Norse Mythology and Their Most Epic War | Fate & Fabled

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In Norse mythology, there are two types of gods: the war-loving Aesir and magic-wielding Vanir. Long ago, they fought an epic war over who should be worshiped more by humans, but neither side could win. They reached a truce and united into a single pantheon, which is very rare in folklore. This might indicate a meeting of cultures in Norway from more than 3000 years ago!
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Hosted by Dr. Moiya McTier & Dr. Emily Zarka, FATE & FABLED explores the stories and characters of mythologies from all around the world - why they came to be and how they impact us still today.
Host / Writer: Moiya McTier, PhD
Host: Dr. Emily Zarka
Director: David Schulte
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Producer: Thomas Fernandes
Editor / Animator: Steven Simone
Assistant Editor: Jordyn Buckland
Illustrator: Sophie Calhoun
Script Editors: Emily Zarka, PhD & Moiya McTier, PhD
Additional Material Written by: Andrew Matthews
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@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר Год назад

Weird stories like this is one of the reasons why I love mythologies.

@manolososadavinci1937 Год назад

***religion not mythologies,don't forget Christianity was the first pagan religion

@BjornIdiottsonn Год назад

@@manolososadavinci1937 Christianity? Pagan? *REALLY*?

@somedude6161 Год назад

I think the Aesir and Vanir here represent the two lives of the Viking. They are, by nature, farmers and traders and worship the natural world, but they're also warriors, going raiding and believing in an honorable death through battle. I am reall looking forward to your upcoming series!

@donnguyen1107 Год назад

Also the Norse r the Scandinavian people as a whole (farmers, traders, religious figures etc) while Vikings r specifically more the warriors and raiders who serve the Norse chieftains

@NewMessage Год назад

The spit was probably a nod to how early mead was made, as there is a naturally occuring form of yeast in human saliva. Kvasir was later turned into mead by two dwarves. Kvas, an ancient form of mead still made today, contains beet juice, making it appear blood red.

@Thapion Год назад

The acting bits are cute! I also like that this format seems a bit more chill and casual than the previous season! "THIS EPISODE, I LIKE IT! ANOTHER!"

@jso6790 Год назад

No sane person could yawn at your videos! They are wonderful and informative and well done. Drs. McT and Zarka are just fantastic. I loved hearing this story because the children I teach at the Penn Museum seem to have no idea of this "origin" story, instead focusing on Thor's adventures and.. of course.. Ragnarok

@fishpastethe4th340 Год назад

"Bugs Bunny Gambit" is freaking hilarious to describe that scene. Also, love those magic cards used!

@tinagoli5375 Год назад

would love a video about the other underrated creatures of norse myth, such as sköll and hati, who are fenrir’s sons!

@arthurmartin4616 Год назад

Exactly. Storied did an episode on sirenhead so it isn't out of the question either.

@LibraLevin Год назад

Sssssooooooo ADORABLE!!!!!! I loved this episode!!!!!! And it looked like y’all had fun making it!!!!!

@pbsstoried Год назад

We honestly have the best time together-*Dr.Z*

@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589 Год назад

@@pbsstoried Norse gods

@LibraLevin Год назад

@@pbsstoried that’s wonderful! And it shows in the videos! Keep up the amazing work and thank you so much!

@gweebara Год назад

The rhyming cuplets you introduced the episode with was a brilliant usage

@pbsstoried Год назад

That was all the brilliance of Dr. McT!

@fireisawesome1466 Год назад

@@pbsstoriedplease cover the reincarnating romance between Shiva and Parvati

@choryferguson2196 Год назад

Really enjoyed this collaboration between you two skilled researchers! Thank you.

@johnsteiner3417 Год назад

The Asir, "Loki, what the hel is that!?" Loki, "That's my boy, Sliepnir." The Asir, "You're... his dad?" Loki, "His mother." Freya, "I told 'ya all about him."

@MrMule10 Год назад

Y'all is a treat and one we all needed. Thanks Doc's.

