How to ACTUALLY pronounce names from Norse Mythology PART 3

[@arcarchivist2638]

"I'm not pregnant, but I just love names." That is a *mood.*

[@boland73]

You can really tell how much Hrafna loves her country and it’s culture!

[@spelllegacylikedeath9957]

I love Hrafna. She’s my Icelandic boo

[@alpanamohajan6579]

As should everyone be proud of their culture and ancestors.

[@yatjorden102]

Anirban Mohajan you cant be more wrong sir. Not every culture is so cool as the north culture...

[@LukaMamukelashvili]

@@yatjorden102 Doesn't really matter how "cool" it is, you should be proud of your heritage nonetheless. Even if there's not much to be proud of.

[@yatjorden102]

Luka Mamukelashvili hard for me to agree

[@marctelfer6159]

Jackson Crawford, saying Skaði with "excellent pronunciation", is definitely worth checking out for anyone who wants to go deeper in Old Norse pronunciation rather than Modern Icelandic, and he regularly posts videos in which he discusses Old Norse culture, language, and various readings from the Eddas (he's published bilingual Old Norse - English versions of the Prose and Poetic Edda as well, I think). And every so often he'll post videos explaining some of the differences between the two languages as well (both in terms of pronunciation, but also in grammar) which is always useful :D

[@kiemonssal]

Small world, his videos are how i found these

[@JDot_9]

He’s who I look to for the proper annunciations of the Germanic Gods names

[@TheREALSimagination]

Didn't sound all that different to me but I'd take as close to the original as I can get.

[@emmawe406]

Have to tell if you didn't know. Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden, have some rollercoasters named by norse mythology. We have Balder since way long, Loke and Valkyria, all next to each other. SO COOL!! :' )

[@klchu]

If you do Part 4 please include the name Laufey, i.e. Loki's parent. His full name is Loki Laufeyson. In the movies Laufey was his father, the ice giant. In Norse mythology, Laufey was his mother.

[@ascaaear]

Coming from Norway some of these names are familiar as well, and I love how these names are pronounced :) I actually name my devices on my home network after norse mythology. My two NAS'es are named Alfheim and Svartalfheim, my Switch I called Yggdrasil and my wifi is named Bifrost.

[@Raven-Winter]

@13thHoneyBadger wrecked by west nile virus Norwegian is actually easy to learn, probably the easiest Germanic language. Give it a try ! First lesson : I love Norway is "jeg elsker Norge".

[@Cal_Night]

@13thHoneyBadger wrecked by west nile virus I know Duolingo have norwegian, so that could be a starting point

[@Cal_Night]

@13thHoneyBadger wrecked by west nile virus Yeah! The hardest might be pronouncination since we got some silent letters like the g in jeg(I) or d in bord(table). The grammar is fairly easy, if you focus on learning bokmål first it shouldn't confuse you

[@Cal_Night]

@13thHoneyBadger wrecked by west nile virus idk if you know this but we have 2 different written languages. Bokmål and Nynorsk. Bokmål is the one you most likely associate with norwegian, and it's the one used the most aswell

[@taureanwarrior1253]

She is so beautiful ❤

[@mcantu197]

I just started a book on Norse mythology and this series has been SOOO helpful

[@LadyMaireSD]

I feel like for an Italian (I'm Italian) is not that difficult to pronunce those name in the Icelandic way The sounds of the consonants are a bit stronger than ours, but they're not that different, in my opinion I love this kind of videos, thank you for doing this!

[@Puck_Ringz]

Same

[@LizardsLore]

you should do a reaction to God of War (the 2019 game). It’s ALL Norse god except Kratos

[@October666P]

YES!! I recommended it before on another one of her vids, but I really hope she sees this comment and gives it a go. I'm also curious about all the pronunciations there (also what Atreus shouts when he fires different arrows and figures out riddles).

[@joaquinlabbecordero8843]

Please! That will be so amazing

[@starman1144]

Yes, Kratos is a fictional Greek God based of the divine personification of strength with the same name. Kratos means strength in Greek.

