Swedish. "Hårgalåten", or the "Harga song", is a Swedish folk song. The song is connected to a 1785 story published by Johan Gabriel Lindström. The song describes how a mysterious fiddler came to the community near Hårgaberget or "Harga mountain", and played the fiddle. The youth danced to the tune that the fiddler played and they were unable to stop. Some of the youth noticed a cloven hoof, leading them to believe the fiddler was demonic. Even as morning came, the adults noticed they were all still dancing, and the fiddler still fiddling. Later, the dancers started dropping dead from exhaustion. Ths has nothing to do with the Viking age.
Interesting. There are similarities there to the story of the Pied Piper, which is a German story about a pipe player who leads away a village's children after the adults refuse to pay him for getting rid of their rats. And these days the old folks accuse musicians of turning their kids to "worshipping Satan"...Man, musicians just can't catch a break, can they?
The Hårga Mountain is a real place. I come from there and if you go to the top you'll see a circle in the mountain as if the rock has been grinded down from wear and tear.
English translation: The fiddler grabbed the fiddle from it's case And lifted his bow towards the dawning Sunday sun Then the people of Hårga came in a hurry Forgot about God and the whole world They danced over meadows and hills High upon the top of Hårga ridge One wore out both shoes and heels One could not stop the dance Where do you come from, you who is playing Tell us who taught you such play, so wild and mad If you don't stop our hearts will burst Oh God preserve us, he has a cloven hoof! The bells had rung in the valley, And father and mother and brother Walked to the parish church Where can Hårga's youth now be? Oh my God, they are still dancing! They danced to the Hårga tune High upon the top of Hårga ridge They are not far from crying Dancing, they now wore out soul and body Stop your bow, fiddler Before we dance our life, soul and bones away No he doesn't stop his dance Until we all fall dead down
@@Jürgen_von_Schumacher Not the same entity. We have Näcken in Sweden, and he lures people into the water. I'm pretty sure, because of the mentioning of the rams hoof, that it's the devil or one of his minions that's playing the people of Hårga to death.
Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death. The oldest known record of the legend was made by the commissioner of Bollnäs Johan Gabriel Lindström in 1785 and is reproduced in JD Flitenberg's collections about Hälsinglan
@@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast It's a kind of metaphor for living only for pleasure. Chasing money or fame, you will dance yourself to death to the accompaniment of the violin the devil is playing.
My grandmother used to sing this song to me as a lullaby when I was a child. It was obviously a little bit frightening, but also beautiful. And still comforting when it was sung from my grandmother.
@@dalemoore435 it really started to appear in the late 70’s/ early 80’s so it was around for almost 50 years. Also, if you look at the names of some black metal bands, you’d see why some of us were a little confused.
My god this video made me cry happy tears! I've grown up with this song very close to my heart since my family has always loved it and have sung it together multiple times. And the song always had a magical feel to me. I live in Bollnäs. Bollnäs is the muncipally where Hårgaberget(Hårga Mountain), and Hårga village is located. And I drive through the cute little Hårga village regularly. The song reminds me of my great grandmother who was amazing at playing the "nyckelharpa"(the Nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish string instrument) and she used to travel all around Hälsingland(a province where Bollnäs and Hårga is located) playing the song and multiple other songs most of her life. The last time i heard her play the nyckelharpa she was 93 years old and me, my mun and my boyfriend visited her for a "fika" and someone mentioned her musical skills and she sprung up out of her seat with a big smile and fetched the nyckelharpa and sat down and started playing for us. She was strong and healthy even for her old age but her fingers were of course more shaky and not as quick as they used to be but that almost made it more beautiful. Thank you for making this video and exposing this music to a wider audience so that more people might find the magic in it!
From the desolate cityscapes of Vasterås to the wilds of the countryside. Still as hauntingly mysterious as ever. I‘m all for this new era of Ofdrykkja.
