The First Icelanders
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2019
- Witches, wizards, shapeshifters and sorcerers. Who were the first Icelanders? What were their background stories? Religion? Magical arts they practiced? Their voices echo in the rocks, hills and mountains of Iceland. Their stories will never be forgotten.
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Also, at 19:50 there is a typo and it's "Fjölkunnigr maðr", I've pronounce it correctly, but during the edition of the video I made a little typo - that's what happens when you work 12h-16h and with little time to rest; mistakes are made!
@Finnian Cornelison Thank you very much ^^
Thank you! You are a good teacher.
Something weird happened to me recently, Every time I see Iceland or hear Icelandic music or anything Viking related I get a really odd feeling.. I did more and more digging and even spent money to find out my great great great grandmother was from Reykjavik and great great great grandfather from Orebo Sweden. Both my grand parents & parents are English, how dull I thought I was until recently lol.
Icelanders are only half Nordic. The rest is Celtic and other mixes, but mostly Celtic. So all that "Viking" romanticism is a bit off with Iceland. Well, it is off in any case, since being "viking" just meant you are from a vik (bay).
How beautiful
From the Red rocks of Arizona to the Black sand beaches, I have never known magic or beauty like that of Iceland.
I'm Icelandic, I'm trying to learn about some of my heritage so, thank you for this video!
The first Icelanders were Vikings
This channel is pure gold, I came here looking for Eyvis Evensen's videos. So thank you Arith, greetings from Southamerica.
Since finding your channel last weekend, you sir, have gained a subscriber and a new patreon supporter! I have never sponsored anyone through patreon before, but I feel you truly deserve it. I hope it helps out some and makes it worth your time to keep up the videos. They have really helped me gain new perspective and I am extremely grateful.
Another great video. Love the intro
Wonderful and inspiring as always
Having recently found your channel. I find the information interesting. Keep up the great works. Thank you
i loved your vid. im keen to see you tell the sagas in more detail. x
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!! thank you for the talk may many follow :)
Love your videos keep up the good work !!!! I look forward to watching them in the morning when dtinking my coffee , Skål brother !!!!!!
well done Arith, awesome video
thank you very much ^^
Thank you my friend, I enjoyed this video.
Thx for the video. We have been able to trace my family roots to Iceland, but no further. I am glad to see a video that focuses there and some sagas from there. Cheers!
This was fantastically fascinating to watch. After receiving DNA results I discovered my unknown Icelandic heritage and have been on the quest for knowledge. Your story telling is compelling! Thank you for making this.
The introduction music is a jam
I want to live in Iceland 😐
Icelandic people you got really lucky
I wanna live there too😞
A very informative video! I always look forward to learning more and new things because of your studies. Thank you so much and happy new year!!!
Thank you very much and happy new year! :D
Thank you for this. Fascinating
hehe thank you ^^
Been watching Vikings, saw that Floki ended up at a place that looked very much like Iceland so I had to search it up
Truly enjoying your videos Arith. Blessings from Arctic Norway xx
Thanks so much and Happy New Year from Denmark
Happy new year! Great vid... and a great place to sit! 😀
I love your location. And next to no wind sound! excellent.
Floki was real! Excellent discussion. Love the music and your location.
That wasn’t flokis real name. That’s just the English deprived name, and is not at all near accurate. However yeah he was a real guy
His name was Flóki aka Hrafna-Flóki@@lsrpjune3500
Nice intro music!
Akin to Iceland, New Mexico, where I live, was a backwater of Spanish colonization and, after their empire collapsed, became a place where linguistic and customary anachronisms survived. There are Spanish expressions used here found nowhere else because the language moved on but not in the cul-de-sac called New Mexico!
Beautiful music! Great video, love where you shot this video!
Thank you! :D
Indigenous Icelanders, pretty cool!
very interesting. i love your content and keep it coming. i hope to visit Iceland someday
I truly enjoy these videos. Thank you for this info, it is really helpful for those of us that are working to stay true to the pagan way of life. I also think that it’s interesting that Floki was one of the first to get to Iceland. Thanks again for the great video and Happy New Year to you. I hope its a great one for you. Also looking forward to all your videos.
Really outdid yourself with the introduction! Really great way to set the tone of the video. Congrats on another fantastic addition to your collection. I hope the new year brings more success and growth!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it hehe ^^ I do hope this new year brings more positive surprises :)
Pretty sure that intro music is closer to Ireland than Iceland. Enjoyable though
This was a fantastic video with a new performance very fresh and musical, just great and I feel great for assist such a brilliant mind! Thanks Mr. Arith, I'm really happy for you! Congratulations be happy! You deserve!🤗 🌲🌻🍁
Thank you very much hehe! It means a lot to me ^^
fascinating country
love your work
Yes, Mr. Roshi Beats I agree it's a good work!
