Sigur Rós + Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Odin's Raven Magic (Hrafnagaldur Óðins)
No words to describe the beauty of this.
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Old farmer who lived on the south coast of Iceland , Breathtaking Photograph by Ragnar Axelsson (RAX)
When he meets friends, the fool gapes,
Is shy and sheepish at first,
Then he sips his mead and immediately
All know what an oaf he is,
He who has seen and suffered much,
And knows the ways of the world,
Who has travelled', can tell what spirit
Governs the men he meets,
Drink your mead, but in moderation,
Talk sense or be silent:
No man is called discourteous who goes
To bed at an early hour
HAVAMAL
O'er Mithgarth Hugin | and Munin both Each day set forth to fly; For Hugin I fear | lest he come not home
But for Munin my care is more.
-Havamal.
Ph by Julie Swan
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Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind,
but rather keep watch o'er his wits.
Cautious and silent let him enter a dwelling;
to the heedful comes seldom harm,
for none can find a more faithful friend
than the wealth of mother wit.
Hávamál The Words of Odin the High One
Sonne Hagal - Odin
Forseti , The Æsir god of justice and reconciliation son of Baldr and Nanna
The unwise man
is awake all night
worries over and again.
When morning rises
he is restless still,
his burden as before
- The Havamal
Fire by the Lake in the mighty lands of Northern Iceland.
Njord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
Thor, grant me the strength to change the things I should change
And Odin, grant me the wisdom to tell the one from the other
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Odin's Carving
'Odin is an ambivalent deity. Old Norse (Viking Age) connotations of Odin lie with "poetry, inspiration" as well as with "fury, madness and the wanderer." Odin sacrificed his eye at Mímir's spring in order to gain the Wisdom of Ages. Odin is associated with the concept of the Wild Hunt, a noisy, bellowing movement across the sky, leading a host of slain warriors. He is also a god of war, appearing throughout Norse myth as the bringer of victory.[citation needed] In the Norse sagas, Odin sometimes acts as the instigator of wars, and is said to have been able to start wars by simply throwing down his spear Gungnir, and/or sending his valkyries, to influence the battle toward the end that he desires. The Valkyries are Odin's beautiful battle maidens that went out to the fields of war to select and collect the worthy men who died in battle to come and sit at Odin's table in Valhalla, feasting and battling until they had to fight in the final battle, Ragnarök
Odin the Wanderer. Painting by Georg von Rosen
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The Storyteller , Photographed by Hans Splinter This Skald was telling this Story about Odin
Story Telling was a valued skill in the Northern World providing both entertainment and education. Much of our knowledge of the early beliefs of Europe\ comes to us from the voices of Bards, Poets, Skalds and Story Tellers long departed. The recent revival of interest in our oral heritage has started to breathe new life into ancient tales about such characters as Arthur, Beowulf, Cuchulain and the Norse Gods. Even the enormous popularity of The Lord of the Rings owes it’s debt to the vitality of these much older sources. For a very short sample story click on Odin at the top of this page to find out how he lost his eye. Story Telling Sessions vary according to requirements, venue and age group.
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The Past
When you come to a quiet and beautiful sight like this you start to think back in time and start to imagine how it was to live on time when this farm was in the bloom of live and how live was here, I know and I can imagine how grate story is about this farm, but none had written the story of this wonderful and mystic farm, Still being here at this quiet, picturing, mooted and storytelling whereabouts my motion is like it have been here forever exactly like this. When picture is taken a story pup up in my mind Because of hard and coolness of this country for centuries, people in Iceland took rather too seriously a proverb in the ancient poem Hávamál, which says: "Speak what needs to be said, or stay silent." As a rule, politicians find it difficult to follow that advice to day all over world. One exception was President Coolidge of the United States of America, who was most famous for how little he said; and it was no easy task to get the President to speak a single word. An elegant woman who was seated next to him at a dinner once had to put up with the fact the President did not say a word to her all evening. Eventually she lost her patience and said: Mister President, you really must say something, because I made a bet with my friend that I could get you to say at least three words to me. The President Coolidge looked at the woman and said: You lose.
Photographed by Thosrsteinn Asgeirsson
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He is my good friend Bendik , An Honourable Viking from Norway, He often goes to Viking Markets in Trondheim and also does Wood Working. Last summer he did so many tents for the Market! He told me It was awesome! One of his favourites Quotes is : " Odin could bitchslap ALL the modern gods, but in His infinite wisdom He chooses not to"
Vits er þörf,
þeim er víða ratar;
dælt er heima hvað.
Að augabragði verður,
sá er ekki kann
og með snotrum situr.
Havamal 5. Translation