Þrymskviða - Old Norse Song
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2022
- Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Þrymskviða is a poem from the Poetic Edda, an especially comedic one dealing with the disappearance of Thor’s hammer, and his quest with Loki to find it, which leads him to dressing up as a bride with the latter to infiltrate the assembly of Jötnar who stole his hammer. See Jackson Crawford’s excellent summary and translation of the poem here: • Þrymskviða: Thor Gets ...
I used the reconstructed Old Norse pronunciation as described by Jackson Crawford-please note that this means it will sound unlike most readings of the poem which use modern Icelandic pronunciation. It’s a common convention to use the latter since it’s phonology changed the least from Old Norse, however it isn’t the same.
Whilst the Norse (more specifically the Vikings) are more popular than ever in pop culture, and Norse-themed music is everywhere, almost all of that music is creative in nature and doesn't seek to be historically accurate--the current audience is therefore inundated with tons of examples of very enjoyable music that is more modern and fantastical in nature than historically accurate. I wanted to add my humble contribution to the Norse-music landscape by providing a more historically informed example of what the actual music of the Norse may have sounded like, rather than music that evokes our modern pop culture idea of the Vikings like with the excellent Wardruna or Heilung bands.
The first step was to do away with the typical dark, gloomy sound now associated with "Viking music;" there is no reason nor historical indication that would lead us to believe that Norse music was fundamentally dark-sounding, and very light, happy-sounding tunes would probably have been part of their musical palette. I also didn’t use throat singing as there’s absolutely no evidence whatsoever towards the usage of it by the Norse, see my discussion video on the subject: • Did “Vikings” Have Ove...
I used a typical lyre of the region and era, drums, a jaw-harp and both wooden and bone flutes. All of these are attested historically for the Norse, although the degree to which their percussions were complex and heavily used in unkown. I also used a Byzantine lyra. The tagelharpa is often used as the go-to bowed lyre for Norse-themed music, however its earliest attestations are centuries after the Viking period, and bowed instruments are not conclusively known to have existed then in Scandinavia. I therefore used the Byzantine lyra given that extensive contact between the Norse and the Eastern Romans is known, and its possible that they first encountered bowed instruments from the Mediterranean cultures using them.
What is also unkown is their melodies: I decided to go with a probable option which is the Dorian minor mode. The Norse’s ancestors had lived in frequent contact with the Classical World of Antiquity where such heptatonic modes were common, and looking at Norse clothing and other cultural aspects, it’s clear that they weren’t as isolated from Europe as our romanticised ideas may want them to be, so I believe it likely that they utilised the typical heptatonic modes found in Europe in the early Middle-Ages. I built the melody so that the first syllable of every word would be accented as much as possible to respect Norse’s prosody.
Lyrics:
Vreiðr var þá Vingþórr er hann vaknaði
ok síns hamars of saknaði,
skegg nam at hrista, skor nam at dýja,
réð Jarðar burr um at þreifask.
Fló þá Loki, - fjaðrhamr dunði, -
unz fyr útan kom ása garða
ok fyr innan kom jotna heima.
Ek hef Hlórriða hamar of folginn
átta rostum fyr jorð neðan;
hann engi maðr aftr of heimtir,
nema færi mér Freyju at kvæn.
Þá kvað þat Heimdallr, hvítastr ása,
vissi hann vel fram sem vanir aðrir:
Bindum vér Þór þá brúðar líni,
hafi hann it mikla men Brísinga.
Þá kvað Loki Laufeyjar sonr:
Mun ek ok með þér ambótt vera,
vit skulum aka tvær í Jotunheima.
English translation:
Wroth then was Wingthor awakening,
To find missing Miolnir, his hammer.
He shook his beard and shaggy head:
The son of Earth sought how to find it.
Flew then Loki,
feathercoat rustling,
Until he was out
of the Ases' court
And was far within
the Iotons' home.
“I have reward worth my labor.
Thrym has thy hammer, Thurses' ruler;
And such no one shall see again,
Save he first bring him Freyja to wife."
Then said Heimdall, whitest of Ases,
Of the future aware as were the Vanir,
Let us bind then Thor, in bridal linen.
Let him bear the famed, Brisinga necklace
Said then Loki, son of Laufey:
“I’ll also go to act as maid,
We two girls journey to the giant's home.”
Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Þrymskviða is a poem from the Poetic Edda, an especially comedic one dealing with the disappearance of Thor’s hammer, and his quest with Loki to find it, which leads him to dressing up as a bride with the latter to infiltrate the assembly of Jötnar who stole his hammer. See Jackson Crawford’s excellent summary and translation of the poem here: ua-cam.com/video/FA4GRUifD2U/v-deo.html
I used the reconstructed Old Norse pronunciation as described by Jackson Crawford-please note that this means it will sound unlike most readings of the poem which use modern Icelandic pronunciation. It’s a common convention to use the latter since it’s phonology changed the least from Old Norse, however it isn’t the same.
