Rúnfell - Skadi

Skadi (which translates to "loss" or "death") was an important part of viking culture. Enemies, friends and family had to face death at a certain point in their life, some too early and some too late, so the rumors. Take part in a festive ceremony to honor the death of one of your clansmen and prepare for an unforgettable feast.

[@Zeon081]

wut? wasn't Skadi a goddess of mountains and bow hunting depicted in Poetic and Prose Eddas?

[@rodrev_hiking6757]

Skadí was the Goddess of Snow and Ice . To translate that with death or loss is incorrect

[@patrickwalsh8191]

Thank you for the information, it kind of reminds me of what is occurring right now..

[@Vestlandsguten]

This is not correct. The word Skadi either means shadow, alternatively the old norse word for harm or damage. Skadi is elsewise the name of the jötun-godess of wild nature, hunting, skiing and snow/winter.

[@LuciferdgKing]

el Cerrito has her part to go purple patch

[@baerbelhilzinger4713]

Ohhh! Mit Maultrommel! Wie selten hört man Musik mit solch speziellen Musikinstrumenten. Großartig!

[@JessieRoarke]

Can I just say thank you for making music that goes straight to my soul, transports me into those ancient times, dark forests.... It's mesmerising

[@orka6848]

The pagan ritual feeling gives goose bumps... Turkic throat singing added an epic mood to this eternal and heavenly melodies. Awesome job Rünfell! Skal!

[@ArgonProduction]

Rúnfell, you are not a musician. You are a God who shows us our ways with the melodies. Keep doing and let us find our soul, our real way. Hi from Turkey :) Skål!

Thank you for your kind words!

[@ArgonProduction]

The facts! You are welcome :)

[@encrypt3d]

4:09 Sailing through the Universe on our Viking ship - Earth with Rúnfell Music showing us the way to Valhalla while Odin is observing.

[@Blue-sw2iv]

My cat is making biscuits on the blanket next to me and it looks like he's beating on Viking drums instead.

[@Blue-sw2iv]

why doesn't this have more likes/comments? 😆

[@allexanderchristian3873]

And keeps saying You should sail west together

[@ravnchannel]

Probably one of the best Nordic inspired music I've listened. Historically accurate or not, it doesn't matter to me. The music is GREAT! I still can't figure out what is this plucked string instrument at 2:38. Sounds like a saz to me, but I am not sure.

You, my friend, have great ears! That is indeed a Saz. And thank you for your kind support!

[@ravnchannel]

@ It really gives a strong and wild vibe to the music! Great choice of arrangement :)

[@Tengrinin_Kirbaci]

Yeah it is a really nice tuned saz, and i would be happy if i can learn the tuning. @Rúnfell

[@kev1734]

The sons and daughters of Óðinn are awakening. Skål!

[@Tengrinin_Kirbaci]

This is like a mixture of viking, celtic and nomadic music. Great work for real!

[@arupabukenuluattilahan9053]

Yeah the sound of Baglama giving me goosebumps.

[@weluvmusicz]

Nice name! Does it have a meaning/translation?

[@Tengrinin_Kirbaci]

@@weluvmusicz Thank you, Tanrı'nın Kırbacı in old Turkic alphabet. Translation to English is Scourge of God

[@HandsomeMadMax]

Also has some Mongolian and Tartarian flair. Especially the throat singing.

[@Tengrinin_Kirbaci]

I liked the sound of bağlama

[@winter_chills]

the winter goddess skadi going for a hunt. 🌨️❄️🏹🐺

[@zattafrank3586]

I love this track and how it always takes me on a trip. I see the harmonic part as the wind, a forgotten ecological engine, an entity that is vital to me, guardian and inspirer of my instinct. Whistling all the time, great training

[@encrypt3d]

Rúnfell, 3:50 did you use a berimbau?

It's a turkish Saz with western guitar strings :)

[@Aweedamae.]

Such beautiful music.

[@РусланОвчинников-б7х]

Отличное исполнение и мелодия наших предков.

[@yormungand8484]

Ты какое отношение к древним скандинавам имеешь, монголоид?

[@PavloKruk]

Гарна музика, відкликається в душі, Один наш Бог, є та жилка чарівна та магічна в цій мелодії...

[@capellinho8942]

Hail Skadi 🌬 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Adamantian9]

As an Icelander this actually doesn't hurt to listen to, it doesn't make me cringe. It's actually traditionally and culturally accurate. I HATE the hyper fantasy so-called "viking" music, 9 times out of 10 it's actually Celtic or German. This was a pleasant surprise.

