The Norse Pantheon: Crash Course World Mythology #10
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2017
- This week, we're headed north. To check out the gods of the Northmen. Or the Norse. That's right, we're talking Thor, Loki, Freyr, Freya, Odin, Frigg, Baldr, and Tyr. And Fenrir. And the Frost Giants. There's a lot to cover here, and it's going to be fun. Watch this prior to Ragnarok, as this video probably won't be available after the end of the universe.
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I love how they used the red head mythological-accurate version for Thor, but Loki is straight up Tom Hiddleston.
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The fact that Loki is a shapeshifter and probably can look however he wants just makes it even more funny.
There is some confusion as to if Loki actually can shapeshift by himself. In the myths he basically puts on different forms like they were clothes.
Remember, though, Loki is not only the father of those monsters, but he is also the mother of Sleipinir.
I bet Heimdall was furiously masturbating to it.
Shhhh...it's a secret!
Well remembered!
He was very embarrassed about the whole thing and hid for a while.
I don't know about "poor Loki" - he was the one who talked the Aesir into agreeing to hire a contractor to fortify Asgard in exchange for the sun, the moon, and Freya's hand in marriage provided the job was finished on time without bringing in any subcontractors. With the deadline near, and the walls nearly complete, the rest of the Aesir made it clear that, as Loki had talked them into this mess, he'd better get them out of it too. So Loki transformed into a mare in season and distracted the contractor's stallion (who'd been doing a good two thirds of the actual work) turning up later with Sleipnir in tow. The contractor couldn't finish the job without his assistant, so the Aesir, having kept their side of the bargain, and given him safe conduct while he worked, decided the appropriate penalty for missing the agreed completion date was to let Thor loose, who slew the (now unmasked) giant with a single blow from Mjollnir.
There's also some question of how much of this Loki planned - certainly the Aesir gained a great benefit - an almost impenetrable wall around Asgard, a miraculous steed for Odin, and one less giant to cause trouble in future.
In fact, that's a recurring feature of Norse mythology - Loki stirs up some mischief, and the Aesir end up better off or the Giants worse off. Even Ragnarok, where Loki and his sons slay several Aesir, ends with both the world and Baldr reborn, undoing Loki's worst act.
Loki may well be the worst of the Norse pantheon, but he is not unambiguously evil...
Loki: Finds the hammer
Loki: Finds the dresses to go to the wedding
Loki: Comes up with some clever reasons why 'Freya' was the way 'she' was.
Thor: Murders everyone
Humans: Thor did all the work. What a hero lol
No wonder Loki betrayed the Aesir.
I want Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleson to re-enact the wedding myth. Calling it hilarious would be an understatement.
oh my god yesss
@@gamergirl1116 you meant oh my godS
Thor : hey Loki how about we play Get Help?
Loki : I prefer we play Bride guise
Thor : dammit
Let's not forget the myth where Loki ties his balls to a goat's beard to make Skaði laugh.
Ghost Clown I did that too, once. Good time.
Made my penis AT LEAST 3 times longer.
Idk how but it did. I suggest all men try this. Just make sure the left testicle goes over the right when you're tying, or you'll regret it.
Oh and of course we can't forget the story where Loki turns into a horse, gets impregnated by another horse, and gives birth to an eight legged horse
Yes! Can we please talk more about this!?😂
Besides horses, Loki also "seduced" a woman's literal burning heart, ate it, and became pregnant with the worlds troll population. (correct me if I'm wrong, these male pregnancy stories gets very confusing)
Just throwing this out there, Thor once lowered the level of the Atlantic Ocean because of a drinking contest
BiPaganMan well he did not know he was doing it, he was tricked.
Yea they bet he couldn't empty a horn of mead, but it turned out he was drinking an ocean. He did make them break a sweat tho.
typical friday night for me
It was friday morning;-)
BiPaganMan we could need that in like, 100 or 200 years.
"Loki, whom you might know in his role as Tom Hiddleston..."
Brilliant. Also, I knew it, I KNEW it!
I WANT TO LICK THAT HOT BISH
Oh, shut up.
