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If anyone is interested, It should be pointed out that many of the sigils, like Ægishjámur or Vegvísir are most likely not from the Viking age. As there are no records of them from that time. For instance, the earliest known recording of the Vegvísir was from 1860. Same with Ægishjálmur, which is similarly relatively young. Perhaps the earliest record of it goes back to a late 17th century manuscript, but I am unsure of this. A good video from Dr. Jackson Crawford gives a good explanation on these Icelandic magic symbols, he also has great video series on Old Norse and runes. Regardless, absolutely enjoyed the video!
Many of you may want to review the video by The Welsh Viking here on RUclips about Viking runes and symbols if you're interested in this subject. He brings up the Helm of Awe.
I do want to add that I heard a story from a witch content creator of a folk witch who would do magic and spells for her community but would invoke "god" or "jesus" so it would make Christian people more comfortable with the practice. So while an area may be considered "Christianised" is doesn't mean everything going on in it is "Christian"
the Ægishjálmur is on the golden horns from Gallehus in Denmark and is from about year 400ad. so older than the Viking age. and the Vegvísir is from the christian hole book from island writen about 1860ad.
Yeah Viking history is awesome. Love the culture, multiple generations ago, my family were Vikings. My lineage is very important to me. In order to better prepare oneself for the future, it's of great importance that they understand their history.
I really got alot out of that in a short time I had most of those symbols on my fridge and u just described their meaning like u knew they where there...thank you
My long-sword instructor has the helm of awe tattooed on his back. He got it after his ex stabbed him in the back with a steak knife. It hasn't happened again since so I guess it's working.
I love hearing you pronounce these beautiful Icelandic words! Learning to pronounce them for anyone who didn't grow up speaking that language sounds incredibly difficult
From what I have heard it’s more difficult for native English speakers than other languages, mostly because of the complex sounds and pronunciations that basically don’t exist in the English language. English is quite soft in comparison.
@@lavishlyvice English has a lot more Latin in it but it's still a germanic language so it' shouldn't be too complicated . The worst is going totally outside uour culture like mandarin or Japanese but people do it they probably have a 160 IQ lol but they do
@@isagoff1 I would challenge that. There is ALWAYS a tell. I have yet to meet a single foreigner in my 34 years as a Norwegian who didn't move to Norway as a kid who is fluent. Not AT ALL trying to be rude here, btw. I just know that a lot of the sounds we make while speaking is not easy to replicate. And often, that's where we recognize a foreigner right away. Their flow of language is off. But if you've mastered it, awesome! I'd love to hear it 🤙
My mother taught me about runes, Norse stories, & the eddas when I was little. They are all so ingrained into me(The deities, the runes, & the symbols). I still use rune vocalics every day to bring in helpful or needed frequencies. It is reassuring, empowering, and part of my morning routine.
Snorri Sturluson, who wrote the Eddas, was a christian from Iceland. He just wanted to bring back the scaldic poetry, it wasn't ment to show authentic paganism. It's just entertainment art.
@@martinbeicht9643 impossible! I'm a direct descendant of Rollo, who was best friends with Snorri! It's 100% authentic. Snorri would never lie, just as i would never tell shit to absolut strangers in the internet!...🤣
IMPORTANT NOTICE: I am not a PHD or historian but I have researched these topics extensively out of my own personal interests. The Vegvisir and Ægishjálmur are *not* Viking or Norse symbols, they came later than that. The Vegvisir first appears in a Christian Icelandic manuscript called the Huld Manuscript from 1860, it comes from mainland European magic and most likely not anything from the Norse age. The Ægishjálmur is a bit more blurry, as there is a 'helm of awe' referred to in the Eddas, however this item is exactly that, a helmet. The symbol we associate with it does not appear until the 17th century as another occult symbol. I'm not saying they're not authentuc to Iceland, I myself have a Vegvisir tattooed alongside Icelandic runes, but they did not exist alongside the Vikings. Btw, given that you've been inandated with emails about runes Hrafna, I would be happy to take on a few questions about using/transliterating them into the types I am most familiar with. Takk fyrir :) Edit: you hinted to this but we actually have no idea what the Valknut meant or what it's real name was, as 'Valknut' only appeared in the 1940s. We just know it was associated with Óðin because we find it next to depictions of animals like Ravens that he was associated with.
Thanks for pointing this out for everyone. Pop culture tends to lump so much into the "Viking" category out of convenience or because it is cool, when actually it is not.
@@timp3627 your ancestors are mostly embarrassed knowing your in their line, lossing you shit on RUclips comments when people are clearly point out what is right, yet you cry"NOOO MY ANCESTORS!" Even though you are most likely in somewhere america
In German we are having the word "Wegweiser" which sounds and looks pretty similar to Vegvisir. Means something like sign post or destination panel. :)
Very interesting. I also thought of the word Visier, Visor in English and Vizier in Dutch. Since it's something to see through and they place it on their forehead.
Your energy in giving info about the Iceland shows how much you love your country. Your energetic vibe attracts us more to really gain something about Iceland as there is no icelander to tell (i think🤔) about the Iceland. Love from India♥️🙏
Keep the gifts! I'm honestly having a hard time not falling for a very easy and comforting face to aide being educated 54 years later! knowledge and passion are hard to ignore, thank you!
I have been studying Odinism for 20 years and feel that I have learned more watching your videos than I have ever been taught by any American. Thank you for what you do.
Exactly! For all of the books in English I've read on Norse-Germanic traditions and religion, the most knowledgeable source I've ever found is talking to rural Scandinavians, the more isolated the better, because they all mostly grew up with these stories that were passed down through the generations, and still practice most of the old Pagan customs in some form or another!
@Jonathan Harper what did you "study" exactly then 🤔? The things said and displayed in this video are pretty common knowledge you can find on internet when you search a little bit about Icelandic/Norse culture. She's putting it really nicely but..that's the basics 🙂
A sometime ago, I learned how to read runes and became passionate to learn more about the norse culture. Today I follow even the faith. May the gods bless you
@@norsecarolina In fact, they use viking as to reffer to the norse people, but they do not know that "viking" is an action, not a people. you go viking...
I was doing research on the Viking culture and runes recently. During that time I read about how Valknut is pronounced and you were correct with the pronunciation of it.
I just wanna say something for this woman: I love your voice. Like I'm a brazilian and i dont speak english a lot, but i watch the videos because i really love her Voice
I recently started studying the magical staves and runes as well as anything and everything norse and find it fascinating! I'm an American of Icelandic decent and am planning a trip to Iceland so I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I go. It's become my new favorite hobby to learn about my ancestors!
Aye, that kind of subtle and hissing R sound like in the word dóttir (daughter). I've noticed Mongolian and Nahuatl (Aztec language) uses that sound too.
I am a catholic, and the most traditional among us often say that Nordic culture is pagan and should be avoided. I hope God understands and forgives me. But I think it's so rich and SO cool! Please, continue with the channel, and these cultural and linguistic curiosities! Thanks, pretty lady who probably must be descended from elves!
Hæ Hrafna, Ég heiti Marcus og er sænskur. Ég er að læra íslensku og ég elska tungumálið. Ég byrjaði að horfa á myndböndin þín þegar ég fann “teaching Icelandic” seríuna þína. I'm afraid that's the extent of my abilities thus far since I've been learning for about a month, next year I'll be taking a beginner's course as well. Anyway, watching your videos has not only given me insight into the language but also Iceland as a country, I feel like very little is known about it even among the Nordic countries, and learning more about Iceland is a major motivation when studying Icelandic. Another motivation is that I'm also very interested in Norse myth and viking history, my hope is that learning Icelandic will give me more insight into this shared Scandinavian heritage. Takk fyrir
Hej, jag har kollat in några av era videor och de verkar intressanta, eftersom det är bra träning för mig att lyssna på isländsk dialog så skulle det vara kul å se en video där ni testade att bara prata isländska. Allt gott!