[@genkiferal7178]

really? Mongolian throat singers?

[@TyphusAndronicus]

@@genkiferal7178 There is historical evidence that ancient Scandinavians had something similar to throat singing. The Arabic traveller Al-Tartushi visited what's now Denmark and wrote about the singing of the natives, which he described as a terrible growling noise in the throat, "like the barking of dogs but much fiercer". Of course, we can't know exactly what it sounded like, but the description certainly points to something like throat singing.

[@genkiferal7178]

@Ivar the Boneless I ***can*** imagine and I know that much of ancient history was destroyed at least once in a cataclysm of some sort. But, that throat singing sounds EXACTLY like the Mongolian songs I have on my playlist. I think some of you are too defensive of your bloodlines - to the point of being blinded to reality. And, for the record, Scandinavian men are possibly the hottest on the planet and I love Scandinavian farmhouse decorating style. I still say that throat singing was taken from audio clips from Mongolian songs.

[@markopamucar397]

Thank you for this comment

[@morrigancarroll7115]

Considering that "viking" covers not only Scandinavian countries but places like Ireland, England, Scotland and Russia... those "so-called" music types are still accurate. I think you're a little confused about how all this works.

[@deltabravo9903]

😍 awesome

[@rudivandereep9611]

Listening as a thunderstorm plays outside

[@odinodin2170]

Heil to old Gods! Greetings from Russia!

[@cleocatra871]

Listened to this 3 times in a row now....so haunting

[@maxgrote2191]

It never felt so epic doing french toast in the morning.

[@balkanemperor876]

I hope it was anabolic french toast from doctor greg doucette my friend

[@maxgrote2191]

It was indeed

[@FoxOnTheRun92]

Hahaha! I bet it was The most epic toast experience ever ⚔️

[@FanatiKomdu13]

Thx Rollon to defend our country against vikings after becoming duke of Normandie by the way 😅🤙 Peace from 😅🇨🇵

[@FanatiKomdu13]

@Jared Larkin We have the best ratio victories/defeats in war, open your internet browser Peace 👍

[@sebastianluckner4822]

And with the trees death will be at ease, skadis peace lives on within

[@udun84]

Blessings this Mabon 2023.

[@Loki-bv7mr]

Well done mates! It looks quite similiar to Ancient Turkic songs especially when 5:03 come. Also in 2:38, I ain't so sure but that melodi looks like from the saz.

You have good ears, it is indeed a Saz!

[@Loki-bv7mr]

@ Thanks! I suggest you guys using more saz on your music because when the song hits, it leaves such a beautiful impact and you are so good at playing it. Keep up, we're always here!

[@danjudex2475]

The nordic music style with the throat singing gave me major yamnaya steppe culture vibes.

[@marcosfernando1844]

ouvindo do brasil quando escuto essa musica arrepia tudo

[@glaubercirilo9840]

Épico! kkkk

[@DwarfDragonwulf]

Loving this

[@Rykrmal]