I have always loved these kinds of songs about sagas or some folklore story from another time and life! The Old Norse language and those the derive from that language is so beautiful and I also just discovered I have Scottish, Indeginous people and Norwegian/Danish blood
I would like to share a very local legend that I grew up with. When I went to middle-school (in Norway), our music teacher told us a story about the neighboring village and their fiddler. Apparently, there was at some point a ban on fiddle music, so the the village fiddler would go to the woods and play the fiddle for himself, but the wind and the echoes would carry the tunes over to our village, and so the superstitious in my village believed it to be the devil playing his his fiddle in woods. I'm guessing that most of these myths and legends are Christianized versions of the Fossegrim and/or Nøkken stories. Edit: Grammar
@@tylersouzayou missed the point entirely. Why would i think it was the devil? My first thought would be that it’s someone attempting to avoid the ban.
@@Davidbrompton58 I remember as a young child, during a wrothful thunderstorm, my late grandfather told me it was Thor smashing his hammer. Sometimes people just tell the old tales, simply for old tale's sake, even when they know better. Probably a fiddler in the woods made them connect with folklore, and it was exciting. A connection with the long past is a wonderful thing, and for a brief moment, you are allowed to play their part. And scare your own children, as once was proper.
I went up on Hårgaberget today, for the first time. Such a surreal feeling for someone who's been fascinated by our old Folk legends. The legend of Hårga is very precious to me as someone who is also local to the landscape. I remember being taught the song when I was in third grade. Thank you for making this!
This is an amazing version of Hårgalåten. And also to every american who ever had 1% swedish DNA in My Heritage should be a little more humble about swedish culture than som folks in this commentary section.
Tous ce que vous avez fait est magnifique. Jolie musique et superbe clip. Bravo à vous tous pour cette très belle création. Everything you have done is wonderful. Nice music and great clip. Congratulations to all of you for this very beautiful creation.
We have an Appalachian tale about this, but the deer men will come and dance with the girls until they die and run away once it's over, only to come back again. If a man asks you to dance you look at their feet and if you see deer hooves you run away and tell the men.
Clicked on this expecting to be just another song from another Viking Metal band that I didn't know yet... well, that was a surprise! Beautiful song! It gave me chills!!!! Just searched for the full album and I'm currently listening to it. I'm loving it!
Welcome to swedish folk music, the precursor of our metal scene. Folk music was demonized by the church back in the day, hence why the devil is often portrayed playing a fiddle. The church did not like swedish folk. Edit. i can recommend Scandinavian folk on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur. Its played on a instrument thats actually a swedish invention,. The key harp. It was featured on one of our money bills until they changed the currencly some years back.
Swedish lyrics - English translation: (For those of you interested in the languages - which I read some were in the comments below) Spelmannen drog fiol ur lådan,/ The fiddler pulled the fiddle out of the box, och lyfte stråken högt mot söndagssolens kula,/ and raised the bow high towards Sunday's dawning sun. Då blev det fart på Horgafolket,/ Then the people from 'Hårga' got up to speed, de glömde Gud och hela världen/ They forgot (about) God and the whole world.
Varifrån kommer du som spelar/ From where do you come who is playing Säg vem har lärt dig detta spel/ Tell who have taught play this way Det vilda galna/ So (The) wild and mad. Stannar du inte brister hjärtat/ If you don't not stop our hearts will fail/burst. Åh gud bevare han har bockfot/ Oh God save (us) he has club feet
Klockorna hade ringt i dalen och där gick/ The bells had rung in the valley and there went Far och mor och bror till sockenkyrkan/ Father and mother and brother to the parish church Var kan nu Hårgas ungdom vara/ Where might "Hårgas'" youth be now Å herregud de dansar ännu/ Oh my God they are dancing still
Hejda din stråke spelman innan du/ Stop your bow fiddler before you Dansar liv och själ och alla ben ur kroppen/ Dance the life and soul and all the bones out from the body Nej inte slutar han sin dans förr'ns om/ No(,) he will not stop his dance(/song) until Allesammans faller döda/ Everybody drops down dead *This text is written in an older vernacular form of Swedish, which isn't always as easily/readily translated into English. It's after all an old 'folk-song', where the text is based on a local legend from 'Hälsingland' (a county in Sweden) which was first recorded in 1785. I hope it helps.
