For blacksmithing and shamanism, I know that in the Bronze Age that was a pretty common connection. One kind of bronze involves arsenic which caused hallucinations. A lot of African cultures, the Yorobo and their god Ogun (spelling) come to mind, have blacksmiths still connected to shamanism.
@gcanaday18 ай бұрын
We might consider that the lack of sources mentioning healing rituals in the Norse sources could be due to who wrote them down, i.e. Christian monks who reserved healing magic solely for their god and very possibly may have hidden the practice from memory in order to kill it.
@sarahgilbert80368 ай бұрын
Or omited it in order not to get killed themselves
@corymoon24394 ай бұрын
I'd say that's true of most rituals, the few we have left are often Christianized. Even the Anglo Saxon rune poem references Jesus, and it's believed that all the kennings for Jesus were originally kennings for Baldur. A lot of that is because Jesus is portrayed as a Sun/summer god in skaldic poetry, and we have barely any kennings for Baldur.
@nathanvinson79925 ай бұрын
I've noticed a striking similarity between Norse cosmos and a the realms of shamanic journeys. Upper world where the teachers are, the middle word where we are, and the lower world where helping spirits and power animals are. All held together by the visualization of the world tree
@BluesrockBushman8 ай бұрын
Greetings from germany and many thanks for sharing your knowledge! 🖖
@katiwisdom60388 ай бұрын
God Jól Thor! Hope you feast well and your year's crop is healthy and plenty!
@Hail2MasterChief8 ай бұрын
You're the professor I wish I had in college.....
@evripidisskrettas73048 ай бұрын
a video about Tyr would be nice!!
@guyh.45538 ай бұрын
He's already done videos on Tyr
@evripidisskrettas73048 ай бұрын
@@guyh.4553 Not specifically on Tyr and the function of Tyr.He have done some videos that include Tyr but he is not explaiin the function of Tyr like he have done with odin and thor.shorry for my english.ofcourse i am not complain, his videos are great but it will be nice if he will do a video about what energy tyr represents.
@evripidisskrettas73048 ай бұрын
@@guyh.4553 a! he upload a nice 40 minutes video on Tyr 3 hours before your comment
@rickardt12227 ай бұрын
Great as always! Greetings from Sweden! ✋🏻💙💛🇸🇪
@kariannecrysler6408 ай бұрын
Now I’m curious if the eight legged animals were a dual soul type representation. A creature of both spirit & flesh making it of both.
@rattlejaw99768 ай бұрын
It's a spider horse
@daniellefraser23508 ай бұрын
Like a Spider, Squid or Octopi 🍷
@39Lynx938 ай бұрын
From my experience and practice Odins horse who has eight legs represents odin being connected to all 8 directions. That’s how he travels the worlds.
@taylorfusher29978 ай бұрын
Jacob Toddson wisdom of Odin says,” the undead is not called draugr, it’s called troll-curse or spirit or restless spirit,”. Glamr was not called a draugr but he was called a tröll. Is this true? I get different answers.
@Einarr_Norge8 ай бұрын
@@taylorfusher2997 Jacob toddson from wisdom of odin is the biggest dumbass when it comes to norse practice, if you like new age spirituality that does not strive to do the practice like our ancestors did, then you can listen to this redhead, otherwise i'd stop watching the bs he puts out on yt, nothing he says has anything to do with the way the norse people practiced, all his information is from the eddas and he takes them literally.
@dolphinluver85778 ай бұрын
Literally seen this tree and a horse during meditation last night
@GothicXlightning8 ай бұрын
Let me say HAIL THOR for a Thorsday 🌩
@PhilAlumb8 ай бұрын
I ❤ this channel and Learn so much. Very Important to keep Ancestry Alive! 💥💪💯
@Geirr98 ай бұрын
Great video as always mate! The Germanic/Norse people certainly had techniques of “vision quests” or “spirit journeys” as you, Maria Kvilhaug and others have noted. The myths and legendary sagas are full of references to these states and techniques. Keep up the great work and hope you’ve got some more mythic interpretation videos on the horizons, they are wealth of ideas for Nordic Animist Pagans and do a great job of dispelling the cringe haha. Cheers mate!
