Norse Gods (Audiobook)

[@mumblez22]

I played this as I went to sleep last night and had amazing dreams of people telling me stories of the Gods from memory. The most amazing dream experience of my life!

[@keeshawn9258]

read ur comments before i fell asleep and thought you were lying and no u weren't i had vivid dreams about gods

[@demetriustafoya8862]

Me too ☺️

[@amphilochusofmallus5070]

If only dreams actually worked that way.

[@darriusmackey7981]

Really? I mean frf?

[@bossabassa364]

Congratulations, try this one. Pray before you go to sleep. Like kneel down like you’re entering the presence of a god and thank him and ask who the highest god is and what his name is. I’m not going to spoil it for you but I prayed that the most high would reveal himself to me and he did and it totally changed my life forever.

[@cwolf1997]

This one of the most soothing voices for story telling. So relaxing and rich in tone. 😌

[@priyathakur9371]

Nice information

[@THR3NA]

I normally prefer a man’s voice, as a woman’s isn’t right pitch for my ears lol. This woman is very nice.

[@thelightbeforemeshadowbehi873]

I want to thank you for the great reading that you did. The best voice I have heard yet. You made the story come alive! God bless you.

[@joelkavanagh1464]

thrice pays all ... .. . the godess blessings on all of us and the readeress especially

[@joelkavanagh1464]

o starry web, acid nights of meye youth ? intendopun !

[@tjij-mbai]

She's unforgettable ❤️

[@Erieswitchcraft]

Few minutes in and I am hooked. Love this ty for sharing

[@christabrewster7516]

What a pretty pic.

[@wawi911]

Lovely. Had to buy a physical copy of this to read, but I enjoy listening while I fall asleep!

[@BerserkerSloth]

What’s the exact book of this? I keep seeing so many different versions with the same title

[@BerserkerSloth]

And what’s the name of the author?

[@wawi911]

@@BerserkerSloth “The children of Odin” is the book title, Padraic Colum is the author.

[@BerserkerSloth]

@@wawi911 thank you so much!

[@sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613]

Wardruna opened up my eyes and soul to my ancestors culture and spirituality. There was always a gaping hole inside of me that could never be filled until i become one with my Gods and culture. I never felt whole before the connection . i feel confident but humble . I thank you Einar for opening that door so i may walk through it and become the man i am supposed to be making my ancestors and the Gods proud .

[@magneto44]

like all of us, your ancestors don’t care about anything

[@MsBabyho]

I've been listening to this for 3 days now for quick siesta. I love how calming her voice.

[@jasonfuller5171]

If anyone else follows Norse and truly interested in Norse, Asastru..... There is such a thing

[@beverlypryde8531]

This book is called the children of odin , it's a great book,

[@Theggman83]

37:00 The ol' shave their head while they sleep gag never gets old. Loki, you... Devil... 🤣😉

[@Chase_yield]

Excellent narration to an excellent story! Good work thank you!!!

[@evan4856]

Wow I'm only a couple of mins in and I'm already blown away

[@edwardweaver1467]

It sounds like she is Beginning with derived guterdemerung (the destiny of the gods)

[@Perun.Tha.Unvaxxd]

Imagine sitting through all 6 + hours starting at 3am.

[@Perun.Tha.Unvaxxd]

6 am now...3 + hours in lol

[@jersten]

The prophecies are true.

[@thomasjones4291]

Robot voice annoying

[@SahilArora]

*Book Name:* “The children of Odin” by Padraic Colum

[@LaHexey]

Damn, this was really amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@fiddlesticks7245]

My favorite Scandinavians fairy tales! Thank you!

[@Draugheim]

It's a way better fairy tale than the bible, right?

[@fiddlesticks7245]

@@Draugheim you know what you got a point. Odin the powerful Allfather being an impotent cuckold who's wives cheat on him 24/7 while he fails utterly to slow Ragnarok while setting it in motion is very ironic and is maybe some good storytelling, however I'd argue God laying down the law on the jews and Elijah going to war with an army of human sacrificing cultists is pretty rad as well. To each their own

[@Kingsaxxy3872]

Not really fairy tales but beliefs. This is a religion again.

