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August


Songbook:
MP3 for Ostara Night
by Larisa C Hunter
MP3 for Oh Come All Ye Kinfolk by Anna Stockinger

By me:
Merry Yule and Mothers' Night (with MP3)
On the day that I die (with MP3)
Ties (Sonnet)

Non-Norse: Epitaph

Poetry:
Erik Goodwyn: Sea Goddess Passion (Norse Meter: Ljóðaháttr)
Larisa C Hunter: A Frey Chant (Common Domain)

Runrig: From the North (with video clip)
Galina Krasskova: Gebo, Waxing and Waning
Marshall Stands: The Old Anew, In Spite of Ran, Rumbles Come (released into the Public Domain)

Wolf Helser (Poems in the Common Domain and read as MP3): Thor, Odin, Bragi, Community,
Ásgarðr, Ancestors,
We Are Our Deeds, I AM, Folksoul, Chieftain and Tribe (Acrostic)

July

Music
New bands on my radar:
1) Othala. Denish Pagan industrial / black metal, by two heathens. Recurrent use of Norse mythology.
Albums:
Midnats Minder, Under Sol og Måne, Når Alting Er Glemt. On MySpace.

2) Helheim - Norwegian Doom Metal with frequent Norse themes. Several albums, lyrics partially in English.
3) Sólstafir - Viking Metal from Reykjavík. Til Valhallar has the most references to the Norse, the other albums less.
4)
Wardruna Norwegian band. "Runaljod" offers 12 tracks centering on the runes.
5) LinaLaukaR - Nordic Folk / Industrial / Experimental side project of Angelica Segerbäck & Johan Svärdshammar from Waves under Water (“Serpents and the Tree”, label Dance Macabre, Interview.). Vision: to create heathen ritual music with a raw nordic atmosphere. Lyrics by pagan poet Markus Skogsberg.
6) Odroerir:
Götterlieder II: 7 tracks with more retellings of the myths from the Eddas (German).

Article: Historical info: Music, instruments & scales of the Old North
Update:The links to the "Norse Myths" readings by Matthias Wilson have been repaired (at last!)

Poetry
Erik Goodwyn: Odin’s Lament
Julia Lindsay: Yggdrasil
Matthias Wilson: A Lesson in Rain
Wayland Skallagrimsson: Asa-Loki
Larisa C Hunter: Rune Caster's Chant, Loki’s Song About Odin’s Nights on Yggdrasil, Ostara Night
Gunn-Thora:
I Have A Song To Sing

Jim Wise: My Gods Are Rougher
Alan Hodgson: Huldra's Wood
Cullyn Ullrson: Ode to a Hunting God
Jennifer Lawrence: Odin´s Call, In Utgard Loki´s Hall 
Kimberley  Remen: Freya, Sunna
Angela Turner-Carlson: Thor Chant (also in the Songbook, with MP3 & sheet music)
Crowfuzz: Runelore (Acrostic)
Todd Schirm: Fulltrui (Heart Friend),
Isa, Laguz, Kona Kai, and I, Dagaz
Mikal Hrafspa: The Skaldkonger (Bard King) (Alliterative), The Theft Of Thor´s Hammer (story)
Mark Ludwig Stinson: Bravest in Battle, The Ísland Journey (Fornyrdhislag)
Darí Einarfjórðison: Portrait of Idunna´s Apple (Shape poem)

Fresh 'News in the World of Heathen Poetry & Prose':
From Saga's Hall: Norse Myths from a Different Point of View by Susan C. Eaves
Traditional stories from Norse mythology, told from a female point of view.
Hearth and Field: A Heathen Prayer Book by Hester Butler-Ehle.

Call for submissions for a devotional by Galina Krasskova

June

Cameron La Follette: Sif Golden-Hair
Robert Silvers: The Origin and Secrets of the Blank Rune

Denise Bowen: Heathen Lullaby, Skathi
Cynthia Wallin: Runic Haiku
Gunn-Thora: Thor, Master of Clouds
Larisa C Hunter:
Hail The Alfar & Disir, Hail the Valkyries, General Blessing
Kol: Rune Spell, Laguz, Thor & Sif
Kacey Grannis: Protector

Analemma McKee-Schwenke: Linen Dance (with MP3)
Tracy Nichols: Invocation, Sigyn´s Angst

Christie Ward: Lady of Cats 
Galina Krasskova: Anglo-Saxon Hallowing Charm,
The Hungry Golden God, Hail the Golden God
Swain Wodening: Frigga Prayer (Friges Bed), Ingwi Prayer (Ingui Bed)
Karl Donaldsson: Red-Bearded Asa-Thorr, Merry Yuletide
Dathi M. Haxton: Song for Mani

