Freyr True Meaning: Translation, Attestations, Theories of Norse Gods/Deities
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Historia Norwegiæ
Freyr, sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with sacral kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, and virility, with sunshine and fair weather, and with good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house. According to Adam of Bremen, Freyr was associated with peace and pleasure, and was represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. According to Snorri Sturluson, Freyr was "the most renowned of the æsir", and was venerated for good harvest and peace.
In the mythological stories in the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the god Njörðr and his sister-wife, as well as the twin brother of the goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teething present. He rides the shining dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti and possesses the ship Skíðblaðnir which always has a favorable breeze and can be folded together and carried in a pouch when it is not being used. Freyr is also known to have been associated with the horse cult. He also kept sacred horses in his sanctuary at Trondheim in Norway. He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla.
Every God/deity/character in the Norse myths had a translation and real meaning. When we start to understand this, we can see that the Norse pagan myths were not just a bunch of unbelievable stories meant to entertain children. We should not assume that our ancestors were that dumb to actually believe in these things. All of the myths and gods symbolize real things in nature, the cosmos, universe and spirituality. Although we don't know exactly what these myths represent all of the time and theories are debated, we have to look at these things to determine the most logical ones and discover the real truth.
I like this series please continue with it. It’s good to have this information on UA-cam I think they will get more attention over time
Please do! They bring a fresh and fascinating perspective. And I've really looked forward to hearing about Freyr and Freya.
Hi, thanks for the channel in general.
For the explanation of Freyr wooing Gerdr through Skirnir, I would slightly differ from your interpretation. I am pretty sure I read some parts here and there (sorry I can't remember the source)
From the same basics : Freyr = seed, Gerdr = the land, Skirnir + the light
I think all this story is a metaphor of the cycle of Life, especially in the North. The key is the nine days Freyr has to wait before wedding (and thus fertilizing) Gerd. Those days count for the nine months of the nordic winter. No matter how hard you try (woo) with all you have (technology, rituals, etc.), it is not before the Light (Skirnir) has done everything it could to thaw the earth (like by magic in the end), that the seed (Freyr) can achieve something with the land (Gerd).
The same goes with the story of Baldr and Skadi in Gylfaginning. The giantess, being sick and fed up with the sound of the waves and of the seagulls (XD) convinces Njörd to live 9 days out of 12 in the freezing mountains of Jötunhein. We have there the same cycle of 9 month of suffering the cold for only 3 of "hapiness" on the coast (summer time). This cycle of 9/3 is very present in nordic litterature as you already know.
As for the story of letting go of the sword, I like your idea of giving up permaculture and sustainability, putting almost all the humans at risk of a catastrophy, imbodied by Surtr in Ragnarök.
I like that!
Frey gives away his "sword" to Gerd. The love struck man will miss his "balls/force" when his Ragnarök comes. So when he have to fight Surt "darkness/death" he onley have a antler to fight with. Antler is a reincarnation symbol.
So in old english another word for man is "weaponman".
Excellent video! Freyr/Yngvi is one my favorites. When speaking of Freyr "freeing men of the fetters that bind them", I perceive it as Freyr helps to free humans of the 'chains' that hold them back in life. The troubles that keep us from being productive and prosperous as individuals. Maybe even as communities. All we need to do is ask for the help in an appropriate manner but, if we are not truthful and sincere about what we desire help with, then the help will likely not be given. The Gods can be just as fickle as we are. 😄 This is just my own perception of course, as things like this will be perceived differently by each individual. Freyr is who I ask when we need rain where I live. That being said, I truly appreciate this series and would be grateful for you to continue it. You have so many more resources than I have and these videos put me in touch with those resources. Thank you so much for all of your time and efforts. Many blessings.
Same here
I love these videos. I'd like to see one on Frigg and Freyja. So many similarities between them.
They're the same
@@wegfarir1963no they're not
@@louisburns4952 If you want to believe, then.
As a practicing Permaculturist I love the connections you have made in this video. Thank you for explaining these deeper meanings, analogies and representations of Freyr.