I recently discovered my nordic heritage and I'm finding the culture and religion fascinating and comforting, it feels like its drawing me closer to my ancestors thanks to your channel and others like yours helps me to understand my nordic history better thank you
Another American using ancestry and D.N.A test as an excuse. Your own culture is the biggest genocide of millions of native tribesmen. Anything that was original died out decades ago or was killed off to extinction. You lot can't lay claim to anything just because of that pathetic excuse or because you watched something on a t.v show you like . In reality (the rest of the world outside of America) thats how the real world works
I recently got interested in knowing more about vikings, since I was born in Denmark. I have seen a few of your videos, and it is very interesting, I know a lot more now than I did before. Thank you.
What did Iceland conquer? Apart from a tiny bit of Greenland (which was abandoned in the 15th century) and and even tinier bit of North America (which was abandoned within a few years), that is. Just asking as a Mainland Scandinavian, you know, those who were the actual Norse conquerors conquering big chunks of both Western and Eastern Europe (and leaving a few people on an island in the northwest)...
Same here I just found out I'm half Azorean Portuguese and 40% Scandinavian; the rest is Slavic and 3.5% Neanderthal. Always thought I was 100% Portuguese till I got my Dna test.
"Valknute" in Norwegian would translate into something like "death knot". Best regards, Norwegian. :-) And it is pronounced very similar in Norwegian as you do in this video, but do put an E on the end there.
I dedicate my life to learning and loving different cultures and one of my favorites is Norse or Icelandic so having you here teaching me is a dream come true, I loved the symbols growing up but neverrrr knew what they truly meant until now thank you so much
@@veroniquecastel9582 exactly my thoughts! I think Swedish is softer and Norwegian is definitely more mellow, but Icelandic has something intriguing about it. So unusual as you said so yourself. It attracts me the most.
@MC King It doesn't matter. Visare in this case is a guide. A guide to show which way to go. www.interglot.com/dictionary/sv/en/translate/v%C3%A4gvisare
So incredible how Germanic based languages still contain similar words like Vegvisir - in German Wegweiser what means a Map, a compass or a sign to show the way 😊
Hello Hrafna, thank you for your video. I’m intrigued by the history of the Viking era, so fascinating ! You’re excellent in your presentation…. yes , and also very beautiful 🌹❤️
@@NeonCicada yeah, but when you say viking today, one means Scandinavians. And yes it might have been some others that accompanied them. But it largely is people from Scandinavia and the nearby areas around them
I was just thinking to myself “I haven’t seen a video from Hrafna in a while.” Such a cool collab! Definitely going to have to slide on over to their website and check out the merch.
@@Fjallkloka_Aventyr Haha, hur är det med matten? Hur fick du det till att någon som är 9 år äldre än dig måste ha gått på gymnasiet under sent 80-tal/tidigt 90-tal? 😅 Jag är 32 och var också tvungen att läsa det i gymnasiet (tog studenten 08). Det ingick i läroplanen i svenskan. Och jag är bara 3 år äldre än dig så kan knappast ha hänt något större på de 3 åren
Fun fact about the Helm of Awe and the Vegvisir: we have no proof of them from the Viking Age, the earliest record of them being from the 19th century.
Oh be quiet christian. You clearly don't know anything about Norse paganism and think just ANYONE deserves to be in Valhalla. Go back to your religion and stay there
My favorite symbol is the Helm of awe, 2 things I love were the way you described every symbol, hopefully you will do another, and also god your voice. I could fall into dreaming listening to you. Have an awesome year
man wish i was born in iceland would have loved to read those books as well. i am dutch and we have one province that got alot to thank the vikins for. its the province called Friesland. in the north of the netherlands. the only province that got invaded by the vikings. The frysian language is an very old viking language. ofc it got changed over the years but it roots come from the vikings. they still find viking stuff in the ground. they have found a viking ship as well. yeah viking is an awesome historical culture. well not for the people of those time but still. its very interesting subject.
Thank you for passing along this knowledge. You are a smart woman ,and I have faith in you that you will do fine in school ,I will pray to all of my Gods for you to keep your focus and keep you sharp! And please don't take this wrong but you make me want to move to Iceland ,you are a true vision to behold!
She was actually the one that popularised it altogether! Most of the common views of it stem from what she said about it being a viking compass, which unfortunately isn't true.
I’ve recently converted to Norse pagan. I admire the religion and the wingspan of knowledge you can learn. I love learning new things and the spectrum, symbols and history is amazing thanks for sharing this video I know it’s a year old but I needed to learn how to pronounce some things. Thank you!
A couple years ago, I got to tour the modern viking ship Draken Harold Hårfagra. It was really a sight to behold and amazing that it had crossed the Atlantic!
I love all the information you have taught me. I wait for more, I am very interested in anything viking. Thank you, it helps me to have deep conversations before my son's.
Hi, sorry but the Ægishjálmur and vegvisir are not viking age symbols: The symbol known as "Vegvisír" is an element of Icelandic folklore borrowed from continental occult magic from the "Testament of Solomon". It is around 160 years old and its use is limited to the second half of the 19th century in the Icelandic town of Akureyri. The only literary sources we have that come from Icelandic tradition are some mentions in three manuscripts, which are based on each other. The "Vegvisír" is not a symbol used or having its origins in the Viking Age, and due to the 800-year gap should not be associated with it. The same goes for the Ægishjálmur which appears visually in a 1670 grimoire titled "Galdrakver" in Iceland and the vegvisir in a single collection of magic signs assembled by Geir Vigfússon in 1860 in the "Huld Manuscript" to be more precise. They are both Christian symbols taken from Solomon's testament and found in Iceland in occult magic books. They have no connection with the Viking Age and should not be associated with it ...
Anything Christian has been stolen from every other religion or culture that Christianity decimated in order to take over rule. You actually believe that Christians came up with this symbol on their own no just like their Bible they stole everything else just like the symbols that they felt that they would want to use as well as their own religion.
I know its actually embarassing how little this youtuber knows yet is spreading misinformation to her audience that for some reason see her as an authority figure
I’m a fan in all Viking culture and I’m impressed how well you present all the information in your videos. My father had a good friend who was a historian and traced our heritage way back when my ancestors sailed from Normandy with William the Conqueror to England.
Really!?! {Viking culture) or do you mean Norse culture? because you would know not all norse peoples would go on a viking, and William the conqueror, was known by his people as William the bastard.
Thank you so much teaching the symbols. I just did a DNA and found out I'm 90% Swedish. I've always loved the old lifestyle and now more excited finding out who I am. Again, thank you.
I know how to read runes and it's so fun when my Marvel loving classmates ask me to help them when they want to write their favorite character's name in runes on their body as fake tattoos
Absolutely love Viking culture. I was obsessed as a kid and even now my fascination keeps on growing. My grandparents have Irish and Danish in them from what my mom has told me. Not too sure how much of that can be connected to ancestral bloodline but to think it’s possible that perhaps a great ancestor of mine was one.
If you look at historical sources, there is very little evidence of the runes being "magical" in any way. They were mostly used as regular letters. But I'm sure it's fun to include some runic magic and wizardry in your viking fetish
Sindri and Brokkr made Mjolnir. Loki disguised as a fly bit Brokkr’s eyelid as he was working the bellows, and Mjolnir came out of the forge with the handle shorter than intended.
I think it's really cool that there are similarities between languages. In Germany "wayfinder" is called "Wegweiser" which sounds really hard like "Vegvísir" 😃
Maybe you dont know this but literally all Nordic countries are German. We have to go back to the Germanic Tribes when the split happened, but there are similiarities......because it used to be the same language.
@@tofan2622 yeah, I've researched linguistics a lot since this comment. Apparently I'm learning swedish at school and we've noticed that Swedish has quite some similarities with our local south-western German dialect Alemannic. It's just fascinating how languages evolved through the past centuries and yet the Germanic languages kept very similar to each other
I love this, I have the Ægishjálmur tattoo on the back of my neck and i made my own set of runes 🥰 i’d love to get more norse staves tattooed on me but Im impulsive so i need to think it through 😂 I don’t know if I’ve said before but my father is Norwegian so I’ve been learning more about my Norse heritage recently and I love the culture, I love the eddas, I love the regard for nature and the way of living ☺️
I didn’t think it was a Viking tattoo… I actually research stuff before getting it tattooed onto me. But I think describing it as a Norse stave is the perfect description of what it is.
