Places/Locations in Norse Mythology and Where to Find Them

Speaking about the different worlds and locations in Norse mythology, what the sources say about where they are and how one might be able to get to them.
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[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

I have been an Odinist for over FORTY YEARS now. I learn, discover and re-evaluate everyday. Your channel is possibly one of the most thought provoking tools for learning I have found. I have (at last count) 220 books/papers/documents/articles coving my faith. Many of these have been superceded and pushed to the back of the list as time goes on and more knowledge and theories are expounded and others debunked. It is vitally important for us to keep our hearts and minds open. Failing to do this results in stagnation, disagreement and finally fragmentation among us. Keep doing what you do.

[@avstraffelse]

I wouldn't use the trem Odinist. Unless your a racist neo nazi.

[@magiofmetal7373]

Or he can, and push back against those who would misuse the term for negative respects.

[@avstraffelse]

@@magiofmetal7373 good luck. The Aryan Nation has been using it for a while.

[@magiofmetal7373]

@@avstraffelse I know... but have to start somewhere. More than a few local friends have gone back to being quiet about there practices because they don't want to be connected with or confronted by these pieces of shit.

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

@@avstraffelse yeah….that’s an American thing. Think you’ll find we’re a tad more…..cerebral on this side of the pond.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

One of the best descriptive art renderings I've seen of the 9 worlds, represents them as an atom with 9 points. That would tumble & move through space(s) and each point could be up/down/east/west/ at any different time.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

@Eastern fence Lizard some chemical shape

[@-RONNIE]

You know 8 months ago we were having a discussion about this at the office because a colleague just got into Norse religion. I was telling him you have to take the information seriously because it's different from one source or book to the next. I told him about your Channel also 2 others & he still didn't subscribe or even watched. I will remind him Monday about this video.

[@michellestobbs9317]

Thankyou for sharing this magic upload. I definitely believe our ancestors knew of other realms and the portals to them (But also believe only specific people [druids and similar] ever practiced this) If you equate gods to energy their varied habitats make total sense ✨🌟✨🌟✨

[@norsemagicandbeliefs8134]

Yes the druids even more so im sure :)

[@marcrhodes-taylor5347]

@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 this is something which i am very interested in and still learning about myself, but does seem to accord with what i have learned so far

[@Wiwaz]

Regarding location and direction. There is a Danish study where the location of the moon in relation to the orientation of the burial chambers and a pattern of full moon rises prior to lunar eclipses during the summer months.

[@Wiwaz]

I can not post link to the article due to YT

[@indigozen4794]

your Viking channel is the best

[@vidarolsen19]

my thoughts of this is that the pathways direction north up down does not matter its just filler word too make the poem/story to be more memorable the pathways/directions are just a metaphor that a journy must take place for one's ancestral memory to be recoverd

[@valterrusso4711]

Maybe those locations would be the position of the planet regarding the sun and stars at the time, the universe is ever changing. Our (portuguese) ancestors used tools to navigate "reading" the stars. It's not farfetched if you believe that earth is the center of the universe like most people thought (or would burn at the stake)

[@jenna2431]

My thoughts while watching this: 1. I'm glad my ancestors didn't literalize their stories as did some other (ahem) Abrahamic faiths, particularly. 2. The dimension of the Niffleheim - I wonder if there's a link to the "nephilim" who were giants referred to in Genesis 6 as "Sons of God" who dallied with human women and survived the world-wide flood somehow. We know whoever the compilers were of the Torah, that they were many and they gathered stories into the compendium later credited to Moses (whose name coincidentally means "out of water" and "savior.") 3. Hel - I can see how that transferred into Christian lore as is, particularly when their borrowed resurrection of believers didn't sell as well as the threat of eternal conscious torment. 4. The idea of ascension of gods - definitely borrowed by Christianity. 5. The "wise men" coming from the East in a visitation with symbolic gifts to the child "Jesus". (Why Christians can't use his real name, but rather the 17th century evolution of the miserable transliteration is incomprehensible to me.) The Alþingi in Iceland - walking through there, I could swear I heard the hub-bub of "something" down there. Probably something with regard to the acoustics of the rock walls. It was the oddest sensation of being transported back in time to the gatherings there and possibly a thinning of the human dimension. I can totally get how the lore was ignited by fire-light stories. And if you look across to where the tectonic plates are separating, I'm sure that was fearsome to see and inspired myth, as well.

