The Number Three and Nine in Old Norse Mythology

The importance of the number Nine (and three) in Old Norse Mythology. Divine Power, Creation, Fertility, Sexuality, Women's Magic, Transgender Identity, Seidr, Mystery and Pagan Magic.
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[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Your content is never a waste of time even with a little extra window dressing, friend! This is such a fascinating topic!

[@kimberlyanneinc]

Thank you for covering this topic. I don't think I've ever heard anyone go in depth about the numbers behind the stories. Thank you so much. 💓

[@godev3r422]

I'm surprise that you didn't mentioned "nine months of pregnancy". But very interesting video!

[@spikewillow4552]

I feel for you brother, I also have to take meds daily & its a real struggle some days. So thank you for summoning the energy to share you knowledge its very much appreciated . Blessing's to you brother stay strong !

[@youknowwho9741]

The things you say connect a lot of dots between cultures for me. And helps me in my own spirituality❤️

[@MrEnaric]

Get well soon Arith! I watched your video with a bone spindle in front of me, dating back to the 5th or 6th century. It's been carefully carved and decorated with nine 'spokes' around the hole in the centre. Knowing the mythological importance of this number, it struck me how the bonecarver (as I am one myself) really did his best to balance the nine spokes out in double lines where 2x4 would have been so much easier. I wonder what the number and the spindle meant to it's owner, some fifteen centuries back. It has a religious or even 'Seiðr' feeling to it. After all, it was found at the 'Foarryp' in Wijnaldum, where gold and almandine jewellery and runic inscriptions were discovered that hint about a local cult of Freyja, Freyr and Woden. Maybe the owner of the spindle spun more than common yarn? I wish it could talk...

[@jacobjonesofmagna]

It will find its way to 'speak' to you when it deems it appropriate, I think

[@dangerouswitch1066]

want to know more

[@MrEnaric]

@@dangerouswitch1066 So do I!

[@pegachey7728]

Yesssssss. Ive been waiting for this.

[@ernamoller175]

Congratulations Arith, you did well, despite the meds. Very interesting video as always, thank you.

[@UniversalistSon9]

The number 9 and 18, the most supreme spiritual numbers in most religions...sacred geometry has always fascinated me

[@maeve615]

That was a delightful look at 3 & 9 as they show up in mythology. My sympathies on health issues, and as my grandpa would say "May it trouble you as much as a cow farting down wind."

[@mr.b360]

As always excellent work! Thank you . Good recovery to you

[@manthaf.p.2460]

Great video. This is my favorite type that you make. I always look forward to seeing these. Hope you stay well.

[@Duececoupe]

Behave yourself my friend, your videos isn't, never was and never will be, a waste of time! They are exactly what I (my tired bag of bones) need to keep me going in this craziest of worlds and/or times....and not lose my mind! I wish you a God Jul and Gott Nytt År when it knocks on your door, I also wish you a more successful and enlightened 2022! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻 Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....

[@limitedtime5471]

Always lovely to listen to you on these subjects

[@lilykatmoon4508]

Great video! So much food for thought!

[@Pdqute11]

Thank you dear Arith Harger. Your informative, educational, fact-based/humorous videos have never waisted time!!!! When sharing your art and music, the way you integrate is a gift.

[@marlanamaris]

I start most mornings with your lectures; thank you!

[@treyskatenation]

As someone who was born on march 13th 1999 this topic was truly beneficial. Thank you so much

[@torstenlange2418]

Very interesting perspectives!

[@morriganwitch]

Thank you two of my go to numbers xxx

[@annehilton2415]

Fascinating Thank you

[@tarotelemzeskrisztivel]

I really enjoyed your explanations and I wish you a quick recovery in your health. 🙏💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Margaretha11.11]

Definitely a tab on your shoulders by me! Excellent info,thank you.

[@nuclearmaga9694]

another superb lecture

[@Sheepdog1314]

excellent, as always

[@anthonyhudson3158]

Great video. Am really interested in the idea of Norse mythology being an initiatory path. Get well soon my friend.

