Ratatoskr | The Squirrel of Norse Mythology

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[@jamescardwell2986]

Speaking of spiritual connections, whenever I have a problem or need an answer to a Question. I’ll call on Odin. Interestingly every time I do this I’ll see a Raven and it’s always timed. The most profound incident happened when I was walking one Day , two Ravens appeared together. Interesting that neither flew away as I approached , but seemed to watch as I passed, I felt a great presence that Day. Blessings to you and keep up the great work.

[@theredbeardedheathen532]

The story of Ratatoskr is probably one of my favorite stories from norse mythology. It's just so random I loved it.

[@user-rbyee]

Ture

[@thegreatkahuna2582]

😂 " today I'm hunting squirrels in a graveyard... "

[@johngaltman]

From time to time I ask Ratatoskr to speak well of me up and down the length of Yggdrasil. You never want a carrier of information to have anything ill to say about you. Just my way of interacting with the spiritual and the gods.

[@sewisinc.4545]

I gotta love how you laugh at yourself with that "imagine an American with an Indiana Jones hat walking in a graveyard talking about a mythological squirrel and chasing real ones".

[@badone2111]

My spirit guide is a squirrel.

[@Jsscahd]

I'm sorry but the term "squirrel mythology" just tickles the heck out of me 😂

[@tiemenanthonie568]

Thank you for making this video! It’s good to hear a new refreshing view on ratatoskr.

[@manglethefox477]

Ratatatoskr always causing Chaos. I actually had a squirrel 🐿️ who I named Chaos. Bottle fed her and acclimated her to the outside.💜

[@SomeKrieger]

Ratatouille the squirrel of holy tree. He makes sure insults between eagle and dragon reach their desired locations.

[@SquirrelGamez]

All Hail The Squirrel God! Squirrels are very sneaky and often below notice, even in mythology. I do love how the game Northgard added a Ratatoskr tribe and their deal is they get more resources in Autumn and use more in Winter, and instead of a meadhall, they get a stove and make meals which provide bonuses. Also, Medb is ponrounced Maev.

[@Timbued]

I'm low key obsessed with the little guy, Our history teacher use to go on tidbits about norse mythology and when i heard about Ratatoskyr i got hooked, Squirrel was my fave animal from that day forward :'D When SMITE came out and he became playable there I just couldn't resist buying and playing him, And here we are today with Northgard having him as a tribe :'D (I know they are just video games but I like to think that he somehow got a nut of truth and became a minor deity :'D)

[@1234Daan4321]

I kinda like to think Ratatoskr is like a comedian. One that is not afraid to insult or offend anyone, whether they are kings or crooks. Everybody gets a taste.

[@garrettjackson1451]

I didn’t know about this squirrel until I played god of war Ragnarok

[@AquilaCat]

A squirrel experience like yours is what started me on my path to working woth deities. I was taking out the trash when a squirrel stopped in the middle of the sidewalk about 2 yards in front of me. It stared at me to the point where I actually said hello to it. Then it came closer until it was less than a yard away from me, stared at me very pointedly again, and then finally dashed off. Squirrels were a common sight at that apartment complex, but they always ran off when someone got too close so it was very strange to have one stop right in my path and approach me. I don't think it was rabid since it acted perfectly normally after that moment. I still don't know who sent it. Artemis? Cernunnos? It might have been Freya? No idea for sure who it was but SOMEONE got my attention! I ended up offering almonds at the base of that squirrel's tree on occasion until I moved out of the area.

[@tricksterwezel6581]

Here because my husband (a Saxon pagan) and son were approached by a squirrel today. No older than 8 weeks (at best) and it walked right up to them. No sign of the mother and perilously close to the road. The hubby immediately named it Ratatoskr lol.

[@shyguy929]

I always imagine the origins of ratatoskr being a squirrel run up a tree to escape a snake but there is an eagle on top of the tree. So he gets caught between the 2. So he runs up and down the tree deciding where to go until the eagle swoops down and he runs back down to escape the eagle and into the snake. Then the 2 start fighting. To and onlooker it would kinda look like the squirrel was antagonizing them to fight each other.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

An interesting theory!

[@jakenewgate5804]

For sure the coolest squirrel I've ever seen

[@TrevPulver]

We have tons of red squirrel here in upstate NY. Crazy playful things.

[@estellewarren62]

Pretty sure this ratatoskr visited me in a dream. We were running through the forrest and communicating telepathically... this happened to me before i knew of him ❤❤❤❤

[@The_Sock_]

I've always loved squirrels, I feed em whenever I can. Even made friends with a couple who would climb up my side. :)

[@SomeKrieger]

I had one for lunch :D

[@Crunchifyable2]

Somewhere I read that Ratatorskr makes up half of the insults himself (possibly just a story tellers addition). They do chirp loudly. But if this was true, this only furthers the concept of an antagonizer, or perhaps sarcastic comedy.