[@monathompson9329]

I'll go life of pi and pick /all the above/... This is the first I ever heard this .that's why I'm on this channel and it's fascinating to hear.

[@monathompson9329]

Pi...voice text.

[@Duececoupe]

Love the channel, thoroughly enjoy the content, much like with Arith Härger's channel! Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@itsmeGeorgina]

You still live in the same type of climate you are used to from childhood then 🙂

[@jeffwatkins352]

Excellent pronunciations! I've been reading the Eddas, Sagas, and Heimskringla for years, never mind looking at many videosm and yours is the best guide I've found for how to say those many names. Also a fine overview of mythic locales. Many thanks!

[@Anarchyacresfarmstead]

I’ve read about burials that were exhumed with “giant” humans, I know one was in Italy, and there were others in Europe as well. It could be fun to imagine that maybe giants did exist and maybe that wasn’t as much of a myth as we think…..we will never know.. I love your videos!

[@farielflower]

Wasn't this in the Altai mountains? Would love good resources on this

[@doomguy9049]

Also many have been found in North America, with many Indian tribes having legends about pale, red haired and bearded giants who were there before them and warred with them. I’m not so quick to rule out any historical basis for the myths of any people, and I think there’s so many myths that are shared between cultures worldwide with only minor variation in details that they have to be based on real events.

[@monkeymoment6478]

@@doomguy9049 Look into the book “Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture” by Dennis Stanford There’s quite a lot of evidence to suggest that Stone Age peoples from the area of what is modern day France and Spain were the first inhabitants of North America and formed the foundation of the Clovis culture.

[@doomguy9049]

@@monkeymoment6478 Solutreans

[@TravellerTinker]

Giants did exist. Absolutely. They ate humans

[@alexguay9518]

Greatly appreciate your videos!!! Keep them coming!

[@jasonjenkins812]

I’m thinking these seemingly contradictory sources might possibly be referring to portals to other dimensions via Ley Lines. Just a theory. I always have to remember to put on my animistic thinking cap when approaching the myths. Being raised with a mechanistic world denying view, it takes a bit of effort to put my perspective in line with the world view of our animistic ancestors. Another theory is that these other realms refer to different parts of the human experience, such as: Asgard = The higher consciousness, Jotunhiem = The Ego, Hel = the unconscious, Svartlhiem = the subconscious, etc… Personally, I prefer the former animist (spirit model) view over the latter consciousness model because our ancestors we’re animists; however, the consciousness model is useful for personal psychological growth, especially if you’re more of a Left Brained person, as the Animistic spirit model is more Right Brain Intuitive. Then again, perhaps both are true and corresponding sides of the same coins, just like our brains. …after all, nature is dualistic. Personally, I consciousnesses arises OUT of Spirit. Just my two cents and some food for thought.

[@norsemagicandbeliefs8134]

Thats a good point.

[@wp5361]

really nice video I found this channel completely random and now I can't stop watching your videos about norse peganism thx for uploading so much im 15 btw and I dont know why but this fascinates me

[@stppearson825]

Great information and analysis!

[@marcrhodes-taylor5347]

that was absolutely fascinating, you certainly know your sources and have done your reading inside and out, you have really thought about your conclusions here. some of the content does lean towards the metaphysical, which is not necessarily a bad thing although this was the aspect which made me think the most

[@volkischfraulein2957]

Dankeschön 😊👍🏻.

[@xbemos]

Why doesn’t this have more likes...other than yt and it’s fun censorship... Please hit that like button y’all!