[@Tigerssnakes]

I follow the old Gogs and I enjoy listening to the tales of the Gods.

[@DoesRocksFloat]

Always have a chuckle every time she says Ragnarok cuz she always follows it up with “The twilight of the Gods”

[@TrevorPennington-l8n]

Well maybe because that's what the translation is 😂😂

[@michaelfanninjr2680]

When you realize almost all religions revolve around the same ancient gods with tales of giants and the mainstream religions try to cover it up but even the Bible talks about the nephilim

[@aubreyreed5046]

its Christianity that stole from all the pagan religions

[@derp195]

Aubrey Reed I think it would be more fair to say it borrowed from pagan religions, but it stole from Judaism by trying to claim the Torah as simply part one of their holy book.

[@aubreyreed5046]

@@derp195 they stole Christmas it was called Yule. Easter was stolen from the goddess Easter. So many of the traditions and rites where made to please the masses they controlled with fear. Saying your gods are not gods yet demons, saints, or just extraordinary men. Like Odin, who got transformed into Santa Claus for example. I was a devout Christian turned norse pagan. This is why. The lies the bible has. It takes from proven earlier texts and claim it as their own.

[@Psymon1471]

Christianity destroyed pagan indigenous cultures and appropriated local beliefs and practices in order to subvert the populace

[@aubreyreed5046]

@@Psymon1471 Enslavement of the human mind. Remember your old ways people, don't be a slave of fear.

[@wojecire]

14:27 saved for later tomorrow at the bmv... this is so good

[@controlledchaos2391]

I love these stories I can imagine Norsemen and women telling kids in the village these stories it gives me a sense of wonder and I can almost see these images in my head and I do NOT see Loki and Thor like the MCU I see them more differently then that

[@variaxi935]

Dude, I meet SO many people that are like "huh? what do you mean the REAL Thor/Loki? Do you mean the ones in the comics before the movies were made?" It stresses me out lmao... it's disturbing, the sheer number of people who legitimately think that Thor's existence began with Marvel... these people are off by countless centuries 🙄

[@kayfelker8268]

I noticed there is no mention of Sleipneir in that tale of the wall of Asgard. And it was a lot less antagonistic toward Loki.

[@ARUCARDFTEPES]

@@TomAndHarry1 You failed to obtain the knowledge contained in these words child, start again with mind fresh and thoughts unformed for Loki is no god, but a child of the Jotun as Odin himself.

[@tkenny8527]

@@ARUCARDFTEPES Loki is only half giant actually

[@waira_atomic.coffin]

@@ARUCARDFTEPES Norse poser.

[@Qurulla]

Sleipnir is the child of the horse that helped build Asgard and Loki. Right? Why would he be in the tale? Now I gotta listen to the whole thing

[@allfatherodin-officiallyun1107]

@@Qurulla almost. The Aesir made a deal with someone to build a wall to protect Asgard against the Jotun within an impossible deadline. If he succeeded, he would get Freya's hand in marriage. The guy was about to actually finish the wall in time. In order to prevent that, Loki transformed himself into a mare and seduced the stallion of the wall builder. Without a horse he couldn't carry all the stones from the quarry to finish the wall. Few months later, Loki gave birth to an eight-legged horse which was eventually gifted to Odin.

[@gokolink]

Wow, this is more relatable than any religious text I've ever read...

[@sync4995]

Her voice is so stress melting 😴

[@MrBjornibjorn]

as a Norwegian, her pronounciation gives me anxiety. Stress through the roof.

[@devinsword5777]

ive heard many of these tales before- some details are differant, but the general meaning and outcome is the same. except the tale of thor and loki in the city of the giants. the tale that is told here is the same as the one that ive heard before except that its not complete. thor, loki, and the boy where indeed defeated in every test and contest they partook, but in the end its revealed that magic had been used against them. the human boy was racing against the wind and was fated to loose no mater how fast he ran, though he had run faster then anyone else the giants had ever seen. loki had lost the eating contest to fire which consumes all things at terrible speed, though loki had eaten more and faster then any of the giants had ever seen. the horn that thor had drank from was filled with all the oceans of midgard and was far too much for any person to drink, though thor had lowered the ocean levels around midgard by many feet. the cat that thor tried to lift was jumogand, the world snake and thor had frightened the giants because he had nearly pulled the snakes tail out of its mouth which would have ment disaster for everyone, and the old crone that thor wrestled was time it self which no being can defeat, but will wear everyone down in the end. except that the old crone wasnt able to wear thor down completely. once this is all revealed to him and thor realized he had been cheated and humiliated, thor tried to smash the giant king's head in with mjolnir, but the giant king uses more magic to disappear before thor can strike him