@road34n8 ай бұрын
“vision quests” or “spirit journeys” -best job ever
@michaeldoerksen28418 ай бұрын
Maria Kvilhaug is the #1 reason I got back in touch with my Pagan roots. Huge wealth of knowledge that woman. I'd love to see a collab between their channel's
@Geirr98 ай бұрын
@@michaeldoerksen2841 that would be an incredible conversation! Great to hear you’ve reawakened your own pagan roots, we must keep it alive and well
@Geirr98 ай бұрын
As Michael said… Thor, a conversation/collaboration with you and Maria Kvilhaug would be an absolute gold mine to see. Let’s make it happen!!!
@taylorfusher29978 ай бұрын
Jacob Toddson wisdom of Odin says,” the undead is not called draugr, it’s called troll-curse or spirit or restless spirit,”. Glamr was not called a draugr but he was called a tröll. Is this true? I get different answers.
@TheJason20998 ай бұрын
As always very interesting, much thanks for sharing.
@markusrimpelainen16808 ай бұрын
Its like in Finnland. We have different gods and myths,also the shamanismus its the same with siberian and even Little bit of Indien shamanismus
@scrabbymcscrotus74818 ай бұрын
WE are ONE. THE ARYAN PEOPLE NEED TO REDISCOVER THEIR ROOTS
@rickardzachari3708 ай бұрын
what do you think of Urd Brunn and Swans with clear water and the völvan that waters yggdrasill
@kariannecrysler6408 ай бұрын
That sounds very interesting. I definitely want to understand more about this. Great suggestion.
@jhitjit8 ай бұрын
Lots of similarities between Odin and Vedic Rudra-Shiva
@Brothers-10-108 ай бұрын
Can you explain how?
@jhitjit8 ай бұрын
@@Brothers-10-10 There is a good book that goes into detail called The One Eyed God by Krenshaw. But in short they are both Gods of divine frenzy with lots of mythic parallels
@hypnotikkajjs8 ай бұрын
Tack för en lärorik video 🙂
@joutavainen29208 ай бұрын
for the nganasans (uralic speaking people) it´s an 8-legged wild deer whose one horn is summer and other horn winter :) (the traditional seasons) with nenets shamans it´s a 7-horned sacred deer that can be called in for demanding tasks (in other tales a 7-winged bird). (they could be constellations, because the big dipper is the heavenly elk, so when they say 6-legged beast turns into 4-legged one, might be a change in a constellation) they are the high gods in this worldview, the most powerful beings that can be called for help, who grant the shaman their powers and give lesser helpers. but it can be argued that they were still ancestral shamans, originally (because the shamans had names like "7-headed one"). different from the lesser spirits or helper animals that act on behalf of the shaman (the shaman is basically the narrator of their adventures). you can also make a separation to those that followed an ancestral shaman (spirit=grandmother) and those that actually married the main spirit (spirit=lover). also you can argue that the main spirit is the ride / boat / vehicle (whose shape the shaman takes when travelling in the other). sometimes it´s instead a tree or rock that resembles a human (which sounds older to me than imagined things, or maybe a gender difference). it can be argued that it was more about putting yourself in the role of the animal than imagining things ("oh my little fly, rise higher, i want to see further"). also the worlds that they visited weren´t static (different every time, even different on the way there and back, which could be compared to dreams or memories, they literally say that the main instructions came from dreams). point being it was very local, anyone who says it was "this and this" is wrong (it was all of it, and much more, but much less for a single practicioner, you don´t need that much shit, keep it simple smart).
@gabork50558 ай бұрын
I also remember seeing this rare 8 legged depiction of the Wonder Stag, sometimes also referred to as Táltosszarvas. One Hungarian folk tale also depicts the horse with 6.
@karelsterckxiwg8 ай бұрын
Very interesting. The music at the end sounds great too. Does it have a title?
@CaptainFailo8 ай бұрын
Yggdrasil 🙏
@wuzzy64948 ай бұрын
hi could you make some videos about the nordic people in southern europe for example romania greece serbia and the balkans generally? Also keep up the good work!
@gregoryleevandall18808 ай бұрын
Ty for continuing your amazing videos my friend .. I hope life is treating you very well 😎 ✌️ ❤️
@zarkokaradzin53808 ай бұрын
Is it fair to say that Odin can also mean the Mad One?
@kariannecrysler6408 ай бұрын
💯 Your thinking of the modern understanding of “mad”. It is probably more closely related to frenzy in definition at the time, than addled minds.
@zarkokaradzin53808 ай бұрын
@@kariannecrysler640 I see, thanks for the info man.
@kariannecrysler6408 ай бұрын
@@zarkokaradzin5380 ✌️💚🤘 great question to ask!
