Saltatio Mortis - My Mother Told Me - Viking Meadfest Mystery Double!!!

So I picked up a bottle of Danish Mead and found two GREAT musical pairings!! The first, you already know. The second....????
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[@alea_saltatio]

Hey man thanks for your reaction to our video. In fact the language is Icelandic. I worked with two teachers to get it as right as possible. All best and greetings from our full band. It’s been fun to watch your episode. All best and Skal Alea and Saltatio Mortis

[@HistoryBuff]

WAIT.....WHAT!? SERIOUSLY!!??

[@alaind6173]

Alea you learned fast. I remember Varulfen, there one here the German Accent better and that was the "easier" language. So big improve from you!

[@Yavalion666]

Slava

[@kriegstenicht3502]

Saltatio! ...MORTIS! Saltatio!! ...MORTIS!! ...Saltatio!!! MORTIS!!!

[@peo4989]

@@HistoryBuff Wow you see the internet connects us all :)

[@mannistef]

As an Icelander familiar with the original 10th century poem I would say Alea does a good job with singing in Icelandic

[@HistoryBuff]

Nice!! Good to hear your take on it! For the record, I recorded your yarnhub video last night. I just have to edit it.

[@mannistef]

@@HistoryBuff Looking forward to it :)

[@brainwashed1232]

It's fair to say ist Sounds German, because Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, Danmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and England have all the same Germanic roots, and all of them speak a kind of Germanic Language. That makes us all Germanic Brothers and Sisters 🤟 Odin/Wodan always watches over us! Good Video!

[@alkatrasz5338]

danish has at least the nearest grammar to german, so it is easier to learn, because you waste less time learning difficult grammars.

[@BrotVanHefe]

its not german. i am german so i`m pretty sure its not :P the band itself comes from germany but in this song they dind`t sing in a other language

[@alkatrasz5338]

@@BrotVanHefe es ist isländisch

[@Kullioking]

I have to correct you with austria, austria is more celtic and slavic than germanic. only the part north of the danube was part germanic part celtic, the rest of austria was celtic and slavic.

[@petergabel3037]

hey, I also have to correct you :P finnish has a complete different language root which has nothing to do with any kind of germanic language. It has his own root and is a bit similar to estonian.

[@Rummelfummler]

How about Feuerschwanz - Metfest (Mead Festival). It goes pretty well with the Mead-Theme ;)

[@sailorcat]

Saltatio Mortis has many great songs, so I'd recommend checking out some more.^^ "Loki" for example.

[@ianfrood]

The lead singer is a cosplayer and a very talented one to boot.

[@HistoryBuff]

He could have his own show!

[@HistoryBuff]

Did you notice he commented on the video!?

[@ianfrood]

@@HistoryBuff yeah that's pretty cool.

[@lesathlux3941]

@History Buff Yeah, they're nice like that :D

[@beastofthemount414]

so i my best guess is: its holmgang, similar to what Ragnar Lothbrok and the earl did in the series vikings.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Language is old Icelandic. Alea apparently does a great job and studied the language before singing it. The old poem is from the Icelandic Eddas and tells the story of a Viking warrior being told by his mother what it takes to be a Viking after he killed his first man at the age of 7.

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks for the info. If you look through the comments, Alea said a few things, basically confirming what you said.

[@loot5532]

Brothers of Metal! I knew it! They have serious songs about mythology, but silly music videos. Definitely one of my favorite bands

[@SandraMaschke]

I loved this reaction incl the surprise. Even better that you started your midieval metal rabbit hole with Saltatio mortis who are way better than other suggested, more prominent bands over here. 🤘

[@jimmykungberg308]

Like your pick for mystery band, listened to them for a couple of years. They have many more serious songs :) even if they lean more towards a lighthearted approach to Vikings :)

[@Valar6]

Germanic languages are naturally very similar, quasi dialects. This of course also includes the English language (Anglo-Saxons). Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are today part of England and Wales.

[@Frankamaria]

I also have some Viking Mead here ^^ (Original Wikinger Met from Germany) but quite too hot outside to drink it without headache ^^

[@HistoryBuff]

Thats why you have to wait til the night comes and you can sit back and revel at the utter defeat of your enemies!

[@SandraMaschke]

We don't get a lot of a temperature drop during the nights here in Germany, just loads of moscitoes which love alcohol induced blood.

[@Morvagor82]

Thumbs up for the Kraken in the background ;)

[@JakobKobberholm]

I am Internet famous! \o/ Love both bands in this video and of course, the drink. SKÅL!

[@HistoryBuff]

You the man!!!!!!

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

Well no fire around me, but it feels like that. It's bloody hot over here. I really love this song by SaMo. It's on my heavy rotation from the moment it was online :-)

[@salomewild6612]

You should look at Löwenherz from Saltatio Mortis...very genious song and video

[@alaind6173]

It is not German. I guess it should be Icelandic because the Original was found in the Egils Saga.

[@Torron79]

it is indeed icelandic which adds really good vibes to that version

[@brainwashed1232]

As far as i know it's Old norse 🙂

[@alaind6173]

@@brainwashed1232 Could also be. Very old Norse has some similarity to the modern Icelandic language.