In czech language, we have a word Frajer, which translates as "cool dude". I dunno if it derives from Freyr, but it seems like it 🙂
In Polish the same word frajer means a person that is gullible and over-trusting.
Appreciate the series and your other content as well! Also appreciate the unbiased approach to the information. So many metaphors for Skírnismál, requiring a respectable amount of contemplation. We would be foolish to think our ancestors only thought of these things in simplistic ways. Thank you again for the intriguing content. ⚒️👊
Thank you! I've been waiting for your perception and thoughts on Freyr. Also I quite enjoy this series so I hope you make more of these videos.
As always, a thoroughly academic treatment of the topic! My interest is piqued from start to finish. Thank you for you're consistent approach. I can only imagine how much time is required to make these videos. Please keep up the excellent work!
Ive been waiting for this! (.....settles down with a cup of tea and listens intently)
Man, I gotta say, your interpretations and discussions are always impressive. It's like, I'm chugging along, on the right track then...boom! You say something or go into language/meaning a little deeper and things start clicking in my own mind making way more practical and animistic sense.
I like your insight man, very interesting :)
One thing I've had come up in my studies is the connection between Freya and Freyr (at least their notorious affair lol) could be connected to the idea of the sacred marriage of Anima and Animus. They both represent the beautiful, fertile and powerful aspects of their respective gender, not only in animalistic terms but in psychological and metaphysical. The marriage of Divine Feminine and Masculine energies (Yin Yang) allows the individual's psyche to come to harmonious balance through the consummation of self-love and the cultivation of internal unity. Once this is achieved, the individual steps into a greater and more potent fertility, psychologically and metaphysically. Loki, here representing the ego, mocks this because he fears the loss of control, as a trickster he enjoys sowing discord in the psyche until the individual recognizes, embraces and finally integrates their shadow aspect and opens the path into the depths where the Anima and Animus lay.
In The Poetic Eddas it's stated that Sibling Marriage is practiced by the Vana Deities..
If I may offer this: I've often thought, (really probably read somewhere, or was influenced by some reading) that long ago, when we told stories in an oral tradition, we used far more figurative language. Like you say at the end of your video description, that the ancestors were not dumb: the Sun isn't a golden chariot, nor the Moon one of silver; they knew that. The use of figurative speech used in story-telling stands in for something real, (we still do it), and as we tend to use the word myth today, those old stories are no myth, as such. Joseph Campbell taught me quite a bit, and I can't imagine you wouldn't know his writing. I bet you've mentioned him, and I didn't notice or something. I think it was a guy called [Propp] who described a myth as the truth with a sheet thrown over it; you can't see the truth, but you can see the shape of it.
Thanks for these videos. On a binge soon.
A the note of figurative language, it helps to remember things to describe them in as vivid detail as possible. Also, attaching the memory to something else helps like a lead, that can trigger attached memories. Which makes for better storytelling in more ways than one.
@@fostxswire1600 Exactly, these stories were told to children as well as adults so they had to be engaging and memorable for everyone. As children grew up they would gain deeper insight into the meanings within the stories, but christians and atheitits tale things so literally when they hear them and over the years much of the underlying messages have been lost ,ignored and misrepresented to fit their own religious narrative. Think about how people tell children about "the birds and the bees", as adults we wouldn't explain it that way to other adults but for small kids it gives them basic information without the details of how their parents made them. Or how tv dumbs down almost everything so that even the lowest IQ people can enjoy and somewhat understand the story... 😆
These are actually some of my favorites.
One thing I was thinking of while watching this. Certain plants, such as wild blueberries require a fire in order to germinate. There are a number of trees which function the same way.
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I love that playlist and still currently working through it! It was awesome make it up to this notification from your channel, would love to see more like this!
I love these videos and they are very helpful to me. Please, definitely continue making them.
Love these long deep dives please make more of these
These are my favourite of all your videos. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Maybe the whole thing about the trying to get the sword and the fire spirit, is more about how man goes through arms races. Like in vedic texts where they talk about the advancement of civilisation and was in space, even nuclear weaponry.
