white people: they insulted each other with poetry. It’s just like a rap battle! White people definitely invented the rap battle!
oh for crying out loud.
if you think anyone is trying to say that norse rhyme battles are literally the roots of hip hop, you should pass the nitrous to your left because you’ve had enough. it’s a fun fact that there were rhyme fights in ancient scandinavia, and calling them ‘rap battles’ makes them relatable to a modern audience. that’s it. that’s the entire message. there is no further data encoded within.
I just want to know what kind of lyrics Loki would use against his opponents.
we do in fact know this! it’s called the lokasenna, and it’s pretty sick. an excerpt:
Bragi: “I know that were I without,
as I am now within,
the hall of Ægir,
I thy head would
bear in my hand,
and so for lying punish thee.”
Loki: “Valiant on thy seat art thou, Bragi!
but so thou shouldst not be,
Bragi, the bench’s pride!
Go and fight,
if thou art angry;
a brave man sits not considering.”
my interperetation –
bragi: *navy seal copypasta*
loki: i notice you’re still sitting down, tough guy.
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