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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.
3)
Sólstafir -
Viking Metal from Reykjavík.
Til
Valhallar has the most references to the Norse, the other albums less.
4)
5)
LinaLaukaR -
Nordic Folk / Industrial / Experimental side project of
Angelica Segerbäck & Johan Svärdshammar from Waves under Water
(“Serpents
and the Tree”, label Dance Macabre
6) Odroerir:
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,
Gunn-Thora:
I Have A Song To Sing
Alan Hodgson
Cullyn Ullrson:
Ode
to a Hunting God
Jennifer Lawrence:
Odin´s Call,
In Utgard Loki´s Hall
Kimberley Remen:
Freya,
Sunna
Crowfuzz: Runelore (Acrostic)
Todd Schirm:
Fulltrui (Heart Friend),
Mikal Hrafspa: The Skaldkonger (Bard
King) (Alliterative),
The Theft Of Thor´s Hammer (story)
Darí Einarfjórðison:
Portrait of Idunna´s
Apple (Shape poem)
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 tabs for
Rain Chant (Lord of Thunders)
and Riddle Song.
MP3 for
Linen Dance,
Thunderstorm 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