Ich kenne die Band als sie sich noch Apati nannte und habe einen ähnlichen Lebensstil geführt. Viele Drogen und eine lebensverneinende Einstellung zum Leben gehabt. Ich fühle mich mit der Band sehr verbunden und freue mich über diesen Wandel. In tiefer Verbundenheit, liebe Grüße aus Sachsen / Deutschland
Ive been listening to music of every language possible! I was listening to russian music, and now have been looking for swedish music! The music is so lovely.. enchanting voice..
Absolutely stunning song and haunting story. The instrumentation at times reminds one of Loreena McKennitt's Celtic folk music, and a good reminder of how all good music is connected.
Helt fantastiskt!!! Brukar kolla runt på nätet efter nya versioner av denna visa, och äntligen kom den bästa. Denna visa ligger mig väldigt varmt om hjärtat då jag bor endast ett stenkast ifrån Hårgaåsens fot, och därmed är uppväxt med denna mytomspunna sägen. Tack så mycket för detta vackra verk.
Makes me feel the world i've never seen, live the spirits i've never met and know the ancestors' life i've never known... Thank you so much... From TURKEY
Absolutely. I came here from the Horror History of The May Queen/Midsommar, and this was the second version I found (the first was the version the lecturer [CZ, I think is his name?] recommended, but wasn't a fan of that). Honestly, it's my preferred version of Hargalaten.
Only just found this, two years after release, but wow that gave me chills! The video is haunting and I had to stop and read the description to understand what was happening.
Greetings from Brazil! Another outstanding music vídeo! It just made me listen the whole album and I must say, what a perfection! Keep up with the great job!
The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518. Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took to dancing for weeks. There are many theories behind the phenomenon, the most popular being stress-induced mass hysteria, suggested by John Waller.[1][2] Other theories include ergot and religious explanations. There is controversy concerning the number of deaths.[3] From wiki.
This kind of reminds me of the dance marathons that happened in America during the 1920s and 1930s. People would compete for prize money to see who could continue dancing the longest. When I learned about it the teacher tried to make it sound like a fun event to go and watch. I remember thinking how much it would have sucked to dance that long only to lose. And for the winner the prize was a little money. I wondered how much that prize money would get them in the long run. Was it really a substantial amount or did the majority of the money from the spectators go to the organizers? This video really made me think of that.
@@АлексейГригорьев-х6ь история о том, как сам дьявол, переодетый скрипачом, заставил молодых людей в деревне Хорга в Хельсингланде танцевать до смерти.
Lemme guess, meatballs and IKEA! Just kidding, I love you Swedes so much!🥰 All my favorite bands are from Sweden! Opeth, Ghost, In Flames, Soilwork, Etc. You guys ROCK! 🤘
Tror Hårgalåten är inspirerad av den mass hysteri som pågick under 1500 talet. Nån slags mental sjukdom fick dom att börja dansa konstant. Det sägs ha börjat i Tyskland men spred sig snabbt runt hela Europa.
Another person wrote this "Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death" This does sounds an awfully alot like some version of the creature known as Näcken in some folktales.
Wow. OK. Ofdrykkja has now officially entered the circle of my all-time favorite bands all genres combined, sharing the space with bands like Arabrot and others. So much better than all this shamanic/new-age mongolian/amerindian "viking" folk trend, Ofdrykkja delivers something closer to the greatness of british 60's-70's prog-folk/wyrd-folk bands (whatever you call it), but more modern, scandinavian, and with a real eerie vibe, or somewhere close to Mosaic and +1476+. The beauty, the purity, and disturbing weird delicacy of a snowflake.