@SlimRhyno 11 месяцев назад

Two of my favorite people, talking about one of my favorite subjects 😄

@garethtudor836 Год назад

That was absolutely brilliant. Your telling of the story reminded me of Neil Gaiman's book of Norse mythology, and that's one of the best books I've ever read. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season

@jonathonelvington5225 Год назад

This video came out on my birthday! Also great job you guys.

@ThePixiixiq Год назад

It's so intersting to get an outside look into something that seems so normal you've never questioned it! I love love love to see how such myths show up culturally and us about our present day culture. We are so more connected than we realize in th humdrum of daily life.

@Caldor64 Год назад

I thought the spit thing had to do with how Scandinavians used to make mead. As far as I remember they used to chew up bits of bread and spit it into the mix to serve as the yeast for fermentation

@ioanaalina5583 Год назад

Oh my Odin 🎉 excellent norse stories! ❤ hope you'll do something about the Jotunn, as well! Perhaps even the story of the kidnapping of Idunn 😃 anything with Loki mischief is a great story 😂

@youremakingprogress144 Год назад

I had never heard that Fenrir had sons! I definitely would love to learn more about them.

@youremakingprogress144 Год назад

I love the pop culture references. Great episode, and I'm looking forward to the next!

@ips0fact0proof1 Год назад

My favorite episode to date!

@Jay-ql4gp 9 месяцев назад

That was excellent, thank you!

@davidetuzzo8557 Год назад

I really anjoyed this episode! And the idea of these two scholars but also fans of creating their own Pantheon sounds super fun! It reminds me of that arch in the comic Lucifer in which two girls are put in charge of a new universe where they welcome all the refugees coming from all the mythologies that ever existed with the only condition that the girls themselves, although godlike, will not be worshipped themsleves.

@hindsgaul10 Год назад

I love the fact that Odin is holding the Jelling goblet! Awesome detail.

@christianchauhan23 Год назад

❤🤍💙 all your videos mam👍especially this one because it's about NORSE GODS.

@jankay8569 Год назад

God i love this channel so damn much

@OutsideGamerGirl Год назад

The costumes and role play was epic! Great job! Love to see more episodes like this. ❤

@teathyme7433 Год назад

omg amazing video as ever!! and i'm so excited to see the rest of your pantheons! such a fun idea

@R.Merkhet Год назад

Great! Honestly DrMcT if I wad ready to do a deep dive on smurfs! Choice!

@merlapittman5034 Год назад

This was a super video, and I love the poetry! 😂

@arazyr Год назад

Looking forward to the compiled pantheon. Might make a D&D world using it. 8^)

@Jayjay-qe6um Год назад

The Vanir are featured in the poem "Om vanerne" by Oehlenschlager (1819). Some Germanic Neopagans refer to their beliefs as Vanatru (meaning "those who honor the Vanir").

@djmoulton1558 Год назад

Oh dear. You have totally missed the opportunity to use correct Viking poetic metre, i.e. 1,2-1,2,3 in each line.

@Shatterpath Год назад

Thank you so much for the lesson AND the laugh! You two were great.😂

@pandoraeeris7860 Год назад

Be careful with whom you swap spit with, you migjt end up with a Vanirial disease! 😅

@semaj_5022 Год назад

Great video! Fate & Fabled and Monstrum are some of my favorite series on RU-vid. Love hearing about different mythologies from new perspectives. I do have a request, though. Would you guys mind looking up pronunciations for some of the words you use? It's a selfish request on my part, as your presentations are always top teir, but the pronunciations throw me off a bit sometimes. In this case, Æsir would be said more like "a-seer," with the "a" pronounced like the "a" in "act." Vanir would be "wah-neer" or "vah-neer." Both would have emphasis on the first syllable. Hope this doesn't come across as rude!

@j.f.fisher5318 Год назад

I kinda figured the war was the proto indo european sky-god culture reaching the end of its rope in the alien lands of the north and having to coexist with the earth gods instead of conquering them. Incidentally, a lot of aspects of Ragnarok sound like they could recount a volcanic eruption and a severe volcanic winter such as 526 AD.

