Asgardian ceremonies
What is needed fo the ceremonies?
Asgardians and needed items should be visible, collabs are allowed
At least two drawings are needed for a successful ceremony:
Itemcollecting (mandatory): draw your horse(s) collecting the items that are needed for the ceremony
Ceremony drawing (mandatory): your horse(s) should be shown doing the ceremony. The items you collected doesn´t need to be shown, but it can if you like. Guardians don´t need to be shown, but can be.
Pleasant of the guardians (optional): Your Asgardian(s) will try to please the magic animal guardian that is mentioned in the ceremony description.
When you are finished you can just comment with following information:
Ceremony name:
Participating Asgardians:
Drawings for this ceremony:
Judging
One admin from the Asgardian admin team will judge your entry, they will judge objective.
Points for itemcollecting:
1 - 10 points for effort
2 points for every followed hint
Points for ceremony
1 -20 points for effort
2 points per followed criteria
Points for pleasant of guardians:
1 - 5 points effort
1 - 5 points for following the likings of the guardian
(can be found in description of drawing of guardian)
1 - 5 points random pleasant (will be given by a generator)
For a successful ceremony you need 30 points from all drawings together, then your Asgardian can benefit from the advantages of the ceremony
The ceremonies
Ask and Embla (Twin) ceremony
Criteria:
- sunrise/sunset
- create a circle out of things you find in the woods
- mares mane needs to be braided
Area: The mystic snowy mountains
A platform high in the mountains full of snow and ice! You might find a cave nearby
Item needed: Collect some "toys" the foals could play with
(can be modern/human made/natural resources)
- may be found with other animal babys/human babys
Guardians: Hirmfaxi and Skinfaxi
Hirmfaxi and Skinfaxi are the horses that pull the sun-carriage and moon-carriage over the sky. Hirmfaxi is a dark horse and in its manes are dewdrops that can be found in the morning, it pulls the carriage of the moon. Skinfaxi is a white horse and its mane in shining like the sun, it pulls the carriage of the sun. Both horses are always chased by wolves, that is why they need to hurry.
Likings: Because they always live in fea of the wolves they love everything with fire to keep the wolves away
Lokis treatment (gender changing) ceremony
Criteria:
- Your foal needs to be surrounded by baby animals, at least 3 different species and 5 animals
Area: Magical foal meadow
A beautiful meadow full of colorful flowers and blooming trees and bushes)
Items needed: A feather from an eagle (or a gryphon if you can find one),
- eagles life in the mountains or prairies
- gryphons hide in mountains or deep forests
Guardian: Svadilfari
Svadilfari is a mighty black stallion, he is one of the strongest horses ever seen in Midgard and Asgard. This powerful horse helped to build the big wall of Asgard, but Loki got jealous at the owner of Svadilfari and stole the stallion from the owner, so the owner couldn´t finish the wall of Asgard. In this night Svadilfari met a mare and they had a foal together: this foal was the mighty stallion Sleipnir!
When Loki saw the foal he thought it would be a great gift for Odin and he took the foal with him.
Likings: He loves hard work, he can´t stand if horses just stand on the meadow and do nothing.
Also he has a soft spot for working tools, things like hammer and axe.
So you can impress him with hard work or a working tool gift, maybe something creative, inventive and new!
Eddas golden apple (Breedingslot) ceremony
Criteria:
- Horses have to be in full tack (the more the better, can be historic or modern)
- Horses have to have a heroic pose
Area: The battelfield
An old battelfield of the gods (no further description, everything up to your imagination!)
Item needed: Find an item that "a real hero" touched what that means is up to you (;
Guardian: Gulltopp
Gulltopp is the riding horse of Heimdall the guardian of the Bifröst, he is a mighty stallion and he can run very fast and is even able to walk over water.
His fur has a light golden shimmer to it.
Likings: He is always pleased if stronger horses help small ones. He also has a favor for small animals,
he likes to protect them from the big animals and rescue them in the winter.
You can impress him by helping small animals, protect something or maybe make him or someone else a small gift.
Manis moon methode (Angel mutation) ceremony
Criteria:
- Horses have to be flying
- horses need to be decorated with ribbons
- have some item that represents the moon
Area: Castle in the air
A castle made out of clouds and air, it also has cloud gardens!
Item needed: Something that represents the moon or is from the moon
- it might shine or shimmer a little
Sol is the goddess of the sun, she is the mother of Mani. Her fur is made out of sunrays and sometimes her mane is on fire.
Loki´s make a wish - will you be lucky?
Criteria:
For the main drawing you will automatically get 35 points
- Dark surroundings, interesting lighting through small cave openings
- Additional light sources
- Horses have humble pose
- Male Asgardian need to wear some kind of armour
- Mare needs to wear juwlery (you can switch male and female for this hint)
Area: Cave in Asgard
A cave with many cristalls in it...
Item needed: Loki hid something and he wants you to find it, to find out if you are worthy.
- It is in Asgard, you might see some of the gods
- It is shiny and golden
- It is a part of an animal (not real, but a replication)
- It has little carvings on its surface
- It has some purpose, maybe one that you wouldn´t expect
(I don´t have a specific item in mind, be creative!)