Anti-HyperLink oh just stop
Norse belief also had a very strong emphasis on Inevitability. This may come up later in the series when they cover Ragnarok, but Norse myth maintained that once a prophecy was pronounced, the prediction was set in stone. No one could fight against Fate, not even the gods. This is why, even though the Vanir and Aesir had plenty of methods for predicting the future, they were loath to do so. Every time you peeked ahead, it further solidified the doom that would eventually fall upon the world at Ragnarok.
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Seeresses were the ones who could see the future. The gods themselves had no way of seeing into the future without a Seeress. Odin and Freya knew Seidr magic and Odin knew the Runes. These powers let them control fate to a degree, but not change it like the Norns did.
I imagine it going like this lol:
Seer: I predict-
Thor: SHUT UP I DONT WANT TO KNOW!!!
And Thor in a wedding dress is one of the less weird myths in Norse mythology. Among the weirder ones are Thor lifting a cat that is actually Jörmungandr in disguise; Loki turning himself into a mare, getting impregnated by a stallion, and giving birth to Sleipnir, a horse with 8 legs; And the string used to bind Fenrir being made out of sound of footsteps of cats, the beard of women, the roots of mountains, the breath of fish, and the spit of birds.
And dont forget Thor, catching Jörmungandr with a fishing rod.
Oh yes, that too! Using the boat's anchor as a hook and a bull's head as bait
How about Loki crashing a party he was kicked out of and then proceeding to have what was basically a *rap battle* with all the other gods?
"And the string used to bind Fenrir being made out of sound of footsteps
of cats, the beard of women, the roots of mountains, the breath of fish,
and the spit of birds."
... that makes those items' existence in the Ragnarok Online game make a lot more sense
Indeed! That was at the same party where he picked up the disguised Jormungandr and wrestled with Old Age.
My favorite Norse myth features Bragi's wife Idun. Idun's job in the pantheon was simple, she grew Golden Apples that were the source of the gods' eternal youth. One day Odin, Honir and Loki were having a guys day out in the wilderness and killed an ox to eat, but to their confusion their oven wouldn't light. The giant Thiazi came to them in the form of a giant eagle and said he was keeping their oven from lighting but let them do so if they let him eat from the Ox first.
The gods agreed, probably because they were starving, and Thiazi ate almost all of the ox. This made Loki mad and he hit Thiazi with his staff, but the staff got stuck and the eagle flew off taking Loki with him. Loki begged the giant to let him down but Thiazi would only do so if he would bring Idun and her apples out of Asgard so he could take them both for himself. Loki agreed and on coming back to Asgard Loki tells Idun he found some apples in the woods that were better than hers and she should bring them with her to compare. When she got to the forest Thiazi swooped down in his eagle form stealing Idun and her apples.
Once the gods became old and grey they found out what Loki did and told him to bring Idun back or they would kill him. Loki took Frey's cloak to turn into a falcon and found Thiazi' home just as he went out to fish in the sea. He then found Idun with her apples and turned her into a nut to carry her back to Asgard. At this time Thiazi came back turned into eagle form and flew after Loki so fast it created a storm. The gods saw Loki with nut in claw and Thiazi almost on top of him, realzing they had to do something they built a fire on the walls of Asgard. Loki dived to wall's foot but Thiazi couldn't stop in time so the fire burned off his feathers. Having fallen into ground of Asgard the gods did what they usually do to giants and that night they all had a dinner of apples of youth and, presumably, roast eagle.
And didn't this lead to Skadi getting super mad at the gods?
thanks, for the context as to who I'm killing in God of War.
Dearth Sidious is a gamer?
Darth Sidious, Sheev Palpatine this .....this is what i like boy
darth sidious i read your script from star wars live show which never happened and i feel your pain buddy. you did the right thing.
Those Aesir, always playing "Throw weapons at Baldr"
"and the arch enemy of loki, who you might know from his role as tom Huddleston."
username kwest It all makes sense now. Tom is the perfect Loki because he's Loki playing Tom playing Loki...
The Norse gods: " So, we have to return the hammer... Thor, put on the dress."