Ægishjálmur is not actually a Viking symbol, its a Icelandic magic stave found in the Galdrabók from around 1600. The Vegvísir similarly is not from the Viking age but is mentioned in the Galdrabók.
De er kristne eller jødiske symboler. Det var nogle islændinge i 1600 tallet, der studerede det okkulte og som opfandt dem, efter de havde studeret kristne og jødiske okkulte symboler og okkultisme.
If you want to buy this sort of merchandise (which is historically inaccurate and do not relate to Norse/Viking culture) you can buy them from nearly everywhere... sadly.
Thank you for your video. Really great information, I much prefer knowing the proper names for these symbols. Runes are a fascinating study, each letter has its own meaning, and when we put words together, even in modern English, we find the meaning of the word in the body of the meaning of each letter. Looking forwards to seeing more of your work.
I love when i travel abroad and people call me a viking ''wow so you are a viking'' when i say im from Norway, feels good 😆 Also thank you Hrafna for showing the jewellery website.
This is something that was a really positive side affect from the series Vikings 😂 I've lived abroad a lot and in countries that barely know of my home country (Sweden) but vikings became popular in many random countries so now I get to hear that a lot (people still don't know about Sweden, or mix it up with Switzerland, but hey, I take what I can get lmao)
@@MrMafiks It used to annoy me until I visited Vienna like 5 years ago. There in the souvenir shops all over the city you could legitimately buy merchandise that said "there are NO kangaroos in Austria" and I suddenly realized that getting mixed up with Switzerland wasn't so bad 😂
6:35 Gungnir could mean something along the lines of The weapon wielded by or slayer/killer of cowards or the coward referring to either Fenrir or Odin
Great video! I love learning about our common history (I'm Norwegian). Talking to Icelanders and reading Icelandic always feels kind of bittersweet. As a Norwegian I feel like I should understand everything, but when I don't I kinda feel like a failure 😭 (a bit overdramatic, but life's too short to be calm). When you explain the meaning of words I always go "OF COURSE! I should've known!" - the words are often really similar. Like "skjálfandi" is "skjelvende" in Norwegian. Anyway, enough ranting. Good luck with your master's degree, and thank you so much for your content!
Have you ever heard of the word Aryan? lol Norse culture was once called Aryan Culture but the word Aryan was changed after Hitler and WW2. lol Norse Culture was also Polytheistic and was converted to Monotheism by the Romans and their Jews. Pagan only means Non Christian . Your government today is Nazi and awlays was. @@Tjomsasen
I love listening to her talk and her videos my ancestry is heart Icelandic which settled supposedly and Nova Scotia Canada with the orcadia Indians and which is now called The Cajun babineaux keep up the good work K. from Louisiana
@@blueq4739 All of us pagans are called white supremacists. Some idiots can't make the distinction between Hitler stealing our symbols, and us using our own symbols in our religion. People assume we're nazis because of it, which sucks. But I'll take a beating any day to show of my pagan pride!!
I actually got a Vegvísir tattood on my arm with runes around it then a Christian cross with at the end a spear pointing to the trinity knot on my inside wrist
If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place.
The Vegvisir is an 18th century Icelandic magical stave that is thought to guide people through storms. It's also used as moral and ethical navigation, to help keep you on the “right path”. There's little evidence to support it actually being used by the Vikings, however that doesn't necessarily mean they didn't. I like the symbol either way. But to me it's more moral and ethical navigation then actual navigation 😅
I really don't know why people still think vegvieir Is a nordic ancient symbol. I have been appassionated by nordic history and religion maybe 4 days ago and i already know...
a lot of misinformation about "viking" symbols when they are literally first mentioned in 18th century by a christian... Also theres NO evidence of it ever being used in the viking age. None.
"There is little evidence ..." actually there is no evidence whatsoever. The symbol of vegvisir first appears 800 years after the official end of the viking age. To put that into perspective, the vegvisir and my cellphone that I'm typing with right now are FIVE times more closely related to each other timeline-wise than the vegvisir ever was to the viking age
As many others have commented, the Vegvísir and Ægishjálmur symbols are not remotely "viking". They are Icelandic magical staves. I am currently at university for history and religion and I have a deep interest for this sort of thing. While there are references in the sagas to a "helm of terror", the Ægishjálmur symbol in this video first appears in the Huld manuscript which was written in the 1800s. It's a Christian magic symbol. The Vegvísir is another Christian magical stave that appears in the Huld manuscript. It is also mentioned in the Galdrabók, an Icelandic grimoire dating back to the 1600s, a period WELL after the Viking Age. It's really disappointing that ahistorical information is still being dispersed despite the wide availability to check sources. Even the sources provided in this video confirm that these symbols are not from the Viking Age and that they are actually Christian. Please note that I'm not trying to attack the video creator, nor am I saying that you can't like these symbols or get them tattooed. They're pretty cool magic staves and I understand the appeal, but please just do a bit more research so that people aren't absorbing false information. There are far too many "viking bros" out there making it hard for others to tell fact from fiction.
So.. You mean that i don't become a fierce blood thirsty anabolic giant who screams SKAAAAAL after every sentence, after I watched the first season of "vikings"? :(
Thank you, someone who knows I try telling people these symbols aren't viking people don't listen and you see it everywhere. I don't have as much knowledge as you tho about them! As a viking reenactor in the vike very strict on authenticity and these symbols are a massive no because there are no where to be found in any find!
@@Schmorgus I can say that if we do not have evidence supporting something, it cannot be claimed as fact. I cannot disprove that there's a pink unicorn galloping around somewhere in Galway. However, my inability to disprove it is not proof of its existence.
@@MsAlexandriaJane But you cant clear it as "not facts", if you cant prove that it isn't. Or do you have solid proof that it didn't originate from before that?
I love this video and the information you share. The jewelry is super cool. As a Scandinavian descendant I feel like those symbols are apart of me. From what my grandmother explained to me the Vikings were very found of silver even more than gold. No wonder why I love silver!
Gungnir was Odin’s spear that never missed, the relation with the name and coward may be associated with Odin’s fickle nature and how he’s often use magik and tricks to cause death rather than committing the killing himself, reference poetic edda’s when he causes the king to fall on his sword whilst approaching Odin speaking evil words.
Can you source that? Because from what I can find there’s nothing that speaks of it being truth. And as a Scandinavian we grew up learning some mixture of seer symbols and it should’ve been mentioned in the Völsunga saga and the Poetic Edda (who sure are christianized but they’re not recent)
@@eindriifrijofsson6256 What? Vegvisir and aegisjalmir are not Viking in origin, if that's what you're up in my grill about. They are Icelandic, but several centuries after the Viking age, having their origins in 15th century grimoires. You should do some research. I have done my research. Also, 64 is a bit old for you kids to be calling me a kid. Sorry, but I can be just as rude and obnoxious as you guys.
Thank you for making this video. I have taken my Norwegian bloodline since I learned of it an denounced the Christian faith of my raising and am now Nordic pagan. Embarrassingly I didn't know how to pronounce the symbols and runes that I have been studying and decided to look for a video which lead me here. Thank you again and may the Gods smile upon you.
I didn't know that there was more than one type of ship use back then. Learned something new today. I think it's cool that you guys are taught your folklore in schools. That lip color looks good on you. IG: cmella626
I absolutely love ur channel I'm an odenist for 5 years now I have literally every symbol u just discussed tattooed on me lol and I love mulneir necklace I have my own hammer I made and I consider myself an above average Norse mythos expert myself but your very knowledgeable yourself and I love your channel
Vegvisir is NOT a Viking Age symbol. Even your presentation says that. We should stop spreading misinformation about Scandinavia's cultural heritage. No matter how much a company is paying to advertise their jewelry.
Actually i studied at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik and i did work with the actual manuacripts. 🙂 I don't need to prove anything to random people from the internet. Do your 10 min Google research.
@@stefanschleps8758 Most of these symbols are not Viking. They are relatively modern. Some of them, like the web of wyrd and odins horns shown at 1.33 are from the 1990’s. Do some research.