[@karnskountry9032]

I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman, the story of ratatoskr comes as no surprise to me, i have witnessed first hand hundreds of times the squirrels of the trees calling out their warning of the presence of danger (me) being in their territory and sending out a message to all the animals of the wood……in my opinion squirrels are messengers, but if you look deeper into the times of old kingdoms communicated largely by use of messengers, there was also an unwritten but closely followed law of the land that no harm should befall a messenger (dont kill the messenger) could this go hand in hand with the fact that ratatoskr passes unharmed between 2 predators that otherwise would make a snack out of him?…………🤔

[@airo30]

Oh yeah. This reminds me on this walk I had and was attacked by 4 squirrels because I had food...

[@kaitlinlewis2450]

I live in the woods and I had a squirrel in my house once a Red one in Fact. My take on Squirrels causes chaos at times and trouble as well but also lives peacefully with us as well. It wasn't fun having a Squirrel in my house as well.

[@stephan5673]

I seen a red squirrel today, Not seen a red since I was a child.

[@lukeandmum]

A very fun video I love these deep dive videos into rarely talked about things, I think your theory on the squirrel makes alot of scense, it was probably a perfect example of somthing for the ancestors, but whatever the case im pretty sure that red squirrel you filmed was rattataskar himself haha😂.

[@haileeraestout5567]

So Basicly He's Like Twitter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tannermccollum7060]

The thing with the Celtic language is that it's pronounciation varies from location to location.

[@krispalermo8133]

Northern Italy pronounce the S as a soft c. In Southern Italy S is pronounce as a z. And Sicily has around 11 different dialects. There is an ear defect where the cannel is press in during development in the womb, which causes minor hearing problems in hearing and learn speech. Eastern Germany/ Poland this is a normal defect in the population and it causes people to hear " R " as a W. Sticking a straw/ tube into a child ear straiten out the problem. I did have a speech problem as a child up to being a teenager and also German/ Sicilian. So I heard and pronounce my name of Kris as " Kh' gwriz" when I was in grade school. My German born relatives called me Kh'gwris. They tend to growl and multiple generational hunting dog owners, so we grew up breathing like .. dogs.

[@imstillspartacus]

Thanks for all this information as this is something I feel that is calling to me in a way I feel this is a good start for sources 🙂

[@francisklijnenbreugel441]

Just wait for my 13 parts book series about Toskr as I will take my spin on his myth and dance with the stories of Ygdrasill

[@diegomaco4245]

Great video!

[@cillianrangarsson3319]

You are doing great work Jacob I am a very proud Norse pagan I am going to try and help other Pagans my self

[@karnskountry9032]

Another great video brother, looking forward to chatting with you when you get time

[@Pagansong]

SQUIRREL!!!! Sorry, had to be done.

[@Kellystella97]

Well I always had a sort of bond with animals sinds I was small when I was a baby and someone was doing something wrong above my stroler my mom once told me I always was protected she didn’t understand why or how but once a eagle 🦅 came down and attacked a man that wanted to take me from my stroler just in time to warn my mom when older I played outside and I played with animals also squirrels like I used to throw nuts from the ground to them and they threw them back or a fox that ran after my ball and brought it back I never thought she was for real telling me that then I stood still when I was older she must have been correct cos even the most uncontrollable horse I could easy feed and wash and such dogs that listen even when not knowing me then I learned about peganism I started with herbs like wicca and such then I met my guide who is a Celt learning about friya him saying you always surrounded about cats they always come say hi that’s how I knew I was born for the path of pegan and I believe the squirrel had pegan knowledge that went lost

[@vuhv4296]

I love your videos. You have gotten me into Norse paganism and the way you teach and guide is amazing. You would make the best school teacher and really help kids shape their future. Thank you

[@WisdomPrevails369]

Ratatat like pokemon

[@slvpd]

I live in Minnesota and red squirrels are destructive pests. Black squirrels are rare and appreciated. Squirrel hunting is my favorite. Grey and Fox. I wouldn’t harvest a black squirrel.

[@laurelronan1777]

Ah, yay, squirrel love! Aka bushy tailed tree goblins!

[@aarondavis6608]

Maybe ratatoskr was another form of loki?

[@vasilikablair-tidewell1062]

Do you have any particular insights into the inner world of the lepricun (spelling?) 😊 So grateful that you share your knowledge with us ❤😊❤

[@Hersovyac]

Greetings Jacob thanks for this video. Just wanted to point out after you said not many animal are gathering. That’s false. Near every European animal is preparing and conscious about winter. Bears, squirrels, some foxes, weasel, beaver, rabbit, ermine,... while most birds or predator animals will migrate far away following their bigger prey moving in herd. So yeah. Even ants are prepping for winter.