Swedish.
"Hårgalåten", or the "Harga song", is a Swedish folk song. The song is connected to a 1785 story published by Johan Gabriel Lindström. The song describes how a mysterious fiddler came to the community near Hårgaberget or "Harga mountain", and played the fiddle. The youth danced to the tune that the fiddler played and they were unable to stop. Some of the youth noticed a cloven hoof, leading them to believe the fiddler was demonic. Even as morning came, the adults noticed they were all still dancing, and the fiddler still fiddling. Later, the dancers started dropping dead from exhaustion.
Ths has nothing to do with the Viking age.
But a lot to do with Swedish culture.
Interesting. There are similarities there to the story of the Pied Piper, which is a German story about a pipe player who leads away a village's children after the adults refuse to pay him for getting rid of their rats.
And these days the old folks accuse musicians of turning their kids to "worshipping Satan"...Man, musicians just can't catch a break, can they?
The Hårga Mountain is a real place. I come from there and if you go to the top you'll see a circle in the mountain as if the rock has been grinded down from wear and tear.
English translation:
The fiddler grabbed the fiddle from it's case
And lifted his bow towards the dawning Sunday sun
Then the people of Hårga came in a hurry
Forgot about God and the whole world
They danced over meadows and hills
High upon the top of Hårga ridge
One wore out both shoes and heels
One could not stop the dance
Where do you come from, you who is playing
Tell us who taught you such play, so wild and mad
If you don't stop our hearts will burst
Oh God preserve us, he has a cloven hoof!
The bells had rung in the valley,
And father and mother and brother
Walked to the parish church
Where can Hårga's youth now be?
Oh my God, they are still dancing!
They danced to the Hårga tune
High upon the top of Hårga ridge
They are not far from crying
Dancing, they now wore out soul and body
Stop your bow, fiddler
Before we dance our life, soul and bones away
No he doesn't stop his dance
Until we all fall dead down
We call this Nøkken in Norway. I wrote my own short story about him and I'll teach my clan to beware of him in the woods.
@@Jürgen_von_Schumacher Not the same entity. We have Näcken in Sweden, and he lures people into the water. I'm pretty sure, because of the mentioning of the rams hoof, that it's the devil or one of his minions that's playing the people of Hårga to death.
Thank you for the translation! However, I think the second and fifth verse are not in this song
@@thehorriblebright that to me just sounds like a christianized version of the Nøkken/Näcken. Could be wrong though I suppose
That's rad like "They're still dancing?!"
Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death. The oldest known record of the legend was made by the commissioner of Bollnäs Johan Gabriel Lindström in 1785 and is reproduced in JD Flitenberg's collections about Hälsinglan
thanks for the backstory! very well made video to the story!
fascinating. Thanks for the backstory to this video.
So basically christians made that story up. 🤣🤣. Our people dont believe on the devil.
@@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast Well, one influence or the other, aren't they all made up at the end?
@@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast It's a kind of metaphor for living only for pleasure. Chasing money or fame, you will dance yourself to death to the accompaniment of the violin the devil is playing.
My grandmother used to sing this song to me as a lullaby when I was a child. It was obviously a little bit frightening, but also beautiful. And still comforting when it was sung from my grandmother.
loove the sound of nordic languages in music. This is beautiful!
have you given Garmarna a listen?
@@sobek yup!
tack
Depends on the language, i as a Dane myself. doesn't like most new danish music, as it's changed too much.
Honestly I clicked thinking I was going to find a black metal song lol. Anyway, this is good!
Lmao same. This was still a good song though. It’s very pretty.
Same.
Curious, did you really think black metal existed even 50 years ago let alone thousands of years?
@@dalemoore435 it really started to appear in the late 70’s/ early 80’s so it was around for almost 50 years. Also, if you look at the names of some black metal bands, you’d see why some of us were a little confused.
