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Mark on Hiccup's forehead
Topic Started: 14 Jun 2014, 14:52 (3398 Views)
seejanerun 14 Jun 2014, 14:52 Post #1
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

Does anybody with some anthropological background on Vikings know if the mark Gothic makes on Hiccup's forehead at the end is a symbol or something actually taken from Viking culture? Was it an abstract drawing of something I was supposed to recognize? I have been wondering about this...
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MissunyNightFury 14 Jun 2014, 15:51 Post #2
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I thought maybe it just symbolized that he was the new chief. It sorta resembled Stoick's helmet.
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NadderSparks 14 Jun 2014, 16:04 Post #3
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Someone asked dyannehs (the tumblr fandom's resident anthropologist) the same question. Her words:
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I am absolutely sure that I have no fucking idea.
It looks sort of like the Algiz rune (which flips in the Norse Younger Futhark and takes a different sound than it originally had), but I can’t be certain.
This rune is associated with Yggrasil…And that’s about it.
It honestly doesn’t look like any rune I’ve ever seen in Norse, though. (It does look the tiniest bit like the Ear rune in the later Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, but only a bit) So here’s the deal: I’ll go look through everything I own and have access to, and I’ll even ask Crazy-British-Nazi-Boss-Lady about it, and then I’ll get back to you. This could take several days.
So... yeah. Probably doesn't mean anything except "cool chief symbol". She *might* have a legit answer in a few days, though, so we should watch there. I'll post here when/if she gets more info!
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seejanerun 14 Jun 2014, 20:21 Post #4
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

Thank you! I'll keep checking for updates. I was just curious, and when I googled it, I got a whole lot of cures for hiccups :P I figured someone I this fandom would be able to tell me if it was anything meaningful. I wonder if the art book says anything about it...

Oh, well, I guess I'll just have to buy it and take a look. Darn! ;)
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ToothlessNightFury 14 Jun 2014, 20:53 Post #5
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MissunyNightFury
14 Jun 2014, 19:51
I thought maybe it just symbolized that he was the new chief. It sorta resembled Stoick's helmet.
basically this.
When we saw it and Gothi put the mark there my mom whispered "She's making him chief" so yeah It's gotta be a chief thing.
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MissunyNightFury 14 Jun 2014, 21:01 Post #6
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14 Jun 2014, 19:51
I thought maybe it just symbolized that he was the new chief. It sorta resembled Stoick's helmet.
basically this.
When we saw it and Gothi put the mark there my mom whispered "She's making him chief" so yeah It's gotta be a chief thing.
Ok.
"There's something you must remember when riding a dragon. There's no manual, no safety harness, no guarantees when you're on one of these beasts. All you have is the wind in your hair, and the clothes on your back. The only thing between you and that dragon is your saddle. You need to hold onto it for dear life, as that creature takes you the skies. That, is dragon riding."
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seejanerun 14 Jun 2014, 23:48 Post #7
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

I understand what it means in the context of the film. What I wanted to know was, did the film makers take/reappropriate a symbol from real viking culture. Seeing as they did it with the funeral, I thought there was a chance that the symbol held a particular significance to the Berkians' real-world counterparts.
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Fawnduu 15 Jun 2014, 15:17 Post #8
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seejanerun
15 Jun 2014, 03:48
I understand what it means in the context of the film. What I wanted to know was, did the film makers take/reappropriate a symbol from real viking culture. Seeing as they did it with the funeral, I thought there was a chance that the symbol held a particular significance to the Berkians' real-world counterparts.
yeah exactly, I think we all understood that the symbol ment he was chief that was obvious, just if it was actually a symbol for something in Norse mythology or runes
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seejanerun 15 Jun 2014, 16:28 Post #9
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

Fawnduu
15 Jun 2014, 19:17
seejanerun
15 Jun 2014, 03:48
I understand what it means in the context of the film. What I wanted to know was, did the film makers take/reappropriate a symbol from real viking culture. Seeing as they did it with the funeral, I thought there was a chance that the symbol held a particular significance to the Berkians' real-world counterparts.
yeah exactly, I think we all understood that the symbol ment he was chief that was obvious, just if it was actually a symbol for something in Norse mythology or runes
Thanks, Fawnduu ^_^
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