Love this guy! Such a great teacher of what was written down! Even his pronunciations of the old norse words are great! As many of us mispronounce them! Thank you Dr. Jackson! Your work is much appreciated!
Love all of your content. It's fascinating to get a sober academic viewpoint on all of the myth and legend that is often embellished in retelling. Are you ever going to do a video about the Thursar/Jotnar?
I left a religious cult 6 years ago , after 40 years . I couldn’t give up on my original quest for Truth . I’ve researched a lot of hidden history etc …..but something has directed me to Norse Mythology . It’s been a long , long journey …I’m 71 years old …..but I feel I’m getting near home . Thank you ….this is my favourite channel
I first heard of Yggdrasill when Grace Slick referred to Jack Casady's bass as his "Yggdrasill base," the tree that held Jefferson's Airp[lane's music together.
That's an awesome summary in nature(!), great for an enthusiast like myself. Side note, some people just have it all, ofc the brains but the looks and the voice as well! Jackson you make it easy to keep on watching!
Well I especially think of evergreen trees you mentioned because they stand 'yfir grǫn' just like Yggdrasil. Many have speculated that askr is just a poetic way of saying 'tree' and that the ygg is actually an old word for 'yew'. And thus it would simply mean 'yew pillar' or something of the sort. At the end of Grímnismál Oðinn says: "Oþinn ec nv heiti yggr ec aþan het". "Oðinn I now am called, Yggr I once was called". Which to me says it's a very old word or name and/or that once the primary thing of worship was a Yew tree.
Dr. Crawford, is there any chance that you'd make a video about Eikþyrnir, and possibly Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór? I am trying to find out which subfamily of the Cervidae family scholars think that the Poetic Edda refers to when describing these beings. I have been searching for answers for months, so if you have any insight that you would like to share, it would mean the entire world (or Miðgarðr) to me! :)
Mr. Crawford, you said Urthr is one who determines the fates of men and gods. Might she be speckled with white clay to blend in with the night sky? You said it was an interesting detail. (There is a reason to mention it.) She must be able to see what everyone is doing to do her job correctly, right? I'm probably way off on this. Anyway, I find your videos fascinating and informative. You're obviously an authority on Old Norse Mythology. Thank you for producing these vids.
Bristlecones are throughout California as well, and I miss them terribly since moving back to the East Coast -- them, the sequoias, the sugar pines ... When I die, I want my ashes to be scattered in the Angeles National Forest so I can be near those sugar pines. I have to admit though ... I spent a significant part of this video trying to figure out what your shirt said. I have a feeling I'd have liked it. :-)
Greetings from elsewhere in this square state. I was wondering, if there is a cobler deity in Norse mythology? As in, who makes the big boot for Viđarr to stomp on the lower jaw of Fenrir when Ragnarok comes around?
I may be wrong but I don't think shoemaking had become a "specialized" trade in northern Europe during the Viking Age. The footwear designs that I have seen from then were quite simple and were probably a common life skill.
I heard that Esus the Gaulish deity is known as a shoemaker and crafter. He is associated with mercury and wotan. Perhaps Odin was a shoemaker as well? Or some dwarf.
Hi. Has the respute relating to the type of tree beiing resolved - some says askr (meaning ask or ash) while other says baraskr (meaning yew or taks - lot more seldom in Scandinavia but more valuable?) while other again says that askr is another word for spear and that we do not know the type of tree.
Also, I think the tree is described as wintergreen, which ash trees are not. And deer are browsing its canopy, they would eat ash leaves as well but yew is poisonous to most animals but not dear.
The ask, as far as I understand it is both the tree as well as a spear. Just like bows in Britain are often called yew (as in: "he was bending yew" meaning "he was shooting a (long)bow"). Ask is the primary, if not the only tree used to make spears of at least decent quality. You can nail some metal to a birch stick, and possibly call it a spear. But that would be like making a sword out of aluminium, is it then a "real sword"?
I refer to my wits, that often are scattered, as squirrels. Having a forgetful day, squirrels are lose. Ratatoskr is even better. The messiness of the back and forth is exactly what having a bad adhd day feels like.
Not only messages of hate from the eagle in the tree limbs to Nidhogg at the base, but messages back. And getting a bit more knowledge and power from each, each trip.
Wishing you all the best as well, good sir. You're an honorary Asatruar, no matter your faith. Thanks for honoring the ancient ways and bringing them to light(BALDER!) in the present dag(lol) to enlighten(haha) us all. Very Drengr.
