Norse Serpents and Dragons (with Robert Cutrer)

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  • Robert Cutrer ( robertcutrer.com/ ) answers questions about serpents and dragons in Norse mythology, and the way their imagery influences the imagery of royalty and nobility. From a Zoom interview held live with Jackson Crawford's Patreon supporters on November 15, 2023.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 51

  • @hive_indicator318
    @hive_indicator318 10 місяців тому +29

    Wow. What an amazing, well put together presentation. I don't know if so much info made everyone's head spin, or it just answered all the questions people were going to ask. I do think that he was born to teach. Can't wait for the next 43 slides!

  • @weepingscorpion8739
    @weepingscorpion8739 10 місяців тому +22

    That discussion about troll vs Finn at around 18:25 was fascinating. I remember reading The Saga of Gísli Súrsson and it is mentioned that one of his ancestors has the nickname "Half-Troll". So from this I am wondering, would he have been half-Sami? Certainly interesting to think about. Will have to watch the rest of this video later.

  • @ostsan8598
    @ostsan8598 10 місяців тому +18

    The Scandinavians, despite living in a place with few snakes, talked a lot about snakes. Very interesting discussion.

    • @me0101001000
      @me0101001000 10 місяців тому +2

      I wonder if it has to do with stories of things their sailors saw on their raids and expeditions.

    • @Blockhaj
      @Blockhaj 9 місяців тому +1

      snakes are overall common, they just arent very diverse

  • @abbot29-ji1gq
    @abbot29-ji1gq 10 місяців тому +9

    YES. More please!! Dragons 🐉 ❤ he must come back

  • @karennielsen9248
    @karennielsen9248 10 місяців тому +6

    That was great! I really hope he can come back again!

  • @darlebalfoort8705
    @darlebalfoort8705 10 місяців тому +11

    I love the discussion of the poetry of skaldic poetry. An amazing show. I studied OE poetry so this speaks to me.

  • @VilcxjoVakero
    @VilcxjoVakero 10 місяців тому +2

    Nice shoutout to the Bakshi Balrog

  • @Greenmick6982
    @Greenmick6982 9 місяців тому +1

    What a fascinating conversation concerning the mythos of dragons in the sagas and elsewhere. Rober's dedication to this topic and its connections throughout literature and poetry, especially in the modern day, helps to keep ancient, high, and excellent ideals alive. Loved every second of this. Keep them coming.

  • @brianfink6660
    @brianfink6660 23 дні тому

    Mr. Cutrer,
    Bobby, it’s great to see you are doing so well. Especially because you followed your dream and became successful in a subject your were always interested in. I hope all is well with you and your family. Playing Secret of Mana until 2am on Friday nights is still one of my favorite memories. I am always regretful of how our friendship came to an end. Godspeed

  • @VanaheimrUllr
    @VanaheimrUllr 10 місяців тому +6

    I would love to see the other 43 slides as well =) Great content, thank you both drengrs!

  • @JulianGöske
    @JulianGöske 10 місяців тому +7

    I'm happy to have found Dr.JacksonCrawford and his UA-cam-Channel.
    Besides my studies for physics, old norse and Scandinavians history and their languages are a good side-hobby.
    Thank You for your excellent videos!

    • @beepboop204
      @beepboop204 10 місяців тому +1

      clearly you have excellent tastes!

  • @Opforvideo2
    @Opforvideo2 10 місяців тому +9

    The Helm of Terror/fish thing might be due to fish also having unblinking eyes

  • @bjornpetersson8790
    @bjornpetersson8790 10 місяців тому +5

    A "Lindorm" (swedish) is a dragonlike, small or giant, snake found i nordic folksongs, sagas and myths from the viking age until nowadays. "Orm" is one word for snake in swedish. It can be good or bad. It was said it lived under a "lind" tree.(Tilia cordata in latin). I have heard several old songs about "lindormen".

    • @jonstfrancis
      @jonstfrancis 9 місяців тому +1

      Interesting that the Yggdrasil had a snake under it too. Looks like there was a tree/snake concept.

  • @rebekahshantz569
    @rebekahshantz569 10 місяців тому +4

    Thanks! From Niagara Falls, Ontario I was thinking of snake eyes this week and couldn't figure out why - maybe because you were going to have it on this show.

  • @BlackReaper0
    @BlackReaper0 10 місяців тому +5

    This is a amazing! So much good information.

  • @hoegild1
    @hoegild1 10 місяців тому +4

    Great video! I have wondered for a long time, about the connection between Ragnars family and snakes.