I'd like to hear Hrafna's opinion on the Norse Mythologies book by Neil Gaiman. All authors put their own spin on the legends, but as this one is quite popular, I think it would be cool to hear/see the opinion of someone who has studied the Eddas. Also, Mjolnir has to be one of the best symbols, like many (I imagine) I've got it tattooed.
I want to visit Iceland, Hrafna makes me want to visit ! she has a wonderful outgoing personality , wonderful smile warms my heart and soul . makes me wonder if everyone is as nice as she ! peace out everyone have a wonderful day! Oden bless
Wait.. the "Valknut" is not a real thing, its true name should be "Hjarta Hrungnis". according to the poetic Edda. The jötunn's heart had that 3 chambered shape. Long story short: Hrungnir made a bet with Odin saying his horse was much faster than Odin's Sleipnir, of course Hrungnir lost the bet, he entered Valhalla ( or Argard.. i dont remember correctly) and detroyed part of it.. Thor killed him and when oppening his chest, Odin saw the 3 chambered heart ( the so called Valknut) IG: afskyalltyr
@@kpencil859 not really.. i mean, it all depends on who is "wearing"it.. you can associate it with death or just a trophy, or a sacrifice, whatever you want..
When I was still a child I used to get crippling fear from recurring dreams about me getting lost and not knowing where I was or how to get home. Until one day someone drew the vegvisir on the back of my neck with charcoal or a lump of coal or something I'm not completely sure and I honestly thought it was a joke or something but it actually worked.
@@JebemTiZivot I get your instinct of disbelieve but that was a very important thing for me, in fact it was that occurrence that made me believe there are more to the old stories.
The symbols covered in this video are not from the Viking age at all, ex. Vegvísir, drawn versions of Ægishjálmur. These are much later, specifically Icelandic symbols derived from magical sigils which were popular on the Continent derived from bastardized versions of Middle Eastern magical traditions spread by Christianity. Basically, the actual Viking Age Germanic peoples of Northern Europe would not have recognized these symbols, and references that seem to refer to them in older literature (i.e. the Ægishjálmur of saga literature almost certainly refers to a physical helmet with magical properties and not a magical stave) are almost certainly referring to some other phenomenon or symbol based on similarities in composition between these symbols and those found in grimoires from a similar period in continental Europe, indicating a common origin for the two. The Huld Manuscript isn't that old at all, folks. If you're interested in this period in history, read about it from academic sources that are peer reviewed, because there's a metric ton of horseshit being passed around about ancient Nordic peoples to help sell spellbooks to gullible, historically illiterate neopagans, as well as the sorts of talismans which are being sold in this video. Vegvísir, Ægishjálmur, and the other symbols found in Icelandic grimoires are neat and pretty, but learn your history before you go putting something on your skin or around your neck without understanding its historical significance. I can't imagine the creator of this video had any ill intent, however. It is hard to find good sources about these sorts of things. If you want a good source, look up Jackson Crawford, a professor of the Old Norse language who makes videos about this stuff.
Hi! Thank you so much for participating in the giveaway! I have picked out 3 random winners and contacted them ❤ hopefully I will have more giveaways in the future!!
damn i'm 10 minutes late to the giveaway :(
Nooo...while I was watching and showing it to my boys you sent msg it finished. We loved it so so much.....well, it was not ment to be 🥺
You are so beautiful and I love vikings
Damn not me
Oh well. I will enter the next one. Love your content.
Petition to create Duolingo icelandic please
The Icelandic people and Icelandic speakers themselves would be the ones to carry this out
I'm currently using Drops, but Duolingo would be amazing too
Memrise has an Icelandic course
I support for this also. Every nordic language is there except Icelandic😪
YES
If anyone is interested, It should be pointed out that many of the sigils, like Ægishjámur or Vegvísir are most likely not from the Viking age. As there are no records of them from that time. For instance, the earliest known recording of the Vegvísir was from 1860. Same with Ægishjálmur, which is similarly relatively young. Perhaps the earliest record of it goes back to a late 17th century manuscript, but I am unsure of this. A good video from Dr. Jackson Crawford gives a good explanation on these Icelandic magic symbols, he also has great video series on Old Norse and runes.
Regardless, absolutely enjoyed the video!
Many of you may want to review the video by The Welsh Viking here on RUclips about Viking runes and symbols if you're interested in this subject. He brings up the Helm of Awe.
I do want to add that I heard a story from a witch content creator of a folk witch who would do magic and spells for her community but would invoke "god" or "jesus" so it would make Christian people more comfortable with the practice. So while an area may be considered "Christianised" is doesn't mean everything going on in it is "Christian"
Yep, they are christian symbols. Now try to say that to the posers that think they are viking and have them tattooed😂
the Ægishjálmur is on the golden horns from Gallehus in Denmark and is from about year 400ad. so older than the Viking age. and the Vegvísir is from the christian hole book from island writen about 1860ad.
It's really fascinating to me, learning about Viking history
Wow, you're really omnipresent on this platform!
Do you sleep?
Yeah Viking history is awesome. Love the culture, multiple generations ago, my family were Vikings. My lineage is very important to me. In order to better prepare oneself for the future, it's of great importance that they understand their history.
HOW ARE YOU ALWAYS HERE!?
That is awesome! Never stop learning!
I really got alot out of that in a short time I had most of those symbols on my fridge and u just described their meaning like u knew they where there...thank you
My long-sword instructor has the helm of awe tattooed on his back. He got it after his ex stabbed him in the back with a steak knife. It hasn't happened again since so I guess it's working.
the long sword probably helps too.
😂
Gotta love those feisty women! Lol
@@n.g.spencer8076 “THIS is a knoife.”
🤣 🤣 🤣
my bro literally has that in one of hie songs he done 8 years ago when he was goofin sayin stab a bitch with a steak knife fun times 😂
I love hearing you pronounce these beautiful Icelandic words! Learning to pronounce them for anyone who didn't grow up speaking that language sounds incredibly difficult
Anyone can learn. I learnt Norwegian as an adult and speak it fluently.
From what I have heard it’s more difficult for native English speakers than other languages, mostly because of the complex sounds and pronunciations that basically don’t exist in the English language. English is quite soft in comparison.
@@lavishlyvice English has a lot more Latin in it but it's still a germanic language so it' shouldn't be too complicated . The worst is going totally outside uour culture like mandarin or Japanese but people do it they probably have a 160 IQ lol but they do
@@isagoff1 I would challenge that. There is ALWAYS a tell. I have yet to meet a single foreigner in my 34 years as a Norwegian who didn't move to Norway as a kid who is fluent.
Not AT ALL trying to be rude here, btw. I just know that a lot of the sounds we make while speaking is not easy to replicate. And often, that's where we recognize a foreigner right away. Their flow of language is off.
But if you've mastered it, awesome! I'd love to hear it 🤙
My mother taught me about runes, Norse stories, & the eddas when I was little. They are all so ingrained into me(The deities, the runes, & the symbols). I still use rune vocalics every day to bring in helpful or needed frequencies. It is reassuring, empowering, and part of my morning routine.
What the hell is rune vocalics
@@doesyomamaknowtho1468 Rune vowels. In lamen terms, Viking rune pronunciation. Because certain symbols were actually words or letters as well
Snorri Sturluson, who wrote the Eddas, was a christian from Iceland.
He just wanted to bring back the scaldic poetry, it wasn't ment to show authentic paganism. It's just entertainment art.
@@martinbeicht9643 impossible! I'm a direct descendant of Rollo, who was best friends with Snorri! It's 100% authentic. Snorri would never lie, just as i would never tell shit to absolut strangers in the internet!...🤣
@@Doltharsodjath 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
IMPORTANT NOTICE: I am not a PHD or historian but I have researched these topics extensively out of my own personal interests.
The Vegvisir and Ægishjálmur are *not* Viking or Norse symbols, they came later than that. The Vegvisir first appears in a Christian Icelandic manuscript called the Huld Manuscript from 1860, it comes from mainland European magic and most likely not anything from the Norse age. The Ægishjálmur is a bit more blurry, as there is a 'helm of awe' referred to in the Eddas, however this item is exactly that, a helmet. The symbol we associate with it does not appear until the 17th century as another occult symbol.
