The First Icelanders 

Check out Sigurboði Grétarsson's RU-vid at: ru-vid.com/show-UCXT0uT028hHP2-ttuJqkxzw Also, at 19:50 there is a typo and it's "Fjölkunnigr maðr", I've pronounce it correctly, but during the edition of the video I made a little typo - that's what happens when you work 12h-16h and with little time to rest; mistakes are made!

Something weird happened to me recently, Every time I see Iceland or hear Icelandic music or anything Viking related I get a really odd feeling.. I did more and more digging and even spent money to find out my great great great grandmother was from Reykjavik and great great great grandfather from Orebo Sweden. Both my grand parents & parents are English, how dull I thought I was until recently lol.

From the Red rocks of Arizona to the Black sand beaches, I have never known magic or beauty like that of Iceland.

Thank you! You are a good teacher.

How beautiful

This channel is pure gold, I came here looking for Eyvis Evensen's videos. So thank you Arith, greetings from Southamerica.

I'm Icelandic, I'm trying to learn about some of my heritage so, thank you for this video!

well done Arith, awesome video

Truly enjoying your videos Arith. Blessings from Arctic Norway xx

Been watching Vikings, saw that Floki ended up at a place that looked very much like Iceland so I had to search it up

This was fantastically fascinating to watch. After receiving DNA results I discovered my unknown Icelandic heritage and have been on the quest for knowledge. Your story telling is compelling! Thank you for making this. The introduction music is a jam

Floki was real! Excellent discussion. Love the music and your location.

i loved your vid. im keen to see you tell the sagas in more detail. x

Akin to Iceland, New Mexico, where I live, was a backwater of Spanish colonization and, after their empire collapsed, became a place where linguistic and customary anachronisms survived. There are Spanish expressions used here found nowhere else because the language moved on but not in the cul-de-sac called New Mexico!

Really outdid yourself with the introduction! Really great way to set the tone of the video. Congrats on another fantastic addition to your collection. I hope the new year brings more success and growth!

Beautiful music! Great video, love where you shot this video!

love your work

Thank you for this. Fascinating

Since finding your channel last weekend, you sir, have gained a subscriber and a new patreon supporter! I have never sponsored anyone through patreon before, but I feel you truly deserve it. I hope it helps out some and makes it worth your time to keep up the videos. They have really helped me gain new perspective and I am extremely grateful.

Thanks so much and Happy New Year from Denmark

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!! thank you for the talk may many follow :)

This was a fantastic video with a new performance very fresh and musical, just great and I feel great for assist such a brilliant mind! Thanks Mr. Arith, I'm really happy for you! Congratulations be happy! You deserve!🤗 🌲🌻🍁

Having recently found your channel. I find the information interesting. Keep up the great works. Thank you

A very informative video! I always look forward to learning more and new things because of your studies. Thank you so much and happy new year!!!

This was actually really helpful and interesting for me because I'm visiting Iceland this summer. Thanks for some insight 😁

Thank you my friend, I enjoyed this video.

I want to live in Iceland 😐 Icelandic people you got really lucky I wanna live there too😞

Another great video. Love the intro

Thx for the video. We have been able to trace my family roots to Iceland, but no further. I am glad to see a video that focuses there and some sagas from there. Cheers!

I love your location. And next to no wind sound! excellent.

arith, the talk was absolutely brilliant. i am pagan inside despite living in modern england. nature teaches you all. these stories are fantastic for me.york,jorvik is close to me and norse named villiages are all around us.its good to know the history before future generations forget. thankyou arith. tussen takk

Nice intro music!

Wonderful and inspiring as always

Wuff, wuff says my Icelandic Shepherd dog. Hi from Germany and Happy New Year!

very interesting. i love your content and keep it coming. i hope to visit Iceland someday

Great vid. Please tell about the Faroe Islands :-)

Very enjoyable video 😀

Happy new year! Great vid... and a great place to sit! 😀

when i first got into the old scandinavian and pagan culture i was introduced by varg vikernes videos .... that said i am very glad i found your channel because i feel i may have been either misled in some ways or given the wrong idea by that THuleanPerspective channel. thank you

Love your videos keep up the good work !!!! I look forward to watching them in the morning when dtinking my coffee , Skål brother !!!!!!

Indigenous Icelanders, pretty cool!

Fantastic informative video. Can you recommend any book to understand this topic well. Being an Indian it’s quite difficult many terminology

I truly enjoy these videos. Thank you for this info, it is really helpful for those of us that are working to stay true to the pagan way of life. I also think that it’s interesting that Floki was one of the first to get to Iceland. Thanks again for the great video and Happy New Year to you. I hope its a great one for you. Also looking forward to all your videos.

Interesting!

Thanks 😊

Fantastic video full of information, presented colorfully and comprehensively. Where can we read more? Are these stories from the sagas?

Hail the cult of Arith! Can I say that?😳 Either way thanks again for the love and the light.. and the darkness.

Iceland political culture seems very interesting compare to nowadays contrôles stated culture. really good video, thank you

fascinating country

Thank you for the great work Arith! Thanks for not only giving settlers names but also all of these practices with the pronunciations of the words/practices. But one question of confusing. I thought Eric the Red was one of the MANY 1st settlers of Iceland? Could you please explain?

