(Old Version) Norse Galdr and Galdralag 

Your channel is pretty good, I'm enjoying it(nice to see you here).

Woah always fun to see a wild ReligionForBreakfast spotting

Now that's the most ambitious crossover I've ever seen LOL. It would be great to, maybe, in the future, see you both working together in a video!

I just recently discovered Heilung and they took me somewhere else... Now i'm here learning all that I can consume. I am so grateful for the internet and this amazing scholar and all he is sharing

Very good to see someone else who appreciates them

Also in Tyr of Wardruna.

I couldn't decide if he wanted to laugh or was just extremely uncomfortable.... either way, it was rather amusing.

Hiiiiighlarious

Poor man looks like he's going to throw up!

It seemed to make him sick and rightfully so.

@@GnoneckOG Lowharious, as my husband says.

Erik Holten shrill voice as in a bird singing? As the german equivalent to galdr is galster and "gal" meant here bird and to this day we say and gesture that someone crazy has a bird living in their head

Here we call that going cuckoo, Gakar is the Norse equivalent of that. From what I've been able to find references to Gakar alu are talking about spring magic

in german, the word "gellen" means something like "to cry in a shrill voice so that the sound of it echos everywhere. A very intense cry in german is for example called as a "gellender Schrei" (ein Schrei = a cry)

Magic songs sung in a shrill voice? Sounds pretty kvlt!

Bwahahahaha

Jenny The Frog maybe it could only work at that time because you were a child. And even if you had the words and intent now, it would not work because being a child is actually part of the magic!

But who be that is yes, already becoming best of

He uses ancient Icelandic...

Samael, i love that you are doing research on Ashinaabe Lodge songs! My herbalism teacher was trained by Ashinaabe traditionalists, and I learned a bit about these traditions and they are beautiful and fascinating Did you finish your research, and is it published anywhere? I would love to read it

If you want to spell Odin incorrectly, spell it in Elder Futhark.

Transskription Ragnhildr satti stæin þannsi æft Alla Sǫlva, goða vēa, liðs hæiðverðan þegn. Alla syniR gærðu kumbl þausi æft faður sinn ok hans kona æft ver sinn. En Sōti rēst rūnaR þessi æft drōttin sinn. Þōrr vīgi þessi rūnaR. At {rita} sā verði es stæin þannsi {ailti} eða æft annan dragi.

Chompskyhonk Hmm.. yes I think you may have something there. The joke’s on the hapless person who tried to do those steps of the spell. I think maybe the spell was really there to teach those who look for “easy money”, that perhaps there is nothing easy about it, any more than working for it at least. Maybe the magic of the spell is that it teaches the reader something about themselves. ☺️

Týrsson The irony is that someone who takes something seriously enough to make it their religion should take themselves seriously enough to actually learn it. That they often do not is detrimental to what they are trying to do.

Týrsson Given that it was PhD's who cast the mold in the 70's for what would emerge today, and PhD's who continue to nurture the emergence of contemporary Heathendom, I think the bar is set fairly high and that is a good thing. Why would Heathens think it a good idea to follow the example of Christians in their religious practices? Anyone who is serious about "reconstruction" needs to be well studied and well informed in their endeavors. Otherwise they are simply trading one label for another and really have no practical idea of what they are doing. That people are making a legit attempt at this, is commendable, and it is culturally very important. If this were a music RU-vid channel and the channel owner a PhD in music, and he said some things that were on point about (say) Hungarian folk music, and his observations showed a much higher degree of aptitude than traditional Hungarian folk bands, I would call that ironic also. And I would probably share his videos on Hungarian folk band fb pages and groups in the hope some of them might be inspired to up their own standards. They would probably make some argument that academics are not legit in the world of music, and someone would also likely say that its not ironic at all because a PhD is a PhD and why should a Hungarian folk band know their own tradition any better than corporate pop music bands.....I digress ;-)