I'm not saying they're not authentuc to Iceland, I myself have a Vegvisir tattooed alongside Icelandic runes, but they did not exist alongside the Vikings. Btw, given that you've been inandated with emails about runes Hrafna, I would be happy to take on a few questions about using/transliterating them into the types I am most familiar with. Takk fyrir :)
Edit: you hinted to this but we actually have no idea what the Valknut meant or what it's real name was, as 'Valknut' only appeared in the 1940s. We just know it was associated with Óðin because we find it next to depictions of animals like Ravens that he was associated with.
Ah i see you're a man of culture as well
Thanks for pointing this out for everyone. Pop culture tends to lump so much into the "Viking" category out of convenience or because it is cool, when actually it is not.
@@timp3627 Someone doesn't know how genealogy works and it shows
@@timp3627 woah scathing. And implying actually learning about your ancestors is a bad thing. Go back to the text books XD Absolute weapon.
@@timp3627 your ancestors are mostly embarrassed knowing your in their line, lossing you shit on RUclips comments when people are clearly point out what is right, yet you cry"NOOO MY ANCESTORS!" Even though you are most likely in somewhere america
In German we are having the word "Wegweiser" which sounds and looks pretty similar to Vegvisir. Means something like sign post or destination panel. :)
In Danish vejviser means both someone who shows the way and a sign post, and a map or book with maps.m for like when you're driving!
In dutch it is called an wegwijzer, it van mean someone who shows the way or a signpost
Very interesting. I also thought of the word Visier, Visor in English and Vizier in Dutch. Since it's something to see through and they place it on their forehead.
Shutup
That's so cool to read all the other cultural differences and similarities they all share.
Your energy in giving info about the Iceland shows how much you love your country.
Your energetic vibe attracts us more to really gain something about Iceland as there is no icelander to tell (i think🤔) about the Iceland.
Love from India♥️🙏
Keep the gifts! I'm honestly having a hard time not falling for a very easy and comforting face to aide being educated 54 years later! knowledge and passion are hard to ignore, thank you!
I have been studying Odinism for 20 years and feel that I have learned more watching your videos than I have ever been taught by any American. Thank you for what you do.
Exactly! For all of the books in English I've read on Norse-Germanic traditions and religion, the most knowledgeable source I've ever found is talking to rural Scandinavians, the more isolated the better, because they all mostly grew up with these stories that were passed down through the generations, and still practice most of the old Pagan customs in some form or another!
What do you recommend reading ?
@Jonathan Harper what did you "study" exactly then 🤔? The things said and displayed in this video are pretty common knowledge you can find on internet when you search a little bit about Icelandic/Norse culture.
She's putting it really nicely but..that's the basics 🙂
The way she says drakkar warms my soul. What a beautiful language icelandic is.
A sometime ago, I learned how to read runes and became passionate to learn more about the norse culture. Today I follow even the faith. May the gods bless you
@@norsecarolina Sure thing.
@@norsecarolina In fact, they use viking as to reffer to the norse people, but they do not know that "viking" is an action, not a people. you go viking...
I was doing research on the Viking culture and runes recently. During that time I read about how Valknut is pronounced and you were correct with the pronunciation of it.
Have you ever heard of Armenian Runes?
Why do they call them Armenian????
silly
I just wanna say something for this woman: I love your voice.
Like I'm a brazilian and i dont speak english a lot, but i watch the videos because i really love her Voice
I recently started studying the magical staves and runes as well as anything and everything norse and find it fascinating! I'm an American of Icelandic decent and am planning a trip to Iceland so I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I go. It's become my new favorite hobby to learn about my ancestors!
when I was in elementary school as a danish person, we were actually taught to read runes, but I totally forgot the skill by now
What a shame
Yeah same here /Sweden
In Sweden too, I remember thinking it was really cool but I can't remember a single rune these days 😂
The video carries a level of coolness I haven't face before.... all those symbols sooo cool....
When i'm drunk my Icelandic accent drastically improves.
This is so true
SKOL
Aye, that kind of subtle and hissing R sound like in the word dóttir (daughter). I've noticed Mongolian and Nahuatl (Aztec language) uses that sound too.
Your ancestors is proud
When I am drunk I get a whole host of interesting accents 😂
Viking and Norse runes and symbols and their meanings are so cool, I don't care what anyone says
True
Some of these aren't viking
Right, they're not Viking but they are Norse. The Viking era is a short span of time within Scandinavian history & experience.
When i were in elementary school we were taught how to read runes and make whistling necklaces and other stuff Viking used to make.
Now that cool and useful.
I am a catholic, and the most traditional among us often say that Nordic culture is pagan and should be avoided. I hope God understands and forgives me. But I think it's so rich and SO cool! Please, continue with the channel, and these cultural and linguistic curiosities! Thanks, pretty lady who probably must be descended from elves!
Hæ Hrafna, Ég heiti Marcus og er sænskur. Ég er að læra íslensku og ég elska tungumálið. Ég byrjaði að horfa á myndböndin þín þegar ég fann “teaching Icelandic” seríuna þína.
I'm afraid that's the extent of my abilities thus far since I've been learning for about a month, next year I'll be taking a beginner's course as well. Anyway, watching your videos has not only given me insight into the language but also Iceland as a country, I feel like very little is known about it even among the Nordic countries, and learning more about Iceland is a major motivation when studying Icelandic. Another motivation is that I'm also very interested in Norse myth and viking history, my hope is that learning Icelandic will give me more insight into this shared Scandinavian heritage.
Takk fyrir
Tjena Marcus! Bra jobbat 😊 Jag kommer ifrån Island och kan hjälpa dig lära om du har förslag för nya avsnitt!
Hej, jag har kollat in några av era videor och de verkar intressanta, eftersom det är bra träning för mig att lyssna på isländsk dialog så skulle det vara kul å se en video där ni testade att bara prata isländska. Allt gott!
The insense burner long ship was pretty cool. Its cool that you have the opportunity to link up with "norse" companies to do a give away
I recently discovered my nordic heritage and I'm finding the culture and religion fascinating and comforting, it feels like its drawing me closer to my ancestors thanks to your channel and others like yours helps me to understand my nordic history better thank you
Another American using ancestry and D.N.A test as an excuse. Your own culture is the biggest genocide of millions of native tribesmen. Anything that was original died out decades ago or was killed off to extinction. You lot can't lay claim to anything just because of that pathetic excuse or because you watched something on a t.v show you like . In reality (the rest of the world outside of America) thats how the real world works
I recently got interested in knowing more about vikings, since I was born in Denmark. I have seen a few of your videos, and it is very interesting, I know a lot more now than I did before. Thank you.
The vikings originally came from denmark before they traveled to norway, sweden and iceland
From a country of conquers to another : Really happy to see you're back.
Cheers from Portugal
What did Iceland conquer? Apart from a tiny bit of Greenland (which was abandoned in the 15th century) and and even tinier bit of North America (which was abandoned within a few years), that is. Just asking as a Mainland Scandinavian, you know, those who were the actual Norse conquerors conquering big chunks of both Western and Eastern Europe (and leaving a few people on an island in the northwest)...
Same here I just found out I'm half Azorean Portuguese and 40% Scandinavian; the rest is Slavic and 3.5% Neanderthal. Always thought I was 100% Portuguese till I got my Dna test.
@@damienbunting873 That's awesome
"Valknute" in Norwegian would translate into something like "death knot". Best regards, Norwegian. :-)
And it is pronounced very similar in Norwegian as you do in this video, but do put an E on the end there.
I dedicate my life to learning and loving different cultures and one of my favorites is Norse or Icelandic so having you here teaching me is a dream come true, I loved the symbols growing up but neverrrr knew what they truly meant until now thank you so much
Just loved the way she rolls the rrrs .
Kinda sound like a purring cat,very soothing !
I just love the sound of this language!
So do l
Same! So unusual and intriguing.
@@veroniquecastel9582 exactly my thoughts! I think Swedish is softer and Norwegian is definitely more mellow, but Icelandic has something intriguing about it. So unusual as you said so yourself. It attracts me the most.
You mean the language you butchers? You children have no clue how to say these words. Go to Jackson Crawford
@@eindriifrijofsson6256 Well of course I have no clue, what's your point?
way finder in German means “Wegweiser” sounds pretty similar to vegvísir
Swedish.. vägvisare.