Thank you ^^
@@teresafigueiredo hehe thank you :P
Great vid. Please tell about the Faroe Islands :-)
Hail the cult of Arith!
Can I say that?😳
Either way thanks again for the love and the light.. and the darkness.
Very enjoyable video 😀
Thank you :D
Interesting!
arith, the talk was absolutely brilliant. i am pagan inside despite living in modern england. nature teaches you all. these stories are fantastic for me.york,jorvik is close to me and norse named villiages are all around us.its good to know the history before future generations forget. thankyou arith. tussen takk
This was actually really helpful and interesting for me because I'm visiting Iceland this summer. Thanks for some insight 😁
Hope you have a great time in Iceland! Watch out for elves ^^
@@ArithHärger of course :)
Iceland political culture seems very interesting compare to nowadays contrôles stated culture. really good video, thank you
thank you :)
Fantastic video full of information, presented colorfully and comprehensively. Where can we read more? Are these stories from the sagas?
Wuff, wuff says my Icelandic Shepherd dog.
Hi from Germany and Happy New Year!
A big hug to your dog :p I love dogs!!! And to you as well ^^ Happy new year!
Thanks 😊
Fantastic informative video. Can you recommend any book to understand this topic well. Being an Indian it’s quite difficult many terminology
Flott hjá þer, takk æðislega fyrir, excellent how you explained it, also, very nice accent 🤗
when i first got into the old scandinavian and pagan culture i was introduced by varg vikernes videos .... that said i am very glad i found your channel because i feel i may have been either misled in some ways or given the wrong idea by that THuleanPerspective channel. thank you
Varg is naughtyyy
Arith!! how did i miss this one - just starting in this is so cool - also love Danheim's music - have you heard Gaeldyr? - he is wonderful and often the two work together.
Thank you for the great work Arith! Thanks for not only giving settlers names but also all of these practices with the pronunciations of the words/practices. But one question of confusing. I thought Eric the Red was one of the MANY 1st settlers of Iceland? Could you please explain?
Another great video. Do you have plans to do a video on Tyr, or the cult of Tyr? I am curious of your thoughts about the Germans who worshipped him.
Your videos are beautiful. May I ask what editing software you use?
Nice Vid
thank you :)
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Thank you for your wisdom on this subject ❤️ my momas maiden name is Sigurdson, ive been trying to figure out that history for some time now❤️👍 still at it👍
My mom is Icelandic
A great video, delivered in a delightful dell.
I have recently had my Y DNA done (direct male line) found that I am about 75 percent Danish Viking with a link back to an Iceland skeleton named as Dalvík A9 (I-FGC21765)
Dalvík A9 was an 18-25 year old man who lived between 980 and 1020 CE during the Medieval Age and was found in the region now known as Dalvík, Iceland.
He was associated with the Pre-Christian Icelander cultural group.
I am going to do some research to see if I can find more about this man and if anybody has any suggestions please get in touch.
Good morning Arith, my friend, I could imagine that you are sitting in Iceland making this video.
When Thorhadd took the earth of the temple I presume that was the earth around the pillars and not the base of the whole temple?
In the intro when you said that people are always the same this is very true but some make the mistake of thinking that we change. To illustrate this let me share an example of some grafitti that was found written by a mother complaining about her children, the way they dress, the make-up that they wear and the music that they listen to. It sounds very 20/21 century but was found written in Egyptian heiroglyphics and is 3-4000 years old. It is technology that changes but the people are always that - people.
Here's another example that I find most amusing, the Greek philosopher Plato in his time complained about the youth of that time, the younger generation of "today" the exact same way we have been complaining about the younger generations of our times for millenia hehe. And about the earth, I assume so, yes. Probably the earth of the pillars or the northern part of the temple which was often the place where the idols of the gods were placed. In some cases the only pillers taken were alto the northern pillars of the structure.
@@ArithHärger Of course as it would be considered the most sacred part of the temple.
I really tink that you should dress in a medieval costume (not as Mr T, although I do miss him, after all I am his #1 fan) to give more atmosphere and your beard is so ready for it.
