The first time I heard this performance it left me shaking. I felt like it reached deep inside and woke something ancient in me - older than Vikings, older than iron blades, older than cities. I saw myself running across a Neolithic plain, fellow hunters at my side, chasing wild game that’s no longer found in this world. Beneath the thin veneer of civilized customs and manners we are all still untamed predators. That’s what this song evokes in me.
I am going to wait for all of your Aurora reaction. Because she is my favourite of all time 55 years of music hearing and you pronounce her name so beautifuly. I doesn't know so much about wardruna so that information you would get from someone else i am afraid. But i could say the Raven is a very important thing in viking mythologi and here Aurora symbolize "the white raven". Thank you so much
The path to Hel Versions: #1#2#3 Who shall sing me, Into deathsleep sling me, When I on the path to Hel go, And this track I tread Is cold, so cold, so cold. I sought the songs, I sent the songs. Then the deepest well Gave me tears so harsh From the Slain-father's1 pledge. I know everything, Odin, To whom you gave your eye. Who shall sing me, Into deathsleep sling me, Whence I on the path to Hel go, And this track I tread Is cold, so cold, so cold. Early or in the day's end, The raven still knows if I fall. Once you stand at the gate to Hel And when you have to tear free, I shall follow you Over Gjallarbrú2 with my song. You will be free from the bonds that bind you, You are free from the bonds that bound you! "Cattle die, Friends die, So, too, must you die. Though one thing Never dies; The fair fame one has earned. Cattle die, Friends die, So, too, must you die. I know one, That never dies; Judgement of a dead man's life."3 1. "Father of the slain" 2. Gjallarbrú (literally "Gjöll Bridge") is a bridge spanning the river Gjöll ("Resounding") in the underworld, which must be crossed in order to reach Hel. 3. Verses from Hávamál, 76-77. lyricstranslate.com/en/helvegen-path-hel.html
"To whom you gave your eye" might make sense from the mythological point of view, as Odin sacrificed his eye for knowledge and wisdom, tossing into the well where Mimir dwelled (likely the well of Urd where Odin later also learned the runes). So in a sense, he "gave" his eye to Mimir. But the direct translation would be "Where you hid your eye": Kvar=where du=you auget=eye ditt=your løynde=hid (away). The answer to which is in the said well.
Helvegen = the road to Hel. 'Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella.' (Wikipedia) The band hails from Bergen, Aurora's home town, where Angelina Jordan sang for Alan Walker's 'Coming Home' concert ... he's from Bergen too. If you like Aurora in this, try fellow Norwegian Maria Franz, lead singer of Heilung: ruclips.net/video/QRg_8NNPTD8/видео.html R (Australia)
Wonderful reaction, Samantha. Such a magical performance. I also want to echo experiencing Heilung. "Anoana" is the latest music video, and is a beautiful song and stunning video. But since you like seeing artists live, I recommend either "Krigsgaldr" ruclips.net/video/QRg_8NNPTD8/видео.html, or "In Maidjan" ruclips.net/video/kmWTZ3KfnXE/видео.html. The videos are beautifully shot, and give a good sense what they are all about.