@@wintershock no, you are the only one confused.
My god this video made me cry happy tears! I've grown up with this song very close to my heart since my family has always loved it and have sung it together multiple times. And the song always had a magical feel to me.
I live in Bollnäs. Bollnäs is the muncipally where Hårgaberget(Hårga Mountain), and Hårga village is located. And I drive through the cute little Hårga village regularly.
The song reminds me of my great grandmother who was amazing at playing the "nyckelharpa"(the Nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish string instrument)
and she used to travel all around Hälsingland(a province where Bollnäs and Hårga is located) playing the song and multiple other songs most of her life.
The last time i heard her play the nyckelharpa she was 93 years old and me, my mun and my boyfriend visited her for a "fika" and someone mentioned her musical skills and she sprung up out of her seat with a big smile and fetched the nyckelharpa and sat down and started playing for us.
She was strong and healthy even for her old age but her fingers were of course more shaky and not as quick as they used to be but that almost made it more beautiful.
Thank you for making this video and exposing this music to a wider audience so that more people might find the magic in it!
One of the best tunes to come from Sweden, and a wonderfully haunting rendition of it.
From the desolate cityscapes of Vasterås to the wilds of the countryside. Still as hauntingly mysterious as ever. I‘m all for this new era of Ofdrykkja.
This song brings me back to childhood. I used to spend the summers in a little village 10 minutes away from Hårga.
Such a beautiful language combined with beautiful female vocals and amazing music is a delight! A bewitching creation!
I have always loved these kinds of songs about sagas or some folklore story from another time and life! The Old Norse language and those the derive from that language is so beautiful and I also just discovered I have Scottish, Indeginous people and Norwegian/Danish blood
This is a certified hood classic
I jam this in the westside here in Kingsville Texas!!!
Fo shizzle my nizzle🤣
It definitely has some bass
Druid hood, maybe
Best comment ever.
I would like to share a very local legend that I grew up with.
When I went to middle-school (in Norway), our music teacher told us a story about the neighboring village and their fiddler. Apparently, there was at some point a ban on fiddle music, so the the village fiddler would go to the woods and play the fiddle for himself, but the wind and the echoes would carry the tunes over to our village, and so the superstitious in my village believed it to be the devil playing his his fiddle in woods.
I'm guessing that most of these myths and legends are Christianized versions of the Fossegrim and/or Nøkken stories.
Edit: Grammar
Why wouldn’t they just go into the woods and see who was playing, instead of jumping to ridiculous conclusions?
@@Davidbrompton58 more interesting that way. also if you thought the devil was out there would you go meet him!
@@tylersouzayou missed the point entirely.
Why would i think it was the devil?
My first thought would be that it’s someone attempting to avoid the ban.
@@Davidbrompton58 I remember as a young child, during a wrothful thunderstorm, my late grandfather told me it was Thor smashing his hammer.
Sometimes people just tell the old tales, simply for old tale's sake, even when they know better.
Probably a fiddler in the woods made them connect with folklore, and it was exciting. A connection with the long past is a wonderful thing, and for a brief moment, you are allowed to play their part. And scare your own children, as once was proper.
@@HansenSWEwhat is “wrothful”?
I went up on Hårgaberget today, for the first time. Such a surreal feeling for someone who's been fascinated by our old Folk legends.
The legend of Hårga is very precious to me as someone who is also local to the landscape. I remember being taught the song when I was in third grade.
Thank you for making this!
This is an amazing version of Hårgalåten. And also to every american who ever had 1% swedish DNA in My Heritage should be a little more humble about swedish culture than som folks in this commentary section.
Ten years ago, your music was rubbing salt into my wounds. Now, it heals.
Tous ce que vous avez fait est magnifique.
Jolie musique et superbe clip.
Bravo à vous tous pour cette très belle création.
Everything you have done is wonderful.
Nice music and great clip.
Congratulations to all of you for this very beautiful creation.