Definitely enjoy these videos and hope you’ll keep doing them!
Thank you for making such informative videos. I appreciate the knowledge that you share.
Love this series about the gods, I hope you will continue them. Thanks for the shared knowledge!
Please do more of these!! Very interested in Norse gods and belief systems. Thank you for your work! I love your channel
I appreciate this content, mostly because in my online searches it's hit or miss. For instance, recently I tried to go back to content that I found two years ago, having bookmarked the link, and the page is not longer found. Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work! I appreciate you linking everything to actual sources.
This series is so good and informative. I love your videos
Thank you again for another wonderful video. My favorite subject so far.
Ok so I’m a big permaculture guy… makes so much sense why Freyr and freya are the two I connect with most. Amazing. Thank you for these videos, I’ve gained so much knowledge binging the channel today. I’d say you’re the best I’ve personally found.
Love this series, it's ashame if they don't get as much views. I enjoy the historical information and your opinions. It gets people to not just see what's written but see what is in between the lines.
Thank you for the knowledge, and insight.
Yes! This is why I subscribed!
just throwing this out there, i love your videos, i love learning as much as i can about these subjects but i struggle with researching and actively learning on my own but your videos really help and give me context for any research i do manage on my own and bouncing between the real histories and the spiritual/myths keeps my attention focused and following along better
basically i just wanted to say thank you
These are some of my favorite of your videos!
Only recently got onto UA-cam. Have worked in Iceland quite a bit and an fascinated with the beliefs, history, etc. Keep up your excellent work. I'll be watching.
Thank you for this video. In my opinion these are the most important videos. a lot of people think that Nordic religion is just about warrior cult and patriarchal worship of the ancestors but as these video clearly show this is not the case as every thing in the material world is animated and have lineage to the divine , much like in platonic philosophy. in this case Freyr represents the essence of the seed and thus the seed of the plant or the sperm of a man are symbols of the god.
Thank you very much for your work an d time in putting these videos on
I think this series of videos are some of the most interesting and important out of all of your content. Keep it up man, would be a tragedy to see your interpretations and understanding go to waste!
It’s beautiful to see and hear our spirituality represented well, especially in this time of misinformation and misunderstanding that we live in today.
Cheers for all your work, all the way from Sydney!
Also, keep up the general spirituality/magic/blot series…amazing information for beginners and even the well-initiated alike.
Enough of the truth out there may just eradicate cringe paganism/spirituality…which the world really needs haha
Love it - good information and good interpretations. I have generally thought of Freyr as a more broad idea, as divine masculinity, while Freya as divine femininity. Love your interpretation of all his artifacts - makes a lot of sense.
Definitely keep these kind of videos up!!
Great presentation, complete with artistic visuals, as well as humor. I was adopted and was jealous of my neighbors who were mostly German, for their food and culture, etc. I learned that my true ancestry is as German as my adoptive family. Literally from northwest Germany, near the Netherlands, just like my Brooks (Broeck originally) family who adopted me. Maybe it shouldn't matter, but I feel affinity for my people and history. I'm Catholic, but learning our ancient culture gives me a grounding in a constantly changing world, which values nothing but corporations and Governments telling us what to believe and say. Peace
Hi! I loved this video, I love how you take everything seriously and don't offer us you personal opinions as true facts. Would you consider doing a similar video on Freyja? There's always so many "made up" stuff about her on the internet and I'd love a down to earth take on her. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
I enjoy his presentation. Like exactly what you pointed out. They are his points of view and very interesting.
Yes freya will be coming soon
Awesome info🤘👍very forward and outcoming
Awesome video, love your content on the gods, I would like watching more if you're up for making more of these
What you do is awesome, keep it up👍👍👍
Yes i have been waiting for another one of these! Im current so i have to wait forever to see more. Start watching these vids people!! Come on!
Keep them coming brother!
