Hávamál in Today's World
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Hávamál is a timeless text of wisdom, no less appropriate for our modern world than the Viking-Age world in which it was composed. The Wanderer's Hávamál is available for pre-order now! www.amazon.com...
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I love this aspect of Norse mythology-it’s like you’re getting advice from a friendly and world-weary uncle who wants the best for you rather than some stern and unapproachable over deity that is just there to judge you.
I've been a Viking Reenactor since 2015. I wish more of us would actually read it.
Which towns did you raid?
@@faramund9865 Dorset, Rickmansworth, Hastings in England. Trelleborg, Holviken, and a bunch of others in Southern Sweden. Copenhagen, Slagese, Ishoj in Denmark. Oldenburg in Germany. I'm taking it easy this year but next year possibly Wolin in Poland and a few other places. How about you?
Raid Jorvik!
Doc .... I wish there was a better way to say Thank you! ᚦᚢᚱ ᚢᛁᚴᛁ..... you have made my life better by your love of teaching!
How might one access a runic font?
@@wondercatvideos3191 ᚦᛖᚱᛖ:ᚨᚱᛖ:ᛋᛖᚠᛖᚱᚨᛚ:ᚠᛟᚢᚾᛞ:ᛟᚾᛚᛁᚾᛖ There are several found online. You can even get a few from the appstore on your mobile device.
@@wondercatvideos3191 Runes are part of unicode (UTF-8)
This is why learning any language, be it an ancient one, a minority one or a world-spanning language, all literature unlocks another way of viewing and understanding the world.
Newly discovered your videos. Thoroughly enjoy your stuff. Just ordered The Wanderer's Hávamál. Thank you.
Beautiful place. Good morning to you, Dr. Crawford.
“It is better not to pray at all than to pray for too much.” Common sense, really, but rarely articulated.
I will definitely purchase your upcoming Wanderers Hávamál, looking forward to reading it. Cheers!
6.30 am Florida time and look at that - a new Jackson Crawford video. It's going to be a very good day today. Very good indeed. :)
Just got your translation of havamal in the mail today. Cant wait to read it
This might be your masterpiece, Dr. Crawford. I’ve been watching your videos since you began posting them but I never comment on this site. This one was so good I felt like I had to tell you. Your passion for your subject is beautiful and contagious and your erudition, well, that’s obvious. Havamal borders on sacred status for many of your viewers (myself included) and I loved the way you were able to illustrate its eternal relevance and the unique, worldly perspective it brings to wisdom literature. It was particularly interesting to hear about how Odin is speaking from a non aristocratic perspective, i have never encountered that observation in any other analyses I’ve read. Thank you so much for your work. I’ll be joining your Patreon.
"From his weapons on the open road no man should step one pace away; you don't know for certain when you're out on the road when you might have need of your spear." And then there were the unfortunate gun free zones.
Thank you Dr. Crawford
All the best to you, Dr. Crawford. Thanks for sharing the wisdom.
Just my my copy of Wanderer’s Hávamál the other day! Can’t wait to start it! Thanks !
thank you for your time of doing these videos, I find very interesting how you explain each them in the video.
Good morning Dr Crawford!
Good morning Dr. Crawford!
Fantastic channel. You are doing incredibly nice work Dr. Crawford. I am a huge fan of yours. Just bought your poetic edda and the Volsungs. Since I am approching retirement age I hit upon the idea to learn more about Norse mythology, and probably learn the Norse language... to some extent. This would make a truly nice hobby. Dear Dr. Crawford, always looking forward to your videos. Please continue. Would love to see online lectures/classes as well!!!
Hope you have a good day, Dr. Crawford.
I mean, you made mine better already.
Just in time for lunch. Perfect doc!
The Swedish word "lagom" are important in our culture but sadly our political elite seem to have forgotten it nowadays. Anyway, "lagom" is about having a healthy balance in what you do and that is what I get the impression that Havamal is all about really.
Thank you 😊
You find some gorgeous places to film, friend.
"True" wisdom comes from experience, and I think the writer of this poem understood that very well. And conveying the knowledge you gained is best done through stories OF your experience because of that, that way people see why you came to that conclusion.
Wonderful video, gonna go borrow this at the library first chance I get.
I'm just glad I read it the way he did the first time through. Norse culture wasn't especially developed at the time the poem was created, and so the whole text reads kind of like a meshing between peasant wisdom and folklore. Greco-Roman philosophy goes into far more depth concerning human behavior and interactions in life. But their cultures were also far more refined, and so they had more time to think about these things (prerequisite: agricultural sedentary lifestyles) rather than simply surviving.
Deeply fascinating, thanks!
I think I like my guru in a Cowboy hat
Great video
Very Nice..♥️
Yeah I am a Norse Pagan I can't really look at the Havamal as a bible. I'm sure we could go stanza by stanza and discuss how it applies to us today, but when I read it I think about it's historical significance and what the culture may have been like when it originated. The Havamal, for me, reflects an old way of living. When there were travellers and a lot of danger. But If it's life wisdom you seek and improvement of self, seek Buddhism. On a whole, the Buddha and his teachings are far wiser about humanity than anything I've discovered in the Havamal or what I know about the Bible.
In short, I agree. I also recommend Tao Te Ching if you aren't familiar.
Dr. Crawford. How versed or interested are you in Role-Playing Games? I ask because of your particular aesthetic, blending Norse Mythology with the Cowboy Mystique. There is an rpg called Sagas and Six-Guns which also combines the two and I thought you might find that something to take a look at.
Hail Odin!
