The Three Funerals of Thorolf Twist-Foot | Viking Ghost Stories 

You are a fantastic Story Teller! Do this while sitting around a bon fire, Out in the Woods at night and I would jump Out of my skin even If a Cricket would cough

Well, that takes the whole "Don't ever go to bed angry" and dials it up to 15. Don't let yourself die angry, either. And since we never know when we are going to die, I guess that means we'd better work through our conflicts when we can.

This story speaks to me of how hate and anger can affect others long after those originally involved are dead. It's scary how generations after his death, the cruelty and anger of Thorolf affects those who weren't even associated with him. And whose to say the remains of Glaesir did not return in some other form and haunt others in it's resting place? This is merely where the record stops, not necessarily where the story ends.

Story was great but you could read the phone book in that spooky voice and I'd probably listen

Brother, you would be an awesome DM.

The lore is fantastic, the voice is lovely and calming. The dad jokes are amazing.

Excellent! I have a new campfire story to tell my christian siblings

This fucking terrified me, and I'm just about to go to sleep. You definitely have storytelling material.

I'll admit it, when I'm telling stories to my friends I'm channeling Ocean the Necromancer!

This could be the scariest dragur story that I have ever heard.

Going to a Halloween party with some friends dressed as Odin (as depicted in the Valhalla comics by Peter Madsen). I think I'm gonna suggest spooky stories and whip this bad boy out.

That intro set up makes we want to give you the cold shoulder lmao. Maybe I should Dragur it out. I appreciate you touching upon burials this week while talking about Dragur. Makes me excited to finish Road to Hel. Great video as always, Ocean :D

Time for another great Skyrim lore video from my favourite youtuber!

This is a spooky masterpiece 👻

Kick ass vid great for the month of Halloween 🎃

When in doubt, set it on fire

My first viking horror story, loved listening to this!

Honestly, someone needs to do a The Northman-style historically accurate film adaptation of this story; it's unquestionably gripping horror.

As one who enjoys tryin to explain myth and tales, this whole thing sounds an awful lot like Thorolf was in close contact with radioactive materials, or that his tomb and home were located near such sources, or the groundwater was tainted?! The fact that he didn't rot, but instead became misshapen and blackened seems a likely clue! And then of course the animals and their brittle bones and sudden deaths... Still a terrifying thing to see happen even today!!!

That was amazing. You're a great storyteller. I hope you will do more of these in the future as you're really bringing the old tales to life again. Truly a great necromancer. 😉

I love this style, you are an excellent story teller. It fits the heathen atmosphere of your channel perfectly and though I do love the scholarly rigor and nonbias style of most of your videos I think we could definitely do with more of this "traditional" storytelling too.

This was an amazing story. Thank you for sharing.

Couldn’t think of any draugr puns. Really excited about this one though. Curious to see if there’s skyrim related gags/puns

A masterfully told ghost story!

I haven't heard a story I enjoyed that much in a long time. Thank you for that!

Greetings from Chicago! My GF and I recently started watching your videos. We love them and in my case sparking a sense of curiosity into Heathen faith. Can't wait for the next video. This one we watched while driving across rural Illinois with a thunderstorm in the distance, adding to the story. I lived in GA for a few years so your mentioning of, people's reaction to anything they're not used to always makes me laugh. Anyway thank you for the content and I look forward to exploring this faith and it's stories more in the future.

Cool, this would make for a good mini-series.

For every pun made, a draugr returns to seek revenge.

As a Skyrim player, I am interested in this particular subject.

Is there any evidence to suggest that the Norse or even that the Germanic peoples had a concept of reincarnation? Because Thorolf’s whole descent started when he dueled someone over land; as a bull, he would have all the land he could graze.

So was there intended to be a moral or lesson taken from this story, I wonder? Or is this simply an ancient version of a revenant liken to the urban legend Hook Man or Jason Voorhees? If so, I bet some dude sitting at the campfire or hearth ended the story with "And this all really happened right here where we sit... Goodnight!"

Like how your voice is at a low tone and talk slow but not to slow in a way that the information sinks in my might.

Love the synth music in the background. Very John Carpenter.

Came for the history and theology, stumbled on the stories - and I am here for it.

Love the sagas love the way you tell the story's

Masterful storytelling and perfect background music! Reminiscent of 80's horror themes, love it!

Qiilaan us dilon!

this is a really good horror story, and a really good reading. the music is just perfect too. i have done some reading into this subject and there were many kinds of draugr, some of them could change shape and some could cast spells, so they were far more dangerous than your normal undead. some draugr had vampire like powers, and they could be disfigured or possess great strength. i don't understand though why the bodies of the dead were not burned or chopped into pieces or beheaded straight away rather than bothering with burial as this would prevent them from returning later, i know that they do this later but it takes them a long time to try this. i have also read that one of odin's names is draugrdrotin or master of the undead, is there anything more that you can say about this?

Damn that was spooky. I am totally telling this story to my kids!