I read something awhile back which described Yng or Yngwie was a proto-European God, which it said that this goes back to possibly the ancient Scythians. What I remember is that "ing" is energy/action, thus our English words of do"ing" all have "ing" on the end like writing, doing, running, walking, fighting, etc.
Ok so I preface this with saying I have very little real knowledge of the Norse gods, but your channel has helped a lot recently. I found your channel after losing a friend who you happen to resemble a lot, it stopped me long enough to see how awesome your delivery of the subject is. Definitely keep making videos! So not to get hung up on the Thor/Freyr discrepancy but couldn't it be that ultimately Thor is the god of storms, but with Freyr tempering Thor's might it helps spread fecundity in the spring time? Ultimately the rain doesn't spread life alone? If there is some major reason those two wouldn't work together or something else I don't know about yet I definitely would love to learn about.
I can’t believe that those videos are the least viewed. It’s one of the main reasons I follow your channel. It’s really inspiring to look behind the story’s and learn the lessons from the stories. It’s also a great argument against all the atheists or Monotheists who tell you your religion doesn’t make sense.
Freyr’s other name Ingvi sounds a lot like the German word for Ginger (Ingwer) so maybe there is a Connection? Probably not as Ginger is mostly grown in warmer regions. But are there other deities that are connected to special plants, for example Idunn and Apples? Or is ist more that the people believed the spirits of the plants are completely different deities?
Oh there are definitley gods belived to live in plants(mostly trees). I did a video on Ullr but there are more that will be coming soon
@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Cool thanks. I’ll watch it ^^
Mmm.be blessid bredren for your offerings and your respectfulness and never worry again for your walk amo gst the trees and your spirit walk was heard.
Love your content ❤️
Another great video as always Thor !!! And of my favorite deity.
Disse er mine ynglings videoer, valdigt godt!
I've seen your whole series on true meanings. You changed me whole view and belief of the gods and have set me on a stronger path of learning and appreciation. I'm grateful from the bottom of me heart and look forward to more!
And why. Why did you have to put that smelly old sock photo in there? I'm eating dinner man >_< Edit: you redeemed yourself with the amon amarth album cover @ 15:11 :D
I didn't know about the translations of the name and meaning . thank you I learned something today
I would love to see a series like this and holidays etc. that I could share with my children (more language appropriate for little ones) to be able to teach and learn the true meanings of the gods. I find these videos to be really informative and have really helped me to understand better.
Yes👏 I love your thoughts on this .. makes sense.
Thank you so much for what you do! I love the God/s breakdowns personally.
Good information thanks 👍🏻
I'll just casually listen to you talking g about Freyja whilst I'm asleep. God nat ❤
Excellent video.
Please make more!
Thumbs up for this series!
Very good; very grounded. Greetings from 🇸🇪
In my language "zaad" means seed and it still could be used as a word for sperm, also freyr was called "vrijer" which also has a dubble meaning: love maker and freer. But beliefs travelled upwards as the ice sheets melted, so it's pretty logical we share alot. Surt was also called "sudder" which means Simmer 1) Cooking 2) Prolonged stewing 3).....
Love this series of videos
Outstanding video
Have you done a video on Týr yet? I looked but didn't see it here.
Reminds me of the incredible hot summer we had in sweden a few years ago. You couldn't even find hay for the horses anymore. Farmers had to slaughter cows because they couldn't feed them. Horrible summer.
Keep making them!
I thought the book I read about Norse mythology showed Freyr giving his sword to the giants father. Maybe I read that wrong. It seemed like a play by the giants to weaken the asguard. To me it seems like a lesson and a catch 22. It could be Current pleaser vs long term goals. Or, Death comes so enjoy life. Yet, could Freyr have survived a broken heart that long? Ragnarok was so far away. Odin knew this and let him give his sword anyways. What is life without love, happiness, and plowing the fields? Ranarok would not happen if Freyr kept his sword, but Ragnarok was going to happen anyways... I also, thought Freyr was an elf(a step below the gods) not a god. Last but certainly not least, It seemed clearly that Freyr could not defeat Sutur without his sword, but Sutur even with his own sword could not defeat the great warrior/tactician Freyr and in his anger and rage, in a final desperate attack, summoned the fires that culminates the climax of Ragnarok. As someone who likes a good tactician the last part is my favorite. That even at a disadvantage and unable to defeat his opponent, Freyr still could not be defeated.
