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[@MaxSujyNorden]

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[@goeranm55]

To Vinterfrid (and anyone interested) The song is about a passage in the Beowulf saga which was written down in England (!!!) in the 1200's. However it takes place in Östergötland (!!) which at that timewas a farmer/collectors community (På svenska Vende-tid eller Vendel-tid = 600's) It is written as if the Öst-götar (= Ost Geats not Ostrogoths) were christian which they certainly were not. ...so it is a story very much changed by the storytellers somewhere in England

[@mikaelsethson5441]

Garmarna "Herr Mannelig" The real stuff!❤

[@zXSleeZy]

Garmarnas version is my favorite take of this song. And like another commenter said, their other songs are also very good.

[@lilaspire7]

Love this song from Garmarna, it is in Old Swedish, it is about a woman who is seen as a mountain troll and speaking about that man on marriage

[@elefantbajstvatusen8625]

It's Late Modern Swedish (yngre nysvenska), it was spoken from 1732 until around 1880, though we can still understand it. Old Swedish (fornsvenska) is way older.

[@urbankotto9685]

Well,they are trying.Herr mannelig,the tune is best sung by Emma herdelin and the band Garmarna(original).

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Not sure what you mean by "original" since the song is quite old and was (re)popularized by Folk och Rackare in the 70ies

[@zXSleeZy]

It's not the original but i agree, it's the best take of this song by far.

[@lilaspire7]

Though the actors of that movie are not Swedish, they still sing the song well

[@maspender]

My favourite version is by the Argentinian soprano Ranthiel, unfortunately, Haggard made her take it down for copywrite infringement, she then recorded it in Turkish to get round that.

[@LokiSnowman]

Necken in now day swedish is Näcken. he was a supernatural male water creature that lore people near the lake/river with his violin or sometimes flute. just to make them come close to the river so he could drown them. Just to a form of concept what they ment with "The spawn of Necken and the devil"

[@lilaspire7]

The Mountain troll is a element of the Old Norse religion

[@lilaspire7]

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem

[@vicolin6126]

I believe you can also interpret his answer of that she is not a "Christian woman" as being that they fundamentally are not the same (she being a troll), and that she would not be accepted in his society - and also that he would not leave his society for her. There is also the fact that she is a troll, and they are often depicted as creatures who trick humans into making bad decisions, often leading to the human's death. Creatures called "Trolls" are very prevalent in Scandinavian folk tales in general, and they can have pretty much any appearance that suits the story. They commonly live in the woods and are distinctly non-human at the very least. Often they have powers that can influence the harvest and nature. From the top of my mind I know 2 stories that have many variations: 1: Trolls would kidnap human children and replace them with their own spawn. The human parents would be unaware of this, until the child grew older and might start acting strange. Very unruly children would then be suspected of actually being a troll's child instead. If there were any consequences to this, I don't know. 2. When humans had festivities, the trolls might be tempted to join in - incognito. Trolls can be dangerous to humans, so young men were taught that if you ever see a tail sticking out from under a woman's skirt you should discreetly tell the woman that her tail is showing. The troll would then thank him for being polite and leave.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

My favorite take on this song is by Folk och Rackare, their record Rackarspel is filled with beautiful songs. 20 or so years later Garmarna made their version which has a more modern/dance sound, it's OK too, but if I have to chose, I'd pick the more traditional version

[@emmelisen]

Dance? 🤔😂

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@emmelisen It was a term used in the 90ies that simplified translates to music played at raves. Not saying that Garmarna played that kind of music right off the bat, but many songs had some influences from there

[@ebg13]

The gifts are worthless, like the twelve mills are located between two islands so they're just waves on the ocean. (I think the other gifts are: mist, a sun ray and spider web)

[@lilaspire7]

Learning a bit Swedish from this song

[@zXSleeZy]

Came back again, just to throw another recommendation. Garmarna, Vänner och fränder check their own official video. (It's an old one from 1996) Sadly no english subs for that one though. Either this song or varulven.