  • @shadowulfhedinn8261
    @shadowulfhedinn8261 10 місяців тому +4

    This whole interview was fantastic! Very good information, and I got a good laugh at the bar fight poem example.

  • @jsps2405
    @jsps2405 10 місяців тому +3

    great video 👍👍

  • @Starkodder1963
    @Starkodder1963 9 місяців тому

    Thank you, good that you took on the serpents and the dragons. Dragons in the form of drake or lindorms were reported well into the 20th C in Sweden.

  • @OffRampTourist
    @OffRampTourist 10 місяців тому +1

    Love this subject and appreciate you giving it a long video. Great discussion. Look forward to more.
    Note: also enjoy the shorts.

  • @ConsciousConversations
    @ConsciousConversations 4 місяці тому

    🙏thank you!

  • @goosemama9559
    @goosemama9559 10 місяців тому +3

    Very interesting!!!

  • @cdineaglecollapsecenter4672
    @cdineaglecollapsecenter4672 10 місяців тому +1

    Minute 36:07 People are instinctively afraid of snakes. I love this analysis!

  • @emmanuelg.3999
    @emmanuelg.3999 9 місяців тому

    Fascinating, seems strange to see the more serpentine style for dragons in the west, except for sea snakes

  • @christopherhart7008
    @christopherhart7008 10 місяців тому +2

    Would love to get a like to that global approach to dragons. It is something that has fascinated me for a long time
    Edit: I think I found it “the dragon and the rainbow” by Robert Blust.

  • @michaelkremski6397
    @michaelkremski6397 9 місяців тому

    Something mentioned about the blood of dragons and Ivar got me thinking; I was born with club feet and (if accurate) my genealogy possibly goes back to Snake in the eye. Wondering about the prevalence of genetic conditions in the blood lines.

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 10 місяців тому +2

    Is the dragon slain by Ragnar Lothbrook a 3rd dragon in Norse mythology, or is it a duplicate of Fafnir?

  • @axelpalmer6451
    @axelpalmer6451 10 місяців тому +5

    naðr is not a borrowing from Latin, it’s inherited! 31:14

  • @nat-fp1pq
    @nat-fp1pq 10 місяців тому +1

    Wales “hold my ale”.

  • @zoymills9868
    @zoymills9868 10 місяців тому +1

    The Devonshire's in the peak District have a snake in their heraldic emblem maybe to link them to aristocracy.

  • @raymondfink9580
    @raymondfink9580 Місяць тому

    In Latin the word for boneless can also mean feared from what I understand

  • @albinengstrom7087
    @albinengstrom7087 Місяць тому

    Which scaldic poem was it? 26:35

  • @eiksynd
    @eiksynd 10 місяців тому +2

    18:50 What saga is mentioned here? The one about Robin Hood.

    • @ThidrekrPoGo
      @ThidrekrPoGo 10 місяців тому +4

      Áns saga bogsveigis

    • @eiksynd
      @eiksynd 10 місяців тому +2

      @@ThidrekrPoGo Thanks alot

    • @ThidrekrPoGo
      @ThidrekrPoGo 10 місяців тому +2

      @@eiksynd No problem! There's a lot of interesting outlawry literature that seems to share kinship between England and Iceland. Grettis saga and Hereward the Wake are similarly "entwined"

    • @eiksynd
      @eiksynd 10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks@@ThidrekrPoGo

  • @AthrihosPithekos
    @AthrihosPithekos 9 місяців тому +2

    Naðr, the same as English adder and German Natter. The Latin word natrix is a cognate, not a borrowing.

  • @aegirkarl1411
    @aegirkarl1411 10 місяців тому +4

    Not dangerous snakes according to an Australian.

    • @Aurgelmir87
      @Aurgelmir87 10 місяців тому +3

      Well they really are not particularly dangerous, the risk of an allergic reaction to the venom is considered more severe than the effects of the venom itself.

  • @cdineaglecollapsecenter4672
    @cdineaglecollapsecenter4672 10 місяців тому

    But there are plenty of lava snakes in Iceland (min 6:30)

  • @arealisticexpectationpera
    @arealisticexpectationpera 10 місяців тому

    Ormr became ymir through christian writing or indo desecration? Does it matter? Urmi became ymir by rearranging? As strokes are drawn? Then a u becomes a y? Runic? Ah I gotta listen to the rest.

  • @vladislav526
    @vladislav526 8 місяців тому

    Weeeell, his etymology for 'snake' and 'adder' are all over the place, neither of them is related to 'sniffing' or Latin 'natare'. Also his interpretation of the myths is soo broad 🤔

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 10 місяців тому +1

  • @spunkychops7484
    @spunkychops7484 10 місяців тому

    Utter bs