@taylorfusher29978 ай бұрын
To Norse magic and belief: Jacob Toddson wisdom of Odin says,” the undead is not called draugr, it’s called troll-curse or spirit or restless spirit,”. Glamr was not called a draugr but he was called a tröll. Is this true? I get different answers.
@anitahughes98078 ай бұрын
I remember two past life as a shaman/witch in the Viking age Denmark and Iceland.
@pedrocorporation66618 ай бұрын
just discovered this channel and i love it. Btw you look like a such viking chad
@frtloppi49238 ай бұрын
Hello from norway, i love your videos👍🏻🍺
@Das_Pepe8 ай бұрын
A German Scholar (Wolf-Dieter Storl) wrote a theory that the eight legs of sleipnir (or the other creatures) represent the four pallbearers (4x2=8) meaning that you have to die (or come close to death) to travel to the otherworld. I don’t know how long humans have been carried by 4 people to their grave but it makes sense to me.
@zarkokaradzin53808 ай бұрын
The word brunnr sound similar to a serbian word Bunar(well)
@derbergsteiger76658 ай бұрын
Or the German „Brunnen“- „well“
@gcanaday18 ай бұрын
They are the same word.
@-RONNIE8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video ⚔️
@halifaxmatt20248 ай бұрын
Im curious if you seen any of asha logos work. I think you would appreciate it. The channel is on YT
@road34n8 ай бұрын
I imagine Ragnar from the Vikings show in the later seasons with the chinese prisoner smoking the magic puff playing tricks with snakes and other animals creating wild stories and whatnot.
@runeguidanceofthenorse8 ай бұрын
We view the staff, as völur, as the axis mundi as well.
@cybeliandiamonds64457 ай бұрын
I have worked with Mani for a long time, and He has helped me through quite a bit. I was wondering if you have any sources for more information on Him? I know He is mentioned with Sol in an Edda but have not found much else. Any direction you could send me is much appreciated!
@Marius.T.H8 ай бұрын
When was the first record of Norse beliefs? When do we think it started?
@HeerHalewijn8 ай бұрын
I didn't know about the connection between smiths and shamanism. The sky father of the Proto-Uralic people before Ukko was called "Ilma ićä." He became the Finnish smith god Ilmarinen.
@MandyRevv8 ай бұрын
You're awesome!
@wegfarir19638 ай бұрын
I'm convinced that I'm the one who knows what they're talking about.
@MandyRevv8 ай бұрын
🙇♀️
@juniperpaul-mb2om8 ай бұрын
A crazy hippy working with a frenzy type of spirit piercing himself and hanging from a tree to gain knowledge is a lot like a native American Sundance ,kinda interesting
@dasitmane75904 ай бұрын
7:09 dat looks like... hol up🤪
@MacNab238 ай бұрын
Gleðileg Jól!
@DouglasHinz2 ай бұрын
The number 8 represents Wisdom. Odin is Supreme Consciousness. Consciousness rides on Wisdom. This itself is a Shamanic reference. Norse mythology is full of metaphors .... Like hidden shamanic instructions. People only see the surface but everything is in code. Like the Rig Veda it needs to be interpreted. No one understands the deeper meanings anymore. Need to look deeper at every word. Yggdrasil is Odin's Steed ... Matter. He is Consciousness, She is Matter. Mind and Body. Like Isis is Osiris's throne. He, Supreme Consciousness, is the Eagle at the top, like the brain at top of the body. The Tree is Great Mother.
@norahbaker45988 ай бұрын
you spelled parallels wrong in the thumbnail
@claudinebullbear48558 ай бұрын
what we know about mystical creatures as 🐉 and mermaids in vikings world ?
@claudinebullbear48558 ай бұрын
native tribe knowledge devil tower in Wyoming usa was a geant tree connected to all other trees i believe was more of those tree in world
@sergiovedara8 ай бұрын
👍
@largmac19118 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍
@odin94258 ай бұрын
I am sure you have heard about the god Ülgen... I am also sure you know whose god is he as well. 🙂 You talked about Siberians, Yakuts, (even Mongols)... please don't be shy to say the real blood-roots, nation, and culture they are from.
@saxazax8 ай бұрын
show old norse translation below english transliterations of key terms and names?
@saxazax8 ай бұрын
also id prefer real images ovre ai. i dont think ai images add much tot he vid. u can make the vid more entertaining than a guy talking to the camera, but still make it educational, using real images.