Very cool song. I also love many folk music too (including 'Viking' ones ;) ). This performance is all about harmonies. Aurora and Wardruna singer voice worked very well together (and this is a standard situation with Aurora as she always make great harmonies with backup singers or other artists :) ).. Also love the Aurora intro on the very start and how it transferred between her and his voice. Thx for reaction, and yes as Aurora has so many great songs there are many to go :P
HELVEGEN . means the path to the afterlife. and it a It's an old Viking song about honoring and remembering those who have died . im a norwegian n im believe in the norse Gods
Very nice reaction Samantha, as always 🤗 This is such a great performance, love it😍 Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella. They are dedicated to creating musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions, and make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments including deer-hide frame drums, flutes, kraviklyra, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn, and lur. Non-traditional instruments and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water, and torches are also used. “Helvegen” (the road/path to Hel, not Hell) amongst other songs from Wardruna and Einar Selvik is in the Viking series, Einar also has small guest roles in it👍 In Norse mythology, Hel is an underground realm of the dead where it was believed that most people ended up when they died. In Norse cosmology, north is the direction towards cold and death. It is therefore understandable that Hel is cold and intractable, and that the road there leads "north and down". Hel is also the name of the ruler of the underworld. She is motherly and terrifying, and her skin is part blue-black like that of a corpse and part human-colored. She is very greedy and does not easily give up the dead who end up with her. I know you probably have a list of Aurora suggestions, so I won’t give you more 😅 Looking forward to your next Aurora reaction 💕
Why you haven't heard/seen them before? Because Wardruna's songs are very special. Their songs relates to the old nordic cultures. In the same row you will find 'Heilung' with their special language. Check their actually Song 'Anoana'.
Wardruna makes great music. Look at the official videos of these songs: Raido Voluspa Kvitraven Lyfjaberg Etc. You may like Heilung also. Same genre of music but different. Look at these songs from ther LIFA live at Castlefest concert: In Maidjan Othan Krigsgaldir Alfadhirhaiti Hamrer hippyer
I liked your reaction to this it is very good and if you liked this you will really like another band they are called Heilung the song to listen to from them is new and called "Anoana" all of the clothes and instruments they use they have made and the music is very good the video is stunning and I think you will enjoy it very much.
Wow big cheers from Sweden :). My uncles wife are spanish :) are you the same sorry im new here but gotta hang on because you liked this. Me myself see this as a healing experience because me myself have learned to delve into the heritage of northern europe :). Btw if you want more deeper understanding of a more shamainstic song by Wardruna check out Kvitravn. You will get blown away. Its a song about and around northern swedish old culture sami culture and there animalistic magic
Einar Selvig, the lead singer, wrote lots of music for the TV-show Vikings. This song was featured in episode 8 in season 2. The original song is without Aurora though.
Hi from germany, this is a very old song from nordic germanic history, Odin and his Raven watching and knowing evrything because he gave his eye to be all knowing and it tells you how to get to Helheim ( Hel ) the place of the daughter of Loki, you have to cross the bridge over Gjöll ( the river of the dead ) which is the border river from the human world Midgard to the underworld of Helheim it is guarded by the giant Móðguðr, she belongs to the Jötun. If you reach the entry to Helheim the door is guarded by the hellhound Garm, which lets pass all who didnt die in battle, all who are convicted of murder, cheating or to bear false witness are going to the part of Helheim which is called Náströnd, It all is part of the Edda (nordic, germanic saga)
This is a powerful song, it gives me shivers down the spine. A while ago you commented that you might do a reaction to the Aurora HAIK documentary. Is that possibly still going to happen? I realise it's in Norwegain with subtitles so it'll be a similar 'read and try not to miss too much of what's going on' situation but it really does a good job of showing the real Aurora.
by this date 2022 I'm sure you've heard the correct pronunciations --- for others, it's "War DRU nah" and "Hel VA gen" (long A, G like in "gun")...........an ancient Norse song of dying, death, acceptance and remembering those who pass before us....."Helvegen" is the road to the afterlife.......I believe the horn is called a "Lur", an ancient instrument
Your first song is a funeral (lo do I call upon my ancestors) there's a cave by the shore surrounded by the songs upon summer hoping upon brighter days
Title "Wardruna" consists of 2 words: "ward" (as "guard", "guardian" in English) and "runa" ("rune", among other meanings), so it's "guardian rune", or "protecting rune", and has nothing with word "war", actually meaning is obviously quite opposite. Thank you for reaction!