[@MrSimanator]

would be interested in how to pronounce Jörmungandr.

[@robertpreda4177]

I randomly stumbled upon this series. I'm a big fan of Norse mythology, and actually pronouncing all these names in modern Islandic feels so good. all I can say is a heartfelt thank you!

[@windrincar]

A Swedish outdoor apparel brand called "Klattermusen" uses Norse mythology names for almost all if not all of their products :)

[@flameofmage1099]

If you ever do a part four please go over Gullinbursti!

[@TjaldurChannel15]

Glitnir used to be the name of one very popular pub in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

[@ballandpaddle]

Skathi was such a powerful goddess that even the people way over in England started using her name as a word for "damage." Like, if you somehow escape her wrath, you come out "unscathed." Un-Skaði'd.

[@asafupps]

I love this series so much! I’ve been getting into Norse mythology lately and knowing how to actually pronounce them is helpful :3 Also! In your next one could you do how to pronounce Sygyn? Thanks!

[@sovietun6602]

I love those norse mythology videos

[@donniepatt9514]

I could watch/listen to you all day

[@veta0104]

I've been getting really into Norse tik tok lately and I'm stoked that I know what they're talking about after watching your videos! I've always been fascinated by old Norse culture

[@callisto_m]

Omggg I love how you match your eyeshadow to your shirt

[@davincent98]

Svartálfaheimar was in "Thor: the Dark World". Malekith was played by Christopher Eccleston

[@Bladeki]

Dr. Jackson Crawford at 3:27 is a pretty cool professor who used to teach Old Norse history, culture and language at UCLA in my state years ago and now teaches it online and I'd say he is a pretty cool, informative dude to look up if any of ya'll are big nerds (like myself) of Old Norse language, culture and vikings!

[@89jeancsa]

Know Hrafna Yesterday, I'm in love with her, and her pronunciation.

[@scrotube]

Whatever that makeup technique is called, it's spectacular!

[@Hrafna]

Thank you!! 💛

[@raeje]

Her makeup game is always on point.

[@kaoutermouslimhaliba7145]

Many of these words have a beautiful sound phonetically speaking , regardless of their meaning

[@jonkirk2118]

This was brilliant. Many thanks. I'm enjoying learning the different sounds of the Icelandic alphabet (turning 50 shortly but it's never too late). If I can one day do the alveolar trill (roll the 'r') then I think the other sounds like the consonant combinations will follow. I've been learning these sounds from videos but they're very tricky so actually doing them escapes me thus far. We don't have many of these Icelandic sounds in Britain so there are a lot glottal/buccal gymnastics to be done! I won't ever be fluent but the final destination doesn't matter as it's the journey that matters.

[@albertakesson3164]

3:20 - There's a town i Sweden named after the saint _Helen of Sköfde,_ which is known to mean ”Skade”. In swedish we like to switch the endings with an _-i_ with an _-e_ for some reason. Also after the jotun-godess Skadi (Skade). To day the town is called Skövde, with a crunshing sje-sound (aweful german imported prenounciation). _Skada_ in swedish also mean ”damage” in english. Which is kind of funny =]

[@Lady.Morgana.Tattoo]

Love the fact that Hermóður is the messenger of the Gods, and in Greek mythology Hermes (Ερμής) is also the messenger! Similar names with same attributes. I'm Greek but I love and embrace the Nordic culture and my goal is to come and live in Iceland for the rest of my days! Great videos, and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@gohansolo1980]

It's nice to see Jackson Crawford here!

[@VongolaChouko]

Finally! TToTT Thank you! Been looking for Svartalfheim pronunciation for AGES!

[@OksanaBelle]

Thanks for the mini Norse mythology lesson along with the names !!

[@TheSilverQueen-p8s]

"Buy-Frost". Always makes me giggle and it's not even my place to.

[@paulgrossenbacher8002]

Pretty as always

[@ericrae7531]

Wow. Speaking Icelandic must be like doing tongue acrobatics!