When I was young I had the thought that northern people used to drink a huge amount of beer, get drunk, that was the way of living. I had problems because of that. I have lost prestige and friends, good and true experiences. When I read Havamal I found a deep understanding of how German lords behaved and the way they use to drive their lives. Now I am a careful man, I don't let others to point me with their fingers and say that I am a drunker, an uneducated man. It has helped me to be patient and a little wise. Thanks doctor Crawford.
“Wise-man” is definitely not an adjective I would give to Unferth. Though I do appreciate Tolkien’s take, whereby he pointed out that Unferth was possibly a kind of recurring character in Old English poetry. Especially given that his name is literally the “unfriend.” So it kinda checks out if Unferth being Hrothgar’s “wise-man” is meant in irony.
We also especially see this in Tolkien’s own interpretation of this in the Lord of the Rings when he puts a more sinister spin on it. Grima being Theoden’s “wise-man” is certainly a sinister irony given that he abuses that particular role to poison the mind of Theoden with Saruman’s influence. But also that “Grima” as a name is linked to the adjective “grim” and there is an even an allusion to this in Beowulf whereby a “ghast” is described as “grima.” So in this way, Grima is the “ghost” that haunts Theoden’s throne from the “wise-man’s” chair. It also possibly links to an even older Indo-European tradition that persisted in Roman Latin and Norse as well whereby the left hand side is considered “sinister” in some way (hence “sinistra” in Latin and our own sense of a “right hand man” in Modern English.) There does seem to be an interesting and compelling nest of linked etymology and tradition there.
My sister gifted me a Dutch translation of the Poetic Edda by Jan de Vries for my last birthday and it was awesome. I still wish to own some sort of literal copy (replica/reconstruction) of the Codex Regius. I know the scans of the pages can be found however through the wear of time they've become a lot less legible. And I would just love to have this big book which I could read in my reading chair while learning how to read the Carolingian insular script and Old Norse.
I really appreciate your scholarship as a heathen. I have your translation of the Poetic Edda and I look forward to your new Havamal. By any chance, will you be making a new translation of the Prose Edda?
Can someone explain more about the faithlessness part of lovers?
Thank for the videos. I think there is a lot of similarities between norse poems and japanese haiku poems.
Hey Dr. Crawford, whats the dimensions of the hardcover Hávamál on Amazon?
Hávamál is very similar to Hagakure....Anyway, thanks Doc!
Wealth forsooth faithless.
It is better to be a live dog than a dead lion!
where did you learn
Cool hat. Can you ride a horse?
Dr. Crawford, are there indications in the sources how LGBT people were regarded and treated in Old Norse culture?
If you read Tacitus, the Germanic treatment of LGBT people was actually pretty brutal. They would drown "unmanly" (defined as traitors, possibly homosexuals) men in bogs. Tacitus' account was originally thought to be just a made-up tale, but archaeologists have since dug up "bog bodies" that fit the description of the punishment, which you can look up on your own. It's important to note homosexuality wasn't defined back then in terms of Abrahamic taboo, but rather masculine/feminine traits. One can have a huge debate over sources and theory from there, but it's likely that, just like the Romans, persons of certain status were killed if found to be engaging in homosexual activity. The Romans, for example, didn't mind male citizens having sex with male slaves. However, if two male Roman citizens had sex, then the man who engaged in the 'feminine' role was considered to have committed a capital offense. Germanic culture, being in proximity and contact to the Romans, probably followed similar rules considering the historical account and archaeological evidence.
My synopsis of the Havamal:
Be careful who you run your mouth to... Don't drink too much... Treat friends right...Be thankful for what you have... Carry a gun... Don't trust loose women... And some hocus pocus stuff at the end that I don't get.
The End
Well, there's more than that, but those are the highlights
I bought your audiobook two days ago, the Poetic Edda, and I absolutely love it to the bone. Thank you for providing great content such as that and greetings from Holland.
I think people forget to say this but you're an absolute gem Jackson. There's literally nobody else on RUclips that makes videos like yours full of information on Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian poetry.
Interesting video; I saw that your aforementioned book is rated 5 stars on Amazon; I will be placing an order. As a student of Runes and Norse mythology, I look forward to reading this one.
I have no idea why this was in my recommendations. I'm not even big on viking stuff. That being said, this dude's voice is stentorian af, so I'm kinda glad I clicked on the vid.
Beautiful time-lapse at the end Dr. Crawford
I have had a pocket Havamal for years. I am very much foward to your translation. I especially enjoy your video 'cowboy havamal' as if it was was being spoken by your Grandfather.
Not only is this channel a goldmine regarding old Norse lingual and historical knowledge, Jackson Crawford is pretty damn cool too...
And now we come full circle again... I found this channel through the Cowboy Havamal, which I enjoy immensely.
7:30 Probably the Professor knows this, but for the rest of you, I can inform you that in the Scandinavian languages, we use the same word ("be", or more archaic "bedja") for "pray" and "beg".
So hard to find a contextual look at these things. Thank you.
I will be a patreon supporter soon
I'm very excited to get my hands on your new book. Thanks for all you're work.
❤ well said Jackson
wouldnt it be "owned by rich men's sons" not "owned by a rich man's sons"
Love your videos. Wish I could attend your classes. I have your books on my list to order.
Damn; I see the pine bark beetle is ravaging Wyoming forests as well.
Ever since I've found out about Havamal I listen to it everyday and try to live by it's timeless advice.
a video about hnefatafl would be interesting if you feel you know enough about it
Dr. Crawford has actually done a video on Norse sports and games that covers that, if that's helpful: ruclips.net/video/lVKmNxWiqy4/видео.html