Loraine Canaday: May our Warriors be Strong
Jerry Parker (Hraesvelg): Hail
Haakon Donalson:
Prayer to Sol, Prayer to Mani, Life
Scott Randall: Odin's Ride (with MP3)
Johnny Whitebread: Jotun´s Bane
Jon Erik Serhus: Frost on the Prowland 
Dan Ralph Miller: How the Gods Call
Ingeborg S. Nordén: Heathens at the Stopsign, The Heathen Chicken

Boar's Heart: Hail, Frey
Todd Schirm: My First Gift to Odin, A Poem for Thor

Darí Einarfjórðison: Fehu, Odin´s Blessing, Blessing of Patience and Love, Moon Blessing, Feast Blessing, Vatn Dansari (The Water Dancer), Goldenway, Fjöður á Sjávarfall, The Harp, Thor's Hammer, Precipitating Darkness, Odins Paintbrush

Hoen Falker: Chant to Great Frey,
Chant to the Great One-Eyed, Gullveig Chant, Chant to the Night of the Eagle, Poem to the God Loki, Chant to Frigga, Chant of the God Bölverk, The Echo of our Ancestors

Rebecca Buchanan: Rune Poem II, Rune Poem V: Mannaz, Rune Poem VI: Laguz, Rune Poem VII: Thurisaz, Rune Poem VIII: Algiz, Rune Poem IX: Berkana, Rune Poem X: Ehwaz

Ayla Wolffe: A Call to the Einherjar, A Journey To Ecstasy, All Who Fall Are Not Forgotten,
A Moment Stolen From Battle,
A New House, And Lessons, A Seat by the Fire,
Call to Thor, Fire & Ice, Freyr & Freya, Frosty the Jotun,
Praises Of Ullr & Skadi,
Ragnarok Awaits, Sunset and the Sons of Surt, Talon And Claw, The Beginning,
Tyr,
Walpurgisnacht, Winter's Essence, Jera In My Life, Untitled, Gerd of the Forest


Songbook&MP3:
Guitar tab
s for Rain Chant (Lord of Thunders) and Riddle Song.
MP3 for Linen DanceThunderstorm Hymn, Sunday is for Sunna, Ode to Sunna, Odin's Ride
Yule Song suggestion: "God Bless Us Every One" - Simply replace "God" with "Gods"!
Idea for adaptation by Diana Paxson. Original lyrics by Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri.
Sound track from “A Christmas Carol” 2009, sung by Andrea Bocelli.
You can download it from i-tunes or Amazon for a dollar.

Classical: Non-Norse, but of kindred spirit:
A wonderful ancestor poem: Your tombstone stands among the rest, author unknown.

Multilingual Poetry:

Portuguese:
Hoen Falker: Canto ao Grande Caolho, 3 Sabias Nornas, A Origem e Segredos do Rune Vazio, Poema do Deus Loki, Poema do Deus Tiuz, Canto do Gullveig

Spanish:
Hoen Falker: Canto a Frigga, Canto a la diosa Freya, Canto al dios Freyr, Canto al gran Tuerto, Canto del dios Bölverk, Canto de Walpurgis,
Canto de Gullveig, Canto del Dios Loki, Canto del Dios Tiuz (Tyr), Canto a las 3 Nornas, Canto al clan del Halcón, Canto en Honor de Eomersyll (Ygdrassyl), Canto Resurgir Visigodo

Spanish: Robert Silvers / Carlos Rohde: El Origen y Secretos de la Runa Blanca

Swedish: Ingeborg S. Nordén:
Allt uppå Fyris vallar (A Hymn to Freyr), En blotsång åt min fulltrogne (A Blot-Song for my Fulltrui), Frejskvädet: en sista sång (Frey´s Song: The First Song), En lovsång åt Oden (Song of Praise to Odin), Ordskifte med skaldefadern (Debate with the Father of Poetry), Två dikter till midvinterblotet (Two Poems for Midwinterblot)

Two new authors put their works under a Common Domain License: Kol and Gunn-Thora. Thank you!


May


The Heathen & Northern Music Links have been updated!

Fresh 'News in the World of Heathen Poetry & Prose'!

Tips for Poets: List of Odin´s Names (Heiti)

Angela "Ember" Cooke: Freya's Ragnarok, Invocation to Ostara
Michael Schütz: A Sacrifice to Freya

Rebecca Buchanan: Rune Poem I, Rune Poem III: Ansuz, Rune Poem IV: Kenaz
Patrick Covington: Hail to Jord

Thorskegga Thorn & Dragon: A Spotter´s Guide to Heathens
Larisa C Hunter: Come Ye Heathens
Galina Krasskova: Agonistic Exchange in the Body of a God, A Prayer to Odin, Master of the Tree, Bliss-Bringer, Paean
Patricia Lafayllve: Freya Summoning Song (with music video)
Slaeghunder: Ode to King Radbod, When Yule Fires Burn, Götterdämmerung, A Bargain for Skadi


By me/ Songbook&MP3:
Thor is Your Friend, Song for Mothers´ Night, Midgard´s Isle (Gilligan´s Island Filk)
By Water and Land:
New guitar performanc by Gary Chambers (Login to Facebook required) and Guitar Tabs