CrashCourse : Baldur is the Most merciful God
Kratos : I'm about to end this man's whole LIFE
"Odin is like Gandalf". You failed to mention just how much he's like Gandalf in that Gandalf's description in The Hobbit and then by extension The Lord of the Rings is modeled after Odin's appearance when traveling in Midgard. He walks as an old man with a grey cloak, a wide brimmed hat, one eye missing (differs from Gandalf there) and a staff that he leans on as he walks. In this guise Odin has been known to spur warriors on to have adventures and achieve greatness (he gives the Volsungs the sword Gram and he also appears to Sigurd and tells him how best to select the horse for his journey to use Gram to defeat the dragon Fafnir. A horse which just happens to be descended from Odin's own horse Sleipnir). Not only that but "Gandalf" as well as the names of the 13 dwarves in the hobbit all come from a list of dwarves that's given in the Gilfaginning. So yeah, Gandalf is like Odin. It's not a coincidence that he is. And that's not the only thing Tolkien took from Norse mythology.
Dont forget is Odins rings draupnir which every ninth night creates eight new rings.
Also The Curse of Andvari’s Stolen Gold and Magical Ring is a cool story.
Also don't forget that Sleipnir. Odin"s horse, was birthed by Loki.
Raymond Whatley not exactly
Odin is not like Gandalf, Gandalf is like Odin.
Also interesting to note, though not entirely related, is that Gandalf is an old Norse name, meaning "Magician Elf".
you forgot thor's wife, sif, who gets her head shaved by loki for some reason.
No Idun, Keeper of the Golden Apples of Youth either, but they might bring them up later
Because Loki found it funny.
And then I think as a punishment he got his mouth sewn shut
Sam Fisher Well Sif having (as a joke by Loki if i remember) her head shaved is how Thor got Mjölnir, and she got hair made of actual gold... so it's a win really.
Sam Fisher Well Sif having (as a joke by Loki if i remember) her head shaved is how Thor got Mjölnir, and she got hair made of actual gold... so it's a win really.
Aaawww, when he said "frat party" I thought we were gonna get Lokasenna, aka "Loki crashes a party and trash talks everyone"
Although now that I think about it, that would need to be cut down a lot in order to be kid-safe. Loki's got a nasty mouth on him.
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That wedding story is probably one of my favorite myths of all time.
quite frankly, if Thor 3: Ragnarök does not include a scene of Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston crossdressing for an undercover "recover mjöllnir" mission, i will be insanely disappointed
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Nope
Mew mew died
Janina Bergmann who cares though. It was pure CGI garbage regardless
@@I_am_a_cat_ have you actually _watched_ the movie aside from the CGI? 😒 Now the Incredible Hulk, _that_ was CGI garbage
Why was there no mention of Idun the the goddess who makes the apples that keep the Gods young?
Søren Sneftrup fun fact... idun is a brand of ketchup in Norway.
Chicken Permission This must be why they can have such a comprehensive public healthcare system without bankrupting the country.
Ford Mulligan yes the only reason there is!
Actually, Idun know...
Søren Sneftrup they also didn't mention Mimir who guarded one of Yggdrasil's roots
No Sif? No Skadi? Thor's wife and the Goddess of Skiing and Winter don't get any love?
neither did freyjas ACTUAL husband. freyr is her twin lmao
Skadi is technically a giant. She sought vengeance for her father's death and the gods managed to calm her down in a tale that includes Loki tying his balls to a goat.
Yeah they didn't mention my bae. Also she was married into godhood.
It is said she is the goddess of winter, hunting and self reliance.
Also Freya was so much cooler I'll fight them
@@campbell2683 But she's still a goddess ish? I thought she married Njord and they hated each other but she's still called a goddess in some things?
8:25 “plowing and fertility” seems a bit redundant, eh?
AHAHAHAHA
"Shamanistic precognition." New favorite phrase.
Mine is incestuous 😈
Ah yes, Thor going in drag to trick a fire giant and proceeding to get... Hammered thus blowing his cover and ending in a bloodbath.
That story is ridiculous.
Also Hilarious.
Not quite as ridiculous as the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's seven-legged horse.
(Spoiler, it involves Loki being horse-raped)
Arrakiz666 it is ridiculous, but given Viking, Norse, and Germanic lores and cultural values- cross dressing probably wasnt that "aghast" of a concept. One of my favorite aspects about Norse culture and mythology is their treatment of their citizens regardless of genders. everyone had to be hardy, so everyone was respected and women were allowed to be fierce
That also means Odin is riding his grandchild? o_O
Ice giant
"Goddess of Ploughing and Fertility" ummmmmmmmm i get that they show oxen its meant to be ploughing the fields but i feel like that was a cover up
It isn't a cover up, Gefjon did have four oxen. She had four sons with a Jötunn (giant), and she turned them into oxen so she could plough. The legends say that she ploughed out the island of Zealand from the part of Sweden that are now lake Mälaren.