Once the trickster and troublemaker Loki got into a quarrel with the giant Thiazi. To stop the fight, he promised to kidnap Idun and give her to the giant. He managed to lure Idun into the forest, where the giant Thiazi was waiting. He took her off to Jotunheim, the realm of the giants. Without Idun’s apples, the gods quickly began to age and their hair turned grey. When Loki was found to be the one behind all this, he had to choose between paying with his life or bringing Idun back home to Asgard again. Loki borrowed Freyja’s magic cloak, which turned him into a falcon and he flew to Jotunheim to fetch Idun. When he arrived there, he changed her into a nut and flew back to Asgard with her in his claws. The myth fails to explain how he got the apples back, so that remains a mystery. Now when the giant Thiazi, who had been out fishing, came back and saw that Idun was gone, he assumed his eagle form and flew like the wind to Asgard. When the gods saw Loki in falcon form approaching with the nut in his talons, they went out to the walls of Asgard and piled up a stack of wood shavings. As the falcon landed safely inside the walls, the gods set fire to the pile of wood shavings. Thiazi in his eagle form was unable to stop and his feathers caught fire, bringing him crashing to the ground. Then the Aesir gods killed the giant. But the story does not end there, since Thiazi had a daughter - the giantess Skadi. And she wanted revenge for the death of her father…While the gods were celebrating their slaying of the giant Thjazi and the return of the youth-giving goddess Idun to their halls, an unannounced visitor stormed into their merrymaking. This was the giantess Skadi, who had arrived with armor and weapons to avenge the death of Thjazi, her father. The gods were patient with her, and convinced her to accept reparations instead of seeking vengeance. These reparations came in three parts. First, Odin took Thjazi’s eyes and ceremoniously cast them into the night sky, where they became two stars. Second, the gods were to make Skadi laugh. After many feats were tried, none succeeded in bringing a smile to the grim face of the giantess. At last, Loki tied one end of a rope to a goat and the other end around his testicles and began a game of tug of war with the goat. Each screeched and howled in turn, until at last Loki fell over into Skadi’s lap. The giantess couldn’t help but chuckle. Third, Skadi was to be given a god of her choosing in marriage, but she was to select him by the sight of his legs and feet alone. She picked the fairest pair of legs she could see, thinking them to be those of Baldur. However, as it turned out, they were those of the sea-god Njord. After Skadi and Njord’s magnificent wedding, it came time for the couple to decide where to live. Njord’s home was Noatun (“The Place of Ships”), a bright, warm place on the beach. Skadi’s home couldn’t have been more different: it was Thrymheim (“Thunder-Home”), a dark, foreboding place in the highest mountain peaks where the snow never melts. The pair first spent nine nights in Thrymheim. When this time had passed and they made their way down from the mountains, Njord declared that, although brief, his time in Thrymheim had been loathsome. He had been particularly dismayed by the sounds of the wolves, to which he overwhelmingly preferred the songs of the swans to which he was accustomed. After the two had slept for nine nights in Noatun, Skadi had similar opinions to express regarding the sunny home of Njord. The cries of the seabirds had been unbearably abrasive to her ears, and she had found it impossible to sleep. So she departed for the mountains, and the two parted ways.[

[@LeeRaldar]

1:10 - The ravens have smelled new food.

[@morfeura676]

perfect

[@theknave4415]

Keep in mind that the Norse were around for quite some time before the Mongols were ever mentioned. Throat Singing in Old Norse Culture www.academia.edu/22666429/Throat_Singing_in_Old_Norse_Culture

[@ahmedguler9873]

Roots of Norse people originated from central asia. And the first Throat singers were Old Turks (Word Turk is older than the first Turkic khanate).

[@monasterio3320]

This music connects me very deeply to what is to me spirituality

[@princekalender2154]

Incredible. Greetings from a pagan of Argentina!

[@christoffer2387]

Found this music today. I like it :) Not over the top "dark" like some other.

[@КонстантинЛукьянов-н3з]

Very good! Strong music

[@BlackFireCherry]

HAIL SKAADI ! my sister my mistress and guide. Fell with ice and bow that which plagues us! HAIL!

[@conniebee7935]

awesome 🕊☮

[@gwyndolin6033]

It was really great, you're so good

[@gwyndolin6033]

@Orientem Imperium Romanum Merlin dizisinin final bölümünde arthur ölüyor ve gwen kraliçe oluyor

[@deadone9723]

Awesome music

[@cjmurphy7967]

The throat singing sounds pretty Mongolian

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Hi, I'd like to make a tutorial for how to play the flute section of your beautiful music on tin whistle for my KZbin channel. Would that be ok? :)

Of course, I'm honored!

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

@ thank you 😊 I'm sure my followers will love it! I'll be sure to link you. x

[@VirGo-yh6bg]

I'm looking forward to it ! I was trying to play it by ear, but I'm far from being experience enough to do that... Do you know when you'll make it ?

[@VirGo-yh6bg]

@ Is it possible to get the note sheet by any chance ? :)

@@VirGo-yh6bg There are no note sheets to be honest, it's just played by ear :)

[@Kumite-Dojo]

I really cant believe this, your channel deserves 1mil subs and much more attention!!! I will support where i can !!! THX again for this amazing music, im totally in love with it

Thank you Nordwacht, means a lot!

[@Kumite-Dojo]

@ For me too :) Thats why ive send some Warriors to this channel, so stay tuned for upcoming subs xD And i think also the Scynheim on my stream helps to growing up, so yeah THX the ritual works how it looks like :) Greez from the wWw´s

[@kelitaly10]

Oh...they responded! I would be feeling great if it was a comment of mine! And yes,indeed. The channel is amazing! 🖤✨

[@dantearielyevenes9793]

Magnífico..