I am glad I read English and know English pronunciation. Nidhögg (you'll excuse a Swede for using Swedish name version) comes out in the subtitles as "Neath holger", and Ratatosk as "wrap the toast". Just in case you happened to believe the modern myth about Artificial Intelligence. Oh, no. Computers don't understand one bit.
Did I read somewhere that Ash trees are threatened with extinction, at least in the USA due to Ash die back? Like Odin, I am one eyed, my youtube moniker is a take on Erasmus but my favourite tree however is willow, I grow them, I make staves and sticks from them. I don't know where willow sits in Norse mythology but it has a home in the Celtic mythology.
2:44 a) you presume Yggdrasil would have a root in Midgård as well. As I see the scenario, Midgård is mainly a kind of "tree hut" in the branches of Yggdrasil (according to Norse myth).
Which Norse myth places miðgarðr in the canopy? I can't think of any, but I don't have all norse texts memorized. I do remember that in Gylfaginning the root that Urðarbrunnr is under is said to be in the heavens, which is confusing. "Þriðja rót asksins stendr á himni, ok undir þeirri rót er brunnr sá er mjök er heilagr, er heitir Urðarbrunnr" or in English "A third root of the ash tree stands in heaven and under that root is a well, that one which is very holy, which is called Urðarbrunnr". Personally I don't think it's very possible to gain much meaning out of trying to interpret Yggdrasill spatially.
I had completely forgotten about Ratatoskr. Best name ever for a squirrel. Sounds like a rotte-tosk (rat idiot) :'D On a side note, is there an alt code to make the o with ogonek?
Love this guy! Such a great teacher of what was written down! Even his pronunciations of the old norse words are great! As many of us mispronounce them! Thank you Dr. Jackson! Your work is much appreciated!
Thank you, Dr. Crawford!
Thank you Dr. Crawford...learning so much!
3:37 well, that audio is gonna' wind up in some heavy metal somewhere.
autowagon
Lol ,,, umm it already is my friend .. Amon Amarth I believe ..
Amon Amarth, thousand years of oppression
Love all of your content. It's fascinating to get a sober academic viewpoint on all of the myth and legend that is often embellished in retelling. Are you ever going to do a video about the Thursar/Jotnar?
I left a religious cult 6 years ago , after 40 years . I couldn’t give up on my original quest for Truth . I’ve researched a lot of hidden history etc …..but something has directed me to Norse Mythology . It’s been a long , long journey …I’m 71 years old …..but I feel I’m getting near home . Thank you ….this is my favourite channel
thank yew dr crawford enjoying.
Thank you sir
Very insightful and interesting! Greetings from Switzerland
I first heard of Yggdrasill when Grace Slick referred to Jack Casady's bass as his "Yggdrasill base," the tree that held Jefferson's Airp[lane's music together.
That's an awesome summary in nature(!), great for an enthusiast like myself. Side note, some people just have it all, ofc the brains but the looks and the voice as well! Jackson you make it easy to keep on watching!
Was already going to sub, double sub for the Kimber shirt.
Well I especially think of evergreen trees you mentioned because they stand 'yfir grǫn' just like Yggdrasil. Many have speculated that askr is just a poetic way of saying 'tree' and that the ygg is actually an old word for 'yew'. And thus it would simply mean 'yew pillar' or something of the sort.
At the end of Grímnismál Oðinn says: "Oþinn ec nv heiti yggr ec aþan het". "Oðinn I now am called, Yggr I once was called". Which to me says it's a very old word or name and/or that once the primary thing of worship was a Yew tree.
Dr. Crawford, is there any chance that you'd make a video about Eikþyrnir, and possibly Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór? I am trying to find out which subfamily of the Cervidae family scholars think that the Poetic Edda refers to when describing these beings. I have been searching for answers for months, so if you have any insight that you would like to share, it would mean the entire world (or Miðgarðr) to me! :)
Thank you for share,good health to you Sir.
Mr. Crawford, you said Urthr is one who determines the fates of men and gods. Might she be speckled with white clay to blend in with the night sky? You said it was an interesting detail. (There is a reason to mention it.) She must be able to see what everyone is doing to do her job correctly, right? I'm probably way off on this. Anyway, I find your videos fascinating and informative. You're obviously an authority on Old Norse Mythology. Thank you for producing these vids.
Bristlecones are throughout California as well, and I miss them terribly since moving back to the East Coast -- them, the sequoias, the sugar pines ... When I die, I want my ashes to be scattered in the Angeles National Forest so I can be near those sugar pines.
I have to admit though ... I spent a significant part of this video trying to figure out what your shirt said. I have a feeling I'd have liked it. :-)
Great video!
Would love to hear more about the wells beneath the roots!
new idea for a squirell-esque Pokemon. psychic type because his attacks are are all just super ancient and deep-cutting insults.