"ploughing" is english slang for sex
tim211292 cover up? Don't you mean euphemism?
tim211292 "plowing"
chemeleon15 congrats you figured out some countries that natively speak english spell things differently.
Merritt, i felt like the video tried to ignore the connection, maybe my words werent exactly precise
The Thor Gets Married myth is my favorite myth for sure
"Geifon, is associated with plowing and fertility."
this is how you knew the norse had a great sense of humor.
Heimdal was born of nine mothers, giants (jötunn) to be specific. the wave thing is thought to be a pun of words.
So probably not literal waves. Plus Høder did kill Balder but was tricked into it by Loki. (part of a longer story)
actually there´s no play on words, it´s said that he was carried/birthed by 9 maidens (meyjar) and all of them sisters, i don´t think they´re specified as Jötunn/Þurs.
LeoSkyclad that fits oddly with the nine months. And the not sleeping for seven days with a week.
And despite being the "white god" is played by a black man in the Marvel comics movies version..... lol Marvel totally did that to troll people hating on their theatrical releases having different races than in the comics.
Giants are representation of forces of nature. Those giants probably were the waves of the nine world oceans.
Höðr*, baldr*
I just need to say, Saga is much more than a drinking companion. As the storytelling goddess, she offers Odin a refresing drink in front of a cool sea. It's a metaphor of the act of telling one among endless stories, something like a super-youtube, displaying one video of many.
"Loki, who you might know from his role as Tom Hiddleston."
I love this series so much. I'm not even studying mythology, I just find it so fascinating.
Hey Mike, "Faithfulness to her husband Freyr," Freyr was Freya's brother not beau. We're not back in Greece haha
It was an incestuous marriage, canonically. The Edda mentions that the Aesir made them get divorced when they arrived as peace hostages though, since incest was cool among the Vanir but not the Aesir. Their father, Njord, was also originally married to his sister.
Does that consonantal humour at the beginning mean Crash Course Linguistics is on the way?
WanderingRandomer omg yes please
WanderingRandomer Yes please
Is there any way we can get that into the head of one of the Vlogbrothers?
OMFG!!! I love the idea!!!!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant
Came here just to understand why Baldur is picking a fight with Kratos.
The whole theme of "God of War" is that Kratos hates Gods and that all gods are evil in that universe. In the actual myths the gods are mostly the "good guys", especially since Thor is the Protector of Mankind.
Also, Loki and óðinn can be foster brothers because it has nothing to do with if you are related to someone. It is a ceratin ceremony where the people who want to become foster siblings cut their palm and then shake hands, letting the blood mix. When you become a foster sibling you can not betray the other person.
I read a book about Norse Mythology. The author described Loki with these words "Loki is not good, not bad, he is..... complicated".
Pavel I actually know somwine who worships loki, nice enough person, if a bit odd. wonder what they'd think of this video?
If you don't think I love this series I believe you're mythtaken.
That wasn't a pun, I have a lisp.
Or, as Mike would pronounce it, "mite taken".
I think you mean "wathn't" and "lithp"
loved this - brought me great enjoyment :)
You should've just made the pun without adding the ableist joke.
Aidan Fitzgerald Thanks for the advice on how to leave comments on the RUclips. Fuckin nerd.
Just had a mind blow moment…Nordic Thor is Roman Jove, Thursday is named for Thor in English, Thursday in Italian is Giovedì…for Jove.
Same with Odin/Wodan…where we get Wednesday….which is Mercoledì in Italian…for Mercury.
If you would enjoy learning more about Viking myth, Neil Gaiman just released a reworking of all the best of the myths (there are actually not that many) into a single book called, "Norse Mythology". He is a good writer so it is a pretty good read.
Really loving this series atm. Your doing great work. Will you be covering the Gaelic and Celtic mythologies as those can be fairly interesting and unique?
From my own research, the Celtic and Gaelic mythos are even harder to find a pantheon for than Norse. But they would be great when the series starts talking about Heroes
True, especially since a large number of the legends were first written and altered by christian scholars. However, that could make it an even more interesting video as it provides a contrast from the more clear cut pantheons of the Greeks, Egyptians ect.