[@sherisvonderkauernburg3949]

Reminds me of "Faun" in distant days, they used to make something like this.

[@suedwestdbg]

Aber dann echt aus der Anfangszeit von Faún

[@snipaman5127]

hail to the ancestors!!

[@deltabravo9903]

Thank you

[@tentgerryfarms8650]

love it

[@pedrohernangutierrezlaguna3269]

Fantastic

[@jig-ga]

if I had to describe this music for me with one word. i would choose "enchanting"

[@morningstarthegreyjedi]

Definitely brings the energy of the gods❤️‍🔥

[@Chris-tt5cc]

Honour your ancestors!

[@sebastianluckner4822]

And from the grounds of beeing they will support your course to meet you on the way to the halls of Walhalla.

[@СергейНефедов-ы3ь]

Last year I traveled Finland- Sweden- Norway up to the islands in the far north. That was excellent!!

[@Tom_Quixote]

05:02 Drunken goblin walking home from the pub

[@burakyalinalp5308]

aka Turks/Mongols

[@NjamNjam0]

Lmfao

[@supercool42_]

LOL

[@MantraHerbInchSin]

Drunken, grumbling goblin

[@Daniel-uq8fc]

Hahaha! Fuck yes

[@Arschimedes]

Great work, love it ❤

[@nestorbianchini3757]

Que buena musica

[@genkiferal7178]

throat singers from Mongolia reached Scandinavia? Well, there are tribe of deer herders in both areas, so maybe...

[@TadeSLO]

Hura ⚡Perun⚡ Pozdrav iz Slovenije

[@fiffeel]

Thank you. This is great

[@jarlkjartan2350]

There is nothen better when you have a feast with family and friends

[@unalunaelvishwitchfae4250]

Obsessed 💖💖💖💖

[@silviamuntaneperez]

Una Luna Elvish Witch Fae me too🥰🖤🙌🏼

[@HandsomeMadMax]

The throat singing sounds almost exactly like mongolian or tartarian throat singing. Makes you think how connected the ancient world must have actually been, contrary to what we are taught about history.

[@metalflower9543]

Klasse! 😀🔥

[@valeriuginghina5648]

Is that Merenthe Solvedt at 5:16 ? Sounds like her, I thought I recognize that voice I heard with Two Steps From Hell... Voice of an archangel ...

[@foreversomnia]

it's actually the EXACT same audio segment that she sang in Black Blade!!! listen to it! idk if it's plagiarism hahahah

[@mry82]

"You may use this music free of charge for any purposes that are not commercial, but make sure to contact me first, and then credit me for my work with link to my KZbin channel." That is very kind. Best wishes!

[@Well-groomed_Hobo]

This song is awesome, but the first thing I thought of at 5:00 is that it sounds like Popeye having a stroke

[@mattiaswilhelmsson3992]

If we are with the gods of our viking world and can see , we love to breathe fresh air from the nature. We love to be with each other and salubrate our gods for what we stands for? If we are here then we show our world what we are and not otherwise. Our gods will allways be here with us and protect if you have the true spirit in your blood:)

[@gabrielanahel3393]

Very good

[@Arlech7827]

Amazing😃❤🎉❤️‍🔥💚💜

[@Overlord99762]

If I dropped this into the soundtrack of the Witcher 3 it would fit so well. First time I heard this I said "I should be fighting a Fiend to this"

[@oleo1572]

Facts! We need next gen remaster for witcher 3. It would be sensational

[@theodemokritos4910]

TOP

[@Daniel-uq8fc]

Epic!

[@evea.9971]

Amazing, I love it! Can someone tell me the name of the bird chirping at the beginning of the song? I'm from Central America so I don't think I've heard a similar bird here ❤

[@xoen6]

Respect.

[@Guru_Ingenieril]

Chulada de song

[@DioLuki]

brilliant!

[@BoundInHumanBones]

I thought this was about Skadi the goddess. But in a way. It is.

[@chosenchad1155]

Sounds like this was in the Witcher 3

[@toddstephenson8164]

I'm impressed.

[@SkeligMichael]

One of my clan members is dead. My mother's soul left the earth on 2/24/2023 and will never return. She was allowed by God to watch me for one day to know what has become of me, but she was not allowed to speak to me. Then she started her journey to her destination. It is hell where she is in good company. My father is there and so is my grandfather. God have mercy on your soul, Mama. I love and I hate you.