@@colinp2238 I got a cheap green medieval-like shirt for a special video, but I don't know where I placed it. So I've been avoiding making the video for the past 4 months until I find the damned shirt xD
@@ArithHärger A slouch hat, cape and an eye patch could be a start and a broom handle with a card spear point. You can get some toy parrots and paint them black for ravens on your shoulder ;p
My DNA Ancestry claims the I hade ancestors who lived in Iceland, but migrated to The US. Not to mention I also have much Norwegen, Swedish, & Danish, DNA. traced back many many generations. The worse part is I have purchased the entire informative & expensive information allowed by DNA Ancestry. As of today, I still have no clue who my Scandanavia ancestors were.
If u have the name of your Icelandic ancesters I can search them up for you in Íslendingabók if u want.
im from iceland
When are you going to come to the part in the story with Floki?
I dont know what it is. But I feel like going to Iceland!
Proves that the real Vikings were Norwegian and Icelandic in contrast to Sweden and Danmark who wanted to be Vikings lol
This member of the Clan Jordan knows two of the first colonists' directors were the Mariner Kille (Saint) Crusader Jordan (MyrkJartan), King of Ireland, and his ally, Magnus, King of Norway. Source: Sagas of Icelanders (Viking Press).
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Where exactly were Lodmund & Thrasi's neighboring properties, and which Jökulsá river was the result of their dueling water?
Between the two rivers at Solheimasand which is now Sólheimasandur, south-east of Reykjavik, the southernmost part of the island
Hi Arith, I'm 17 years old and from germany, I've been watching your videos for a while now and was wondering if you could help me answer some of my questions.
What is the actual difference between monotheism and polytheism? I noticed that many polytheistic religions believe that the essence of existence, is almost like a monotheistic deity, in hinduism that would be brahman for example. So does it really matter whether you believe in several gods that ultimately are part of the source existence, or whether you directly believe in the source of existence itself like Christians do?
The way I see it our ancestors had an appreciation for the world and nature itself that we try to regain by "reconstructing" their religion. Besides the fact that I'm german and there is barely anything to be found on continental germanic practices, I was wondering how exactly we were meant to practice it, I understand now that there are some basic concepts like simply trying to go out more with nature and respecting our ancestors that are a start, but how can I get more to the spiritual side of the tradition, otherwise I would be no different then an atheist that goes outside the woods and respects his ancestors. But that isn't enough for me, I read "Summoning the Gods" by Collin Cleary and it made clear to me that spirituality is about regaining some sort of child like state where you are able to just appreciate the world around you for what it is, an ultimate acceptance of existence itself or even a connection with the gods if one wants to say so.
I've recently read a comment beneath a different youtube video, that claimed our pagan ancestors weren't more appreciative of nature because of their religion, but simply because they are more connected with it, the commentator made the case that many christian farmers had the same appreciation for nature that pagans did, so therefore he argued, the reason for our lost connection with nature is at it's core because of our technological progress, not because humans don't worship the gods anymore. So why does it matter to be pagan?
I would really appreciate you helping me out with these question, or anyone else reading these comments of course. I'm extremely lost at the moment, I feel like I'm so damn close to finally finding a purpose for my life and it feels like I'm longing to connect with the religion, but at the same time I'm also a rationalist of sorts, I've grown up as an Atheist all my life, my constant confrontation with fundamentalists and muslim immigrants (atleast those I met) made me hate religion and despise it all my life, but now I start see the potential and purpose of religion, but also the limitation and damage materialism and individualism potentially hold.
Damn good questions, jonas (who was Max? )
I'm not an atheist, but I have similar questions. So, far, my intuition is filling in the gaps and a picture is starting to form.
Many signs tell me that the "religion" came from the South. Way South. Like North Africa and the Levant. It may have been carried by the Celts or brot directly by ancestors of these people - tho I don't know who they may have been.
The stories are tales that helped the various people make sense of their experiences and form their values and keep them identified as a group which would help each other survive. The stories were projected on to what I'm gonna call a "Schema". And while all the stories were different, the Schema was almost always the same. There is always a Central Pillar or Tree or Cross. And various things happen around that Pillar/Tree/Cross that cause various changes for the people. Prophets or Seers or Witches or Wizards would perceive dramas enacted on these Pillar/Tree/Cross places and tell the stories to the people. Then there would be rituals which would influence the gods such that they would help the people.
It's almost always the same, but sometimes it takes a while to see thru the details to the Schema beneath them.
This does *not* invalidate these stories nor the religion or the values. In my mind, it validates them all the more as the multiplication of the Schema magnifies it rather than reduces it. What I have noticed, however, is that the changes that the Prophets/Seers/etc. would tell the people about would almost happen, but then something would prevent it from fully manifesting. Instead, some cheaper version would happen and it would actually end up causing almost the opposite effect that the original Seer was Teaching about. Sometimes the stories that we remember are stories of this cheaper version so it is difficult to see any signs of a deeper intent. But after studying Esotericism for over a decade now and religion for decades more, I recognize certain patterns in the statements made when the Main Gods or Characters in the stories are making their most foundational statements.