In afrikaans it's called "Wegwyser"
In dutch it means weg wijzer whaha
@MC King A "visare" is a "guide".
@MC King It doesn't matter. Visare in this case is a guide. A guide to show which way to go.
www.interglot.com/dictionary/sv/en/translate/v%C3%A4gvisare
So incredible how Germanic based languages still contain similar words like Vegvisir - in German Wegweiser what means a Map, a compass or a sign to show the way 😊
it means the same here in iceland. "something that leads your way. our roadmaps are called Vegvísir.
English is a Germanic language
Silly ra-bit. Tricks are for KIDS
Hello Hrafna, thank you for your video. I’m intrigued by the history of the Viking era, so fascinating ! You’re excellent in your presentation…. yes , and also very beautiful 🌹❤️
I have recently found out that I myself am Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. I have embraced my Viking heritage. Congrats on the winners.
How can you just recently find out where you from
Ancestry DNA.
Give Arith Hagar a view sometime if you want to learn about the religion. He is very informative and knowledgeable when it comes to Norse religion.
Vikings are less of an ethnic group -- and more of a profession (like the military)
@@NeonCicada yeah, but when you say viking today, one means Scandinavians. And yes it might have been some others that accompanied them. But it largely is people from Scandinavia and the nearby areas around them
I was just thinking to myself “I haven’t seen a video from Hrafna in a while.” Such a cool collab! Definitely going to have to slide on over to their website and check out the merch.
Just came across your channel and love it! Also love the jewellery and the boat! Ordering at least three items!
Thanks from fellow Viking ❤️
I don't know if I should either only listen or watch because I'm getting too excited when I'm watching and listening to you at the same time
Didn't know the edda was mandatory reading there, makes me happy.
@Ginnungagap wtf, how old are you? I'm swedish, 29, and have never heard of it in school, nor from anyone else here.
@Ginnungagap måste ha tagits bort nånstans på sent 80 tal tidigt 90 då. Existerar knappast nu iaf.
@@Fjallkloka_Aventyr Haha, hur är det med matten? Hur fick du det till att någon som är 9 år äldre än dig måste ha gått på gymnasiet under sent 80-tal/tidigt 90-tal? 😅
Jag är 32 och var också tvungen att läsa det i gymnasiet (tog studenten 08). Det ingick i läroplanen i svenskan. Och jag är bara 3 år äldre än dig så kan knappast ha hänt något större på de 3 åren
Fun fact about the Helm of Awe and the Vegvisir: we have no proof of them from the Viking Age, the earliest record of them being from the 19th century.
Not according to Dr. Jackson Crawford.
@@j.b.4340 damn you now I have to watch his videos on the subject
@@j.b.4340 He is wrong.
Exactly.
@@wolfura how so exactly if you don't mind me asking.
whomever reads runes to these days deserves a place among the gods, Haraldsønn here give you thanks , love Icelandic 🥰
Oh be quiet christian. You clearly don't know anything about Norse paganism and think just ANYONE deserves to be in Valhalla. Go back to your religion and stay there
My favorite symbol is the Helm of awe, 2 things I love were the way you described every symbol, hopefully you will do another, and also god your voice. I could fall into dreaming listening to you. Have an awesome year
Beautiful jewelry!!!
That’s is for explaining the meanings of the symbols.
It made me want to carve them into my tools.
man wish i was born in iceland would have loved to read those books as well. i am dutch and we have one province that got alot to thank the vikins for. its the province called Friesland. in the north of the netherlands. the only province that got invaded by the vikings. The frysian language is an very old viking language. ofc it got changed over the years but it roots come from the vikings. they still find viking stuff in the ground. they have found a viking ship as well. yeah viking is an awesome historical culture. well not for the people of those time but still. its very interesting subject.
Thanks so much for making these! I’m trying to learn more about my Norse heritage and this is amazing.
Everyone has a Pagan heritage
Pagan only means Non-Christian
so everything before Christianity would be pagan by default
Normans, Norfolk, Normandy, Norway, etc , all come from Norse culture, which was all Aryan and converted to Judean Christianity by the Romans
Thank you for passing along this knowledge. You are a smart woman ,and I have faith in you that you will do fine in school ,I will pray to all of my Gods for you to keep your focus and keep you sharp! And please don't take this wrong but you make me want to move to Iceland ,you are a true vision to behold!
This was really interesting because I've always been curious about Bjork's Vegvisir tattoo
She was actually the one that popularised it altogether! Most of the common views of it stem from what she said about it being a viking compass, which unfortunately isn't true.
I’ve recently converted to Norse pagan. I admire the religion and the wingspan of knowledge you can learn. I love learning new things and the spectrum, symbols and history is amazing thanks for sharing this video I know it’s a year old but I needed to learn how to pronounce some things. Thank you!
So you believe in Yggdrassil?
Give Arith Harger a view sometime. He is very knowledgeable about Norse paganism.
Skàl 🍻
A couple years ago, I got to tour the modern viking ship Draken Harold Hårfagra. It was really a sight to behold and amazing that it had crossed the Atlantic!
I love all the information you have taught me. I wait for more, I am very interested in anything viking. Thank you, it helps me to have deep conversations before my son's.
Hi, sorry but the Ægishjálmur and vegvisir are not viking age symbols:
The symbol known as "Vegvisír" is an element of Icelandic folklore borrowed from continental occult magic from the "Testament of Solomon". It is around 160 years old and its use is limited to the second half of the 19th century in the Icelandic town of Akureyri. The only literary sources we have that come from Icelandic tradition are some mentions in three manuscripts, which are based on each other. The "Vegvisír" is not a symbol used or having its origins in the Viking Age, and due to the 800-year gap should not be associated with it.
The same goes for the Ægishjálmur which appears visually in a 1670 grimoire titled "Galdrakver" in Iceland and the vegvisir in a single collection of magic signs assembled by Geir Vigfússon in 1860 in the "Huld Manuscript" to be more precise.
They are both Christian symbols taken from Solomon's testament and found in Iceland in occult magic books. They have no connection with the Viking Age and should not be associated with it ...
Ægishjálmur is not salomonic
Anything Christian has been stolen from every other religion or culture that Christianity decimated in order to take over rule. You actually believe that Christians came up with this symbol on their own no just like their Bible they stole everything else just like the symbols that they felt that they would want to use as well as their own religion.
Please, continue this discussion.
I'm interested : )
I know its actually embarassing how little this youtuber knows yet is spreading misinformation to her audience that for some reason see her as an authority figure
Totally agree, wel said.
I'd love to hear more about the way they teach the viking times in Icelandic schools.
I’m a fan in all Viking culture and I’m impressed how well you present all the information in your videos. My father had a good friend who was a historian and traced our heritage way back when my ancestors sailed from Normandy with William the Conqueror to England.
Really!?! {Viking culture) or do you mean Norse culture? because you would know not all norse peoples would go on a viking, and William the conqueror, was known by his people as William the bastard.
@@mike595 As I said Professor I only go on what I know.
Thank you so much teaching the symbols. I just did a DNA and found out I'm 90% Swedish. I've always loved the old lifestyle and now more excited finding out who I am. Again, thank you.
I know how to read runes and it's so fun when my Marvel loving classmates ask me to help them when they want to write their favorite character's name in runes on their body as fake tattoos
We need a tutorial on Icelandic rolling of the R.
We read things like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and they get to read badass Norse poems... of course.
You could always buy the Eddas and other books. I have them, plus more books.
Absolutely love Viking culture. I was obsessed as a kid and even now my fascination keeps on growing. My grandparents have Irish and Danish in them from what my mom has told me. Not too sure how much of that can be connected to ancestral bloodline but to think it’s possible that perhaps a great ancestor of mine was one.
If you have Irish, you may be interested in Celtic culture :)
@@risingphoenix8889 Thank you, I’ve heard of it and I may know a thing or two but definitely would like to research it. Thank you!!
I love when smart people introduce me to their culture! Your content is brilliant! Thank you for sharing!
Runes are actually really easy to learn, there is a lot of connection to mythology and symbols as well.