Nie powinniśmy zatracać swojej kultury w imię źle pojętego "postępu". Taka myśl naszła podczas słuchania tej magicznej melodii... Piękne!
We have an Appalachian tale about this, but the deer men will come and dance with the girls until they die and run away once it's over, only to come back again. If a man asks you to dance you look at their feet and if you see deer hooves you run away and tell the men.
😂😂😂 always double-check the feet
Clicked on this expecting to be just another song from another Viking Metal band that I didn't know yet... well, that was a surprise!
Beautiful song! It gave me chills!!!!
Just searched for the full album and I'm currently listening to it. I'm loving it!
same here
Welcome to swedish folk music, the precursor of our metal scene. Folk music was demonized by the church back in the day, hence why the devil is often portrayed playing a fiddle. The church did not like swedish folk.
Edit. i can recommend Scandinavian folk on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur. Its played on a instrument thats actually a swedish invention,. The key harp. It was featured on one of our money bills until they changed the currencly some years back.
Swedish lyrics - English translation: (For those of you interested in the languages - which I read some were in the comments below)
Spelmannen drog fiol ur lådan,/
The fiddler pulled the fiddle out of the box,
och lyfte stråken högt mot söndagssolens kula,/
and raised the bow high towards Sunday's dawning sun.
Då blev det fart på Horgafolket,/
Then the people from 'Hårga' got up to speed,
de glömde Gud och hela världen/
They forgot (about) God and the whole world.
Varifrån kommer du som spelar/
From where do you come who is playing
Säg vem har lärt dig detta spel/
Tell who have taught play this way
Det vilda galna/
So (The) wild and mad.
Stannar du inte brister hjärtat/
If you don't not stop our hearts will fail/burst.
Åh gud bevare han har bockfot/
Oh God save (us) he has club feet
Klockorna hade ringt i dalen och där gick/
The bells had rung in the valley and there went
Far och mor och bror till sockenkyrkan/
Father and mother and brother to the parish church
Var kan nu Hårgas ungdom vara/
Where might "Hårgas'" youth be now
Å herregud de dansar ännu/
Oh my God they are dancing still
Hejda din stråke spelman innan du/
Stop your bow fiddler before you
Dansar liv och själ och alla ben ur kroppen/
Dance the life and soul and all the bones out from the body
Nej inte slutar han sin dans förr'ns om/
No(,) he will not stop his dance(/song) until
Allesammans faller döda/
Everybody drops down dead
*This text is written in an older vernacular form of Swedish, which isn't always as easily/readily translated into English. It's after all an old 'folk-song', where the text is based on a local legend from 'Hälsingland' (a county in Sweden) which was first recorded in 1785.
I hope it helps.
Cпасибо за объяснение 🙏
Well, this suddenly appeared in my YT Home, I liked. 👍👍
Ich kenne die Band als sie sich noch Apati nannte und habe einen ähnlichen Lebensstil geführt. Viele Drogen und eine lebensverneinende Einstellung zum Leben gehabt. Ich fühle mich mit der Band sehr verbunden und freue mich über diesen Wandel. In tiefer Verbundenheit, liebe Grüße aus Sachsen / Deutschland
I moved from Sweden 10 years ago and this is the most beautiful song i heard since then. Very sentimental. Want to go back 😁
Ive been listening to music of every language possible! I was listening to russian music, and now have been looking for swedish music! The music is so lovely.. enchanting voice..
More youth lost to the fiddle of the Nøkken. Always beware these magic and ancient spirits and pay heed to our stories
I have no idea how I ended up here in the wee hours of the morning, but I'm glad I did, this is a wonderful audiovisual work
We must love nature as it love us, not to destroy it. Beautiful song, thumbs up!
I love this. I am very into nordic sounds. I find this sound very relaxing and it is beautiful.
The best Hårgalåten performance yet ❤
Enchanting music and vocals.
