Signs of Ragnarok III 

I've never heard birds go so crazy. Thank you for your insight, as always!

I’d love to hear more about Norse onomatopoeia and words for sounds, hearing the cattle lowing and the birds chirping made me think ‘how would the poets vocalize Jackson’s action?’

Nice shot with the hummingbirds! I always enjoy the outdoor ambiance of your videos, it complements your delivery well.

I love hummingbirds. It's so cool to see so many in one place.

You have my vote, Rocky Mountain Independent!

You could do a new video, “How to Cuss in Proto-Indo-Hummingbird”. Do they possess a Runic Alphabet?

Interesting. The moment you said reka meant avenge I quickly realized it's Dutch cognated is wreken. Which is actually pronounced vreken (wr is pronounced vr in Dutch, same with wrijving). Also because I remember v's dropping off words from your other videos.

About the distance "rast", according to one article I found this is about 5 km (3 miles). This is simply the distance between rests when you're traveling by foot. A hundred rests/rasts is a really long distance.

The birds are definitely upstaging.

Quite a contrast to discuss Ragnarok against such an idealic background.

5:28 The old Swedish mile, which of course is much more modern than a "rast", was a bit more than 10 km (it was, I think, based on an angle measurement of a great circle, just like the nautical mile or the German geographic mile). The law that regulated the building of roads and inns stipulated that a mile marker should be put up every quarter mile. Perhaps that is a faint memory of how long you could travel before taking a break? Is 2.5 km a reasonable distance before your horse needs rest? 🤔 Relevant to the viking age, there was also a similar unit of measurement at sea, the distance a team of rowers could row (or were hired to row) before being relieved by the next team. That is also a proposed source for the word "viking"; the word vicar in English and the word vikarie in Swedish means someone who takes another's place. The next rowing team, the next "viking", takes over the job for the next leg of the journey. 🙂

Some 57Hz wingflaps sounded great :)

Hmm... Things to think about. Skål! 🤔

that landscape is so pretty that it looks artificial

Just bought your books thank you!

ETA on your Prose Edda?

"Then follows a mighty battle between the gods and the Comet. It can have, of course, but one termination; but it will recur again and again in the legends of different nations. It was necessary that the gods, the protectors of mankind, should struggle to defend them against these strange and terrible enemies. But their very helplessness and their deaths show how immense was the calamity which had befallen the world."

Does Vigridr or the version Sigrid talks about have any literal or metaphorical translation? I love all your work!

Wonderful background challenge ! Those little guys are all the best!

fantastico

Wait was there a ragnarok 2?

As always, a joy when my attention can lock in. Thank you.

Great stuff, Keep up the good work bro! ☮♥

Shoutout to the hummingbirds!

Is rasta linguistically related to rost? Could bifrost mean shimmering mile?

Couldn't hear a word, only the hummingbirds.

Need to turn up the audio a little. .