Been a while since I’ve back to the channel been spending a little time to myself here lately I know you was working on your book have you published it yet or have a date?
Talk about awesome, I was outside just about an hour ago trying to meditate and connect to Freyr. I am pleasantly surprised by the timing of this video.
Peace! haha
@@thebeanymac exactly.
@@thebeanymac Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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Go n-éirí an bóthar leat chun bualadh leat.
Go raibh an ghaoth i gcónaí ar do dhroim.
Go lasadh an ghrian te ar d'aghaidh;
Titeann an bháisteach bog ar do pháirceanna agus go mbuailfimid le chéile arís,
go gcoinní Dia i dtearmann a láimhe thú.
@@thebeanymac thank you, and thank you for the reminder that Gaelic is such a beautiful and poetic language, a language of music. May the wind be always on your back, the warm sun on your face, and the soft rain on your fields as well. Tapadh leat.
Can you do a video on Gefjon, I think she was listed as one of the Asynjur(sorry if I miss spelled it) but she seems more like a Vanir Goddess or maybe a Giantess who became an Aesir. What are you thoughts?
This kind of videos are the most important, manny views or not.👍
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@@wodanstruth3379 my twitter! wow! Thank you
Yes, please do a video on Freya and the egg and all the symbolism that goes with her! I feel like everything i come across about her is self projected liberal interpretations to excuse self indulgence. I believe there's way more to her than that, but can't find reputable deep dives. So please do a video on Freya!!
Thank you
It has been debated for a long time about the arrival of the Nordic peoples from the east and how they interacted with the existing population who worshipped the Vanir among whom were Njord, Frey and his sister Freya. His weapon at the time of Ragnarok is a deer antler.Maybe I'm reaching but I see a link between him and protogods like Kernunnos who were part of an earlier native neolithic belief system while the pastoralists who came from the east and conquered/ absorbed the native culture and kept some of the Vanir gods. Just a thought
Yngve Frey is the reincanated ancestor, he is Vali the chousen, the king, the best.
Hi, could you please make a video on what breeds of dogs you think they had the most?
Listened to this while working on my hugelkultur and starting seeds. Love the permaculture shout out
I love this series
Thank you for your discussion. I greatly appreciate it. I also appreciate your desire to discuss here.
There are many aspects here that overlap in the way that Snorri describes kennings. Names are interchanged. Yes, a seed, but also Buri was a seed, bursting forth to give birth to a son, Bór, by itself. Begin means "to split and spread," and the -gin is the same as Ginnúngagáp which is the spreading of "yawn." We see Brahmā in his golden egg, making a humming sound like Bromios in Greek myth until he broke it open as he stretched, then the "MMMMM" turned into "AUM," a moan of pleasure as the mouth opens to make the vowel sounds. The Gap is the yawning beginning of life and Buri repeats it by being a seed bursting forth out of a frozen winter due to the heat waves of the Cow's warm tongue. Bórr is the Tree of Life, the boring stick in ritual fire making, the manner by which Agni must be kindled for the oldest Vedic ritual.
Now, the Gerdhr myth, we have to remember her name is literally "Garden," and Freyr is the "Lord." This is straight Fall of the Spirit in classical Christianity which derived from earlier wisdom. Her refusal is an echo of the Upanishads where a man is instructed to ask a woman, freshly cleaned from her period, to unite with him. He's to woo her with kindness and bling, but if she refuses he should threaten her, and even beat her into submission! The style of wild land not wanting the seed is a valuable aspect indeed. We must also look at another aspect of the Christian-like tale. The classic Fall is due to lust: the energy that produces the "original sin" concept.The flaming sword of wisdom is wielded by Mañjushri, the Bodhisattva of conscious creation (whose wrathful manifestation is named "Yamāntaka (Yama Taker/Conqueror)." Freyr sacrificed his sword of wisdom, which fights on its own merit, for a fleshy sword of fertility. Skirnir would be the fire of slash/burn agriculture, the kind used also in the Veda to clear forests for farming. The Loka in Sanskrit is a location, cleared by fire, to allow the Gods to watch the ceremonies unobstructed by the forest canopy. This relates to the Buddhist term "Sky View" as the view under the canopy is wrapped up in the immediate details of materialism. Loka as location also relates to Loki as "lock" in that it refers to the locking down of divine focus, like Banda-locks in Yoga do in our bodies. Vestal virgins created sacred space with fire, for example.