@srvfan454 Год назад

I DEMAND THAT THE STORY OF SMURFHEIM BE TOLD! Also I want a Smurfheim flag.

@CaritasGothKaraoke Год назад

Whether Aesir precedes Vanir in the alphabet that Norse gods would have used would depend on what you did with “V”, which didn’t exist. If you used Uruz, instead of Wunjo, Vanir would come first alphabetically. Or, rather, fuþarkically.

@robbabcock_ Год назад

What a delightfully silly yet informative episode!😂🥰🙌

@pikachue602 11 месяцев назад

U know the crazy thing is that we in Sanskrit refers forest and greenery as Vanya or vana just like the Gods Vanir .. And violence as a asuri (demonic) And yes in Vedic Hindu literature Asuras and Daevas are actually brothers

@danvernier198 Год назад

Considering how mystic and alien the Finno-Ugric peoples are described in the few sources that do exist it seems outright absurd to assume that they were the source of these less warlike gods. The few preserved stories, the artistic depictions and place name prevalence all point to this mythic war representing the merger of separate Germanic traditions from different sides of Scandinavia. There's no linguistic, genetic, archeological or textual evidence to support the idea that the gemanic peoples of ancient Scandinavia had any significant exchange of ideas with the Finno-Ugric peoples.

@ErikHolten Год назад

O Dr. Z., I hope to be no killjoy writing this; Germanic words are never heard with ending empha-sis. However wrong, it's just in song that rhythm appears inverted. HorSES, acRE, chilDREN, baKER would seem, in speech, perverted.

@BjornIdiottsonn Год назад

Sweet Friggin Hel, the pronunciations in the video... ask a linguist next time, please (Jackson Crawford, mayhaps?)! Some of the things that ticked me off: ° Stress in Nordic words is nearly ALWAYS on the first syllable, never the second. AE-sir, not ae-SIR, VA-nir, not va-NIR, et cetera. Stressed vowels are typically indicated with an accent (á, é, í, ó, ú), sometimes not though. ° Vowel phonology depends on the language (especially with the modern-day inland languages), but with Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese it's actually quite consistent: A is "ah", E is "eh", I is "ee", O is "oh", and U is "oo", with stress typically making the sound longer, with the Old Norse and Icelandic exception of Á, making an "aw" sound in Old Norse and "ow" sound in Icelandic. My sources: Jackson Crawford pronunciation guides; Some google and wikipedia; I'm not a native Icelandic speaker, so don't quote me on anything. If I came off as harsh/nitpicky, I'm just passionate about Norse-anything, and dislike bad pronunciation :/ (Btw, Kvasir is KVA-seer, not kuh-VA-seer)

@kenster8270 Год назад

Yeah this goes for many of my favourite YT channels. I think it may simply be a matter of difference in research routines. In the US, online content creators will put a lot of effort into fact-finding and fact-checking, but they will rarely ever bother to look up the pronunciation of unfamiliar words, including foreign names. And so they just make up their own pronunciations and run with that. 🤷 I still love this channel to death though. 🤍

@BjornIdiottsonn Год назад

@@kenster8270 I'm European, so that tracks lol

@kenster8270 Год назад

@@BjornIdiottsonn As am I

@Pandaemoni Год назад

Small thing, biut Old Norse always stressed the first syllable in a word. So VA-nir rather than va-NEER, AES-ir rather than aes-EER.

@lovetherain3x3 Год назад

"The Bugs Bunny Gambit" that's a good one 👍🏽😹 I loved this episode!

@crystallinecrow3365 Год назад

Ahhh at last we millennials are sufficiently mature and in enough positions of power to bring our meme culture to even PB heckin S 😂🤣 my heart is so full. Great video, loved the style! More of this please!

@al_wombat Год назад

Mimir! Where‘s Atreus?