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

Devin Sword Thanks for that. I realised something was wrong but it’s good to hear the full story! Much appreciated

[@stephenrios2379]

Where is the full historical myth on the web?

[@error-sb1yo]

I read almost the exact same but the books I read the boy was racing against thought

[@benjohnston9451]

that's how I heard it!!

[@TheLampeKing]

yeah same with me, except for the actual important stuff, i remember a whiiile ago hearing about the story of the wall but like for kids and all i could remember was he was a giant and he had a book

[@parabellum4622]

*_Liked, Subbed and shared. You have the perfect voice for this, wish you had some asmr variant._*

[@TmanTitan]

Praise Odin!

[@Kronqjubiees]

i came for the lore and stayed for the feeling of being a child being told bed time stories once more

[@corissahart6699]

I'm in love with the story of the norsemen

[@Dustpuma1]

@Wirr Ling yes of course, there wasn't ever a "good " civilization

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

Wow, this is a gem!

[@kookykritter2912]

Ok so I’ve been playing Assassins Creed Valhalla. And that story about the horse and the man asking for Freya as his wife was in the game. Honestly if you are pagan I definetly recommend giving assassins creed Valhalla a chance. I once considered myself a Christian but i got tired of a perfect god that contradicted himself every second so now I’m exploring paganism and the imperfect gods. I like it much better tbh.

[@sonnygivens4549]

Yea I thought the same thing ... I hadn't heard that story specifically before playing Valhalla and when I heard this story I immediately thought of that (tho I have only played like one or two missions into Asgard so I don't know how closely it follows the story past meeting the builder) most people are not too crazy about odyssey and Valhallas direction but I actually enjoy them adding the mythological aspect ...since most of what we know about history that far back is going to have only a little truth the rest is just embellishments made to make the story better ... History that far back is like one giant game of telephone... Also, I have never been religious myself. But I enjoy the gods of Greek and Norse mythology ... And one of the few things I respect about the Romans is how they would add others gods into their pantheon, they didn't insist on there only being one God like Christians do ... It feels like the Greek and Norse mythology is accepted as what it is ...guiding stories to teach people things...to give people hope and morals ... But Christianity insists in making you believe and not believe anything else... And that the Bible is fact ... But that's just how I feel about it ... I wouldn't read the Bible at night to my kids ... But I would tell them stories of Norse and Greek mythology ...but not as fact . Just as stories to teach them morals and values and how to just exist in this confusing world...not make it even more confusing by adding a scary vengeful sky daddy that sends you to hell if you're bad or not baptized or born out of wedlock and so many other things ... Norse and Greek mythology is just so much less intimidating...at least in ,2021 haha... but if there were people still sacrificing to the gods I wouldn't be saying the same thing hahaha

[@HeadSpaceCreations]

@@sonnygivens4549 the bible does not say there is only one god it says put no other god before me. Meaning there is more than one. In Norse and Greek and in the Egypt gods there's is always a god of gods or father of the gods. The bibles story's I believe are true just like all other religions. Everything as similar story's and it's hard not to believe one without believing another or all. Now every detail may not be correct but to think that all these miraculous things are just fairy tales dumb founds me how people don't believe.

[@Zydraxis]

@@HeadSpaceCreations the only thing that true in all religions that gods were motherfuckers evil and narcissists. God is more evil than Satan since god is the creator of evil.

[@tianshi2006]

You just said the Christians have a perfect god that contradicted himself every second? Perfect contradicts 😒 😒 🤔

[@CptRedBeard777]

ACV is a really poor depiction of the stories, but still better than most lol Enjoy your journey into Paganism! Welcome to the tribe 👊

[@kevingoodhope7768]

Beautiful voice

[@tolkienfangirl21]

Elizabeth Klett is one of my favorite librivox readers.