[@stewartthomas2642]

LOVE YOUR STUFF KICK ON LOVE IT

[@alexanderokeeffe9837]

Thank you very much for another great and informative lesson 👏👌

[@benhancock8143]

I love the 9 handmaidens of Lyfjaberg. Another awesome video.

[@LaValkyRican]

Thank you always!

[@awenspring369]

Thank you Arith!

[@miriamocean5275]

Thank you for sharing

[@arizonaraven419]

Thank you very much!

[@larsmagnusholmgren8470]

Thank you once again, another fab' presentation ... there are indeed many parallels between Pythagorean numerology and Norse phonetic qualitative sacred geo' applications via galdr, seidr and skaldic poetry etc.

[@ManiacFenrir]

Obrigado por hoje!

[@RavensWillReplaceUs]

Such a lovely topic. The Trinity in Hebraic tradition has an interesting and related nuance, the Holy Spirit, is the Ruach Ha Kodesh. This term Ruach Ha Kodesh: ONLY TRANSLATES as FEMININE. You are such a light Arith, thank you.

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

Excellent

[@rodcameron7140]

Very good as usual. I did especially like your comment "...if you've lasted this long..." Of course we did. 😂 Love your content.

[@davidhunt8685]

Thank you :-)

[@ryanwalker1341]

Discovered you channel a couple weeks ago, been grinding them out since. Very informative work, I do appreciate it. I'd be interested to see a video about whether or not there were any ancestors of the gods, or if anyone had claimed such a status. And if you've already covered that, my apologies lol, I haven't gotten to that video yet, but I'm getting there, thanks a ton and keep up the great content!

[@Lawrence_L.A._Auble]

Definitely a deep dive into the topic and unexpected information but it’s all about learning. 3+3+3 always a number sequence in my life.

[@johndoe1778]

:) thanks Arith

[@andersm1415]

Absolutely fascinating as always. I was made to consider the significance of the number 3 in Hellenistic and Roman religions too, which suggests that the number is hugely important to the human spirit. Apart from the “holy trinity” of Isis, Osiris and the infant Horus, were there other “instances of the number 3” in Egyptian mythology, I wonder. Do we humans simply like the number? After all, it has been recommended as a narrative device for millennia. Thank you for giving me plenty to think about 🤔

[@Mairiain]

Yes, there were several triads in Ancient Egypt, often father, mother, child like in the case of Osiris, Isis, Horus. Wikipedia has a list that might be interesting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(religion)#List_of_deity_triads

[@patrawrt6726]

thank You ...

[@eternaltree2183]

I don’t know if this truly has merit or not but I read this earlier and thought to share as it seems fitting with your video which was excellent by the way. The Trinity was introduced into the church in 432AD by a Druid named Hilary de Poitier of Poitier France when he and his followers were converted. This is why some churches use it, so it is the continuous belief that runs through them both. However, the origins are Druidic and the church acknowledges this, even teaches this.

[@TheWitchInTheWoods]

Sorry to hear that you have been ill. I wish you nine blessings in the nine worlds and nine times the strength of nine gods and nine elves, gifted with nine healing wishes from the nine Norns, nine gnomes, and with nine kisses from the one you love best. Get well soon xxx

[@samcoates2519]

thankx for sharing..i too have had srs to gain knowledge of the the feminine majik..most people around me think I'm crazy..

[@khespera]

Could you do a video about the different Norse creation myths? That would be so interesting.

“If you knew the magnificence of the three, six and nine, you would have a key to the universe.” - Nikola Tesla

[@hmfoden]

Hello Arith, Another informative video, thank you 🙏! Just curious where you got the artwork for the thumbnail with all the different “ masks” for the 9 realms... it looks very neat! I like it!! Be well my friend.

[@Quimica333]

Muito bom! Very god!

[@afrolite86]

Thankyou for another fantastic video. I am trying to find more information on the 9 giants creation myth with no joy, can you direct me to some material please.