That's only because our written records of their stories come from Christians. Celts believed it blasphemous to write anything down about their religion, so we have no records from them. All of those heroes probably were gods to the Celts, and we do have some archaeological record of other Celtic gods from earlier times.
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If you want a fun read on norse mythology, I'd recommend The gospel of Loki by Joanne Harris. It's basically norse mythology from Lokis pov, and yes it includes the wedding mentioned in the video. And much more!
Srsly? Since I love Loki and tend to think he's badly misunderstood, I need to look for that! Thanks!
It's always fun listening to how other people pronounce the names from norse mythology when you're Icelandic yourself. Especially when I hear Norwegian, because it really gives me a perspective on how much the language has developed in other neighbouring countries, but how little has changed in terms of language in Iceland!
I hope this series talks about the Valkyries. They're my favourite beings of Norse mythology.
Freja was also a goddess of war (the norse loved their war gods), and germanic people did not actually migrate north. Scandinavian people migrated south and became germanic people.
The branch of the Indo-Europeans who had been living in Frisia migrated into Scandinavia and become the proto-Germanic people. The proto-Germanic people then migrated south and split into the different Germanic people (East/Gothic-Vandalic, North/Norse/the vikings and West/German-English).
EisenKreutzer if you think this is a lot of war gods go read irish mythology, they're everywhere
Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate.
The Germanic language and culture seems to have spread from North Germany/Denmark (Slesvig-Holstein), the North Germanic people went North, the West Germanic south and west, and the East Germanic east, before they went to Rome, Spain, Tunisia and died out.
Her hall in Asgard, Folkvang, was where the other half of the Valkyrie-gathered warriors were sent. She is also the leader of the Valkyries.
Did he just say Tom Hiddleston is played by Loki?
yep!
Wouldn't be his weirdest role...
Yes. Loki is wreaking havoc on the modern world by appearing to us as Tom Hiddleston. I know I certainly am wrought by this.
Did you just ask if Loki is freyed by Tom hiddleston?? Tom hiddleston is my life!! (Also Tom hiddleston is very very hot and spicy!!)
Sorry I had to add that Frey joke...;)
"According to one version, Odin hung himself from the World Tree so he can drink the Mead of Wisdom."
Did you not mention that he was barking mad?
Well done! It was a good overview done in 13 minutes and with a little humor. Just what I have come to expect from CrashCourse :)
You left out one of the best loki shenanigans! When Thor pretends to be Freyja, Loki also chooses to wear a dress just because.
That said, the best one has to be the time the gods are all trying to make a giantess laugh (because they just killed a bunch of giants and are going to marry her to a god of her choice, but she can only see their legs) and Loki is the one who succeeds by tying his balls to a goat's beard and having a tug of war.
Loki was a weird guy
If you're interested, check out The Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. It's amazing and definitely worth a read
Also American Gods by the same author. The TV series based off the novel is coming out soon
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TheMightyWill YESSS, the audiobook is everything
Neil Gaiman narrating Norse Mythology is the best
TheMightyWill YES I love Neil Gaiman and his Norse Mythology book is no exception.
Frigg: goddess of motherhood; invoked by women in childbirth.
BIRTHING WOMAN: OH MY GOD. HOLY FFFFFF- HOLY FRRIIIIGGGGG-
I'm here after finishing BOI of War.
I think you forgot Talos the mighty, Talos the unerring, Talos the UNASAILABLE
Talos is actually three different people who joined to create one oversoul and attain godhood. There should be a Crashcourse Elder Scrolls mythology. It'd last for years.
the aldmeri dominion looks down on you
Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise!
We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars!
But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, "Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you."
Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel!
And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit!
The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth!
Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives?
And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people!
So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine!
For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever!
Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment!
And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man!
Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in the words of Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
Sitting on Ceilings no talos is a real God, you get to talk him in morrowind.
In Tagalog, Talos means loser...
Thor always was the prettiest princess.
Norse mythology is by far my favourite. There is no dull stories.
this is really a great video. I was critical of this series for the host and script. But this episode is great. Serious and entertaining. Informative and relatable. I wasn't watching the previous episodes, but I will be following this extensively.