[@tjij-mbai]

She's made for this.

[@tjij-mbai]

@Hello Friend What's your definition of a Zionist exactly? Many symbols across the world have got many meanings attributed to them. It's hard to find an old symbol that only has one meaning.

[@tjij-mbai]

@Hello Friend Why are you interested in knowing that exactly?

[@tjij-mbai]

@Hello Friend You mean that the symbol is Zionist, just that it's associated with evil??? Much like the Swastika being a symbol of the sun, yet associated with Nazism?

[@tjij-mbai]

@katy scott Well, I didn't really know that it's associated with Saturn. I also didn't know about the red meaning... I was just looking for a symbol for my Gmail and that's the symbol that I liked first. I didn't care about the rest------- Now that you mention it, astrology and all systems of divination seem to be so accurate that it's a bit spooky 😱💀- Maybe there's more to life than meets the eye. For good and for bad..... Maybe

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

Thank you very much for uploading these great stories! Really good narration too!

[@Broskii1993]

Pagans seem cooler than Christians. Way less judgemental, way more honest. Not sure if there is a higher power but I think if there is a God, Pagans got it right. Not all good, not perfect; but always trying to better themselves. That's what life is about

[@danielwilson6529]

Project Revelation None of you ,,,Pagan. , Christian or otherwise , shall pollute or interfere with my relationship with God Or speak on my behalf Thank you very much

[@TheLampeKing]

*me thinking the god(ess) will probably be a greek or norse god cause the worlds messed up*

[@geemcgraff8281]

Christians are pagans

[@geemcgraff8281]

@@TheLampeKing he is

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Project Revelation That’s a gross generalization. Pagans are SOMETIMES dishonest and unethical wretches, as are christians, because both are human.

[@saumyagaur1267]

Norse mythology summed up: Loki was bored. Roman mythology summed up: Zeus could no longer keep it in his pants.

[@ladydamiana6841]

Zeus is Greek. The Roman equivalent is Jupiter.

[@corissahart6699]

Ooh my gods xD

[@GullibleTarget]

@@ladydamiana6841 They are the one, same god. Jupiter is actually a blending of two words from classical greek, later used throughout the Republic/Empire. Zeus(Sky being/God)was pronounced as 'Dzeus' in ancient Greek. Zeus was the 'Father'(Patras) The Romans commonly used the epitaph 'Pater': Zeus-Pater. God Father Pronounced as:Dzeupater modern phonetic spelling: Jupeter/Jupiter. You can still see the remnants of Jupiter(God the Father) in modern Romance/Latin languages when they mention God the Father God= Dios-Padre(Spanish) Dieu-Père(French) Deo-Pater(Latin) Say it out loud and it sounds an awful lot like 'Jupiter'

[@thinkitthroughful]

Hey @JayDreamerZ - right at the beginning it of the book it starts by describing what you talk about often !

[@amphilochusofmallus5070]

Can someone recommend a similar method of telling for the history of Greek mythology?

[@TheCreepyArchives]

Imagine the smell

[@sandmanlives3]

This is wonderful. Thank you!

[@susanxyz5730]

These are great!! Thank you! 🌸

[@shanegrewell4991]

Flaming rainbow bridge is not something I often think about when people say Vikings

[@pariahthistledown540]

This is the only Librivox recording i have heard, so far, wherein the narrator's voice is not somehow unbearably grating.

[@chillipalmer8181]

Great stories

[@davidstorey8713]

Don’t stay away to long

[@stevenakers1995]

I do like this long video, very educational

[@dimetime35c]

They built a beautiful wall. The best wall ever and made the giants pay for it.

[@tjij-mbai]

😂❤

[@Hopi_Viking]

Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vmitchinson]

Question? Who or what is Heimdaul?

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Don't know if you will see this but he guards the Bifrost and observes the comings and goings of the Gods

[@marcusdrew6452]

I just started reading this and look's like I'm going to enjoy it .

[@wolfgarulfheinn5775]

Tack så mycket!