New links to songs on other sites:
Karen Kahan: Lifeblood - two music videos
Lady Malkin Grey:
Song of the Shield-Wall (with MP3)
Ray Stevens: "Erik the Awful"-
Lyrics and info on The Mad Music Archive, MP3 playing on Manthrom´s Den
Led Zeppelin: The Immigrant Song - Lyrics on LyricsFreak, Video on LedZeppelin.com


Classical:
Deor - From Old English, 10th century
The Pyre of Balder
, Snowfrid, The New Song of Grotte by Viktor Rydberg, Swedish poet (1828-1895)   
Skidbladner, The Giant, Alternative Translation of The Giant by Esaias Tegner, Swedish poet (1782-1846)
The Viking, The last Skald, The last Warrior, The Necken by Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847), Swedish writer, composer, and historian
The Ballad of Nornagest,
The Ballad of Hjalmar and Angantyr, The Ballad of Arngrim´s Sons
transl. by Nora Kershaw - All three ballads with sheet music
The Lay of Skrymner (Faroese ballad), transl. by G.H. Borrow (1803–1881)
Valhalla: The Myths of Norseland by Julia Clinton Jones now also in HTML format. Needs to be proofread.

"White Man´s Rain Chant" was renamed to "Rain Chant (Lord of Thunders)"


April


Fresh 'News in the World of Heathen Poetry & Prose'!


By me/traditional: Bring Us Good Mead (with MP3, MIDI, Sheet Music)
 

Angantyr: The Song of Tyrfing
Johnny Whitebread: Born The Day In Beauty

Mark Ludwig Stinson: Never Forgotten, Call to the Folk
T. J. Hafer: An Ancestor Poem
 

Classical:
William Duppa Crotch (1831/2–1903): Jarl Sigurd and the Hulder

March

By me: My Gods, Your Love

By You:
Benedikt (Ben) Kolsson: Solar and Lunar Adorations
Angantyr: March
Andraste: Ivar's Revenge
Blennerhassette: The Kings of Corpse Feasters, The Modern Vikings
Thorskegga Thorn: Hal-An-Tow Revisited, Green grow the rushes-o, Hammer Hallowing Charm, What is Holy ?  
Paul Walker: Grim´s Wyrd

Of these, Songs with MP3, Guitar Tabs and Sheet Music:
My Gods, Your Love
Hal-An-Tow Revisited
Green grow the rushes-o

Stories:
Rachel E. Bailey: Tower At The Edge Of All

Classical:
Julia Clinton Jones: Valhalla: The Myths of Norseland; A Saga, in Twelve Parts (1878) (currently as PDF only)
Thomas Penrose (1742-1779): Carousal of Odin
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): The Saxon War Song


Non-Norse Poems by Others:
Blennerhassette: Men of Nations

February

These days, I´m uploading lots of pictures to those poems that don´t have one yet!
Wikimedia Commons is a highly useful source for images in the Public Domain, or under a Common Domain License.
You can find lots of Norse mythology images there, complete with description & background info, and the option to
read up on the artists, e.g. Arthur Rackham,  Lorenz Frølich, W. G. Collingwood,  J. C. Dollman,  Carl Emil Doepler,
or Nils Johan Olsson Blommér. And... penguins. Penguins?!

January 2010 - Happy New Year !


Fresh 'News in the World of Heathen Poetry & Prose'!

'Alliterative Poetry' updated: Invocation II (ljodhahattr)

By me/Songbook: Pass it on, These Gods are Your Gods, They've Got the Whole World in Their Hands, Amazing Grace (with MP3, guitar tabs & sheet music!)
 

By You:
Nathaniel Graves: The battle of Teutoburg forest
Ethan Logan: Donar Mit Uns
Izak Sample: Special (Common Domain)

Blennerhassette: The Warrior

Bashir Sarieddine: Ragnarök, impendent Victory, Battle Symphony
Erik Goodwyn: Invocation II, The Return
Carol Robe: Loki Poem
Eric Wolfsbane: The Volkswagen Saga

Bill Haile: Freyja's Warrior
Old Man's Child: Hail Skadi

Classical:
Charles Kingsley (1819 -1875): The Song of the little Baltung A.D. 395

Thomas Warton the elder (1688?-1745): A Runic Ode. , Another, on the Same Subject.

Links to music on other sites:

Gudakväden  - Experience a taste of the exhibition who brings the old myths alive for modern audiences

Kalinov Bridge - Native - Russian video about our living roots

 

Non-Norse by Others:

Justin Douglas Blackford: Antesilarus, Antidote, Begone!, Bow to one tyrant, battle the other, Cadence of Faith, Economy, For God, King and Country, Marathonos, Mark of the Legion, Opposition, Path of Futility, The Greatest Sacrifice
Paul Walker: Seo Seleste Eahsealf ("The best eye-salve")
Harry Easby: In the Snow