[@merylix]

Don't worry, my friend, she is still with you ❤️

[@SkeligMichael]

@@merylix I prayed for mom. She did not fall into damnation. I asked the Almighty not to leave her there. He heard me and she is now in an intermediate stage where I can talk to her. She loves me and will always be there for me. What you wrote is true. She will be with me until I see her again some distant day. Thank you for your beautiful words. ❤

[@ixirandomixi]

Do you guys have other songs with throat singing as well? The small bit that was in this song sounded phenomenal.

Sure! Just explore the rest of the songs, a lot of them have throat singing!

[@L0RDP1NGU]

Hopefully someone knows, what is the flute like instrument in the song? I wish to learn it.

It's a simple wooden flute :)

[@L0RDP1NGU]

Oh that's awesome! So learn this instrument thank you!

[@eveszmytko9470]

Superbe.

[@officemusic3088]

Здраво!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@Cenafannation619760]

I wish more of your music was available on iTunes.

[@cosmo1055]

It contains much mongolian folk elements, throat singing etc...

[@mattiaswilhelmsson3992]

Lets feel the sounds of what we have in this music, is it really you to be a of what you are in this world? Bringing this powerful world to your brain of a Viking powerful life to you, you wanna be a warrior that have fighting of many battles of this world:)? Let us bring it to your brain and reallity?

[@simeongalda5988]

5:05 🤨🤨🤨?

[@tombob4139]

Empowered

[@НикотинСигаретов]

Это музыка просто шедевр! Просто заслушался!

[@marcodellasanta9089]

❤

[@saeedsnne]

Just picturing myself as a viking slowly marching across the lands searching for my next battle

[@lordlux4432]

Only about 36% of norse men were Vikings. Most were farmers and homesteaders.

[@caydeofspaydes]

The throat-singing is Mongolian style. Impressive!

[@frost47ful]

Also Scandinavic.. French kronicle describe a group of vikings that had the same tone :-)

[@lordlux4432]

Mongolians weren't the only ones. Seriously think about the 8th to 11th century many people were using the same technologies and instruments through trade.

[@ProjectNetoku]

when you literally need to crap Thunder in the morning

[@papyrus5610]

Músic play Raider

[@ribhunirek]

I'm wondering what's the meaning of Lyrdraces. Couldn't find it on the internet

Haha, nice question. Well I do LARP and my viking group is called "Fyrdraca". And because recently there was one girl from that group that was about to get married (in-character) and her name was "Lyra". Fyrdraca + Lyra = Lyrdraces.

[@ribhunirek]

@ Fascinating story indeed. I had been a fan of this album for the longest time, but discovered it as a collection only recently on your website. Absolutely ❤️ it. Am waiting for more content, would love to connect with you folks! Skol.

@@ribhunirek Thank you for your support, I really appreciate it!

[@officialman]

Why did I think of the witcher?

[@sandquicksand959]

I know right?! Instantly

[@Skadi98]

This is....art.... I'm crying

[@Járnúlfur-Bronsörn5096]

Skadi is the goddess if the wilderness, hunting, winter and mountains. Married Njord god of the sea, wind, seafarers, crop fertility and fishing, live separately though. Reason couldn't live with each other so every Autumn and Winter Skadi visits Njord. Skadi means shadow, harm = death & loss, girls name in Skandinavien. Fun fact Skandinavien gets its name from the name Skadi. Poem about Njord: I Vanahem han skaptes av visa makter och gavs som gisslan åt gudar; i åldrarnes ände skall han åter komma hem till de vis vaner. Poem about Marriage between Skadi and Njord: Sova kunde jag inte på havets bädd för fåglarnas skrän. Han väcker mig som kommer från havet varje morgon: måsen. They are divorced but love each other still, reason why she stays with Njord at Autumn and Winter is Sea gull move south so the shore becomes quite during the last 6 months of the year.

[@RiveryJerald]

Randomly turned Mongolian 5:05 hm

[@RazvanGabor]

Great :)))

[@oknarub3038]

@@RazvanGabor de ce toate comentariile în română sunt mereu aiurea

[@Chann-Chan]

why it's so funny XD

[@bjarnedansson9610]

@@oknarub3038 nu sunt :)

[@bjarnedansson9610]

he says "nigga" if u listen closely xD

[@adrianesslinger6665]

Göttin der Jagd....