[@Torron79]

@@brainwashed1232 might be that aswell. I just searched on Google and did a rough translation. Blame G for it then^^ it said icelandic

[@brainwashed1232]

@@Torron79 yeah that's more realistic, because it makes it easier to learn that Language ^^

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

PS: For the biggest "Viking fun": "Nanowar of Steel" with "Valhalleluja"

[@HistoryBuff]

Been there...done that

[@carstenhedwig4423]

Okay, just found this video and since its been online a couple of months now you probably figuered that out allready but that whats going on in the Saltatio Mortis video is a "Holmgang". It was a very ritualised way of setteling differences back in the old days.. So what you see is these two vikings (the singer and the female) getting into a fight. The matriarch or whatever you wanna call her decided that they have to settle this dispute once and for all and the execute a holmgang. There where a couple of different rules to this highly ritualised "1 on 1" like not to leave the circle an depending on the time and place these holmgangs ended either with one of the opponents beeing dead or the winner is who ever draws first blood, like in this case... Anothe Holmgang is portrayed in the movie "the 13th warrior" feat. Antonio banderas (def. worth a look if you don't know the movie yet) All the action on screen and the story that has been told visually has obviously nothing to do with the song itselv wich is an icelandic nursery rhyme, made famous by the TV show vikings and the game Assasins Creed: Valhalla

[@aaronbarlow4376]

In Viking culture you wouldn't get combat challenge between a male and female Viking. Firstly the whole shieldmaiden thing is a bit of a myth. Viking women were tough and could fight but incredibly rarely did they go into battle and no Viking man worth his mead would fight a woman in front of his fellow men. I believe the video is based off the video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla, where Alea is playing Eivor and the woman is the female version the player can select, his sister. The shaman is Valka.

[@Templarofsteel88]

Just pointing this out, they were having a dispute and this was kind how they resolved it during that time, a fight until you drew blood.

[@greaper1976]

The second is a bitof a joke song. The band itself says it's not a song, it's a drinking game. you have to take a drink everything they say "mead" and "another" glad you enjoyed it. :D (and yeah.. I tried to make this comment spoiler-less)

[@HistoryBuff]

Damn, if only i would've known that, I would've played along!!!

[@SandraMaschke]

I would have enjoyed your reaction even more ☺️

[@danielklein5762]

Sir, your shield is awesome.

[@HistoryBuff]

LOL, thank you! You are the first to say anything. I just got a captian america shield tow hitch cover put on my truck today. Looks awesome!

[@saintcynicism2654]

Both bands are fantastic, and "My Mother Told Me" is basically the most pleasant surprise I've gotten all year. If you haven't, you should also really check out the titular "Prophesy of Ragnarok" from Brothers of Metal, as well as "Hel"

[@HistoryBuff]

I definitely have more brothers of metal planned!!

[@Templarofsteel88]

I would add chain breaker and Njord to that list.

[@Morvagor82]

Well in the beginning of the video those two "vikings" had a dispute over something and started to fight. The arbitrator (German: Streitschlichter) had to step in and act according to their culture by setting up a duel shown in the end of the video.

[@farin71]

Is not German in this Song it's Island Language. The Singer Alea have Special Teacher for this Song

[@alaind6173]

But you hear really good the German Accent. No offense, because Icelandic is one of the hardest languages to learn.

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, every time I attempt a different language, it sounds French

[@alaind6173]

@@HistoryBuff 😂😂

[@DeutscherFilmer3]

@@alaind6173 Yes, the accent reminds me of In Extremo's cover of Herr Mannelig. So, I guess this is how Germans sound when they speak Scandinavian languages.

[@alaind6173]

@@DeutscherFilmer3 seems so. But icleandic is way harder to correctly pronounce than swedish ^^

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

Driking Songs? Medieval? Fun? Met? ... "Metfest" by "Feuerschwanz": kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGScf4t7r6l9r6c --> They are just hilarious. Their German lyrics are so insane, you should definitely get an english translation ahead. Metfest = Mead Party but they use it also as "halt mein Met fest" --> Hold my mead tight ;-) "Sternhagelvoll" by In Extremo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKTdoqSqiJKAY5Y They are the most successful medieval metal band from Germany. They have some really great songs and liver performances. This is a "simple" drinking song with a 360-Degree-Video.

[@johnnywalderhaug1489]

you most react to this . wadruna helvegen . it is an old viking song about honoring and remembering and accompanying the dead to the afterlife. helvegen means the path to the afterlife. and there are wadruna and aurora as guest singers. they are singing in Norwegian kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ_Ohah-hZ6kadE

[@ivorblackwolf6140]

you should check out payton perrish he has good music for viking chants

[@derwxxer6229]

You said Maedfest . . . react to MEDFEST from FEUERSCHWANZ it would be very fun XD

[@dakithepenguin2057]

Look up the d'Artagnan

[@dakithepenguin2057]

Example: Wallenstein, Flucht nach vorn, Was wollen wir trinken, Chanson de Roland, Turdion and instrumental Wenn helden tanzen

[@krpandersson]

I would like to see more Brothers of Metal

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, funny you should say that. I got one dropping in 8 hours

[@krpandersson]

@@HistoryBuff So then I have plans for tonight :D

[@Yavalion666]

Slava

[@fionasabre]

This is Old Norse not German😉

[@cairon2000]

It isn´t German. I live in northern Germany and I do not understand a word. So I begin to google and I found the lyrics. I left out the chorus. Þat mælti mín móðir At mér skyldi kaupa Fley ok fagrar árar Fara á brott með víkingum Standa upp í stafni Stýra dýrum knerri Halda svá til hafnar Hǫggva mann ok annan Hǫggva mann ok annanÞél höggr stórt fyr stáli Stafnkvígs á veg jafnan Út með éla meitli Andærr jötunn vandar En svalbúinn selju Sverfr eirar vanr þeiri Gestils ölpt með gustum Gandr of stál fyr brandi I tried Google-Translater and Norwegian or Swedisch made sense. I´m not realy sure. Try yourself.

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks for all the research. If you look through the comments, the lead singer actually commented and explained it! It's ancient Icelandic