We must then return to the Lust of the Garden. If we are "made in God's image," then we must admit that God fell to lust first! After saying, "Light," He judged it as "good" and embraced it with lust because he had to keep doing MORE "good" things to also embrace as "good." The lack of neutrality is the motion of the Life-fractal. Lust struck Freyr with sorrowful silence, so he gave up his wisdom to embrace materialism. The seed of Buri is the microcosm of the unspoken unity of the 3 primordial regions, a perfect yin/yang manifestation. What made Gerdhr give in? The threat of Insatiable Lust! If giants are supposedly this way naturally, it doesn't make any sense. However, if we realize her name reflects a retrospective naming AFTER the boundary is made (being the bounded land rather than the wild land as you keenly suggest), then we see that she is the Garden of Eden! What would insatiable lust do to a garden? Medieval Europe learned that the ground dies out as over-yielding crops drain the land from its essence. Hello Monsanto! Lust, itself, isn't bad...it's just when it becomes insatiable that the Earth cannot provide.
There are many avenues to go from here. Traditional Chinese medicine associates Thunder, the first son of Heaven and Earth, with Spring, and therefore has a bursting forth nature as it agitates inside the seed to make the plant grow. Bursting forth goes along with Thor, "who seldom sits still," as tapping feet and jittery physicality are liver issues in Traditional Chinese Medicine. If Thor is Capricorn (goat-rider/wader) then Thialfi could be seen as the Aquarian mental fire (he competes with Thought) that brings the water since he, as "squire," would be the cup-bearer for his master. Green growth in Spring is why Thunder is called "Jade Emperor," and he usurped Heaven's throne like Indra pulled Dyaus from the throne by his Achilles heel...and Thor was this Lord of Heaven since he was most worshipped as such. This brings me back to the Snorri kenning comment above. He said one could use any god name for any other god name. Another example; Kennings for heart are all Idunna details; apple, seed, stone, nut. Apple and nut are obvious since she and her apples were turned into a nut by Loki. Seed and stone, however, are more related to Freyr since his tooth breaking the gums was the land rising out of the ice like Buri as the seed described above. Bragi ("Bragger") is the poet who pours libations into Heimdal's "piss-pot" mouth as he praises the gods like Vedic ritual. This brings us to explaining why Freyr could offer 11 apples to his bride to be.
This also brings us to seeing how Rigr connects to the god kenning list. Gullintanni reflects his link to Agni, who's teeth are the golden hot rock/coals in the fire that eat the burnt offerings. Sweat lodge rocks are associated with the hearts of each person in the sweat, and when they break it is said that the spirits are eating the prayers. We also have rocks and boulders being made out of Ymir's teeth. Rig's actions to procreate the 3 personality categories (classes tied to personality rather than genetics exactly) are definitely related to the procreative seeds. Being the fire between the couples, Rigr is linked to the seeds that are also fire. His fire corresponds to the 3 vessels of poetic mead; Son uses semen for children, Bodhn (Bodhi="Awake") in the upturned/empty skull, and Odhrœrir is in the heart being poured into the sacrificial fire used by Bragi! As Home-Shiner (Heimdallr), Rigr is the Chinese kitchen god, also associated with sheep but honey is put on his statue's lips on New Year's Eve in order to speak sweet words to the Jade emperor. This is because he hears all things in the house with 1 ear! Although he's a kitchen god now, when there was only a long house then it was the hearth fire.