[@niksnavnn1128]

You know, one could call the squirrel an avatar for gossip 😋

[@the_5th_horseman743]

wish you would do a video on fenrir and or the children of loki

[@OfficialReinforcia]

I just learned that a squall is related to Norse mitholgy and a cow too damn I need to read more

[@feircephoenix3066]

Mom feeds squirrels so alot come to our yard and also stay cats....we also have 8 pet cats.🙂

[@virgoviking2331]

I've always loved squirrel's

[@dracodistortion9447]

Loki often takes squirrel form in my experiences

[@gentritxheladini3008]

I pay More Attention To You Than To Any Of My Teachers😂❤️

[@anyataubman8217]

Same 😂

[@blueM4GP1E]

Medb is pronounce as (may-v) and an English spelling of the name is Maeve

[@Mike-oxlong1029]

What is the music at 5:30?

[@mllezhn1612]

I had a dream about a squirrel who I could communicate with telepathically !

[@ironcathedral4723]

obey your lord and master foamy🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@florianbooneiam]

1:44 and of course, the church needs to ring its bells again 🤣

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

I thought about another long bell ringing section, but it was too soon since the last one 😆

[@gentritxheladini3008]

In the next Video Can You Make a Video With The Wolves Hati And Skoll and The Moon Good (Mani) And The Sun God (Soll) 🙏🙏

[@ScottSmith-rv3yo]

I am confused why all these KZbin pagans hate you so much. I have watched most of your videos and I am not seeing what they are saying.

[@mstreech]

They’re a bunch of cry baby social justice warrior Marxist extremists that can’t be reasonable.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Sadly its always about money. Even in the most righteous of causes

[@cheesepuffmcgruff30]

Squeak Squeakem Squeaker

[@bentoutofshape6319]

It seems his role is very similar to today's media!?!?

[@KristenKras]

Would make sense if squirrel mythology came from elsewhere to Iceland, it was settled by the Norse. You mention the squirrels exist in both worlds, perhaps a messenger (obvious) and the messages can be good or rubbish... Meaning that you can receive many messages from the Otherworld/s but not all will be quality messages, some will be from tricksters, etc.

[@ralstin101]

He prob thinks (with your beard,) you are a giant squirrel...thats why he's curious

[@Purpleninjawv]

Jacob just for saying squirrel is not spiritual you will incur the wrath of foamy your lord n master. The modern avatar of ratatoskr. Ps the squirrel 🐿️ is my fylgja so i am biased lol

[@helygg8892]

Just loki bored as shit.

[@ashhashope333]

Did you ever find out if there are or were squirrels in Iceland? 🤔 :)

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

According to the internet there are not squirrels in Iceland!

[@nickkarlsons673]

I have a severe hatred for squirrels

[@joew2842]

Why cant any of the Norse dudes say Ö?

[@eliaswesbrock3765]

Is that a relative of yours? I can see the resemblance.

[@mylinda565]

I wrote a comment before but it was removed. I try again. Hi, im swedish please excuse my spelling erros. Edda was written in south of sweden and hidden on island. Island dont have trees. Vikings were masters in warfare. Ratatöskr is still today a important messege. Vikings language was rich with metaphores. Eagle nation = america. Dragon nation = asia. Falcon nation = middle east. Yggardsil = the world as we know it. Vikings were traveling and delivering messeges. Ratatöskr = vikings who delivered messeges between the nations. The moral of the story is the one who controls the information controls the gods and all great nations. The one who controls the messege controls everything. To act without being seen. Like todays false flags. Ratatöskr is like the 5th generational warfar. Look it up.

[@mylinda565]

They wrote edda because the knowledge is about now and important for us to know what happened in the past so we understand what happens now. Vikings never really lost.. they converted to christianity. Snorre who wrote the christian version of edda saw the importance of the message and only left out so the knowledge would survive til now. He had to put a christian spinn to it. Vikings (earls, jarls) united under one king and there was a benefit for them to convert to christianity. What was the benefit? Before they converted they would never turn the other cheek to bad leaders. Christians only serve god and accepted their fate under the king. Vikings were no slaves under their gods advise. Christians have to do as their god says. Therefor a bad leader had benefit to have a people under who would turn the other cheek to bad deeds. So who controls the infornation today? Who controls telecom buisness and can listen to all (like a all seeing eye)? Ragnarök, ragna = rank. Rök = destiny. There is a stone in sweden who is called rökstenen and its located in rök. (Destiny stone in destiny) It is a evidence for this union and the christianity who followed the new one king to rule them all. The people who wrote edda didnt want world domination under one leader.

[@frrrykas2302]

Odin is real, but still lesser god than Almighty.