"Were Old Norse and Old English really mutually intelligible?" https://youtu.be/eTqI6P6iwbE #Youtube #Video #Videos #Language #Languages #History #Linguistics #OldNorse #OldEnglish #English #Norse #Conversation

10 Viking And Norse Symbols Explained - Ancient Pages
https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/09/05/10-viking-and-norse-symbols/

#History #Mythology #Culture #Viking #Norse

Broadcasting your favourite #rock and #pagan anthems to satisfy your desires [24]7.

Launched as an #InternetRadio station in Feb’21 from #Scotland, #RavensCaveRadio play an extensive playlist of international artists and various rock #music genres including #classicrock #metal #alternative #progressive #psychedelic #postpunk #darkwave #indie #gothic #NeoCelticfolk #Paganmetal and #Norse to name a few…

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“Guttered were you, Erlingr?”

(This is Rǫgnvaldr breaking the “What happens on crusade, stays on crusade” rule … Imbólum is possibly the island of Imbros or İmroz, now known as Gökçeada, off the coast of modern-day Turkey)

#Scottish #literature #poetry #Orkney #Viking #Norse

https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/rognvaldr-kali-kolsson-crimsoning-the-eagles-claw-the-viking-poems-of-rgnvaldr-kali-kolsson-earl-of-orkney-518

I was informed taedae that my "as yet tae be born" #Granddaughter shall be namit "Astrid"! Like her wee brother Magnus, they hae been given #Norse names in honour of their Featar (Father) and my Midder's (Mother's) family line. Her name means "Divinely Beautiful". Magnus is a name nicked frae the Romans, and is "magn-hús " or "Power House"...or "Him what causes shenanigans wi his husky" I am so very proud of my still spheroid wee #daughter! #Baby #Bairn #Changeling #Fae #Grandchildren

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Raven’s Cave Radio - Broadcasting your favourite #rock and #pagan anthems to satisfy your desires [24]7.

Launched as an #InternetRadio station in February ‘21 (by me) from #Scotland, #RavensCaveRadio plays an extensive playlist of international artists and various rock music genres incl. #classicrock #metal #alternative #progressive #psychedelic #postpunk #darkwave #indie #gothic #NeoCelticfolk #Paganmetal and #Norse to name a few…

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Lall, G.M., Larmuseau, M.H.D., Wetton, J.H. et al. Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals Norse Viking dispersal lineages in Britain. Eur J Hum Genet 29, 512–523 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-020-00747-z #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Science #Genetics #Biology #DNA #GreatBritian #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Norse #Vikings #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

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Lall, G.M., Larmuseau, M.H.D., Wetton, J.H. et al. Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals Norse Viking dispersal lineages in Britain. Eur J Hum Genet 29, 512–523 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-020-00747-z #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Science #Genetics #Biology #DNA #GreatBritian #GB #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Norse #Vikings

Illustration for a forthcoming article by @fionaorkneynews for about Sigurd the Stout, one of many who fell carrying the Raven Banner.

#Odin #Raven #Vikings #Norse #mastoart

Digging up our Norse past
11 Sep, 6–7pm GMT, free online

This talk will delve deep into the #Norse substrate in #Scottish #placenames & analyse them through an interdisciplinary #linguistic, #onomastic, #social, & #historical focus, shedding some light on #Scotland’s #Viking past.

#Scottish #history #language

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digging-up-our-norse-past-tickets-670661024177

In a globalized world, the convergence of different nationalities and cultures often transforms societal notions of a shared identity. #History #Vinland #Vikings #Norse #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/377/american-vikings-how-the-norse-sailed-into-the-lan/

When I was in middle school I checked this book out of the school library again and again. I loved it so much. When I grew up, I found myself in this age of miracles and wonders where it's possible to recapture your childhood by buying things on Ebay, so I tracked down a copy of the book and bought it. I still love it, and take it off the shelf often to leaf through it.

It's d'Aulaire's Norse Gods and Giants, by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire.