Then we have the boar vehicle for Freyr. Metal boar in Chinese astrology is called "Golden Boar" since metal is literally "gold" in the ideogram as the epitome of metal. The boar-headed servant of the monk in A Journey West was made that chimera terror due to having sex with a priestess in the temple, like Medusa. His temper throughout the book is one of indulgences in material existence, and because of this he was not granted liberation like the others. He was given a position of "cleaner of temples" since this would mean people would feed him all sorts of material foods. Therefore, he was the priesthood Díar, paired with Dísir as the feminine. Huang Di is "Yellow Emperor" so we see the priest king title was Di in both Chinese and Old Norse, as both do relate to Dios of Greek, especially when we realize Thiazi is a form of Thiassi, Greek for "religious wisdom cult." Varaha should be included here, being the boar-headed 3rd avatar of Vishnu. He dove to the bottom of the ocean (which had flooded the earth), dug around the mud, and found the golden embryo, Hiranyagarbha egg of Brahmā mentioned above. In meditation, one slightly smiles as if boar tusks lift the corners of one's mouth. According to Enc. Brittanica, Varaha fought for 1000 years to win the egg, and the myth derives from a Brahmanic version as Prajapati. This echoes to the insult of Freyr not being a good fighter, but Mars becoming a boar proved the animal fights just fine. I recently watched a thing about the history behind the series Vikings. the Irish cemetery where these guys said Christians insulted the man by placing a boar's tusk where the dismembered penis should have been. However, with Varaha, we see that the boar was a fertility symbol for the penis ability to raise the seed up out of the ocean. Remember soul means "from the waters" as it is the condensation of Spirit, itself a wind heated by consciousness. Soma is semen in Sanskrit, and is essential to all internal alchemy as it is also considered "essence" as in TCM "Jing." This essence firms up to become the body "from the waters" as we are apparently solid sacks of fluid. Frey"s fall from the spirit into forming the seed is this exact process as Soma in Sanskrit becomes Soma in Greek, meaning "body."
This should give Snorri much more respect in his ability to understand the tool of kennings, in which poets hide the truth in mysterious speech...the reason Classical Greek philosophers disliked the poetic form of transmitting wisdom. Philosophers cultivated anti-social order of mental constructs, based on Nature outside Plato's cave of urban illusion. You rightly mention the meaning of pagan/heathern, and it relates to Plato's cave as Philosophers are literally "lovers of Sophia." This shows the Gnostic nature in Norse myth, and Snorri was well aware of its importance. Gefjon is Sophia, also known as Heidh. Gefjon uses 4 bull sons from a giant with whom she mated to plough her gift. 8 browstars...this is straight Bagua/I Ching numerology. 1 becomes 2 becomes 4 becomes 8 (becomes 16-32 runic orders, but I digress). These 8 brow stars are the Bagua, 8 3-lined symbols that tell the story of Creation...which explain the original elder 24 runic order. The 8 is divine family in Chinese and Norse culture, thus 8-8-8 for China's olympics, and is represented in the name ættir when the runic lines no longer hold 8 letters. Gefjon received her gift for a night of entertainment, by which she set up sacred space. Freyja received her gift of a flaming circle of sacred space sleeping with 4 dwarfs.
What is common in all of this is the process of manifesting immaterial things, considered mysteries since they are nebulous thoughts and imaginations until manifested. This is the meaning of the word "rune," a mystery manifested through speech. It's also why a "blank rune" is impossible...it's not spoken or manifested! Pythagorean harmonics, however, reflect the 24 tattva theory in that 24 sounds + silence makes the full scale of harmonies. That's 2 12-step octaves...8 holy high days in 12 months is 1 scale.
Divine manifestation is the essence of any manifestation. Fall of the spirit is in everyone and is the basis of The Mandate of Heaven. It could be possession and it is not only African and Eastern. That's forced ignorance as if we are unique to not think that way. The historical tales are typical legendary kings. It's all retrospective narratives.