@brandondavidson4085 Год назад

"This old myth about two warring groups of gods is an analogy of two pagan cultures merging and the conflicts that arise as they tried to cooperate for survival" Me: "Yeah, that was pretty obvious"

@HarryBuddhaPalm Год назад

You didn't mention the part where Loki drank from the cauldron and invented the Spit Take.

@lunathelunatic Год назад

Oh I like this idea!!!! 🎉

@probablyrajir638 Год назад

6:58 Fun fact: Æ, as in Æsir is near the end (second to last in Icelandic) of the Icelandic, Norse, Danish and Faroese alphabet.

@ninjakore1721 Год назад

You guys are so cool and funny !!!😂

@nmatheis Год назад

This will be awesome! My wife's family is Scandinavian and mine is Germanic & English, so I'll be sharing these with our boys.

@gardenhead92 Год назад

7:00 I for sure thought Dr Z was gonna respond that the Norse used runes not the alphabet. Missed an opportunity!

@willardorensantiago4775 Год назад

Wow, I can’t be wait making new episodes of fate/fable and I love it so much and thanks to know about story telling about new discover exploration of norse mythology 👍❤️

@teasorceryr3633 Год назад

I forgot to mention, I also really loved the skit! More costumes!

@cadenceclearwater4340 Год назад

Loved it 😊

@arielle2745 Год назад

💖💓💗👏 Awesome! I can hardly wait for more episodes!

@majinsole8554 Год назад

They’re such nerds, I love it ☺️ ~_~

@Ms.Amylia_Clenny 10 месяцев назад

Living forever is only good with eternal youth.

@ReeveProductions Год назад

Idunn!!! I played idunn in a play when I was younger. 😁

@hectech Год назад

Love the new format! Keep up the great work. ❤❤❤❤

@pandoraeeris7860 Год назад

Now we know where the "spit on it" truce comes from.

@NewMessage Год назад

Nerds AND weirdos? I feel so seen.

@pandoraeeris7860 Год назад

Aesir/Vanir = Hunter/Gatherer.

@dropkickcorpse Год назад

Etymology question for Dr Z: Is there any etymological PIE link between the words Aesir and Asura? Thank you Storied team for the videos.

@tMarie234 Год назад

The correct word is Æser (one “Ås“ and female «Åsynje». It stems from a form of Germanic “Anzus” (Etruscan language «Asier») and means Gods.

@tMarie234 Год назад

And no,you can’t compare it to Asura (Ahura) at all :)

@stubbzzz 11 месяцев назад

I think the Vanir are from the Fins or related Uralic tribes in the area. The Finnish word for old is “vanha” so maybe “vanir” originally meant something like “the old gods”? We know that Odin / Woden ( as well as Gandalf) we’re inspired and influenced by the Finnish god, Vainemoinen. And even Loki was possibly influenced by the Finnish witch Louhi. Odin / Woden started out as the leader of The Wild Hunt, a psychopomp of ghostly storm winds from the animistic belief that the wind was spirits. At some point, he was elevated and replaced Tyr and Thor in the Zeus / King / All-Father role. He became more of a wandering wizard associated with wisdom and poetry after the Germanic tribes encountered the Finns and Vainamoinen. Maybe because both were associated with wind, so they were culturally merged together? Similar to how the Vanir and Aesir exchanged a few gods in the story. These are my thoughts and theories, anyway.

@torbjornlekberg7756 Год назад

I have to speak against the idea of Sami being Vanir. The Sami were not the only group present during the time (according to some, they were not yet present at all. Remember, we are talking about Neolithic Scandinavia here). It is far more likely that a former group of farmers came to be remembered as Vanir, while the Indo-European, Corded Ware culture offshoot, known as the Battle Axe culture, represented the Aesir. The Sami were nomads are still such to a large extent. Today they are mainly raindeer herders, altho this is a relatively recent development. Going back further they were hunters and gatherers, focusing mostly on raindeer hunting.

@WildMen4444 Год назад

Hail to the Aesir! Hail to the Vanir!