Hi Samantha, this is an interesting collaboration between AURORA and Wardruna. The Vikings are back.😁😂 Wardruna's singer also has a great voice. It goes well with this song. Is this in a song by a shaman? It's great that you paid attention to these small but actually beautiful details. The performance itself was so interesting that most people get involved with it. I can recommend a very different song by AURORA: - Apple Tree - ruclips.net/video/AvPzwKQKZTc/видео.html --> "Apple Tree" finds Aurora being hopeful that we can all save the world together. The track's sound stands out in her discography as one of her most different songs, with her vocal delivery during the verses displaying a flow comparable to rap music. Upon release of the music video Aurora posted a lengthy note on her social media.[6] A similar note is in the music video's description: "Apple Tree is about the potential that hides in all of us. We can all save the world if we put our minds to it. The world won't listen to scientific proof that the world is dying, so maybe it will listen to the dreamers, the children. In a bleeding world the power of the individual is our only hope. Let her save the world. Let him save them all. Believe in us, and maybe we'll be the generation that saves the world, rather than the one that killed it." (aurora-aksnes.fandom.com/wiki/Apple_Tree)
You were close on the name. As a general rule, almost all languages of Germanic lineage (German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, etc...) would pronounce Ws like Vs. So it's pronounced more like Vardruna.
Important fact. The Norse "Hel" is not the same as Christian "hell" (though both words are originating from the same proto-germanic word. Hel is not a bad place to end up at all. It is the "hidden place" mostly described as the underworld we pass into after death. This song is however most about our legacy in life. The Scandinavian Sami people will to this day "sing" people - or even locations or events. This is typical for a culture having roots before writing. As long as your memory lives in a song, you are not truly dead. (Not too different from the core ideas of the Disney movie "Coco" right?) The point is - this is Norse moral philosophy. Your reputation is everything. Be brave, graceful, and trustworthy and your life will be remembered with praise. 👍
greetings from n0rway, found you channel and subscribed, love your content.👍👍 can you react to Eivør - Falling Free (Live at the Old Theater in Torshavn) it's gonna blow your mind and soul :)
Viking sounds querida! Wardruna? awesome Aurora we know by now But something special happening in Norway, a bunch of kickass good artists amazing Podrias chekar una banda noruega con una cantante espectacular haciendo musica para mi de Vikingos ellos son Kalandra esto en vivo desde una casa vikinga ruclips.net/video/FjghdvL-LW0/видео.html chau Sam take care all the way from faraway Peru
This version of the performance is my favorite 😍
Even better than the one where they sing near a cliff side, though those acoustics are impressive.
The first time I heard this performance it left me shaking. I felt like it reached deep inside and woke something ancient in me - older than Vikings, older than iron blades, older than cities. I saw myself running across a Neolithic plain, fellow hunters at my side, chasing wild game that’s no longer found in this world. Beneath the thin veneer of civilized customs and manners we are all still untamed predators. That’s what this song evokes in me.
Helluva description, that. Nice!
I am going to wait for all of your Aurora reaction. Because she is my favourite of all time 55 years of music hearing and you pronounce her name so beautifuly. I doesn't know so much about wardruna so that information you would get from someone else i am afraid. But i could say the Raven is a very important thing in viking mythologi and here Aurora symbolize "the white raven". Thank you so much
And Einar Selvik singer/songwriter calls himself Kvitrafn (white raven)😊
So that is why Aurora is dressed in feathers!
a footnote Wardruna did the music for the Viking TV series and they also did songs for the video game Assassins Creed Valhalla game
The path to Hel
Versions: #1#2#3
Who shall sing me,
Into deathsleep sling me,
When I on the path to Hel go,
And this track I tread
Is cold, so cold, so cold.
I sought the songs,
I sent the songs.
Then the deepest well
Gave me tears so harsh
From the Slain-father's1 pledge.
I know everything, Odin,
To whom you gave your eye.
Who shall sing me,
Into deathsleep sling me,
Whence I on the path to Hel go,
And this track I tread
Is cold, so cold, so cold.
Early or in the day's end,
The raven still knows if I fall.
