to that was a big fat no. Still, since she was here she might as well take a crack at it. Was she supposed to know who that was? It seemed like her peers that looked to be around her age knew the answer. Hannah was not sure at all. She didn't want to just sit there like a bump on a log so she gave it a shot. She raised her hand in the air. "Professor, is that Vindlér?" Aaahh, yes. Those were correct answers, and Botros listened to all of them without interrupting but nodding his head vigorously. He gave Odessa a small clap of the hands when he quoted from the Poetic Edda's translation. This was why he thought the boy had a natural gift in runes, the father obviously worked hard on him. Or the kid loved his father limitlessly. "Correct, you all were correct." And mentioned good facts of Heimdallr. "The figure in the drawing is Heimdallr and he's holding the horn Gjallarhorn. Odessa recited a part of Poetic Edda where his nine mothers are mentioned." He noticed the confusion look on some of the Slytherin's peers' faces. "We'll list all the facts that you know about him, you can copy them onto your parchments." Quote: Originally Posted by Blackboard *Heimdallr* He owns the horn Gjallarhorn which could be heard throughout heaven, earth, and the lower world. He would sound the horn to summon the gods when their enemies, the giants, drew near at the Ragnarök He guards Bifrost, the rainbow bridge. Came from 9 mothers. He requires less sleep than a bird. Referred to as the Watchful of gods. He can see 100 leagues, and can hear grass growing in the meadows and wool growing on sheep. "*Giving those facts you just gave, which rune do you think* is most associated with Heimdallr? And why.**" That was the core of today's class, so be thoughtful kids. Botros waited for them to raise their hands and write down that list. ooc: - Be creative with your answer as much as possible, and have fun! Don't hesitate to debate/interact with each other, too. - Class will resume in 18 hrs.