I'm basing my hunch here on Internet research. So, take this with a grain of salt.
But I'm seeing something deep that is usually being ignored.
I've found out myself, the fundamental difference between the judeo-christian religions and polytheism is that the polytheists don't few the essence of life ( god, the dao, brahman etc. ) to be knowable, christians, muslims and jews all believe that god "loves us" that we can anger him and we can be punished. Polytheists believe that you can anger the gods, because they are manifestations of parts of the ultimate divine essence, but you cannot anger the ultimate essence itself, because it is completely beyond anything we can understand or fathom. It will forever remain a mystery and it's everything including us. So while christians believe they understand god, polytheists have made sense of the world by basically devoting themselves to gods which are the ultimate form of singular virtues or truths. By understanding several gods, you can get a small grasp into "god" itself, although I would like to call it "the essence".
So by praying to the gods and meditating we can overcome the material and be one with the divine, we merge with the universal conscious of everything.
We pray and sacrifice because it's US that need benifits, not the gods, the only reason we pray and sacrifice to the gods is because otherwise they won't listen.
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In my studies I have discovered that the difference you are referring to is only a surface quality and disappears when you follow the river of meaning back to its origins. The Polytheist religions began without what we recognize as "Value Judgements" - but they had different values that seem less important to us because we have mostly solved our "Survival Problems".
Humans observed the patterns of nature and human behavior and - the human mind being what it is - sought ways to increase the stuff they liked and avoid the stuff they didn't like. They figured out quick that a good way to change a bad situation was to understand it better. So, alot of negative phenomena became "spirits" and, just like people, those spirits were assumed to behave better when happy and behave badly when angry. So, the practice of "appeasement" was established. Because of the rule "if it bleeds, it leads", there were alot of deities that behaved badly and there was alot of ritual dedicated to appeasement.
It wasn't until later that _we judged the gods_ as being "Good" or "Evil". That concept became established because it solved problems. Concepts that do not solve problems do not last. And as it became established, it expanded to humans so that we judged (other) people as being "Good" or "Evil". It took alot longer for us to judge ourselves because this concept solves some problems but causes other problems. So we're still quite ambilvalent about it.
These shifts were Universal and can be seen in every ancient Pantheon. Nobody has a monopoly on this. It happened to the Egyptians, the Persians, the Semites and the Norse as well as the gods and goddesses in South America. If I knew more about the far East, I'm sure I'd see it there as well. The distinctions don't correlate so much with cultures or religions as Time. Given enuf time, people order their experience in categories of good and bad and they do their best to maximize the good and minimize the bad. That's all there really is to it.
Odd Ducks that is for sure!
Bucketlist: Go to Iceland and sniff up the fresh nar, nar.
Excellent video my friend! Hire a better guest musician next time :þ
I don't know, this one sounds pretty awesome :p
I've learned that in 98 54% of the people in Iceland believed in elves. I can't remember where I've seen it. This place amazes me, hope to know it someday.
Can you tell me where did you learned about those people, Arith? Is there an old document?
Nobody believes in elves in Iceland
Its Floki right? 😋
Arith, could you please elaborate on these racial differences in Iceland?
First Icelanders were germanic tribe (Heruli) from Scandinavia.
im an eye lannn booaaiiii
Þetta er flott hjá þér, en ég myndi æfa mig meira í framburði sumra orða næst.
I shall, but when it comes to Old Icelandic sometimes the tongue gets a little slippery
Arith Härger completely understandable man, our language can get a little tough sometimes
Way to go!!!, You ignored the fact that over half the female population came from western Scotland and Ireland. You only need to walk down any street in Reykjavik to see the Scottish and Irish ancestry of modern day Icelanders
He addressed that in the very beginning
It’s really NOT impossible to learn correct pronunciation of Icelandic. I wish he had!
Most of what the poor guy tries to say bears NO resemblance of Icelandic!😅🥵
Perhaps it’s Old Norse pronunciation, which would be even more accurate.
The first Icelanders were Irish
No, most not, some yes
@@Torsteinsson They were Monks and it’s a historic fact
@@22grena It's an assumtion. Its likely that the first people in Iceland were monks from Ireland but there is no archealogical evidence of their dwellings. There are mentions of men the settlers called papar in the written record (written a couple of centuries after the settlement) and some crosses carved in caves. This just isn't as clear as you make it out to be.
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