Once you stand at the gate to Hel
And when you have to tear free,
I shall follow you
Over Gjallarbrú2 with my song.
You will be free from the bonds that bind you,
You are free from the bonds that bound you!
"Cattle die,
Friends die,
So, too, must you die.
Though one thing
Never dies;
The fair fame one has earned.
Cattle die,
Friends die,
So, too, must you die.
I know one,
That never dies;
Judgement of a dead man's life."3
1. "Father of the slain"
2. Gjallarbrú (literally "Gjöll Bridge") is a bridge spanning the river Gjöll ("Resounding") in the underworld, which must be crossed in order to reach Hel.
3. Verses from Hávamál, 76-77.
lyricstranslate.com/en/helvegen-path-hel.html
"To whom you gave your eye" might make sense from the mythological point of view, as Odin sacrificed his eye for knowledge and wisdom, tossing into the well where Mimir dwelled (likely the well of Urd where Odin later also learned the runes). So in a sense, he "gave" his eye to Mimir.
But the direct translation would be "Where you hid your eye":
Kvar=where du=you auget=eye ditt=your løynde=hid (away).
The answer to which is in the said well.
Helvegen = the road to Hel. 'Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella.' (Wikipedia) The band hails from Bergen, Aurora's home town, where Angelina Jordan sang for Alan Walker's 'Coming Home' concert ... he's from Bergen too. If you like Aurora in this, try fellow Norwegian Maria Franz, lead singer of Heilung: ruclips.net/video/QRg_8NNPTD8/видео.html R (Australia)
Eh,only one L dude,Hel,and not to be mistaken with the christian Hell
@@Yfreyr 👍
@@Yfreyr yes.......the pagan "Hel" long pre-dates the Christian concept of "Hell"........Hel simply meant the afterlife, no negative meaning
This is my favorite song of this genre. I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY suggest a song called "Anoana" by a group/collective called Heilung.
My second favorite song after this!
YAY Aurora's voice is like if all of the stars in the sky made sound at the same time
Truly Beautiful and primal. Love the drum beating like a heart.
Wonderful reaction, Samantha. Such a magical performance.
I also want to echo experiencing Heilung. "Anoana" is the latest music video, and is a beautiful song and stunning video. But since you like seeing artists live, I recommend either "Krigsgaldr" ruclips.net/video/QRg_8NNPTD8/видео.html, or "In Maidjan" ruclips.net/video/kmWTZ3KfnXE/видео.html. The videos are beautifully shot, and give a good sense what they are all about.
Very cool song. I also love many folk music too (including 'Viking' ones ;) ). This performance is all about harmonies. Aurora and Wardruna singer voice worked very well together (and this is a standard situation with Aurora as she always make great harmonies with backup singers or other artists :) ).. Also love the Aurora intro on the very start and how it transferred between her and his voice.
Thx for reaction, and yes as Aurora has so many great songs there are many to go :P
That makes you want to watch a Viking movie. The song is almost mesmerizing.
The long horn is called a lur. It was used to scare enemies in battle!
HELVEGEN . means the path to the afterlife. and it a It's an old Viking song about honoring and remembering those who have died . im a norwegian n im believe in the norse Gods
I’m of Scandinavian background on
My dads side: Norse, danish,
Very nice reaction Samantha, as always 🤗
This is such a great performance, love it😍
Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella. They are dedicated to creating musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions, and make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments including deer-hide frame drums, flutes, kraviklyra, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn, and lur. Non-traditional instruments and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water, and torches are also used.
“Helvegen” (the road/path to Hel, not Hell) amongst other songs from Wardruna and Einar Selvik is in the Viking series, Einar also has small guest roles in it👍
In Norse mythology, Hel is an underground realm of the dead where it was believed that most people ended up when they died. In Norse cosmology, north is the direction towards cold and death. It is therefore understandable that Hel is cold and intractable, and that the road there leads "north and down".