If you look at historical sources, there is very little evidence of the runes being "magical" in any way. They were mostly used as regular letters. But I'm sure it's fun to include some runic magic and wizardry in your viking fetish
I wear a mjölnir as I'm a blacksmith and from what I was told Thor was the patron saint of blacksmiths
how about Hephaestus or Vulcan (:
yeah ''patron saint'' doesn't really apply when it comes to the norse gods
St. Dunstan is the patron saint of blacksmiths
Sindri and Brokkr made Mjolnir. Loki disguised as a fly bit Brokkr’s eyelid as he was working the bellows, and Mjolnir came out of the forge with the handle shorter than intended.
He wasn’t. There’s no evidence for this
Love your shows they give me some history of my families background(my grandmother's family is directly from Iceland)✌️🤗
I think it's really cool that there are similarities between languages. In Germany "wayfinder" is called "Wegweiser" which sounds really hard like "Vegvísir" 😃
Maybe you dont know this but literally all Nordic countries are German. We have to go back to the Germanic Tribes when the split happened, but there are similiarities......because it used to be the same language.
@@tofan2622 yeah, I've researched linguistics a lot since this comment. Apparently I'm learning swedish at school and we've noticed that Swedish has quite some similarities with our local south-western German dialect Alemannic. It's just fascinating how languages evolved through the past centuries and yet the Germanic languages kept very similar to each other
I love this, I have the Ægishjálmur tattoo on the back of my neck and i made my own set of runes 🥰 i’d love to get more norse staves tattooed on me but Im impulsive so i need to think it through 😂 I don’t know if I’ve said before but my father is Norwegian so I’ve been learning more about my Norse heritage recently and I love the culture, I love the eddas, I love the regard for nature and the way of living ☺️
Well I need to tell you that this is not a viking symbol but an occultist/christian symbol from centuries later
I didn’t think it was a Viking tattoo… I actually research stuff before getting it tattooed onto me. But I think describing it as a Norse stave is the perfect description of what it is.
Ægishjálmur is not actually a Viking symbol, its a Icelandic magic stave found in the Galdrabók from around 1600. The Vegvísir similarly is not from the Viking age but is mentioned in the Galdrabók.
Thank you!!!!!....
De er kristne eller jødiske symboler. Det var nogle islændinge i 1600 tallet, der studerede det okkulte og som opfandt dem, efter de havde studeret kristne og jødiske okkulte symboler og okkultisme.
Lyvemannen lyver ikke.
But …. We will never surly know .
@@peternygaardnielsen6745 lol
I'm Nordic by heritage, now living in America. I love how the symbols look and am interested in learning more.
I wish i lived in Iceland to buy all these jewellery without paying for a ship to cross all over the ocean to Brazil :(
If you want to buy this sort of merchandise (which is historically inaccurate and do not relate to Norse/Viking culture) you can buy them from nearly everywhere... sadly.
I can't believe I just found this channel. Vikings and Icelandic have ALWAYS been soooo interesting to me I am definitely subbing lmao
I'm just finishing up the first semester of my master's degree and I feel for you.
Thank you for your video. Really great information, I much prefer knowing the proper names for these symbols.
Runes are a fascinating study, each letter has its own meaning, and when we put words together, even in modern English, we find the meaning of the word in the body of the meaning of each letter.
Looking forwards to seeing more of your work.
I love when i travel abroad and people call me a viking ''wow so you are a viking'' when i say im from Norway, feels good 😆 Also thank you Hrafna for showing the jewellery website.
This is something that was a really positive side affect from the series Vikings 😂 I've lived abroad a lot and in countries that barely know of my home country (Sweden) but vikings became popular in many random countries so now I get to hear that a lot (people still don't know about Sweden, or mix it up with Switzerland, but hey, I take what I can get lmao)
@@LinneAzalea Yep the classic Switzerland/Sweden mix up
@@MrMafiks It used to annoy me until I visited Vienna like 5 years ago. There in the souvenir shops all over the city you could legitimately buy merchandise that said "there are NO kangaroos in Austria" and I suddenly realized that getting mixed up with Switzerland wasn't so bad 😂
@@LinneAzalea hahaha 😂
6:35 Gungnir could mean something along the lines of The weapon wielded by or slayer/killer of cowards or the coward referring to either Fenrir or Odin
It doesn't mean anything like that. You kids really need to do your research.
Gungnir means Good year kiddo
Also you are definitely a Christian with no clue as to what they are talking about. Go back to your religion
Great video! I love learning about our common history (I'm Norwegian).
Talking to Icelanders and reading Icelandic always feels kind of bittersweet. As a Norwegian I feel like I should understand everything, but when I don't I kinda feel like a failure 😭 (a bit overdramatic, but life's too short to be calm). When you explain the meaning of words I always go "OF COURSE! I should've known!" - the words are often really similar. Like "skjálfandi" is "skjelvende" in Norwegian.
Anyway, enough ranting. Good luck with your master's degree, and thank you so much for your content!
just keep reading icelandic :) Im trying my best as a Swede, and i get it more and more and I see the red dots in our languages!
You are Norwegian? Are they humans?
@@je-freenorman7787 Haha. What do you mean?
I mean that Norway is a State in the Holy Roman Empire so, a Norweigian , if they are a citizen , are technically not alive @@Tjomsasen
Have you ever heard of the word Aryan? lol Norse culture was once called Aryan Culture but the word Aryan was changed after Hitler and WW2. lol Norse Culture was also Polytheistic and was converted to Monotheism by the Romans and their Jews. Pagan only means Non Christian . Your government today is Nazi and awlays was. @@Tjomsasen
I love listening to her talk and her videos my ancestry is heart Icelandic which settled supposedly and Nova Scotia Canada with the orcadia Indians and which is now called The Cajun babineaux keep up the good work K. from Louisiana
Awesome video 🤘🤘😍
T S wtf? Lol why would she be a white supremacist
@@blueq4739 All of us pagans are called white supremacists. Some idiots can't make the distinction between Hitler stealing our symbols, and us using our own symbols in our religion. People assume we're nazis because of it, which sucks. But I'll take a beating any day to show of my pagan pride!!
Omg, just today I was thinking "where is Hrafna?" Haha
My favorite rune/symbol is Tyrs "T", cause he's my favorite god.
Is your favourite day of the week Tuesday?
Played smite?
He used to be my main on Smite, still is one of them
The rune itself is called Teiwaz, btw :) Also one of my favourites
@@auranimm I know haha. It's just a habit to call it Tyr's rune cause it sounds cool when I say it out loud.
You speak english very well. Thank you for this. I understand you do not know everything so I am not expecting perfection.
I actually got a Vegvísir tattood on my arm with runes around it then a Christian cross with at the end a spear pointing to the trinity knot on my inside wrist
Very nice! I have a Vegvisir on my right wrist and a Helm Of Awe on my left. Always loved the culture and meaning behind it!
If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place.
The Vegvisir is an 18th century Icelandic magical stave that is thought to guide people through storms. It's also used as moral and ethical navigation, to help keep you on the “right path”. There's little evidence to support it actually being used by the Vikings, however that doesn't necessarily mean they didn't.
I like the symbol either way. But to me it's more moral and ethical navigation then actual navigation 😅
I really don't know why people still think vegvieir Is a nordic ancient symbol. I have been appassionated by nordic history and religion maybe 4 days ago and i already know...
a lot of misinformation about "viking" symbols when they are literally first mentioned in 18th century by a christian...
Also theres NO evidence of it ever being used in the viking age. None.
"There is little evidence ..." actually there is no evidence whatsoever.
The symbol of vegvisir first appears 800 years after the official end of the viking age.
To put that into perspective, the vegvisir and my cellphone that I'm typing with right now are FIVE times more closely related to each other timeline-wise than the vegvisir ever was to the viking age
As many others have commented, the Vegvísir and Ægishjálmur symbols are not remotely "viking". They are Icelandic magical staves. I am currently at university for history and religion and I have a deep interest for this sort of thing.
While there are references in the sagas to a "helm of terror", the Ægishjálmur symbol in this video first appears in the Huld manuscript which was written in the 1800s. It's a Christian magic symbol.