[@theindurr]

Love your videos! Im from Sweden but My grandad is Norwegian. Its very intresting how Iceland was populated by Vikings from Norway but Norway have non of the original language left, yet Island does, Love it! Keep it up fellow Viking!

[@Neophema]

Well, neither does Sweden. You used to speak Old Norse too. :p I do wish we still spoke it, though. Have you seen the series Beforeigners? The actors speak reconstructed ON, and it sounds beautiful.

[@theindurr]

@@Neophema No i have heard of it tho have to look into it, thanx :) Yeah we did. My grandmother did alot of history and searching in our family tree in churchbooks and so on and turns out im Swedish all the way back to 1300s according to the books and documents then you could not see any further. But the man from the 1300s did family tree searching for himself and concluded from a runestone here in Sweden that we have a vikingjarl in our family from 975. Read alot about it so im really into history reading/research now haha (sorry for bad English) take care :)

[@andypierce6593]

Love it and will definitely show my kids, who both 1) love the mythology and 2) have visited Iceland

[@daith_izumi]

“Alfheim❌ Alfheimar✅” Trying telling that to Sword Art Online...

[@BohdanMelnychuk]

Haha, well, I think Kawahara Reki is doing a good job anyway. I do not expect much from Japanese ppl with regards to correct pronunciation of foreign words.

[@electronicpanda7680]

Kirito has it coming for him

[@andrewcotter2036]

SAO 🤢🤢

[@Cal_Night]

I love these types of videos! I'm norwegian and we pronounce the Norse names abit differently, so it's nice to hear the more accurate pronouncination! We also have tons of things named after Norse mythology aswell, like mountains or cities! I love how the nordics are still proud of our common culture and mythology 💗🙏

[@phtcvc]

Having just found your channel on my deep dive into Nordic culture, I have to beg of you PLEASE make a part four, (or more KEEP GOING ) I want to do your country and it’s ancestors due justice when I attempt to retell the stories of the Eddur and Sagas.

[@alpanamohajan6579]

Svart is black in modern Norwegian too. In old norse it's basically heim but when added to a sentence it becomes heimr or in modern Icelandic Heimur.

[@karincarr2821]

I so love listening to you pronouncing these correctly - I'm not confident about recording my own voice but I think the pronunciations are easier as the rolled r is a staple of Afrikaans a language of Africa descendant from a combination of Dutch and German.

[@diegotaggart2322]

I’ve literally just come back from Iceland 3 days ago. I absolutely fell In love with the place. I want to learn this language and eventually move to Iceland. It was the absolute perfect place

[@davidsalinas1628]

Love these pronunciation videos. Love the yellow eye makeup.

[@Aixiae]

There's this really great joke made by an Icelandic comedian (Ari Eldjárn) on the 'Bifröst' American - MCU - pronounciation. Literally they say Bi-Frost (like it was Frost twice or something)

[@TheNiklassj]

I love how you feel the need to empathize you are not pregnant

[@extraordinarygamer937]

Love your content

[@018knight]

can you do a review of “Eurovision” on netflix? is “speorg note” a real thing?

[@katrin896]

Speorg is not a real thing no.

[@Defunkttt]

As an American with norse heritage, I think it’s really cool to learn the proper pronunciation of the different norse gods and worlds. Thank you for making these videos as easy to understand as possible and allowing people like me to get a better appreciation for norse mythology (even if I am 6 months late on this one)

[@PolaBeaver]

I had a co worker from Norway named Sjofn and she pronounced it more like Sho fin

[@drjeza]

Have you done jormungandr, fenrir or fafnir would like to know how to say those name they are my favorite gods and love your video you have a beautiful voice and also beautiful

[@marialeigh3290]

Yey! Part 3 is here😃👏

[@raeje]

In the US most people say Bifröst with the accent on Bi and pronounce it like "good-bye". I have always loved Norse mythology so get super excited when I see you've done another of these :) Stay safe!

[@savagenature1]

I really hope you include these names in your next video: Jormungandr: The Midgard Serpent & Son of Loki Skoll & Hatti: The Wolves who chase the Sun & Moon respectively and are the children of Fenrir (at least his most well-known children) Geri & Freki: Odin's personal Wolves

[@plung3r569]

If any of you guys would play a game called „Jotun Valhalla edition". You could hear the narrator talk icelandic and pronouncing those places.