[@diversiform]

nine moons to birth human life (Period)

[@annehilton2415]

Diversiform I had My Daughter at 6 Months 😁

[@alvinmrobles]

Get well soon bro

[@morganacrows9974]

Por favor, você pode por as legendas português? Gratidão, amo seus videos

[@isty4491]

I know this is not strictly (or at all?) relevant to "viking" stuff, and some of it will seem insane, but if you can, stick with it There are many believe the reason such numbers are preserved in various religious texts is because the numbers are important, and should not be forgotten, even if sometimes it seems the numbers were preserved but the reason for their preservation has been lost, nonetheless, i give you sacred geometry 1 day = 24hr = 1440 min =86400 sec (1+4+4+0 =9, and 8+6+4= 18, 1+8 = 9) A circle has 360 degrees, these degrees are divided into 60 minutes each, or 21600 minutes of arc, these minutes are divided into 60 seconds each, or 1,296,000 seconds of arc (2+1+6+0+0 =9, and 1+2+9+6 = 18, 1+8=9) Diameter of the Moon is 2,160 miles when multiplied by 108 it gives us the distance form Earth to the Moon 233,280 miles Diameter of the Sun is 864,000 miles when multiplied by 108 it gives us the distance from Earth to the Sun 93,312,000 miles Diameter Earth 7,920 miles (averaging out the bulge, oblate spheroid) (do i even need to do the successive-addition to show what these numbers add down to, or are you already seeing it?) There are a whole lot more of these, Im just sharing here the ones i remember, i recommend you search YT for SacredGeometry if interested, Randall Carson puts it all much better than i can here It should be noted of course that some of it... shall we say gets a bit weird, as people start trying to prove the existence of aliens and/or Atlantis such because of it The bible is also full of such numbers, especially revelations, and most famously 666, which of course = 18, which = 9 But looking at it analytically, and pushing aside some of the crazier theories, there's too much for it *all* to be coincidence, at the very least it means the people who first invented the Mile (and the inch etc) knew that it would give these results (they knew the size of earth, the moon and the sun, and took this into account when inventing their system of measuring, The Parthenon in Greece, the Pyramid of Cheops, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Stonehenge in Britain and many other remaining ancient sites are built according to dimensions that add back down to 9 Almost all of these sites are, or were, holy in some way I suspect if we had a few more ruined "Viking Temples" they too would have had similar dimensions Ooh, and one Arith overlooked (i think), there is said to be 27 Valkyrie, 3x9

[@six1free]

we primarily use 9 because of the 10 "handy" digits (pardon the pun ;) ) but there is another (very powerful) race with only 8 digits (thus the importance of 7 everywhere) ... and I personally hope another with 16 (which makes binary conversion simple for them - probably had computers before they had wheels and fire)

[@guyh.4553]

A gem as always Arith! As with others hope you are feeling better. I always learn from your research, of which I greatly appreciate. 🤗🤗🤗. I am going to make you, and probably everyone else, groan now. Let me premise this is I know how "accurate" the portrayal is. So in "Vikings", the writers in one episode showed the 9 year celebration in which they showed the sacrifice of all the animals. My question is how accurate, in your opinion, was when they sacrificed 9 men? To me, it was nothing more than theatrics. But have you heard/learned if that would even have been thought of? Seems like a waste of 9 vital men. And please, no hateful comments. If you want to, leave laughing emojis. 😁😁😁😁 Again, great as usual!

[@nicchis9181]

Great info! Why you do not consider the opposite: That Paganism influenced Christianity. This makes more sense to me because Paganism is much older than Christianity.

[@Cashitoutside]

What wonderful man? Who sacrifices his manhood just to walk in those shoes of a woman to feel the weight of inner beauty and to know it was always A HEAVY CROWN WORN BY THE BRAVE AND THE STRONG. That alone is motivation to believe in the best heart. of GOD To believe he intends to be a well rounded ruler; formidable and wise.

[@patfrench8046]

Be well soon

[@xyzyz9897]

Women, fertility, birth, rebirth, death and creation. Number 9 is a symbol of pregnancy

[@SuperBjanka]

Could the Norse myth be linked to the stars and the cycle of the year ?

[@brendantannam499]

I would love to know if our decimal system came from a sense of nine culminating in the death of the self.