Hel is also the name of the ruler of the underworld. She is motherly and terrifying, and her skin is part blue-black like that of a corpse and part human-colored. She is very greedy and does not easily give up the dead who end up with her.
I know you probably have a list of Aurora suggestions, so I won’t give you more 😅
Looking forward to your next Aurora reaction 💕
It really was an excellent concert. That old fortress is a great setting for Wardruna and their music.
Been listening to them for years, this song is epic
Anytime I see this I feel like I'm intruding on something private
Why you haven't heard/seen them before? Because Wardruna's songs are very special. Their songs relates to the old nordic cultures. In the same row you will find 'Heilung' with their special language. Check their actually Song 'Anoana'.
Einars Viking Suite A MUST
Wardruna makes great music.
Look at the official videos of these songs:
Raido
Voluspa
Kvitraven
Lyfjaberg
Etc.
You may like Heilung also. Same genre of music but different.
Look at these songs from ther LIFA live at Castlefest concert:
In Maidjan
Othan
Krigsgaldir
Alfadhirhaiti
Hamrer hippyer
I liked your reaction to this it is very good and if you liked this you will really like another band they are called Heilung the song to listen to from them is new and called "Anoana" all of the clothes and instruments they use they have made and the music is very good the video is stunning and I think you will enjoy it very much.
Wow big cheers from Sweden :). My uncles wife are spanish :) are you the same sorry im new here but gotta hang on because you liked this. Me myself see this as a healing experience because me myself have learned to delve into the heritage of northern europe :). Btw if you want more deeper understanding of a more shamainstic song by Wardruna check out Kvitravn. You will get blown away. Its a song about and around northern swedish old culture sami culture and there animalistic magic
I like it very much, see also the band Heilung.
Wardruna is AMAZING
Wardruna makes me miss a place I've never been
Thats how we roll in Scandinavia..greetings from a 100% dane :)
Einar Selvig, the lead singer, wrote lots of music for the TV-show Vikings. This song was featured in episode 8 in season 2. The original song is without Aurora though.
Hi from germany, this is a very old song from nordic germanic history, Odin and his Raven watching and knowing evrything because he gave his eye to be all knowing and it tells you how to get to Helheim ( Hel ) the place of the daughter of Loki, you have to cross the bridge over Gjöll ( the river of the dead ) which is the border river from the human world Midgard to the underworld of Helheim it is guarded by the giant Móðguðr, she belongs to the Jötun. If you reach the entry to Helheim the door is guarded by the hellhound Garm, which lets pass all who didnt die in battle, all who are convicted of murder, cheating or to bear false witness are going to the part of Helheim which is called Náströnd, It all is part of the Edda (nordic, germanic saga)
Welcome to the rabbit hole. Aurora is fascinating.
If you like Norse sounding music, you might also enjoy Eivør Palldottir. Her song "Falling Free" is sterling work.
@ Samantha Lisa I loved this review. If you haven't seen / heard it yet, you should check out Wardruna / Solringen. Thanks for this.
This is a powerful song, it gives me shivers down the spine.
A while ago you commented that you might do a reaction to the Aurora HAIK documentary. Is that possibly still going to happen? I realise it's in Norwegain with subtitles so it'll be a similar 'read and try not to miss too much of what's going on' situation but it really does a good job of showing the real Aurora.
Wardruna is fantastic but aurora is special like one in a lifetime special.
by this date 2022 I'm sure you've heard the correct pronunciations --- for others, it's "War DRU nah" and "Hel VA gen" (long A, G like in "gun")...........an ancient Norse song of dying, death, acceptance and remembering those who pass before us....."Helvegen" is the road to the afterlife.......I believe the horn is called a "Lur", an ancient instrument
Yees! More Wardruna!
I’d suggest the studio version of Isa or Hagal! 💚💚🔥Their lyrics are powerful!