It's interesting how different cultures interpret how and why someone becomes an "undead". In slavic folklore you don't have to be a cruel or spiteful person to become a vampire (or any other kind of dangerous draught like creatures). It can happen to a young woman who never got married. It can happen to a man who was born with two souls. It can happen to a drowning victim. It can happen to anyone who never got the right burial. And yes, when in doubt always burn the body Evil people often become evil spirits (without physical form and so potentially less harmful) who are unable to move on to the other side. Some souls even Satan doesn't accept It is an interesting mix of pagan beliefs and Christian conception of afterlife especially considering that devils weren't considered 100% evil all the time. Why should you be scared of the pitful, little creatures when some vamipires don't have bones and can slip through the gap between a door and its frame?

I love the pun at the beginning.

Perfect spooky storytelling, 13/10. Would love more of these

You are a great story teller. Thanks, now i wont sleep tonight.

Hey ocean! I love your voice and I have the habit of binge watching your videos while I do stuff. It is enriching as well as it is really soothing. I just wanted to say that I love hearing you and it would be incredible if you idk, turned it into a story telling series. I bet a lot of your followers love to hear your just as I do and it would be very successful. Anyway thank you so much for all you've been doing on the chanel 🖤 it's very guiding for me and makes me feel in a actual pagan community. I am brazilian and there was a huge norse and east european migration here (from which I descend) but pagans here are mostly dumb ass nazi folkists and that is terrible mainly when you don't have a safe space for practicing in respect while being a mentally healthy human being with the basic notion of how the world spins. That is, it's lonely here not because people are agressive towards our beliefs (worse case, they just don't take you seriously) but because the community itself is soo toxic. In this sense, even if it's not in presence your videos make me very happy and close to my beliefs and practices and make me feel that in a way I have some companion that's not terribly toxic 🖤

Man, I'd listen to you do full-on audiobooks. This is great, and a fascinating story.

Awesome story Had my imagination go wild👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 You're a awesome story teller

Awesome story . The 80s synth is a nice touch as well. Really starting to like this channel a lot

When the ambience and music comes creepin in 👌 4:10

That was such an awesome story thank you for telling it

This was super interesting!! I would love to hear you tell more of these stories!!

Dam this story is freaky, why isn't there a horror movie based of it?

This is awesome!

I love how you bring these tales to life!

The 80s horror-synth music for the win, though.

This was a good video

Have you ever considered being a horror storyteller? This storytelling with the 80's horror music style in the background created an excellent ambiance in my living room. It's a shame I don't have popcorn. 🤘🏽🤘🏽

That was fantastic!

It might be a small opinion to have, but my favorite part in learning about others religions are the stories. I really hope you make more videos like this, that would be amazing! 🖤

I legit got chills from this story. Where's Geralt or Kratos when you need them

Wow, just wow! More of this please!

Your story telling is on a whole new level! Keep it up

This channel is so damn epic. From subject matter to chosen content to storytelling ability to the sound of his voice to the music selections…it doesn’t get more quality than this 🏆

This was gripping. Thanks.

This is awesome bro. You should do more stories like this. 👍

This was amazing. If you have any other stories like this, I would love to hear them. 😊

Excellent story telling!

I loved thissss please do another 1:))))))))

Amazing video gave me chills

Absolutely one of the best I have ever heard!!!!

Excellent tale! Keep up the content of all you do!

Just in time for Halloween

I love the music kind of reminds me of one of the Halloween movies.

Great information ☺️

That story was awesome! And your delivery had me uneasy. Loved every minute

Wonderfully spooky and fascinating.

I could listen to you read these stories for hours!

I'm glad RU-vid randomly recommended me these

Amazing story!

"Secret Cow Level" I got a good laugh out of that! Thank you.

Such a good retelling!! Perfect for the season! I'd love to hear more about how the Norse viewed souls, for sure

Asmr vibes ❤️ loved it

Definitely want to hear you tell more stories from the sagas.

Really is a great one this one

Secret cow lvl lol 😆 I haven't heard that in diablo 3 for years. Good video by the way it was very intriguing and interesting.

Hail to the Cow King!

I must say you sir are an incredible storyteller and I always enjoy your videos

Ha Diablo joke at the end. Nice. Solid work as always.

This hits just right!

Wonderfully spooky!

I'm definitely going to tell this one next time I'm at a campfire

That was fantastic, thank you for sharing! Perfect time of the year for the story. **Beware the Secret Cow Level indeed!

I love this story a lot

Hey i was waiting for this video. Awesome! Edit: By the gods that was thrilling

Absolutely enjoyed it... The Gods have truly blessed u with storytelling. I cannot wait to hear the other stories.. Hail to you Ocean. And Hail to the Gods ..

What an awesome spoopy ghost story. Definitely gonna play this for my kids 👻

Viking ghost stories. Very cool.

The way you tell anything is amazing, clear and informative. I take a lot of my inspiration in my spirit and in my story telling from you I run D&D type rpg and my party usually hates the influence lol

Very well told! Secret cow level 🤣

These stories are fantastic, please make more like this! I wish I had more time to go through the old texts and translate and infer meaning properly. Please keep making great works like these!

Great narrative an storytelling. 5 stars