[@Sl_stefan_jonsson]

Beowulf (English, Beowulf, pronunciation: /ˈbeɪəwʊlf/) is an elegiac, heroic epos, written in Old English, which takes place in southern Scandinavia during the Migration Period. The only surviving manuscript is dated to between 975 and 1025, but the text is believed by various language experts to have originally been written at different times during the period from 700 to 1000.

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

I don't think these people are Swedish. Their pronounciation is off

[@draug7966]

Yeah i've seen this version before, they're from spain i think.

[@rolandrabier5984]

It is an old viking times song, sung in old norse at first.

[@tilltugg]

Was it First Aid Kit that turned You onto Sweden? I'm not complaining... You have a lot to discover. :)

[@Micke343]

I think this song was popularized by Garmarna in the 90s. You should check out their song Varulven (The Werewolf), that song has also been covered by a german band called Saltatio Mortis. Wer kann segeln ohne Wind (Who can sail without wind) is another song by In Extremo with partly swedish lyrics, featuring Johan Hegg from the swedish death metal band Amon Amarth.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Repopularized, I'd say, Folk och Rackares version from the 70ies was quite popular

[@Micke343]

@@matshjalmarsson3008 Okay, I have not heard their version.

[@elefantbajstvatusen8625]

"So I found this Swedish video..." and proceeds to show a video of a bunch of LARPing Germans 🤣

[@draug7966]

You should check out the version by Garmarna, it's the best by far.

[@eta1231]

This is our lore, you watched a story.

[@bdlkinetics]

live in thailand with 12 dogs......my dream

[@bogustavnilsson]

Herr Mannelig : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmSsc4ygo86So7M

[@jespergranstrom5267]

its the wrong one, these are also not swedish, its the one with garmarna (bandname)

[@KimOfDrac]

Interesting troll noises😂

[@johankaewberg8162]

The mountain trolls are the worst kind. I know this to be true. But they can still be reasonable to some degree.

[@Vinterfrid]

Born and raised in Sweden for 70 years I have to admit that I've never ever heard of this song, let alone "Herr Mannelig". I assume that they might be familiar within certain minority groups, but it's not anything like a Swedish cultural heritage. Doesn't sound to bad though.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Garmarna original of Herr Mannelig has 30 million views.

[@hightie1]

Its from the 1860;s from Södermanland (the greater Stockholm area.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@MaxSujyNorden Most if not all of Garmarna's songs are "covers" of songs by Folk och Rackare, but they didn't make the original versions either, in many cases nobody knows who did

[@zXSleeZy]

Garmarna is pretty huge, surprised you've not heard of them atleast. You should check them out, most of their songs are fire.

[@goeranm55]

@@hightie1 Nope, it is way older. Se my comment above

[@donkfail1]

Your flower is flickering. You need to change the battery in it. :D

[@emmelisen]

I think it´s supposed to twinkle!? ;)

[@MaxSujyNorden]

That's because of the background portray.

[@bernadetterubin4892]

She is a troll, she speaks in false tongue, everything she promises him is nothing in reality, for example, the shirt that is not sewn is cobwebs, etc. if he allows himself to be lured, he dies.

[@SvenskNationalist2000]

React to enhetsfrontsång pls

[@jonassundell9366]

Trolls are pagan. So are we over here. So lets go to Folkvang, Frejas hall, or Oden's hall, Valhall, instead of paradase. Less boring. You dont need to hear the 440.000 Jehovas witnesses wining for eternity. Thats a bliss! ❤

[@emmelisen]

You have to react to Garmarnas version of this song!! 30M views on KZbin. Does numbers speaks for themselves. This version "The Movie" sucks if I can be honest! And the video . . an Avatar troll?😝They are not Swedes either.

[@donkfail1]

A sad story of religious intolerance. :(

[@Upe-f9c]

Strange accents.