The Vegvísir is another Christian magical stave that appears in the Huld manuscript. It is also mentioned in the Galdrabók, an Icelandic grimoire dating back to the 1600s, a period WELL after the Viking Age.
It's really disappointing that ahistorical information is still being dispersed despite the wide availability to check sources. Even the sources provided in this video confirm that these symbols are not from the Viking Age and that they are actually Christian.
Please note that I'm not trying to attack the video creator, nor am I saying that you can't like these symbols or get them tattooed. They're pretty cool magic staves and I understand the appeal, but please just do a bit more research so that people aren't absorbing false information. There are far too many "viking bros" out there making it hard for others to tell fact from fiction.
So.. You mean that i don't become a fierce blood thirsty anabolic giant who screams SKAAAAAL after every sentence, after I watched the first season of "vikings"? :(
Thing is though...
Can you say that the symbols definitely didn't exist before the Huld manuscript?
Thank you, someone who knows I try telling people these symbols aren't viking people don't listen and you see it everywhere. I don't have as much knowledge as you tho about them!
As a viking reenactor in the vike very strict on authenticity and these symbols are a massive no because there are no where to be found in any find!
@@Schmorgus I can say that if we do not have evidence supporting something, it cannot be claimed as fact. I cannot disprove that there's a pink unicorn galloping around somewhere in Galway. However, my inability to disprove it is not proof of its existence.
@@MsAlexandriaJane But you cant clear it as "not facts", if you cant prove that it isn't. Or do you have solid proof that it didn't originate from before that?
I love this video and the information you share. The jewelry is super cool. As a Scandinavian descendant I feel like those symbols are apart of me. From what my grandmother explained to me the Vikings were very found of silver even more than gold. No wonder why I love silver!
Gungnir was Odin’s spear that never missed, the relation with the name and coward may be associated with Odin’s fickle nature and how he’s often use magik and tricks to cause death rather than committing the killing himself, reference poetic edda’s when he causes the king to fall on his sword whilst approaching Odin speaking evil words.
3:12 is not a real viking symbol! it was used only recently in Iceland by some occultist dude that mixed elements from other cultures
BAHAHAHA you clearly don't know what you are talking about it. Do your research kid
Can you source that? Because from what I can find there’s nothing that speaks of it being truth. And as a Scandinavian we grew up learning some mixture of seer symbols and it should’ve been mentioned in the Völsunga saga and the Poetic Edda (who sure are christianized but they’re not recent)
@@eindriifrijofsson6256 looks like someone has a tattoo of it and recently found out its christian
Several of those are popular with neopagans but are many centuries late to be viking
Including the Vegvisir and the aegisjalmir. Sorry, folks, but facts are facts.
No they aren't? You kids are so sad XD
@@phyllisdicks9830 You kids have literally no clue what you are talking about, this is rich
@@phyllisdicks9830 DO YOUR RESEARCH
@@eindriifrijofsson6256 What? Vegvisir and aegisjalmir are not Viking in origin, if that's what you're up in my grill about. They are Icelandic, but several centuries after the Viking age, having their origins in 15th century grimoires. You should do some research. I have done my research. Also, 64 is a bit old for you kids to be calling me a kid. Sorry, but I can be just as rude and obnoxious as you guys.
Thank you for making this video. I have taken my Norwegian bloodline since I learned of it an denounced the Christian faith of my raising and am now Nordic pagan. Embarrassingly I didn't know how to pronounce the symbols and runes that I have been studying and decided to look for a video which lead me here. Thank you again and may the Gods smile upon you.
I didn't know that there was more than one type of ship use back then. Learned something new today. I think it's cool that you guys are taught your folklore in schools. That lip color looks good on you. IG: cmella626
You better dont get onto a ship lol
The rotating Vegvisir pendant looks like a Canadian Toonie.
I'm trying to imagine your Dad wearing all this jewellery, looking like an Icelandic cross between Justin Bieber and Mr.T.
I absolutely love ur channel I'm an odenist for 5 years now I have literally every symbol u just discussed tattooed on me lol and I love mulneir necklace I have my own hammer I made and I consider myself an above average Norse mythos expert myself but your very knowledgeable yourself and I love your channel
Vegvisir is NOT a Viking Age symbol. Even your presentation says that. We should stop spreading misinformation about Scandinavia's cultural heritage. No matter how much a company is paying to advertise their jewelry.
What the hell are you talking about? You can't just say its NOT a viking symbol, and then not tell us what it is...
Vegvisir is mentioned in three XIX. century Icelandic manuscripts, all limited to the area of Akureyri in Northern Iceland.
So you don't know what your talking about. But you have a degree in Icelanding culture from the University of your mothers basement?
Actually i studied at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik and i did work with the actual manuacripts. 🙂 I don't need to prove anything to random people from the internet. Do your 10 min Google research.
@@stefanschleps8758 Most of these symbols are not Viking. They are relatively modern. Some of them, like the web of wyrd and odins horns shown at 1.33 are from the 1990’s. Do some research.
...." it smells like inside a viking ship" oh yes. I'm sure that smells lovely. 🤣
You could only be ON. Not in. And viking ships smell like tar. 🤣
I'd like to hear Hrafna's opinion on the Norse Mythologies book by Neil Gaiman. All authors put their own spin on the legends, but as this one is quite popular, I think it would be cool to hear/see the opinion of someone who has studied the Eddas. Also, Mjolnir has to be one of the best symbols, like many (I imagine) I've got it tattooed.
I want to visit Iceland, Hrafna makes me want to visit ! she has a wonderful outgoing personality , wonderful smile warms my heart and soul . makes me wonder if everyone is as nice as she ! peace out everyone have a wonderful day! Oden bless
Wait.. the "Valknut" is not a real thing, its true name should be "Hjarta Hrungnis". according to the poetic Edda. The jötunn's heart had that 3 chambered shape. Long story short: Hrungnir made a bet with Odin saying his horse was much faster than Odin's Sleipnir, of course Hrungnir lost the bet, he entered Valhalla ( or Argard.. i dont remember correctly) and detroyed part of it.. Thor killed him and when oppening his chest, Odin saw the 3 chambered heart ( the so called Valknut)
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I think this is why its symbol is most common with death.
@@kpencil859 not really.. i mean, it all depends on who is "wearing"it.. you can associate it with death or just a trophy, or a sacrifice, whatever you want..
When I was still a child I used to get crippling fear from recurring dreams about me getting lost and not knowing where I was or how to get home. Until one day someone drew the vegvisir on the back of my neck with charcoal or a lump of coal or something I'm not completely sure and I honestly thought it was a joke or something but it actually worked.
r/thathappened
@@JebemTiZivot I get your instinct of disbelieve but that was a very important thing for me, in fact it was that occurrence that made me believe there are more to the old stories.
The symbols covered in this video are not from the Viking age at all, ex. Vegvísir, drawn versions of Ægishjálmur. These are much later, specifically Icelandic symbols derived from magical sigils which were popular on the Continent derived from bastardized versions of Middle Eastern magical traditions spread by Christianity. Basically, the actual Viking Age Germanic peoples of Northern Europe would not have recognized these symbols, and references that seem to refer to them in older literature (i.e. the Ægishjálmur of saga literature almost certainly refers to a physical helmet with magical properties and not a magical stave) are almost certainly referring to some other phenomenon or symbol based on similarities in composition between these symbols and those found in grimoires from a similar period in continental Europe, indicating a common origin for the two. The Huld Manuscript isn't that old at all, folks. If you're interested in this period in history, read about it from academic sources that are peer reviewed, because there's a metric ton of horseshit being passed around about ancient Nordic peoples to help sell spellbooks to gullible, historically illiterate neopagans, as well as the sorts of talismans which are being sold in this video. Vegvísir, Ægishjálmur, and the other symbols found in Icelandic grimoires are neat and pretty, but learn your history before you go putting something on your skin or around your neck without understanding its historical significance. I can't imagine the creator of this video had any ill intent, however. It is hard to find good sources about these sorts of things. If you want a good source, look up Jackson Crawford, a professor of the Old Norse language who makes videos about this stuff.
I first read the Prose and Poetic Edda 62 years ago just before High School and found the stories wonderful. I still do.