@BaldingClamydia 10 месяцев назад

Bugs was really quick to jump in a dress, huh :D And I guess that makes Loki really genderfluid

@jaredwebster3620 Год назад

Totally off topic but that scar on Dr. McTier's (sp?) shoulder and arm is very cool. I wonder what the story behind it is

@twitchypaper1391 2 месяца назад

The Sami were not native to Europe, and the Indo-Europeans were in Scandinavia before the sami were...

@nickc3657 Год назад

There should be a feast for all cast and crew with dishes (or just foods) from the cultures of all 10 gods! Maybe Beryl from Pan Pals could help?

@GiantEagle610 Год назад

I keep thinking of the Norse gods featured in “ God of War” 2018 and “God of War -Ragnarok”

@tumejorpose Год назад

Super excited for this season!!!

@cannibalbananas Год назад

Loved that the spit pot was a crockpot 😂😂 And thank you for the knowledge with a side of entertainment 👍

@johno5605 Год назад

I must say you two ladies know more than me but the pronunciation of old Norse names is inaccurate. The R's are rolled.

@keata1315 Год назад

I can't with your pronunciations🤣

@TheGalacticGrizzly 11 месяцев назад

"The Eseer and the Veneer" 😂😭

@scottfrazier1618 Год назад

How should Idunn be pronounced? You pronounced it with the letter d, but spelled it with the letter "Eth" which should be pronounced like "th"

@Sunshine-zm1fx Год назад

The word "spit" was used too many times in this video. It was very difficult for me to finish eating my yogurt.

@Pottery4Life Год назад

lol That was great. Looking forward to more episodes. Thank you.

@johno5605 Год назад

Also as a request, I'd like for there to be a few episodes of the Slavic Deities as they receive very little attention.

@triciac.5078 11 месяцев назад

How come you refer to each other with your titles, but the captions and slides refer to you with your first names?

@sixft7in Год назад

11:02 "I low key (Loki) would wear this..." Wah-wah-wah.

@scordeteyla 7 месяцев назад

This is so wholesome! 💚💜 I love the idea of the mixed pantheon!

@beniaminmarin1596 Год назад

02:56 Bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye

@padd6007 Год назад

I noticed the Ai art for thumbnail don’t think I didn’t notice.

@dragonicus2614 11 месяцев назад

That's a fun idea making a pantheon with other gods😊

@Darnis1993 Год назад

I hope that you know, but the viking did not have horn on their helms. :)

@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Год назад

They had something else on their heads(I do not know what that would be.).

@BjornIdiottsonn Год назад

@@solidonseraindogthetenth1679The gjermundbu helmet? It's a relatively well-known type of helmet for the vikings

@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Год назад

@@BjornIdiottsonn Sorry. I am not an expert on any thing norse except their mythology.

@BjornIdiottsonn Год назад

@@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Well enough. Though, where were you getting at with "they had something else on their heads"?

@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 Год назад

@@BjornIdiottsonn Not sure. I just know it's not the steryotype.

@naomiwright4895 Год назад

This was fun I really enjoyed this!

@carlos_hb Год назад

Kvasir, one of my favorite drawfee characters

@gamlerik1 Год назад

Idunn is still a fairly common feminine name in Norway. The pronouciation puts the emphasis on the first syllable, with a prolonged I... I-dunn.

@deedoublejay 11 месяцев назад

Teaching your viewers how to pronounce an eth would be awesome.

@CartoonHero1986 Год назад

This season's format is really cute

@fierabrazz Год назад

Nice topic, but video is so cringe it hurts...

@TheFuzzyEarmuffs Год назад

Such great content and told in such a fun way!

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 Год назад

Fun Fantasy Pantheon gaming 🥰🥃🥃

@lyndsaybrown8471 Год назад

This was great! I love learning why the mythology may have come about. It was starting to sound pretty politically complicated, more than the short, little moral narratives. If this myth arose as a way to explain to two different cultures why they now live together, that makes sense as to why it is so complicated. Sort of like the story of like the story of the Roman Empire switching to Catholicism because Constantine prayed for victory and won the battle (if I am remembering what I learned in Catholic school correctly).