Who dislikes this? Why?
More than likely losers who feel better bashing people who put in more effort than them.
Greetings from elsewhere in this square state. I was wondering, if there is a cobler deity in Norse mythology? As in, who makes the big boot for Viđarr to stomp on the lower jaw of Fenrir when Ragnarok comes around?
VIDAR keeps the cobblers in business, I think of him as the patron deity of cordwainers.
So... No one in particular is named?
That's kind of a bummer.
Still, I appreciate the input.
I may be wrong but I don't think shoemaking had become a "specialized" trade in northern Europe during the Viking Age. The footwear designs that I have seen from then were quite simple and were probably a common life skill.
I heard that Esus the Gaulish deity is known as a shoemaker and crafter. He is associated with mercury and wotan. Perhaps Odin was a shoemaker as well? Or some dwarf.
Ratatoskr I heard that before.
Hi. Has the respute relating to the type of tree beiing resolved - some says askr (meaning ask or ash) while other says baraskr (meaning yew or taks - lot more seldom in Scandinavia but more valuable?) while other again says that askr is another word for spear and that we do not know the type of tree.
Also, I think the tree is described as wintergreen, which ash trees are not. And deer are browsing its canopy, they would eat ash leaves as well but yew is poisonous to most animals but not dear.
The ask, as far as I understand it is both the tree as well as a spear. Just like bows in Britain are often called yew (as in: "he was bending yew" meaning "he was shooting a (long)bow"). Ask is the primary, if not the only tree used to make spears of at least decent quality. You can nail some metal to a birch stick, and possibly call it a spear. But that would be like making a sword out of aluminium, is it then a "real sword"?
I refer to my wits, that often are scattered, as squirrels. Having a forgetful day, squirrels are lose. Ratatoskr is even better. The messiness of the back and forth is exactly what having a bad adhd day feels like.
I think I’m in love!
Dr. Crawford, while I do love the shirt, I must ask...WHERE IS THE DARK BLUE?
What was the purpose or story about Ratatoskr?
Not only messages of hate from the eagle in the tree limbs to Nidhogg at the base, but messages back. And getting a bit more knowledge and power from each, each trip.
Awesome awesome!
Weird question, did Odin hang by the neck or by the feet? I see both depictions often.
Could the white clay be diatomaceous earth
Wishing you all the best as well, good sir. You're an honorary Asatruar, no matter your faith. Thanks for honoring the ancient ways and bringing them to light(BALDER!) in the present dag(lol) to enlighten(haha) us all. Very Drengr.
I am glad I read English and know English pronunciation.
Nidhögg (you'll excuse a Swede for using Swedish name version) comes out in the subtitles as "Neath holger", and Ratatosk as "wrap the toast".
Just in case you happened to believe the modern myth about Artificial Intelligence. Oh, no. Computers don't understand one bit.
AND Yggdrasil comes out as "a Clearasil".
Fairly much so, yes!
Did I read somewhere that Ash trees are threatened with extinction, at least in the USA due to Ash die back? Like Odin, I am one eyed, my youtube moniker is a take on Erasmus but my favourite tree however is willow, I grow them, I make staves and sticks from them. I don't know where willow sits in Norse mythology but it has a home in the Celtic mythology.
Would be interesting to know how ON "brunnR" turned into modern English "well".
It didn't.
2:44 a) you presume Yggdrasil would have a root in Midgård as well.
As I see the scenario, Midgård is mainly a kind of "tree hut" in the branches of Yggdrasil (according to Norse myth).
Which Norse myth places miðgarðr in the canopy? I can't think of any, but I don't have all norse texts memorized. I do remember that in Gylfaginning the root that Urðarbrunnr is under is said to be in the heavens, which is confusing. "Þriðja rót asksins stendr á himni, ok undir þeirri rót er brunnr sá er mjök er heilagr, er heitir Urðarbrunnr" or in English "A third root of the ash tree stands in heaven and under that root is a well, that one which is very holy, which is called Urðarbrunnr". Personally I don't think it's very possible to gain much meaning out of trying to interpret Yggdrasill spatially.
I had completely forgotten about Ratatoskr. Best name ever for a squirrel. Sounds like a rotte-tosk (rat idiot) :'D
On a side note, is there an alt code to make the o with ogonek?
Gallows humor indeed.
Is there any evidence for Yggdrasil written in runes? Like on rune stones or sth like that?
Christmas
The devils tower
I am Groot.
My surname means ash tree :)
He can RECITE - in both English and O.N. - verses from the Havamal. Absolutely drengr af.
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