The Cowboy Hávamál – Jackson Crawford “The Cowboy Havamal,” from The Wanderer’s Hávamál, translated by Jackson Crawford, Copyright © 2019, Hackett Publishing Co. Reproduced exclusively on www.JacksonWCrawford.com by permission of Hackett Publishing Co. Reproduction in any other way or on any other site is prohibited. The text called Hávamál (literally “Words of the High One,” or perhaps “Words of the One-Eyed,” either way a reference to Odin) might be considered a Norse equivalent of the Book of Proverbs, containing as it does a series of disconnected stanzas encouraging wisdom and moderation in living one’s life. Articles & Interviews on Myth & Religion This series of posts presents an abbreviated version of lectures that I gave on Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (August 7, 2014) and the Wagner Society of America (January 28, 2015). I have removed all discussion of musical elements, as it makes little sense without audio excerpts. Instead, this series focuses on the roots of Wagner’s Tannhäuser libretto in myth, legend, literature and history. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is currently presenting a production of the opera that runs February 9 through March 15. If you can’t make it to Chicago but would like to hear the music, I recommend the 1971 recording by Georg Solti with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Articles & Interviews on Myth & Religion Translator’s Note The anonymous Old English poem known as The Wanderer is preserved only in the Exeter Book, a compilation most likely written down around the year 975. The poem provides a striking first-person lament spoken by an Anglo-Saxon warrior who wanders the world alone after losing his lord and companions. The Wanderer's reflections on his past life experiences make no mention of overtly Christian concepts, despite the short bit of framing narration after the monologue that provides a devout gloss.
Articles & Interviews on Myth & Religion I regularly receive emails from students of various ages asking to interview me about Norse mythology and Norse religion for their class projects. These requests come too often for me to answer them all, but I have answered the questions of five inquisitive young people over the last seven years. Today, I’m posting my answers to a sixth student. In 2011, I answered a series of questions from a high school student. In 2012, I wrote replies to a middle school student. I was interviewed by one sixth grader in 2013 and another in 2014.
Ēostre - Real Goddess or Bede's Invention? *Disclaimer* This article is in no way intended to proselytize for or against any religion, or to prove Ostara literally exists as a spiritual entity. This is a historical analysis of evidence that is often overlooked in the assessment of the historicity of the "cult" of Eostre/Ostara - i.e. was she worshiped historically by the Germanic people of Anglo-Saxon England and the Saxons on the continent. The Controversy
Contents of alvíssmál 1-11 Inhalt von alvíssmál 11 Russell Poole: Myth, Psychology, and Society in Grettis saga Anatoly Liberman: Some Controversial Aspects of the Myth of Baldr Marlene Ciklamini: Sainthood in the Making: The Arduous Path of Guðmundr the Good, Iceland’s Uncanonized Saint Daniel Sävborg: Kärleken i Laxdæla saga — höviskt och sagatypiskt Rezensionen Gerd Wolfgang Weber: Mythos und Geschichte: Essays zur Geschichtsmythologie Skandinaviens in Mittelalter und Neuzeit Michael Dallapiazza et al., editors: International and Scandinavian Studies in Memory of Gerd Wolfgang Weber (Elizabeth Rowe) Heinrich Beck and Else Ebel, editors: Studien zur Isländersaga: Festschrift für Rolf Heller (Russell Poole) James E.
Trolls of Denmark This folktale is from J. M. Thiele's "Danske Folkesagn" with illustrations by Johan Thomas Lundbye. The story is from Zealand, and you will see that the troll is portrayed as a small fellow, about the size of a child. Tyr - Norse Mythology for Smart People Tyr (pronounced like the English word “tier”; Old Norse Týr, Old English Tiw, Old High German *Ziu, Gothic Tyz, Proto-Germanic *Tiwaz, “god”[1][2]) is a Norse war god, but also the god who, more than any other, presides over matters of law and justice. His role in the surviving Viking Age myths is relatively slight, and his status in the later part of the Viking Age may have been correspondingly minor. But this wasn’t always the case.
Complete List of Viking Gods and Goddesses Complete list of viking Gods and Goddesses. List of viking Gods and heroes. Viking mythology. Viking Gods in alphabetical order. Aegir – beer, gold, hospitality, sea & water.