Whilst the Norse (more specifically the Vikings) are more popular than ever in pop culture, and Norse-themed music is everywhere, almost all of that music is creative in nature and doesn't seek to be historically accurate--the current audience is therefore inundated with tons of examples of very enjoyable music that is more modern and fantastical in nature than historically accurate. I wanted to add my humble contribution to the Norse-music landscape by providing a more historically informed example of what the actual music of the Norse may have sounded like, rather than music that evokes our modern pop culture idea of the Vikings like with the excellent Wardruna or Heilung bands.
The first step was to do away with the typical dark, gloomy sound now associated with "Viking music;" there is no reason nor historical indication that would lead us to believe that Norse music was fundamentally dark-sounding, and very light, happy-sounding tunes would probably have been part of their musical palette. I also didn’t use throat singing as there’s absolutely no evidence whatsoever towards the usage of it by the Norse, see my discussion video on the subject: ua-cam.com/video/gr9586Dlq4E/v-deo.html
I used a typical lyre of the region and era, drums, a jaw-harp and both wooden and bone flutes. All of these are attested historically for the Norse, although the degree to which their percussions were complex and heavily used in unkown. I also used a Byzantine lyra. The tagelharpa is often used as the go-to bowed lyre for Norse-themed music, however its earliest attestations are centuries after the Viking period, and bowed instruments are not conclusively known to have existed then in Scandinavia. I therefore used the Byzantine lyra given that extensive contact between the Norse and the Eastern Romans is known, and its possible that they first encountered bowed instruments from the Mediterranean cultures using them.
What is also unkown is their melodies: I decided to go with a probable option which is the Dorian minor mode. The Norse’s ancestors had lived in frequent contact with the Classical World of Antiquity where such heptatonic modes were common, and looking at Norse clothing and other cultural aspects, it’s clear that they weren’t as isolated from Europe as our romanticised ideas may want them to be, so I believe it likely that they utilised the typical heptatonic modes found in Europe in the early Middle-Ages. I built the melody so that the first syllable of every word would be accented as much as possible to respect Norse’s prosody.
Lyrics:
Vreiðr var þá Vingþórr er hann vaknaði
ok síns hamars of saknaði,
skegg nam at hrista, skör nam at dýja,
réð Jarðar burr um at þreifask.
Fló þá Loki, - fjaðrhamr dunði, -
unz fyr útan kom ása garða
ok fyr innan kom jötna heima.
Ek hef Hlórriða hamar of folginn
átta röstum fyr jörð neðan;
hann engi maðr aftr of heimtir,
nema færi mér Freyju at kvæn.
Þá kvað þat Heimdallr, hvítastr ása,
vissi hann vel fram sem vanir aðrir:
Bindum vér Þór þá brúðar líni,
hafi hann it mikla men Brísinga.
Þá kvað Loki Laufeyjar sonr:
Mun ek ok með þér ambótt vera,
vit skulum aka tvær í Jötunheima.
English translation:
Wroth then was Wingthor awakening,
To find missing Miolnir, his hammer.
He shook his beard and shaggy head:
The son of Earth sought how to find it.
Flew then Loki,
feathercoat rustling,
Until he was out
of the Ases' court
And was far within
the Iotons' home.
“I have reward worth my labor.
Thrym has thy hammer, Thurses' ruler;
And such no one shall see again,
Save he first bring him Freyja to wife."
Then said Heimdall, whitest of Ases,
Of the future aware as were the Vanir,
Let us bind then Thor, in bridal linen.
Let him bear the famed, Brisinga necklace
Said then Loki, son of Laufey:
“I’ll also go to act as maid,
We two girls journey to the giant's home.”
Still waiting for punjabi dhol
Other than the music, I wonder if the Norse really did wear similar clothing to the Eastern Romans and the peoples of the Kievan Rus through trade. Although it might be a stretch, it is interesting to know if they had a lot of influence on the Norse than we might believe or the remaining existing evidence.
@Byzantine Historian Definitely, quite a few actually! Last year I felt like I had missed the opportunity to do Christmas related songs so I’ll compensate here!
@Selevkius That's how the original source I mentioned in the description pronounced it, it may be a case of the difference between modern Icelandic pronunciation and Old Norse pronunciation
apologies if Im unaware or something but is there a place on spotify where your music is located I love alot of your tracks and id love to add them to some of my video game playlists or my weekly dnd playlist with my friends. We cant play youtube videos on discord anymore is why im asking.
I literally searched for authentic norse music and the first song that came up had booming drums and throat singing, featuring comments from all over the world describing their innate gravitation to such music due to their 5% viking blood. Many of our cultures seem so watered down and lost we are desperate for this connection to a fictional past.
Not to sound pedantically contrarian BUT I don't think it's watered down culture. It seems more a matter of stolen from many of us. Sort of the way the history of slaves were stolen but with far, far less violence and human rights violations. There was a HUGE German and Scandinavian culture in the UK and North America before WW1. By the end of WW2 it was so tainted by fascism, anti German propaganda and the demonization of anything not Christian it all but disappeared. A lot of white folks are lucky enough to at least have an idea of where their bloodline came from and echoes of music and traditions.