#books #mythology #norse

Farmen - Viking Age Merchants

https://youtu.be/A-2aqeUeTmo

#Norse #VikingAge #Farmen #Merchants #History

Following my latest post about #Norse #mythology, I wrote a brief article with some more details, a couple of myths and some curiosities 👇

https://godsip.club/articles/brutal-north/

My favourite couple! 🥰❤️ With everything that’s been going on with Silver Throat and the new picturebooks, I’ve missed a few fanart fridays. Up and running again with this gorgeous drawing of Hirka and Rime, by Helen Noman from Sweden. Thank you so much, Helen, I love them! 🥰

#FanArtFriday #TheRavenRings #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Norse

In #Norse cosmology, there is no such thing as "the world".
Creation myths explain how parts of the cosmos were created (e.g., the sky is the skull of Mimir¹) and that several worlds are separated from each other. To be precise, there are nine.

Shamans can travel with the soul, but it should be physically possible too. Often, the methods described are quite strange, but fascinating:
• Walking on the rainbow
• Diving in some pools of water
• Walking in the dark
• Through memorial barrows²
• Traversing inaccessible forests and mountains

Also, gods have such powers that can break the barriers among them.
It was said, for example, that the lightning was #Thor striking Jötnar (the giants) with its hammer, and the thunder was the sound of the creature falling apart.

Our world, thus the reality we see, is called Midgard³, inhabited only by humans.
Interestingly, the other worlds don't have a specific direction (e.g. to the West) – they're just "far away".

At the center of Norse cosmology there is Yggdrasil⁴, a huge #tree (maybe an ash tree) which connects all the worlds. Its name could mean "Horse of the Terrible One" because Odin used its branches to quickly move among the worlds.

Here is a quick list:
1. Asgard – home of the Æsir gods
2. Jotunheim –home of the evil giants
3. Alfheim – home of the elves, (never described in any resource)
4. Nidavellir – where dwarves lived
5. Vanaheim – home of Vanir gods (never described!)
6. Hel – the underworld
7. Muspelheim – a world made of Fire
8. Niflheim – a world made of Ice
9. Midgard – our world, the only one not part of the "Otherworld"

It is extremely confusing, and in the past, people who tried to join the lines were confused, too! Here is a scheme from XIX century, which does not help at all 😅

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADmir
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumulus
³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midgard
⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil

#Folklore #mythology @folklore @mythology #mythologymonday @mythologymonday

I named her "Ylva". She has Fenrir's vargr children, Sköll and Hati, on her crossguard.
#wolf #vargr #Ylva #Skoll #Hati #Fenrir #Viking #Nordic #Norse #mythology #art #steelart #steelartist #detroit #swordsmith #bladesmith #swordartonline #cosplay #garb #fantasy #larp #archangelsteel #sword #blade

I think Heathens should talk more about how there's a whole Eddic poem about Odin wasting a king for being cruel to his guests and Odin tests the king by approaching his hall disguised as a poor traveler.
#Heathen
#Norse
#Pagan
#Spirituality
#Religion
#Odin

All the doorways, before one enters, should be looked around, should be spied out; it can’t be known for certain where enemies are sitting in the hall ahead.

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/sayings-from-a-viking-god/ #Norse #Vikings #medieval

Norns are among the most mysterious and powerful #Norse deities. They are women deeply linked with the fate of every human being (and maybe every living being, in general).

They are said to draw water from a sacred well Urðarbrunnr¹ to nourish Yggdrasil², the #tree at the center of Norse cosmology, the Nine Worlds.
Norns are best known to spin the thread of life, which determines the life or fate of all individuals — #spinning is a very common topic in many legends and tales, check out this link³ from @IcySedgwick!
They represent the past (Urðr), future (Skuld) and present (Verðandi).

They have #runes on their nails, and they carved runes on wooden pieces, too. Furthermore, they could be benevolent, but also could cause tragic events. Pre-Christian Scandinavians attested to Norns who visit a newborn child in order to determine the person's future.

In Slavic #mythology, there are three goddesses who watch over pregnant women, and decide the baby's fate three days after the birth.

At last, let's focus on the term Wyrd⁴. It was the name of a silent Anglo-Saxon goddess who had the control on women and men's fate. Nowadays, it is a concept to indicate the destiny. It is quite certain that the modern word "weird" has the same, old, meaning.
Shakespeare, in Macbeth, refers to the Norns as the "Weird sisters".

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur%C3%B0arbrunnr
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil
³ https://www.icysedgwick.com/spinning-in-folklore/
⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyrd

#Folklore #folklorethursday @mythology @folklore @mythologymonday