[@md_f_dnn]

You should cover the norse concept of megin, it's kind of like, a norse version, of the Chinese concept of chi

[@methatron1]

I love all your videos if you could please do another video on animism and the soul and how you explain the nine different aspects of the soul that would be super awesome

[@norsemagicandbeliefs8134]

Done 2 on that! Search my channel for Draipnir :)

[@vaarggregersen2095]

Very informative . Skal!

[@oddietyrsson8804]

Yet another goodin..skàl mine brother.🍻

[@Nashobawolfvarg]

Rock on thanks man.

[@christinaboos5791]

“The question is “WTF! 😂” Thanks for this video! Greatly appreciated

[@valterrusso4711]

"repay gifts with gifts, repay treachery with treachery" could this words apply not just to men/men but also men/nature? We gave sacrifice in form of food in the past, now we give pollution to sea, air and earth. Nature is repaying us with global warming, rise of sea levels, crazy wild fires. Havamal as a global book not just a social book... What do you guys reckon?

[@keeperoftruth5951]

I wonder if that ethnic group that controls 98% of institutions world wide but makes up less that 1% of the entire population has anything to do with this.... Probably not! ;)

[@brianketaren5132]

Thank you ☺️👍

[@crazyonefrommom]

læsø here i come, finaly something close to home

[@kariannecrysler640]

Working on not being too analytical. Still, after hearing the list to find hal I can think of one physical place. Orkney. Ocean current their would cause you to go north then down. There had been established burials their for at least 3,000 years by the time of recording. Finally, you have to walk a causeway water on both sides to progress towards the stones and grave, crossing the bridge. Not claiming to be right just sharing an insight

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

Could you do a video about why Norway did not colonised Canada ? Did the Icelanders trick them ? Was Leif seen as a lier ?

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Since I've been subbed to your channel, I have been thinking about the Nordic-looking Aliens are they really aliens but they have white hair not blonde, interesting to think about. A chariot could be what they think it is they didn't know what a spaceship was?

[@XxLucifex_X]

@Norse Magic and Beliefs You should watch the trailer for the new Viking movie called the Northman I wanna hear your thoughts about it

[@Lupinemancer87]

The Jotnar weren't really giants, they were alot more complicated then that. They were forces of chaos, representing natural disasters, and were on par with the gods, making them gods of chaos. They were also not really a race, but a tribe, like the Aesir and Vanir were tribes and not races. Basically, you can look at them as the distant cousins to the Aesir/Vanir. They were largely human-looking, but many of them were grotesque-looking and some were even monsters.

[@farielflower]

I don't normally compare norse traditions to Greco-Roman, but what do you think about the similarities between the Jotnar and the Titans?

[@renata_of_the_craft]

@@farielflower and that's exactly where the translation error crept in, the Romans compared Germanic/Norse mythology with their own, called the Jötnar Titans, this was then translated back into Anglo-Saxon Geant, now just one single noun change in the best Roman understanding, and you have the modern Giant, which has become the popular stand-in for the Jötnar almost ever since. When in fact they are based on the animist predecessors, the Gods the Æsir needed to largely destroy in order to carve out their later standing.

[@AlbertusSalvatierra]

Narratively speaking, how would you characterize being such as humans, elves, gods, dwarves, and giants in both appearance, but as well as nature and or purpose 🤔

[@stevethomas1301]

Please can you do a video on Nisse?

[@daivskinner8968]

What are your thoughts on the book "The Masks of Odin" by Titchenell?

[@KingBearmane]

I would like to know more about Vanaheim

[@198krydstogt]

❤

[@IamDeadAlive]

sometimes your gods and myths sounds like my gods

[@itsmeGeorgina]

Would that be Maa Kali, Shiva, Hanuman and Lakshmi?

[@gcanaday1]

There is a reason for that.

[@IamDeadAlive]

@@itsmeGeorgina true but there are much more than that

[@larskill1]

Kan du lage en video om Thylene og deres betydning i vikingtiden?

[@mokkawill66]

Could anyone, please, tell me who this great guy is. And where to find his homepage. Admirer from former East Germany Monika

[@BluFlame2000]

lol exciting music intro

[@indigenousnorwegianeuropa4145]

Odins hall, Valhall is huge and has 540 doors.