[@isty4491]

Its an interesting thought, and im not saying its wrong But it is more likely it simply came from early humans first developing mathematics by counting on their fingers Just as modern children do when they take their first steps to the world of maths To expand on your idea though (or both ideas), we are often taught to count 1,2,3,4,5, on one hand, then 6,,7,8,9,10 on the other However math can be done more easily, in your head, if you think of it instead as 0,1,2,3,4, then ,5,6,7,8,9 Theres a guy who has vids on YT that demonstrates amazingly quick math, and he claims this is how its possible (i really wish i could recall his name) I'll be honest, i think i came to it too late in life because im still pretty bad at math Just to crow-bar this second form of finger counting into pre-christian europe a bit more Think of Zero as Ginnungagap, followed by the 9 troll-women gods who birthed the 9 realms Its definitely an over-simplification, and certainly not in the slightest way true, but its an interesting way to think of the decimal system of counting relating to 9 Im sorry if this is all a ramble, it all just sort of came out when i read your comment, hehe look what you did to me :)

[@WeAreTakingOv3R]

The missing link... 6... 3/6/9 the 6 could be having to do with 3-6- and 9 all appearing in the abstraction of the shape of the number 8. Which of course is infinity . 9 hold all numbed within itself . looks like a 1 and a 10 if you can see.

[@marirodriguez2420]

It’s extremely important to Catholics, holy trinity

[@Robert-gc9gc]

Hi Arith hope you’re doing well! Is Loðurr another name for Loki? What is your thoughts on this theory?

[@blakewinter1657]

Re: Sigurð laying the sword between himself and Brynhild, I always found it odd that the Niebelungenlied seems to suggest that he did indeed force Brynhild into intercourse, and this stripped her of her powers, whereas the earlier traditions in the Poetic Edda have no suggestion of this. I rather suspect maybe this came from a christian chivalric tradition rather than the original Germanic, but I could be completely wrong, of course...

[@MEDEDOME]

In minor sports I always asked for the #3 followed by #9 if 3 wasn't available in fussball or ice hockey those were always my choice in numbers since I was a child very curious to find this ancient connection in numbers. My favourite animal is the Hase or Hare and the name of the river that passes through my 1240 year old City of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony is called the Hase. The battle of the Teutoburg forest in Kalkriese in 9 AD occurred just 11 kms north from where I was born in Osnabrück which was found by King Charlemagne of the Franks in 780 during his wars against the local Saxon tribes. The Romans lost the 17-18-19 Legions some 2000 years ago in the Dark Forests of Northern Germany. Our ancient pagan gods still flow strong through my German Soul and Mind to this day. Many would never understand the bond between Heritage Customs Culture and Tradition.

[@actualitypossibility]

The viral vector patent wars are raging over which pharmaceutical mncs will dominate the major world markets. It looks like a major European supply chain might tip eastward for the first time in a century as the Sputnik vector is gaining respect. The only way to tell the difference between the vectors is to read the nomenclature down to the letter-number sequences (e.g. Ad26 v ASD1222.) It's a good time to be clearing heads, doing some animistic alchemy and educating ourselves about the influence of magical number symbolism on our minds, emotions and bodies.

[@spongebobgavinpants]

All Hail Freya! The world 💜 You should see my trees... They are connected 🍃🌟🍄🌬️💫

[@guyh.4553]

💕💕💕💕

[@JoanneGriffin-uh9ps]

👏👍

[@williampatrick8814]

my bday is 9/3 and was 3/9 in a previous life. HH. Allouine is my wife and owns my life.

[@MlSHKlN]

so what about even numbers? maybe if we study their significance we can better understand the odd numbers? maybe the odd numbers represent change and even numbers represent balance or stagnation for instance

[@blackthornsloe8049]

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@A-No-One]

Hipsters and Disney goths are ruining the deeper truths about the occult world. It's funny how easy it is to spot the "beginner book(s)" fans from the real initiates. Stumbled upon your video and kept nodding. Great work brother!

[@youknowwho9741]

Why do you think the number 3 was so prominent?

[@austindrew7837]

Tuesdays for Tuistos, By the Way.

[@youknowwho9741]

I bet a lot of people here listen to wardruna

[@meualtar]

Omg do you study portuguese?

[@claybird8494]

Aside from binging your videos ive been watching alot of nicola tesla videos. Thought this was pretty ironic

[@faolana1779]

@ArithHarger are there any examples of women becoming men?