Týrsson We can agree on that. IMO, the average Heathen should aspire to the level of BA Germanic Studies. People ask "which translation", the honest answer is that if you really want to know what the composers "meant", you need to learn Old Norse and attempt your own translation. In the mean time Dr. Crawford has the best, most accessible translation of the Poetic Edda, and I also recommend Dr. Chisholm's partial translation of the same for an accessible translation with a more heathen flavor. Some understanding of academic linguistics is critical I think. How many generations of Northern Europeans had to read the bible and hear mass in the "mysterious" language of Latin until the various reformations allowed translations and mass sung in the native tongues of the congregations? This kind of historical Germanic push towards an individualistic understanding of scripture and ritual, and its subsequent push to an individualistic relationship with deity (salvation as the path of ones personal relationship with Christ, sans an intermediary priesthood ), is, I think, very Germanic in nature and indicative of older individualistic Heathen practice and religious culture. Like common law, and Natural Law as the foundation of our American Bill of Rights and Constitution (derived from the Magna Carta, and ultimately Saxon tribal legal custom), the philosophical frame work of the "American" push for religious liberty via free practice of various Christian types and denominations, the ontology of our long-term historical and religious philosophies are ultimately pre-christian. Aka ancient heathen. So much was sacrificed for us to practice religion in our native tongues, the least a Heathen can do today is to TRY to learn the native tongues of those venerated ancestors who originally practiced the religion. It is what Heathens can and should do to separate themselves from the societal and religious mediocrity that they aspire to transcend. So that when you know what the Hel you're talking about and can prove it, and they say, "Whoa, what are you, a scholar", you can say with confidence and might, " No, I am not a scholar, I am a Heathen!". Had that same exact exchange at a large state Militia meeting on Saturday and was a little stunned at how well it was received. The world is changing fast, hold on! :-D Edit/PS: The idea conveyed above is nearly universal in terms of critical American institutions. Religion, law, and even economics. There is a reason the U.S. is on top and the rest of the world exists in a state of degrees as it's hegemony. We can thank our ancient ancestors for the world ruling *hamingja* that we have inherited from them and greatly profited by. Here is a fun article published in Forbes magazine on this very subject: www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2011/09/29/forget-multiculturalism-restore-the-anglo-saxon-philosophy-of-liberty/amp/

Fro Ing He travels throughout the worlds under multiple different names, using trickery and magic to get what he wants from others. How does that not make him "tricky"? I fear the moral dualism behind the assumption that the word "tricky" is a condemnation or "demonization" is more of a judeo christian conceptualization than the idea that a God can be "tricky" and yet also held in the highest respect and even venerated.

Fro Ing Yes! He is the ultimate multifaceted "character". The idea of faring forth on long adventures to distant and dangerous lands to discover new people and things, to win treasures of knowledge, wisdom, and power for his tribe is incredibly cool. The greatest stories ever told, I feel.

What realm do you play on in wow?

Almost like people who made fantasy got their inspiration from something in real life history.

@@CollectorDuck Or they made it up but got the same result because it is the result of similar minds

@@thinkingmachine354 No it's well known that one of the originals of the fantasy genre J.R.R. Tolkien borrowed heavily from norse and english myth.

@@CollectorDuck Sure. Put that doesn't disprove my point at all.

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft in Hólmavík have replica necropants on display. To the best of my knowledge, there's no actual evidence of them being made/worn, just folklore.

Even after all these years on the internet, nothing prepared me for the phrase "replica necropants."

Kate Elliott oh wow 😮. 🤣🤣🤣

vanir vikings ........... aesir blond blue eyed Norse

Ylva Sami and Finnish people were believed to be extra powerful or skilled seid magicians. We've been exchanging culture and religious beliefs for thousands of years, so I'm not going to attempt to sum up all that history in a quick reply. There are are still superstitious Nordic people who are afraid of being "ganned" (put a spell on) by the sami. I guess some folks aren't below encouraging the belief, too :) Most notably a northern Norwegian politician made the news a year or two back, complaining about being ganna by a politician from an opposing party.

Hey, thanks very much for that info BLGG; very interesting! I will definitely be reading more about it.

Many legendary Viking kingly bloodlines go back to saami/Lapps at some point According to oral traditions anyways and sometimes saga It says sigfather himself flew to saami land on a magick pole to learn their ways In medieval Scandinavian genealogies it was traditional to substitute saami ancestors with trolls elves or some other mythological creatures because the saami were feared and respected for their shamanic ways :) I have an ancestor named halvtroll Reasonable to assume he was half saami Lol also there was actually a saami male skeleton found in a Viking period grace in a Norse society grave yard & he was wearing Nordic women's clothing