trying to figure out what the heck "the bear's sinews" that were used for gleipnir are supposed to mean and apparently nobody has figured it out
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@Paradox yeah but the point of the stuff they used for gleipnir is that it's all things that don't exist ("the beard of women, the din of cats")
@lain Whoever said the sound of a cat is impossible has never heard one whine for attention.
I suppose the author figured it was close enough because, from their perspective, such a thing would be practically impossible to make use of.
I found a Reddit comment suggesting that bears may have been considered so strong that they were all muscle and no sinew. And I've seen indications that they're very fucking small bits, so it's possible they just didn't think it existed. Just like the clit.
@Paradox i would suggest that the situation is as my mentioned (nobody has any idea)
@lain It seems that their sinews are very short and thick. It's like that scene in Potc when Jack claims that he made rope out of hair from his back. Most people's back hair is like peach fuzz.