[@janevioletmars]

The bro code

[@MrBlazingup420]

I user "Say It Backwards" let me show you something. Her Message, Say There Is Guest, Sacred Aether, Wise Folk, Her Bid One, She Raise Dead. play all those word backwards and the say "Antares, November, Scorpio, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, December" this where you find the center of our galaxy where all the Stars are born. Antares is the Heart of the scorpion and the word for October is "Her Birth God" and Libra is "Heart Beat" Prove me wrong IF YOU CAN

[@Wiwaz]

Bob

[@austindrew7837]

Prove Wrong? too Easy😂😂 Tuisto Is Tacitus and He Wrote *Mythology* Itself, Ever find out Who Jesus Is? dig Deep and Look into it. 😂😂

[@MrBlazingup420]

@@austindrew7837 Don't make me laugh I know who the son of the storm god is but you still didn't prove me wrong, you go back and look at ancient art and you'll see all the constellations I spoke plus the one's around them and they speak too with hidden messages. come back when you can prove me wrong If you'er so concerned about Jesus and the Christens you might want to read up on the Cult of Serapis and that 3 headed dog

[@austindrew7837]

@@MrBlazingup420 I look at Art words all around, Yet all don't prove me wrong, You aren't able to actually look east, Never truly looked south, because you couldn't, i can't go north because it was Seen as Wrong, Cant go west because theirs no lands, Northwest, 😂👆⬆? their never was Water all in direction, Just Walls, Mountains, Jesus Watched *Satan* 😂 Son of Saturn* Smash into Earth. What happened after that and Who's the Watcher. My Hands are Youthful but my Face Keeps Picture. Who am i, Where is that Place really at. Don't let these Blue Eyes and Blonde Hair Sweet talk You.

[@austindrew7837]

@@MrBlazingup420 I look Up at My StarS Every Day Brother. He never died, He Lives Through Every Story. Every Flood Ark and Boat. You just Always Miss Him. Like Me.

[@marionedmonston5]

Is it coincidence that these significant numbers are prime numbers?

[@trickpatgereime9723]

9 planets in our ss

[@Cashitoutside]

How many biological systems are there? Digestive, Reproductive, Nervous, Endocrine, Lymphatic, Skeletal, Muscular, Circulatory, aaaaaaand, ugh. You know? The thing.

[@awenspring369]

Male and female principles, not gender?

[@SSss-qf6mf]

Odin being trans makes sense; a man has three eyes, but he only got two.

[@austindrew7837]

A German A Roman A High Body Walk into a Bar, What am I missing.😂

[@dingolightfoot8823]

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[@vikingbraid7515]

. 1 🔺 3 2 Skal🍻

[@industrialsweetypieknox651]

Please STOP using the Word hope (Is a Brick Block ) Please Say I Trust Use TRUST instead, !

[@MrBlazingup420]

Is this your attempt to down play the Sevens I plaster all over your channel, so far it's about women and births, their 3 trimester or 9 months which is 3x13=39 weeks or 3+1+3=7, even hides in the 3 trimester 9 month creation of a child, they didn't see 9 planets up there so it didn't come from there there is not 9 days in a week I have not ever found 9 in any cycle with the planets most if not all of the importation constellation are groupings of 7 stars and IF you do better research you'll find that it is the 7 not the 9 playing a roll in the design of nature, it is the 3, 5 and 7 I see, 9 is the end of the road a completion number after it our numbers start again with 1 just adding a 0 to make ten but 0 is not a number amount. Divide any number by 7 and you'er meet with the same string of number after the decimal not seen unless you look close but they are the same sequence of number 714285 only thing changing is the starting point, it is 7 (1 week) 14 (2 weeks) 28 ( 4 Weeks) 5 is 50 or 1 Week + 2 weeks + 4 weeks = a week of weeks 49 days 5 is the 1, when is Pentecost the 7th Sunday of a week of weeks. You got 40 minutes to change my view, I doubt you can. You know me McCullough, Culo means Ass and Mc means son so I'm 'Son of the Áss". Ha Ha lmao