[@ellennesnetrom3779]

Thank you❤

[@Mynk360]

1:39:02 bookmark

[@maryh3470]

Narrator: Ragnarok Me: Ah-ah-ahhhh-ah

[@maryh3470]

EmtronVenger it’s yo mamas

[@kimmeystorey4577]

4:07 chapter two The Building of the wall

[@redoak3069]

That is the god Trump.

[@diogenessinope5109]

@Brian Nielsen You're so smart and well opinionated. Stfu douche bag.

[@diogenessinope5109]

@Brian Nielsen you look like every other reject yelling " Fuck Trump"

[@esmokah]

Really enjoy the order vs chaos in Norse Mythology

[@geemcgraff8281]

Listening and playing god of war

[@orchy1238]

Class games

[@K1LoFoX]

Valhalla brought me here lol

[@joshblahh2423]

This brings both Valhalla and god of war into some serious new perspectives and just. wow..

[@TheCreepyArchives]

The fact you're not repulsed by them is cringe. Mimir isn't Scottish and dwarves aren't blue.

[@Not_An_EV]

​@@TheCreepyArchives🤡

[@edwardweaver1467]

Bring on Norse Myths!

[@OscoBosco]

Do yourselves a favor and look up The Poetic Edda by Jackson Crawford for a great translation of the poetic edda or Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman if you like more of a narrative

[@AndreyBogoslowskyNewYorkCity]

Unreasonable, unpredictable, enigmatic, and absurd is the nature of Norse mythology. The same can be said about Greek mythology . For the same reason, many religious texts surviving for thousands of years, such as #Bhagavad-Gita , #Upanishads, #Tao te Ching . In quantum physics, nobody there to predict behavior of subatomic particles the same can be said about choices, people making their lives . Small choices, medium or very big. From my own experience, and observing people close to me, I can describe the destiny of humanity earth, and the universe to be absurd. For this reason, if I kick you in the face just because you’re smiled at me, you shouldn’t be surprised . Bogoslowsky and #Bogoslowsky

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Enjoyed reading the Upanishads!!

[@danielbergersen4459]

The Children Of Odin. Skal💀🍻

[@WokenMC]

The place were I left off 1:19:05

[@greekshat8399]

Lol I do the same so I dont forget

[@dermaainwalker7307]

Thank you

[@crazyemraled8494]

Heart broken I wish I could grow. And love with out stress 😌😭💔

[@briobarb8525]

Many of us do...but then...???

[@ajakillah3635]

Bookmark 19:06

[@kittykatBflat]

It almost sounds like the darkening of sun and moon, the climate changes they describe was maybe an ice age or an asteroid hit?

[@jarapenkava959]

A nuclear winter perhaps? 🤔

[@Ikajo]

Volcanic eruptions. Ragnarok is based on a real event

[@L4NTT1I]

6:00:00

[@Perun.Tha.Unvaxxd]

Savage...I'm 3+ hours in

[@L4NTT1I]

@@Perun.Tha.Unvaxxd Its going to be a good last half for you :)

[@Tyr_Gas]

52:20

[@davidvalentine6771]

But a very good audio to sleep to

[@ProjectRedfoot]

This is so great

[@TheKumLokk]

This shit good. 7/8

[@theinfidel9587]

22:59

[@genox3636]

Who has been here that heard the work of Lavette?

[@danielbergersen4459]

I want a golden apple!!!

[@anjairis]

The "saul and mani" or however you'd like to spell that, it sounds terrible but understandable I guess. Sol och måne is what I'm guessing it reads. The "o" in sol is like the "oo" in tool. The "å" like "au" in maul, or if you like to confuse yourself, like the way sol was pronounced.

[@davidvalentine6771]

Alot of names to remember

[@briobarb8525]

Thank you! 😅

[@ellara1760]

2:44:51 (just a mark for me, ignore it)

[@Astrix_Jaeger]

Ancient gods and modern gods sounds all the same, in the eyes of Kratos.

[@TheCreepyArchives]

Cringe bro why

[@dustinthrift763]

2:56:17

[@twofacedzay1516]

Starting off with Ragnarok

[@Tyr_Gas]

Don’t forget “tHe tWiLiGhT oF tHe GoDs” lol

[@emanuelfreyre4326]

I never read the story of odin and frigg taking the two boys to have odin's fav try to kill him as an adult and turning him and his men into beasts. Is this a real story?