I like this too I have been binging them over and over and maybe do one on fulla friggs maiden
Very interesting
Hope to see a Freya episode like this. I can’t seem to find anything else that compares to your videos. Most people hold on to the belief that the mythology is literal and not symbolic/metaphorical.
Animists = People who say they are not Religious but they are Spiritual
Can you even explain the Origin of Life itself ?
I'd love to hear your interpretation on Ragnarok and Fenrir. I'm not sure how those fit into life as real things but if you've read anything or had your own perception about it that would be awesome, thank you for these videos
Yes that one is for sure coming soon!
Glad I found your channel love ancient cultures and beliefs. What are you saying in your intro, and I apologize I have OCD can you straighten your Norwegian flag por favor?
I don’t know about the agriculture side of mythology, I’m a city boy, but I think the story of Freyr and Gerd is about how some people are badasses for a while until they settled down into a relationship and become normal, boring and fat. Like Atalanta in Greek Mythology.
I also think it’s insinuated, in the epic of Beowulf, that Freyr’s sword was the one Beowulf used to kill Grendel’s mother. This would also insinuate that Grendel and his mother were the last Jutes.
In addition to the evidence connecting Freyr to the barrow, he is associated with elves in Grímnismál where it says Álfheimr (the land of elves) was given by the gods as a gift to Freyr.
It is clear from Ynglinga saga, Beowulf and the Ing rune of the Old English rune poem that Ingvifreyr was associated with noble lineages. Elves are also associated with the noble dead. Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar recounts a line of local kings who ruled over Álfheim, and who, since they had elven blood, were said to be more beautiful than most men. There is also the story of a man named Olaf who becomes an elf after he died and was buried in a barrow. Thenceforth he was known as Ólafr Geirstaða Álfr - Olaf the elf of Geirstad.
In Kormáks Saga elves are clearly associated with barrows. A witch directs a man to a barrow who needs to heal a serious wound. There he must sacrifice a bull to the elves who will feast on the flesh and he must redden the barrow with blood.
In Gisla Saga Þorgrimr is given a ship burial in a barrow. Afterwards it was said that neither snow nor frost would settle on his barrow and that this was thought to be because ‘he was so dear to Freyr on account of his sacrifices that Freyr would have no frost between them’
In Ynglinga saga Snorri says that the age of cremation ended when Freyr (euhemerised) was buried in a barrow at Uppsala and sacrifices were made for him and there followed an age of peace and prosperity and men then buried the dead in barrows. This narrative is evidently mostly Snorri's invention and an attempt to explain, in a Christian-friendly format, Freyr's association with the barrow tradition.
Saxo also associated Freyr with Uppsala and in a similar euhemerised narrative which may have influenced Snorri's, describes how Frø changed the tradition of sacrifice at Uppsala. He also specifies that dark coloured animals were preferred for Frø and this convention is usually applied in other Indo-European religions to chthonic gods of the earth, underworld or barrow.
What were the fruits and berries and herbs our bronze and iron age ancestors eat and forage?
Perhaps the story is a metaphor for humans cutting down forests and cultivating the land instead, which in turn helps destroy the ozone layer (the sword) and the fire giant is the sun's radiation that can now attack us without the ozone layer.
You did not add a bust into your slideshow 😂
Just thinking about the deforestation in tropics. Cultivating the land just for it to become barren in no time. I'm wondering if that was happening with the ancient European forest. Freyr giving up on his sword, the natural cycle going on for ever, and all the gods were helpless when Surtr came to turn the land to waste, when the soil could not produce anymore. Sorta turning history in to a bedtime story...
I love that, wild edibles are the sword that fights by itself
I too am an animist. Since my earliest hours of life, I have perceived a Spirit of Life in all things. Trees, stones, plants and animals. All have a Life Force vibrating the air around us. I am Shaman, I am one with the Life Force of Midgard.
In relation to the story of Gerder, the word Garden is derived from her name. There are gardens that grow food and there are gardens that grow beauty. One should not confuse the two. Some land will not support food crops, and other land will. Skal