"Hrafngaldr Ódins" - The Raven Charm of Odin. A Forgotten Edda poem

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

Benjamin Thorpe made a translation of this poem into English that is available on the internet. However, he did not bother to translate names or place-names (as usual), which I think makes the poem more incomprehensible than it was ever meant to be.

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@odddom4 Hmm, maybe if I get some good equipment I will provide a voiceover in the Old Norse...You are probably correct in that the very sound of the poem must have been perceived as having magical power, at least with the proper intonations, since this is the style of galdr, that is a spell-song which was to supposed to be sung in a high-pitched tune and which was a way of casting a spell. Wouldnt know if I got THAT right though...

[@valeriy8502]

I would love to hear you read this ❤️

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@@valeriy8502 I actually do read this out loud on my third lecture episode about Idunn at my Patreon at www.patreon.com/posts/47041827 but you have to become a patron to see it 🙂 www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug

[@CelticValdyr]

Holy complicated! I can pick up a few meanings, thanks to your other lessons, but the rest is lost is mist. It really has raw power and I can't help but feel it is a glimpse into something awesome probably forever lost to us. If only......

[@Cosmicgypsie]

THANKYOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE... HOW INTERSTING ♏🦅

[@patricktroy6103]

I swear when I read the title two hours ago, three separate times, it was ( The Raven Spell of Odin) I know this bc I felt a huge loss and abandonment and it brought me to tears.

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

If you look up forspjallsljod online, you will find various translations and original text...

[@dsala2614]

Your translation is excellent...Thank you...

[@ThorF]

@LadyoftheLabyrinth They are in Old Norse, which we in Iceland still can read.

[@troywisehart5064]

I so appreciate your work Maria.

[@clbcreations]

Anywhere I can purchase the download for these songs?

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@uccellodellanotte Thanks! Her name is Liv Nome, she lives in Norway. Her band is called Varde, check it out on myspace or youtube-user kbraaten :))

[@5nereus]

ah man this poem is good! i always come back to this one

[@norsejedi4092]

You know I love Odin and I see I lot of people who love him to. So theres alot more nore believers and norsemen who are real belvers than I thought. I'm glad that chirstianity has'nt got you converted yet. Hail Odin!

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@teb70 Neimen er det dere? Takk for musikken, det passet veldig bra syntes jeg! :)

[@Valandinne]

Thank you Maria. Two things, first of all., i am committing this poem to memory so do you have a text version of it i can access that YOU translated--as in this version. :0) Secondly. If my dreams do not deceive me I understand well this poem. --Misha --Valandinne

[@paulksycki]

Around 18,19,20 really sounds like it is describing astrological locations as being a table to divine when "dark lessons" will occur as part of a natural cycle. Table being used with double meaning most likely, but I don't know their astrology. ..The ancient augury people divined using the curled staff with all the bird constellations, the Greeks had the Sator square that's center overlay the pole star. Arthur and the round table probably had similar connections... seems to make sense .

[@5nereus]

i actually love this poem

[@Tiz604]

Hail Woden...Hail the Allfather... Hail his Folk . If you wear the Hammer under your shirt you are of my" Kind ". I look for the " Kind ".. you are my Brothers ...you Are my Sisters.

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@odddom4 Thank you. :) I didnt think about it, but of course I could do that. The problem is the Old Norse letters that do not exist in the English alphabet, though, I should have had an Icelandic tastature...But I will definitely find a way to provide the actual text. Maybe just photocopy the text like you did? Give me some time and I will tell you when its done.

[@butterbean3892]

Beautiful, thank you!

[@LadyoftheLabyrinth]

@Gvendur1000 Well then you are the owner of a treasure...they in Old Norse or in Icelandic?

[@crysvicious]

Beautiful

[@SuperBjanka]

Maybe they used Artemesia in the drink, It have some mind opening ability's, and this would be useful when learning new.

[@ThorF]

I have never read Odins poems. But i do have some reprints dating back from the 18th century which my grandmother left me after she left this world. Those books are gathering dust in my shelve :/

[@collettecaraway2759]

You are/we're awesome..... I subscribed, then unsubscribed. Have the feeling U R no longer here. You are/were a GIFT!!!

[@fabio13fabio]

Hi Lady, perheps you have a text of this video online? Thank you

[@Budismo7917]

nice mysterious poem

[@garychynne1377]

i kind of enjoyed it.

[@sylvaingalipeau30]

Its So Grate ! Tks

[@patricktroy6103]

How is this not understandable?

[@helgipunk]

This translation is totally from space. In old Norse, this is much more clear to read.

[@sarahgray430]

Some of the imagery here seems more Finnish than Norse, like Vainemoinen's descent to Tuonla for wisdom. Maybe it's something borrowed from the Suomi or the Saami...although maybe it actually is a hoax!

[@Bjorn_Algiz]

Hail ❤

[@MiriamMonroe]

And you my dear sister are surely initiated and understand this deep wisdom fully.

[@5nereus]

it is truly epic

[@ThorF]

@LadyoftheLabyrinth

[@patricktroy6103]

The Spirit casting forth Thought and Memory, to whisper across the ages, so those who feel the All Soul will have the memories to reawaken the path. Maybe I'm niave. I'm no scholar. The One of Many Broken from One

[@ralphbeyer42]

HAIL UN SEGEN DIR LADYOFTHE WE KNOW US

[@dylanlandry4996]

I love this earth i must say lol

[@pollenlineages-grandolinav4703]

Var til Ænglands ungR, drængR farinn, vard tha hæmi daudR (see: Dūwel 2008, 120)

[@free77max]

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[@butterbean3892]

Beautiful, thank you!