The irony is that Heimdal is called "the white god" and he is black in the marvel movies.
Kameel Abdellatif affirmative action killed the movie business
Black people aren't real in Scandinavia.
BushidoKi entirely irrelevant to the comment
but its edris elba...
But he does wear a lot of gold. Also he looks Way Cooler in the marvel movies tbh.
Who else loves CrashCourse?
Yep breh,
Yeah, this episode's _Norseome!!!_
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No. It's the worst. Hence why I'm subbed to them.
AstroFocus my history teacher makes us watch this when ever it's related to what ever subject we're talking about
Was great to see some background on where I got my name from :-) Enjoying this series
I'm sooo waiting for Celtic myths, please make an episode about them. I know that there isn't that much detailed information about it but that's the charm of it :3
Tuesday, Dinsdag, Dienstag etc. but also a thing / ding are germanic words based on Tyr. Its the day where the meetings are held and a thing in Scandanavia is the parliament. In the Netherlands a ding is something in law. So Germanic mythos influence is still present!
OHOHO my friend Freyr is Freya's brother...her husband is Od, who disappeared and she cries over him every night
And Freyr (also known as Frøy) was married to a jotun woman..... Seriously, there's a whole story about how they got married
He didn't go into the poetic edda at all in this video, thats why it wasn't here. He only talked about the prose edda, which was written 200 years later by a christian retelling stories he heard as a kid.
Also, I can't believe the graphics team didn't go with the traditional depiction of Frøy
Yes! They looked almost Greek, not Norse. Scandinavia is a cold place, I speak with authority
Depends on the myth. In some myths Frey and Freya are married in other they are not.
They probably were the royal king and queen of Gods until the Vanir (worshipers) got conquered by the Aesir (worshipers). The conquerors probably didn't like the incest and separated them, but around Uppsala were Freya was worshiped they might have continued to be married in the stories.
Ullr is weird yet amazing too.
God of the Winter Sky, Skiing and most, MOST IMPORTANTLY.
Male Beauty.
Only after Baldr died, the most beautiful, and of course Frey too was the male god of beauty. The Norse had lots of Gods of war, fertility, poetry and male beauty..
Note that Ullers Western-Germanic Name was Vintar.
Ullr why have you foresaken me?
One of my favourite Crash Courses, next to Philosophy and Film History! Since you mentioned Amaterasu-ōmikami, we need an in-depth review on Japanese mythology and folklore! Also, Thor should also be the God of Crossdressing, and also, also, please cover the "Wild Hunt" please!
Odin isn't just the king of the gods, he's the god of kings. He's also the god of war because Norse chieftains and kings were first and foremost war leaders. And like their ideal of a king, he's ruthlessly pragmatic in what he does, enduring terrible secrets, sacrifices and decisions so that the Gods (and Men) might prevail at Ragnarok. In these qualities he really stands out from the other Norse gods.
So basically Thor's tactic was like the good version of the Red Wedding.
I love the line at 9:04
"Not you, tote, your th is a plosive, we're talking voiceless dental fricative." No Mike, you are the *only* one that pronounces Thoth like tote.
Jim Cullen +
It's kind of hard to take seriously the foreign language pronunciation tips from a guy who pronounces some words weirdly/wrong in his native language >.>
My sister is an avid skiier, and she says that in the skiing community, when you're hoping for plentiful powder ahead of a trip, the saying is "Pray to Ullr."
Odin sacrificed one eye for knowledge, I am willing to sacrifice so much more.
---ragnar lothbrok
im catching your Vikings reference
I'm willing to sacrifice a Klondike Bar.
YourMercy IBegfor "WHO WANTS TO BE KING!?"
That was so awesome!!!!! Can't wait for the next season.
Magnus the Red sacrificed the most.
Finally touching on norse mythology hail to the gods! I am very happy for our gods to be brought to light
I am really enjoying these mythology videos. You seem to have a lot of respect for the cultures you depict :) Also, your pronunciation is pretty spot on.
love it! keep going!
lowkey sad sigyn wasnt mentioned, but then there isnt much on her so i can see why but still, a mention wouldve been nice esp since she's loki's wife and the goddess of fidelity (i will never be over a trickster god being married to the goddess of fidelity) and fidelity was a big thing to the norse people
I'm salty Skadi wasn't mentioned.