Eyyyyyy, it's BMP!! 🤘
@@chiefbrownfart
Absolutely beatiful music and violin
Beautiful. (And the vocals remind me very much of Emma Härdelin.)
Absolutely stunning song and haunting story. The instrumentation at times reminds one of Loreena McKennitt's Celtic folk music, and a good reminder of how all good music is connected.
Helt fantastiskt!!! Brukar kolla runt på nätet efter nya versioner av denna visa, och äntligen kom den bästa. Denna visa ligger mig väldigt varmt om hjärtat då jag bor endast ett stenkast ifrån Hårgaåsens fot, och därmed är uppväxt med denna mytomspunna sägen. Tack så mycket för detta vackra verk.
Jag saknar det råa ljudet av fiolen när den spelar melodin, det är till och med mer emotionellt än sången!
Hellas
Wonderful, I applaud for you my friends. The evolutionary cross of ofdrykkja just marvel at me.
Makes me feel the world i've never seen, live the spirits i've never met and know the ancestors' life i've never known... Thank you so much... From TURKEY
The recording and sound mastering is absolutely enchanting
Absolutely. I came here from the Horror History of The May Queen/Midsommar, and this was the second version I found (the first was the version the lecturer [CZ, I think is his name?] recommended, but wasn't a fan of that). Honestly, it's my preferred version of Hargalaten.
After discovered heilung and danheim, I discovered other music like this. They're great
This song fills me with so much joy and sadness at the same time. Love it! ❤
Only just found this, two years after release, but wow that gave me chills! The video is haunting and I had to stop and read the description to understand what was happening.
Hermoso vídeo!!! Love how you transmit this Historical lore! Muchas Gracias bello trabajo🌊🌲🌈🍻🔥 hola from the Caribbean Island Puerto Rico🏝
Beautiful and Awesome Work
Absolutely Perfect Congratulations
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Beautiful is the only word that comes to mind
Greetings from Brazil! Another outstanding music vídeo! It just made me listen the whole album and I must say, what a perfection! Keep up with the great job!
I dont think Ive ever saved a song to my RUclips playlist faster! Holy shit!
wow, there's this legend of Krysař, here in Moravia, comig from Germany, about the exact same thing.
Riktigt bra jobbat, en klassiker som fått en ny magisk touch.
That's just lovely! Most of my family is from around Bollnäs so it struck close to my heart.
Så otroligt vackert och sorgligt, samtidigt.
It's all fun and games until you can't quit...
Це просто насолода для вух та душі ❤️
ты хоть перевод знаешь?)))
@@АлексейГригорьев-х6ь тyпe питання якщо чесно
Є-є-є! Ще хтось з України тут 😊 Так, класна пісня! А дехто, мабуть, не знає, що просто хороша музика може бути насолодою для душі...
The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518. Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took to dancing for weeks. There are many theories behind the phenomenon, the most popular being stress-induced mass hysteria, suggested by John Waller.[1][2] Other theories include ergot and religious explanations. There is controversy concerning the number of deaths.[3]
From wiki.
classic music, I like the song greetings from Indonesia
Warm, simple, happy, pacific, clear song....Nice to soul sometimes.
Denne traff virkelig sjelen. Historien bak, låten og videoen. Virkelig bra. Takk.
One of the most beautiful languages ever.
Definitely
Absolutely outstanding version!! 🔥🔥
I was waiting whole time when guitars and double bass drum kicks in :-) Good music and video anyway :-)
This just takes me away from the stress of life the music the language it's just completely peaceful and beautiful
This kind of reminds me of the dance marathons that happened in America during the 1920s and 1930s. People would compete for prize money to see who could continue dancing the longest. When I learned about it the teacher tried to make it sound like a fun event to go and watch. I remember thinking how much it would have sucked to dance that long only to lose. And for the winner the prize was a little money. I wondered how much that prize money would get them in the long run. Was it really a substantial amount or did the majority of the money from the spectators go to the organizers? This video really made me think of that.