Your first song is a funeral (lo do I call upon my ancestors) there's a cave by the shore surrounded by the songs upon summer hoping upon brighter days
You need to do a whole Wardruna on their own 🙏🏻
♥♥♥♥♥
When you like it, you must see "Heilung - Anouana" ... ;)
By the way the subtitles aren’t in the language they are singing. They are singing in Norse & the subtitles are either Spanish or Portuguese I think.
Love all songs by Wardruna 💖 please reacts to Eivor - Falling free ☺️ or Faun
99% of the times reactors asks "Am I saying that right?", the answer is NO 😊
Title "Wardruna" consists of 2 words: "ward" (as "guard", "guardian" in English) and "runa" ("rune", among other meanings), so it's "guardian rune", or "protecting rune", and has nothing with word "war", actually meaning is obviously quite opposite.
Thank you for reaction!
Now watch Kalandra with their cover of the same song, very different, much softer, exquisite.
that is my favorite song
❤❤❤
Hi Samantha, this is an interesting collaboration between AURORA and Wardruna. The Vikings are back.😁😂
Wardruna's singer also has a great voice. It goes well with this song. Is this in a song by a shaman?
It's great that you paid attention to these small but actually beautiful details. The performance itself was so interesting that most people get involved with it.
I can recommend a very different song by AURORA:
- Apple Tree - ruclips.net/video/AvPzwKQKZTc/видео.html
--> "Apple Tree" finds Aurora being hopeful that we can all save the world together. The track's sound stands out in her discography as one of her most different songs, with her vocal delivery during the verses displaying a flow comparable to rap music. Upon release of the music video Aurora posted a lengthy note on her social media.[6] A similar note is in the music video's description: "Apple Tree is about the potential that hides in all of us. We can all save the world if we put our minds to it. The world won't listen to scientific proof that the world is dying, so maybe it will listen to the dreamers, the children. In a bleeding world the power of the individual is our only hope. Let her save the world. Let him save them all. Believe in us, and maybe we'll be the generation that saves the world, rather than the one that killed it."
(aurora-aksnes.fandom.com/wiki/Apple_Tree)
Now I wanna go to Norway 😂
You were close on the name. As a general rule, almost all languages of Germanic lineage (German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, etc...) would pronounce Ws like Vs. So it's pronounced more like Vardruna.
Thank you 🥰
Oh man, wait until she discovers/reacts to Heilung.
Being there must have been electric.
😊👍
Important fact. The Norse "Hel" is not the same as Christian "hell" (though both words are originating from the same proto-germanic word.
Hel is not a bad place to end up at all. It is the "hidden place" mostly described as the underworld we pass into after death.
This song is however most about our legacy in life. The Scandinavian Sami people will to this day "sing" people - or even locations or events. This is typical for a culture having roots before writing. As long as your memory lives in a song, you are not truly dead. (Not too different from the core ideas of the Disney movie "Coco" right?)
The point is - this is Norse moral philosophy. Your reputation is everything. Be brave, graceful, and trustworthy and your life will be remembered with praise. 👍
Also, react to Heilung Aonoana :)
Listen to wardruna white raven or wardruna volupsa, they blow u
Heilung, song Anoana
greetings from n0rway, found you channel and subscribed, love your content.👍👍 can you react to Eivør - Falling Free (Live at the Old Theater in Torshavn) it's gonna blow your mind and soul :)
english subs are available lol
Viking sounds querida! Wardruna? awesome Aurora we know by now
But something special happening in Norway, a bunch of kickass good artists amazing
Podrias chekar una banda noruega con una cantante espectacular haciendo musica para mi de Vikingos ellos son Kalandra esto en vivo desde una casa vikinga
ruclips.net/video/FjghdvL-LW0/видео.html
chau Sam take care all the way from faraway Peru
😑😒😊
Wardruna is pronounced like you pronounced it in Spanish..
😉
React Polnalyubvi - кометы, please!!!
ruclips.net/video/76BmuIf0duw/видео.html