Hurstwic: The Poetic Edda

One in a series of presentations for the Hurstwic Heathen Study Group, an organization that meets monthly for informal presentations and discussions on topics of interest to heathens and to anyone with a passion for Norse-related topics.
The poems of the Poetic Edda form the basis for the Norse myths. The poems teach us the heroic ideal of the north. They tell entertaining stories. They teach us knowledge and ancient wisdom, at least some of which is told in Óðin’s own words. In this presentation, Dr. William R. Short, manager of Hurstwic, gives you a guided tour of the Poetic Edda: what it is; how it came to be; how it was preserved; and what it teaches us.
Learn more about the Hurstwic Heathen Study group here:
www.hurstwic.com/training/clas...
and about the Hurstwic Old Norse Boot Camp:
www.hurstwic.com/training/clas...

[@OBXDewey]

I never thought literature could be facinating. You and Dr. Jackson Crawford have made it so. This is history, which I love.

[@briantierney7829]

Icelandic Family Saga - Cornell university 2022. After watching all your great videos, I had to take this class. Cheers

[@meetthebraddicks8986]

Such an amazing video. Thank you so much for posting!

[@hermanhemlig]

Thank you so much for this excellent presentation!

[@one_three_eight]

This was great. Thanks!

[@aeon2906]

This is the best video I have ever found, thank you so much.

[@girgubjarnisigmundsson8798]

Great lecture

[@gortonimo101]

Awesome lecture ty ❤💖✨️

[@AlexaDoTarot]

Excellent video and Happy Yule to all !! Good information thank s and be blessed !!! The poetic EDDA is really holy and we need to read this for many times because there are many great meanings !! Adorable !!!

[@veronica08111956]

Yggdrasil People of Odinn Valhalla Always Rises!!

[@bashpr0mpt244]

Your username is so retarded and incoherent it physically hurt me to read it. 'This is Odinn Yggdrasil yes vikings' - christ on a stick.

[@derekstynes9631]

Great Presentation, I Feel that this Poetry was Woven to and with the Audience with the Poem been a Unique Performance to each and every Recitation. Great Work as usual from this Site.

[@RyuusanFT86]

That man looks alot like Odin. I love the Seer's Prophecy. It just shows how the Seer is making their point in their magickial skill and the inevitable war amongst the high tree.

[@quezcatol]

He looks like Leif Segerstam :P

[@bashpr0mpt244]

Really? You've seen Odin? Or are you saying all white men look the same to you? :P

[@bigbrotheriswatching2680]

Please someone tell me more about this "war amongst the high tree" I don't care how well you know it, just point me in some direction. Any webpage, blog, any manuscript, I don't care how wacky.

[@RyuusanFT86]

@@bashpr0mpt244 No, I'm saying the majority of Artist depictions I've seen are relatively similar

[@RyuusanFT86]

@@bigbrotheriswatching2680 I was being a sarcastic fuck about referring to Ragnorok

[@svetovanabozenstvi]

This videos are amazing! ! A really qse teacher

[@oxstone341]

I recommend you guys put up a donation link.

[@CosmicDuck494]

Thanks for this excellent presentation! I have a question about learning Old Norse: how would you suggest I go about it, given that I won't be able to come to one of your bootcamps? Should I just pick up the book by Kristjansson and Olason and the dictionary you mention on your page or are there any other good books or online resources you could recommend? I speak English and German... Would be grateful for your advice!

[@otchelnik-et-compagnie3386]

Sharpknifesedge try to learn icelandic. It is difficult but very good! From an icelandic-norwegian and before all, a good guy ;)

[@thorleifr]

First, are there any resources you can use that are local to you? Colleges that teach classes? Reading groups? (We have a reading group at Hurstwic that meets monthly to read the sagas in the original and translate them on the fly. Some of the participants meet virtually, on-line.) Next option might be to use a Old Norse / Old Icelandic textbook that teaches the language. There are several. (The one I'd probably recommend is sadly out of print.) There are the 4 Volumes of the "New Introduction to Old Norse" published by the Viking Society for Northern Research that can be downloaded at no charge here (scroll down a bit until you find it): vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/ There are some on-line courses, as well, but I am not familiar enough with them to be able to comment on any of them. The book I talk about in the video would only be useful after you had some understanding of the language - it does not teach the language. And good luck. Your knowledge of German will take you a long way to learning Old Norse. Many aspects of the language that are mystifying to English speakers will be second nature for a German speaker.

[@CosmicDuck494]

thorleifr Thank you so much! I will look for an Old Norse course or textbook for German speakers then. In the meantime, I will have a look at the publications by the VSNR. By the way, I first got interested in old norse poetry by reading some of Tolkien's translations of alliterative verse. But there's something enchanting about both Old Norse and Old English, and I guess being able to read the original texts is the next best thing to time travel :)

[@CosmicDuck494]

otchelnik -et-compagnie Thanks! I'll try for Old Norse first, but I'll keep that in mind.

[@RyuusanFT86]

Most of Old Norse is lost in translation. Danish is the closest to Old Norse and you could pick up some of the Ancient Tounge we used.

[@chivalrousjack]

💖

[@lionhartd138]

Ran of the sea saw to it that what Myths needed to reach us did so. ( idk, but it sounded cool so I put it here. You needn't attack me over it).

[@robertkingswood1188]

I wanted to ask you opinion on something I had wondered about No disrespect meant to any ones religious beliefs. All-Father Who art in Haven Hallowed be thy name Thy will be done Till Kingdom come At our Hearth As it is in Haven All-Father -Odin Haven is a small farming village to the south of Odense near Soby. Nice area to retire. Hallowed - Hail Odd - Odin Kingdom - the opposite of Freedom Ragnarok - the last battle for Freedom. End of the free world It was understood that after Ragnarok the "undead" would roam the earth, those unfortunate souls born without the Freedom to live yet are not dead themselves. There seems to be to much coincidence for it to be a mistake. Your thoughts?

[@losthor1zon]

You'd have to look at the sources to tell. I imagine (just speculating) that in translating the Lord's prayer or other New Testament material from the Greek that the gospels were written in, to their own languages, that Germanic people would use familiar elements if they had them. The question is whether that was done prior to Wycliffe and Tyndall (well after the Norman invasion). As I understand it, during the dark ages, the church kept everything in Latin, even in Germanic countries. However, it may well be that the Lord's Prayer in particular was translated into local dialects so that people could recite it on their own.

[@Luka1180]

wut.

[@claytonrolfnehring8119]

Robert Kingswood wut

[@vishnupv2008]

The Norse poetry sounds a lot like Indian epics. Odin corresponds to Lord Maha Vishnu in Hindu epic. Far Above Himalayas, to the north, there is a land called land of Gods. That's where Lord Vishnu is from. What I am interested in 5000-10000 years ago

[@mikaelholth8768]

we know, the thing is that he dont know

[@redneckrebel6246]

Myth? Myth? What is the book of Enoch? Let's see store room with flaming sword.

[@outtabubblegum3161]

The serpent sheds his skin every 7 years. The millennial reign of Christ already happened it's game over.

[@Texasmade74]

What?