I grew up with it as a native Swede.
Sometimes it makes my heart bleed.
Breathtakingly beautiful ❤
Thank you for this beautifull work… that was just brilliant and totally brought me in another mood ! Hails from
Switzerland :)
Not expecting it , but totally loving the surprise now.
Finally a great swedish folk song played beautifully 👌🏻 kæmpe respekt fra Danmark 🇩🇰
Do you have some rekomendation of a Danish folk song?
@@yosimonthedawghsearch: Asynje - Hr Oluf
@@EmilReiko tack!
Stunning and majestic af. Those Swedes and their freakish musical gifts eh.
sublime❤ quanto è bella questa frequenza incredibilmente bella
So beautiful 🥰❤️💫💚
Fun Fact: This old folk tale/song was the inspiration for a certain song about the Devil challenging a boy in Georgia to a fiddle contest. 😈
very nice music, nice work!
Man this is gorgeous
belissimo. parabens. que qualidade!
Reminds me of the band Skald. I love this soooo much.
Nobody does beauty and despair like Ofdrykkja
Прекрасно все! И клип и музыка!)) Браво!!!
про что поют?
@@АлексейГригорьев-х6ь история о том, как сам дьявол, переодетый скрипачом, заставил молодых людей в деревне Хорга в Хельсингланде танцевать до смерти.
@@АлексейГригорьев-х6ь эльсканая шведятинка
Excellent work 👌
very inspiring and refreshing ...
Thanks alot !!!
amazing music, this is fantastic.
I wanna be Viking so hard with this music
I am one
As i Swede, i feel privileged to understand what they sing about!
Lemme guess, meatballs and IKEA! Just kidding, I love you Swedes so much!🥰 All my favorite bands are from Sweden! Opeth, Ghost, In Flames, Soilwork, Etc. You guys ROCK! 🤘
Tror Hårgalåten är inspirerad av den mass hysteri som pågick under 1500 talet. Nån slags mental sjukdom fick dom att börja dansa konstant. Det sägs ha börjat i Tyskland men spred sig snabbt runt hela Europa.
I played this on violin, almost completly perfect when i was 9 years old.
as a finnish i understood some parts of it :)
Another person wrote this
"Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death"
This does sounds an awfully alot like some version of the creature known as Näcken in some folktales.
I don't know why but I feel relax and happy when i listen to this music
You should try dancing to this video on a loop
@@tarbuckle2 I don't think so man I'm a terrible dancer if I did it would be an insult to the music 😂
Beautiful stuff. Absolutely love it!
Pure art! Fantastic music.
Helt underbar låt! Klart en ny favorit
Man I was searching so long for this song
song of the year
thank you so much. helps a lot
Helt fantastiskt!
In a moment i got goosebumps ,Awesom!!! !!!!!Skaaaaaaaaal !!!!!!!!
I like this feel, Nice song!!¡
What a dark song
That is the most perfect song I heard
altså er majestetisk låt vi ikke fortjener. Tusen takk igjen, ofdrykkja.
Väldigt vacker sång och lyssna på, denna åker på en utav mina gillade sånger... Bra jobbat!!! 👍🏻
Wow. OK. Ofdrykkja has now officially entered the circle of my all-time favorite bands all genres combined, sharing the space with bands like Arabrot and others. So much better than all this shamanic/new-age mongolian/amerindian "viking" folk trend, Ofdrykkja delivers something closer to the greatness of british 60's-70's prog-folk/wyrd-folk bands (whatever you call it), but more modern, scandinavian, and with a real eerie vibe, or somewhere close to Mosaic and +1476+. The beauty, the purity, and disturbing weird delicacy of a snowflake.
Amazing!
Que hermoso video.... Espero con ansias el disco.
one of my favorite song and video of this year!! i can't stop to listen!! simply love it
this is beautiful
Absolutely beautiful ❤