[@renata_of_the_craft]

but think of Hel's Hall, to contain most of the remainder of the dead humans, Valhöll has to give the impression of huge, massive to contain all the fighting boys ready to die again at Ragnarök...

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

The true place of nordic legends is...... Fritt Norge !! 😎

[@patton6421]

All of the gods, all the demons, all of the heavens, all the hells are within you.- some movie. But fo'real, I was just looking at pics of zygote(baby) development and comparing them to Ginnungagap 👌 Which reminds me of "Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." Wæs Hæl!

[@commonwisdom5333]

What do you think about embalming the dead?

[@victorrand8811]

Not that it matters but i planted 4 trees last year, a redbud, a japanese maple, a dogwood and a crabapple. Im going to cloud prune them into examples of yggdrasil for funs sake.

[@victorrand8811]

North and down, possibly north and over the horizon?

[@sidneybristow815]

Was Odense in Denmark 🇩🇰 named after Odin?!? Curious.

[@thorgeist]

Well, the “rainbow bridge” obviously can be “travelled upon” through the consumption of Dimethyltryptamine in a specific state of its consumption. Collective accounts of “DMT trips” state that you are sucked out of your body through a rainbow vortex to another dimension(s). Atheists who have experienced this come back very much non-Atheist, yet not quite Mono or Polytheist either. Obviously more Animistic in perspective of reality, which is congruent with what our people had spoke about in the High Heathen era before Raiding to survive against the Christian inquisitions of Europe created the Low Heathen era. I guarantee their psychedelic travels took them very many different routes to the other nine worlds. Which would explain contradictions. But that is just my theory. I have never taken Dimethyltryptamine, even though I would like to in a very spiritually formal setting.

[@Greye13]

This is very interesting.

[@darnelmcphee1229]

I've done dmt many times, with breakthroughs twice. No words can describe the experience. But have never had a rainbow bridge experience, even though im very open and spiritual, and have experienced seeing angelic beings. I wonder how these people would do it? Or if asgard is a real physical place you can travel too? Like admiral Byrd's trip into inner earth and visiting the crystal city of advanced beings and talking to their master. Also other stories on a voyage taken by a man and his son to Antarctica and reaching the firmanent wall. Then they find the "summer gates" which they travel through which takes them to (one of) the worlds outside of the firmanent. I think if you go along with the mainstream belief that was set on us of the globe and discard of the stationary earth you would go straight to thinking these places don't exist. Once you understand where in a dome, that opens the possibility these other worlds are real, which I feel they are.

[@peterreichardt1494]

Vikings ever met Huns ? Any history on that ?

[@louispellissier914]

Downhill is kenning for Netherlands? xD

[@patton6421]

Giants - beast urges, Thórr - keeping them in check! Othinn- the Self, sometimes Needs to bypass Thórr for Destiny's sake! *-

[@Shaden0040]

So Jord is earth, but midgard comprises the solar system, along with all the stars and galaxies of our universe. Makes sense.

[@indigozen4794]

Where did he say that?

[@renata_of_the_craft]

Miðgarð may contain the areas humanity can reach, though to get to the stars or even galaxies might be a while yet. I rather for see Jörmungandr in the Milky Way, roiling in the night sky, keeping us contained.

[@itsmeGeorgina]

Is that ... tiny gold skulls in your hair?

[@gcanaday1]

Glima?

[@norsemagicandbeliefs8134]

Yep

[@gcanaday1]

@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Proud of myself then. I remember my younger futhark.

[@wudenulyke2no]

You make me laugh.

[@GothicXlightning]

need to know where to find me a BIFROST🌈 to connect me into the realm of the Valkyrie♥ with that said Alfheim is also a very underrated Realm

[@makaylamaxwell6422]

10:00 the Russians dug like idk 200 miles I’d close to the mantle and recorded screams

[@regnbuetorsk]

@Blanc Neige en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hell_hoax