[@facundofernandez4903]

Good video to learn about norse mithology and learn the correct pronunciation of the letters in icelandic, a salute from Uruguay!

[@JariDawnchild]

Proper pronunciations, or at least much closer to proper than I've been able to find before, is of particular interest to me; not knowing how to properly say the names and places of my favorite mythologies has been driving me nuts for years lol. I very much appreciate these videos, and I can't wait to hear more. I enjoy trying to pronounce with you, and also just listening, too. You've a lovely voice, and a lovely accent. I don't know if it's the ear-pleasing nature of your native language itself or if it's you speaking it, but it's soothing to hear. I hope I'm not coming off as one of those really creepy people, because I don't mean to, but it sounds like home in a way.

[@christiansawyer9798]

You should cover or give a reaction to Led Zeppelins “Immigrant Song” as the song is about vikings and has norse mythology references

[@chadfalardeau3259]

That's why it's played during the final fight sequence in Thor: Ragnarok

[@christiansawyer9798]

Chad Falardeau no shit, Im saying she should give her reaction on the song

[@AlexandraPolvariniStampintadas]

I’m a Zeppelin fan and I would love to see that!

[@AlexandraPolvariniStampintadas]

Actually Robert plant wrote immigrant song while he was in Iceland ❤️

[@mvangeldorp17]

Fun fact: Skadi and Aegir are two student rowing clubs here in The Netherlands. Skadi comes from Rotterdam and Aegir from Groningen. And I think there might be more clubs with names from the Norse Mythology

[@Spectre2434]

Tolkien used Aelfwyne " elf friend " . Obscure character.

[@poopymcface9792]

Smart, charming, beautiful! Love the dimples and the content!

[@AP-cm3kb]

Cool to see different pronunciations. Wonder how the Icelandic variation of Leif is. I've heard life, leaf, leiv etc, now wonder where they are from or if some are just wrong.

[@classicalhero7]

The bifrost is mentioned in the Marvel movies. We simply say it as written.

[@jackdorsey4850]

I am new to your show. can you do a segment on Icelandic delicacies? please

[@amandaoberg4353]

Love your channel!! 🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@Thorfinn_Son_Of_Thors]

Thank you for doin' these videos. Feel a lot better about myself prouncing these in an accurate way.

[@Maexx_Chill]

Omg I love this Language, that R sounds so nice

[@psnyder3013]

Great speaker and pretty! You should come to Texas!

[@CrazyHound778]

Santa Monica Studios should consult this girl.

[@Marcelopaiva123]

It'd be awesome another video for correct Runes pronounciation. Could you please make one? I'd love to see

[@Viperstrike87]

I just love the accent and voice

[@sidneymoyamoretto]

Hello, im from Brazil. Love your videos, congrats! =)

[@lamegoldfish6736]

Another fun Icelandic study with Hrafna! 😃 I enjoy them much!

[@socksandpi1264]

I've been learning Old Norse and Old Icelandic from Jesse Byock, it's really fascinating the similarities and differences between Old and modern Icelandic. The history of the changes and developments is pretty cool. Your videos are awesome, I'm learning from you, too.

[@kaylacastleton5529]

Love your eye makeup

[@Redwing2Beef]

I wish I could roll my R's like you do

[@Tintenfischchen]

It's not that hard if you practice it regularly ;)

[@PurveyorOfTheOddThings]

Come to Scotland we will teach you how.

[@codykarsten2311]

I would love to hear Helheim and the godess of it, Hel would be really nice. Thanks for teaching iceland to some german folks. Keep up the good work!

[@wncjan]

When it's storming at sea it's Ran and her nine daughters playing.