Flott hjá þer, takk æðislega fyrir, excellent how you explained it, also, very nice accent 🤗

Nice Vid

Good morning Arith, my friend, I could imagine that you are sitting in Iceland making this video. When Thorhadd took the earth of the temple I presume that was the earth around the pillars and not the base of the whole temple? In the intro when you said that people are always the same this is very true but some make the mistake of thinking that we change. To illustrate this let me share an example of some grafitti that was found written by a mother complaining about her children, the way they dress, the make-up that they wear and the music that they listen to. It sounds very 20/21 century but was found written in Egyptian heiroglyphics and is 3-4000 years old. It is technology that changes but the people are always that - people.

Another great video. Do you have plans to do a video on Tyr, or the cult of Tyr? I am curious of your thoughts about the Germans who worshipped him.

My DNA Ancestry claims the I hade ancestors who lived in Iceland, but migrated to The US. Not to mention I also have much Norwegen, Swedish, & Danish, DNA. traced back many many generations. The worse part is I have purchased the entire informative & expensive information allowed by DNA Ancestry. As of today, I still have no clue who my Scandanavia ancestors were.

Thank you for your wisdom on this subject ❤️ my momas maiden name is Sigurdson, ive been trying to figure out that history for some time now❤️👍 still at it👍

My mom is Icelandic

This member of the Clan Jordan knows two of the first colonists' directors were the Mariner Kille (Saint) Crusader Jordan (MyrkJartan), King of Ireland, and his ally, Magnus, King of Norway. Source: Sagas of Icelanders (Viking Press).

Your videos are beautiful. May I ask what editing software you use?

Arith!! how did i miss this one - just starting in this is so cool - also love Danheim's music - have you heard Gaeldyr? - he is wonderful and often the two work together.

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I dont know what it is. But I feel like going to Iceland!

im from iceland

Proves that the real Vikings were Norwegian and Icelandic in contrast to Sweden and Danmark who wanted to be Vikings lol

A great video, delivered in a delightful dell. I have recently had my Y DNA done (direct male line) found that I am about 75 percent Danish Viking with a link back to an Iceland skeleton named as Dalvík A9 (I-FGC21765) Dalvík A9 was an 18-25 year old man who lived between 980 and 1020 CE during the Medieval Age and was found in the region now known as Dalvík, Iceland. He was associated with the Pre-Christian Icelander cultural group. I am going to do some research to see if I can find more about this man and if anybody has any suggestions please get in touch.

Hi Arith, I'm 17 years old and from germany, I've been watching your videos for a while now and was wondering if you could help me answer some of my questions. What is the actual difference between monotheism and polytheism? I noticed that many polytheistic religions believe that the essence of existence, is almost like a monotheistic deity, in hinduism that would be brahman for example. So does it really matter whether you believe in several gods that ultimately are part of the source existence, or whether you directly believe in the source of existence itself like Christians do? The way I see it our ancestors had an appreciation for the world and nature itself that we try to regain by "reconstructing" their religion. Besides the fact that I'm german and there is barely anything to be found on continental germanic practices, I was wondering how exactly we were meant to practice it, I understand now that there are some basic concepts like simply trying to go out more with nature and respecting our ancestors that are a start, but how can I get more to the spiritual side of the tradition, otherwise I would be no different then an atheist that goes outside the woods and respects his ancestors. But that isn't enough for me, I read "Summoning the Gods" by Collin Cleary and it made clear to me that spirituality is about regaining some sort of child like state where you are able to just appreciate the world around you for what it is, an ultimate acceptance of existence itself or even a connection with the gods if one wants to say so. I've recently read a comment beneath a different youtube video, that claimed our pagan ancestors weren't more appreciative of nature because of their religion, but simply because they are more connected with it, the commentator made the case that many christian farmers had the same appreciation for nature that pagans did, so therefore he argued, the reason for our lost connection with nature is at it's core because of our technological progress, not because humans don't worship the gods anymore. So why does it matter to be pagan? I would really appreciate you helping me out with these question, or anyone else reading these comments of course. I'm extremely lost at the moment, I feel like I'm so damn close to finally finding a purpose for my life and it feels like I'm longing to connect with the religion, but at the same time I'm also a rationalist of sorts, I've grown up as an Atheist all my life, my constant confrontation with fundamentalists and muslim immigrants (atleast those I met) made me hate religion and despise it all my life, but now I start see the potential and purpose of religion, but also the limitation and damage materialism and individualism potentially hold.

Where exactly were Lodmund & Thrasi's neighboring properties, and which Jökulsá river was the result of their dueling water?

When are you going to come to the part in the story with Floki?

Bucketlist: Go to Iceland and sniff up the fresh nar, nar.

Odd Ducks that is for sure!

Excellent video my friend! Hire a better guest musician next time :þ

I've learned that in 98 54% of the people in Iceland believed in elves. I can't remember where I've seen it. This place amazes me, hope to know it someday. Can you tell me where did you learned about those people, Arith? Is there an old document?

First Icelanders were germanic tribe (Heruli) from Scandinavia.

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Arith, could you please elaborate on these racial differences in Iceland?

Way to go!!!, You ignored the fact that over half the female population came from western Scotland and Ireland. You only need to walk down any street in Reykjavik to see the Scottish and Irish ancestry of modern day Icelanders

im an eye lannn booaaiiii

Its Floki right? 😋

Þetta er flott hjá þér, en ég myndi æfa mig meira í framburði sumra orða næst.

It’s really NOT impossible to learn correct pronunciation of Icelandic. I wish he had! Most of what the poor guy tries to say bears NO resemblance of Icelandic!😅🥵

The first Icelanders were Irish

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