This was a well made with both humor and unbiased information Please keep these standards up CC guys..
this was a bery good sumary of the norce phanteon and yo mention other sorces and godess that are not mention in books, good job
These episodes are like your parents telling you Aesop's Fables at bedtime but way more awesome.
Narrator: This fairy tale is rated PG.
Okay, couple correction here. This is coming from a person who practices the Asatru religion ( worship of the Æsir and Vanir) Odin is the kings of the gods, Tyr is the god of war, Odin pierced himself and hung on ysgradil for 9 days not to drink mead but to give birth to the runes, the way the Norse people read and wrote, he sacrificed his eye to Mimir in order to gain the knowledge of the world. Odin is the God of knowledge not war
Warren Webb You practice the "Norse" religion. How interesting didn't realize people still did.
It's a Reconstructionist faith that started around the 60's/70's; essentially, it's rebuilding through what sources remain as well as through archeological evidence to revive it in a modern world, though not necessarily as an adaptation as, say, something more eclectic. It's fairly strict on the idea of using academic sources and discarding what does not line up with those sources.
Well, Odin is a war god as evident through his claiming of fallen warriors, and his penchant for conflicts. It does not need to be exclusive to a singular entity, just as there are multiple deities who are ascribed to fertility in some degree.
Another Norse practitioner here. Odin is a God of magic, death, poetry, and wandering. Great video though.
Frater Magni What practices are involved in your religion, if you don't mind me asking.
Oh, that`s cool and clear, thank you so much! I was laughing at the part of history about Thor and his hummer!
/Sorry for my English/
YES, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AGES!
Can there be a bonus episode explaining JRR Tolkien's mythology?? I know it's wasn't the belief of a civilization but it is so cool!
"The hammer is my - " ; "We know, Thor, we know."
I love how the myth of Thor losing Mjolnir has become so popular. Its my faverate myth(along with Ragnorok, the binding of Fenrir and all the rest).
I love this. Greek mythological tales are like a soap opera. Nordic ones are like comedy, the kind of comedy found among guys around a camp fire. Really makes you wonder about the psychology of these people.
Loki, the god of all publicity experts and spin-doctors. He can even convince everyone that Thor in a veil is Freya...
0:15 Interestingly, the Swedish word for Thor is actually uses a plosive T.
The Hammer's Homebringing was my favourite story growing up, and still is.
Respect for the Gwar reference.
10 episodes! *Throws confetti.* ... So we're not doing this? Okay...
I do it for every episode.
That's what the outtakes are for (they do them every 10 episodes).
you waaay undersold freya, and mostly oversold Loki's evil.
Magnus Thirup Hansen I do agree with you on the Freya thing, however, Loki is not, nor has he ever been evil, he is a trickster, but he is not evil
Norse mythology relies on the concept of shades of gray. There is no true evil or true good. The gods typically try to be good, but sometimes fail. Loki is the loophole. Loki provides a way to work through shades of gray to attain something close to good or bad. He is neither good nor evil, he is simply an alternate path.
Freya was very undersold though she is one of the most important gods in the pantheon
Thank-you for the word plosive!
this guys is so weird! I love it!!!!
great work guys
Are you guys going to do an episode on Celtic Mythology? Also CrashCourse Art History would be cool!
Thor in drag!! The real redbearded Thor in a bridal gown!! Thrymskvíđa!!!
As long as you have Loki at your side, you can risk that. That fella could sell fridges to inuits.
That's right!! He's the catalyst of EVERYTHING relevant that happens in the Nine Worlds!!!
The nordic version of a spin-doctor....
TOFKAS01 A spin doctor you never expect what he will do next; like a tug of war against a billy goat...
Im so happy you used my FAVORITE myth!! 💕💕
I like this series so much.
Are you going to do an epidode on the Aztecs? Their myths are bloody on the surface, yet very intriguing.
6:31- Well, Valhalla comic made an interesting take on him as a misunderstood hero.
See, in that version, Loki had hair covering his ears and sobbed when he saw it again after his hair was cut since he was saved by Odin from his abusive parents. He tried to talk the giant out of Ragnarok but got dragged along and become the "evil" god.
powerist +
Hell Yeah! @ the GWAR mention!
Love your energy & jokes!