[@MrDemilich]

Thank you so much for these language videos you are right they do sound much better in Modern Icelandic

[@Dr-Alexander-The-Great]

Just want to say I really enjoy your content. I loved the video on myths about Iceland, can’t tell you how many times I watched it. With that said. I read that Icelandic children learn to ride a horse before they learn to walk. Hahaha

[@wandererofthewastelandxXx]

I can listen to you forever

[@seanwhite1639]

I really enjoy these Icelandic pronunciations of Norse mythology. My son and I play God of War 4 which is based around Norse mythology and my son laughs when I pronounce the names and worlds in Icelandic (well try my best anyway). Keep this series going.

[@jeffainsworth362]

Great video, very educational.

[@marcusswingle8627]

I love this! I named my bow Skáthi a long time ago. I didn’t know the direct translation, though it is still fitting ☺️

[@Georgedepinedo]

Skadi was a lover of Uthred of Bebbanbourgh

[@SuperJumpBros]

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[@Ryan_Dye-r]

Thank you for making these videos.

[@Hrafna]

Thank you for watching these videos!

[@Ryan_Dye-r]

@@Hrafna Your videos are the only ones I've seen on how to correctly pronounce these Norse words. They are much appreciated.

[@SyBernot]

Rainbow bridge (Bifröst) = By Frost which also sounds kinda cool. There's a few fun ones in The Last Kingdom, Niflheimr, Neef L Hiem, makes me giggle. I'm curious how you would pronounce Slartibartfast and I'm sure the rest of the internet is curious as well.

[@shirokuma5953]

Thank you for making these, they are great.

[@maritatarberg]

the first thing I though about when I read bestla was besta, it means granmother in norwegian

[@lucashampton6269]

You mentioned dog names so now I have to mention my dog. His name is King but sometimes I will refer to him in the Icelandic form. He doesn't always respond to that version of his name, but he's pretty smart so he will catch on quick.

[@Stej-i7m]

after watching like 2 of your videos before I'm pretty good at pronouncing these things, I also listen to icelandic and faroese music a lot too though. I practice rolling r's with some words at least now and then during the day so it comes more naturally lol

[@Rooikat]

Check pretty much all the Marvel Thor movies for the English pronunciation for Bifrost (05:30). Otherwise it is pronounced: "By - frost" in English.

[@tracygarner5912]

OMG I love your make up!! Thanks for part three. These vids are cool.

[@conundrumcast7695]

Can we get a pronunciation of Níðhöggr please !!

[@jpracing9753]

Yeah that's the name of my Lightning Wyvern on ARK Survival Evolved!

[@RonZombie91]

Starting this after watching the first two. I would love to learn Icelandic because of you! Take my sub!

[@cesarvidelac]

Dr. Crawford is a credit to US, one of few people capable to actually pronounce correctly a Scandinavian language. I just love how Icelandic sounds and I'm learning a lot thanks to you :-)

[@yourleforanhomegirlrn340]

Hi! Have you seen the Netflix movie “The Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”? It is a fun movie starring Will Farrell and Rachel McAdams. I definitely recommend you watch it. Could you please do a pronunciation guide for the Icelandic lyrics of the song “Husavik”? Thank you!

[@yourleforanhomegirlrn340]

@Rusty Shackleford Yep. I saw her reaction video as soon as it came out. I even commented on it. When I posted this comment on this video, this was way before she posted her reaction video.

[@Lokitty-vk6xj]

As a pagan who worships the norse pantheon in america, It is so awesome to hear a more authentic pronunciation of the names and to learn them. Thank you!

[@xcept7355]

Why what is wrong with you . They litterally portraid as men . Are you okay

[@afreespirit5444]

What do you think about "Twilight of the Gods"? You have opinion on their accents and pronunciation?

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

Such a beautiful language. I find that certain words and pronunciations are similar to Portuguese, like Valkyria is exactly how we pronounce and write it. The Celtic people of Lusitania, which was the ancient name for the region of Portugal and Spain, which was on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, might have the same ancestry as the Vikings. In 12.000 BC the land was much different and sea level was much lower, Ireland, Portugal,Spain and England were all connected by land. Mankind is just one big family with beautiful diversity. I love the Viking and Celtic mythology and folklore. Thank you so much for sharing.