[@saraparsons8153]

32:16 Just a marker. Ignore.

[@cubencis]

Is this Norse Gods by Neil Gainan? How come you don't list the author?

[@ashlandhenke6083]

I really liked this reading until some of the details I heard weren’t the same. The first one being when Idunn was taken by a giant. When Loki went to get her she was turned into a nut, and not into a sparrow, at least that’s what I’ve always heard. I feel the small details are important and I’m not sure why they were changed. Maybe the stories I’ve heard were wrong? Does anyone have any thoughts?

[@Ikajo]

There are several versions of the same stories. That's why. Most of these are remnants of oral tradition after all.

[@tkenny8527]

That's the thing about oral tales/tradition, the general thrust of the stories remain the same, but some details can diverge.

[@Gwynsladle]

can you do Japanese Deities?

[@knightraider1362]

Japanese have their gods too???

[@cr33pycraw1er7]

Pt 2 ch 6 bookmark

[@steveshowboaten]

Where does this story originate. Is this from old tales or text?

[@chikee01005]

Does anyone have the link where I could buy the physical copy of this book?! Or the title and author name?

[@TaurusWitch29]

It's called The Children of Odin but not sure about the author

[@guitarman0365]

The wall builder story was used in ac valhalla lol. Minus the horse.

[@ChickenSpeed]

Hey gonna listen to this while I sleep so maybe I can visit valhalla wish me luck

[@ChickenSpeed]

@Drew Hickford if I made it they made me forget lol

[@sigynfoxy69]

good luck- WAIT HOLD UP!

[@ChickenSpeed]

@@sigynfoxy69 if I made it they made me forget lol I didn't have a dream

[@sigynfoxy69]

@@ChickenSpeed you know you can only enter if you die in battle and get taken by the valkyries? I definitely don't belive you SMH

[@ChickenSpeed]

@@sigynfoxy69 lol well these stories are legends that may or may not exist

[@PoochZie]

Fuckin night time story, fell a sleep 4 times listening this

[@artsanz1]

1:39:30

[@ericdollarhyde3296]

where did this first earth story come from? has anyone else read this version in the original text? wtf!! this is the story of the ice age and the flood i think, or the first destruction in fire.the native americans spoke of this too

[@kimmeystorey4577]

I read about it in the Jackson Crawford version of the Poetic Edda

[@fpkblast8465]

It's all connected man. Before the flood there was a global culture which was somehow connected to the Pyramids and the Greek, Norse, American and Vedic Gods.

[@fpkblast8465]

@Amon Ra The only thing I cant handle are fully disclosed lies...

[@TheLampeKing]

@@fpkblast8465 then like humanity you cant handle life

[@Dazzerdt1885]

FPKBlast yeah I agree you could throw I arnham land Northern Territory Australia

[@AR_86]

1:02:00

[@tkenny8527]

It was actually Padraig Collins not colum. Pronunciation....

[@steveqhanson6835]

1:01

[@frankpalacio4403]

Prepare the way for the Lord for he comes to make the Path straight and perfect ....

[@TheCreepyArchives]

Heathen. Odin owns you, join his side.

[@sessessesses]

2:05 bookmark

[@YogsenForfoth]

You really get a different view of the Norse gods when you consider the time that Loki got his back blown out when he had to shape shift and pretend to be a beautiful mate to seduce a mighty stallion. 😂

[@dangelamarx80]

Got his back blown out Lmao 🤣 😂 He smutted his self out. He didn’t have to take it that far lmao

[@JesusFriedChrist]

1:46:48 to 1:54:36

[@hereticwinter07]

I thought the cat was the Midgard Serpent, not Nidhoggr?

[@hereticwinter07]

I mean, it makes sense considering Thor’s competition took place prior to the Serpent ever being born. Just strange that the story is normally told with the Midgard Serpent and not Nidhoggr

[@jimrussell4062]

Is this anywhere in written format? I like the story, but the narrator... eh. I'd rather read it myself at my own speed. Thank you. =-)

[@saragrimes7609]

Yes! www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/coo/index.htm

[@zacnortham8753]

27:48

[@zacnortham8753]

46:54