Yes, we're all so deprived of our history and ancestors that we're often too quick to take anything. I think that's rather disturbing, and I try to be aware of it in myself all the time
Wtf is this
And some of those artists don’t know how many claim no such authenticity and understand it but a lot of searching and finding music like heilung don’t get it lol
The same way I feel about horned helmets. 😂😂
This is what I'd like expect vikings to sing while they're sailing to Constantinople
Never heard of this version of Norse music. I think this might be the most accurate song I have heard of Norse music. Thank you.
You show me a new face of old Norse songs, I love the deep, baritonal War music with heavy drums and dark theme. But this is a masterpiece, makes me feel like I'm drinking ale with my battle brothers after a long day of fighting and raiding, laughing at the thought of Thor dressed as a spouse. Great job as always
Trymskvadet is not a war song! It's about a man who puts on women's clothes...
@@peterknutsen3070 I... I know, it's exactly what I said
ðor dressed as a spouse, why is that familiar?
@@hamzahelal929 yes, I was referring to the lyrics of the song about the time he dressed as a bride to retrieve the mjolnir from the hands of the giants
@@hamzahelal929 It's a very well known myth.
Return of the vocal chameleon to show us the more gentle and down to earth side of a people renowned for their raiding. You do the memory of all skálds justice with your music.
Or in the eyes of the Byzantines, they're known to be the best warriors and the most loyal workers one would ever employ
@@justinianthegreat1444 of course, Harald Hardrada and the story of the Varangians themselves deserve a song unto themselves.
This whole Norse thing is basically an MCU setup, the Varangian-Byzantine crossovers have to come at some point (and the Justinian theme too I swear I just need to find the perfect text and melody, can’t botch that one lel)
@@faryafaraji I'll provide some
"Praise the Lord who made him Emperor
Iesus who crowned him emperor
Praise be to the One who gives the purple
Praise be to the Lord of hosts who gifted us with a pious emperor
Praise to the Lord who's mercy endures forever"
"No one can stop the tide of Rome
For God is with us
Praise the Lord who crowns pious men into emperors
Praise the Lord who gives the purple to the right man for the office of Augustus
In Christ the emperor and autocrat of the Romans"
@@faryafaraji here is the Latin translation of my the texts I provided, you can improve upon them and modify to fit your needs
"Laudate Dominum qui fecit illum Imperatorem Jesus, qui coronavit illum imperatorem Laus ei qui dat purpuram Benedictus Dominus Sabaoth , qui nos pio Imperatore donavit Laudate Dominum qui in aeternum misericordia eius"
"aestus urbis Romae nemo prohibere potest Deus enim nobiscum est Laudate Dominum qui pios coronat in imperatores Laudate Dominum qui dat purpuram viro dextro Augusti in Christo imperatore et autocrate Romanorum"
“0/8 not enough throat singing”
Jokes aside great production man - this could’ve been what Ibn Fadlan listened to during his journey!
what is up with Nordic songs and throat singing? i haven't listen to nordic songs until i listened to Farya Faraji
The norse folks don't have a history of throat singing.(as far as i know)The association with throat singing began with modern pagan musicians & now throat singing is a staple of fantasy viking music.
@@TheBarbarianBear ah,i see.
Thanks for clarifying
@TheBarbarianBear the closest we have is a document stating they growled like dogs or wolves I can't remember which but this could be propaganda
@@Necrohead_Is_real They sang from the throat "hummed" or "howled" or something like that, like dogs, according to an Arab who thought little of their culture. Since that could be used to describe most types of singing, it's very weak evidence for throat singing. Moreover, other people encountered the Norse and didn't mention them having such a distinctive style of singing, so he may have just been using a generic insult.
In general, for linguistic reasons, Arabic is one of the last languages you'd want people to record events in, from a historian's perspective. See also the textual "evidence" for the Rus being tattooed, which could mean anything from them wearing patterns on their clothing to them being tattooed to them wearing woad.
Very much liking the more upbeat tone. The more dour sounding music has its place, but historical cultures aren't one-note peoples only capable of producing specific kinds of music.
Definitely going to be using this for a mead hall in a tabletop campaign!
Man...this keeps happening with your music. I listen to the song at first and enjoy it but don't really connect until a few days later I catch myself humming along to one of your melodies.
Keep up the amazing work !
I love how you've grown to adopt the costumes of the nation. Such as: the Spanish one, the French one, the English one, and this one!
Spain is not a nation.
Very nice, would like to see more Nordic stuff 🇫🇮❤️
Perkele
Please release this on your spotify 🙏 I would definitely download it and listen to it on the regular
I am from Denmark and can easily imagine this being played in my country 1000 years ago for sure!
Fascinating . I wonder if. Scandinavian folk songs that have survived and still sung might give you some clues about ancient Norse music . You can easily hear these on youtube .
Wooo! Excellent to see some Nordic stuff! (: 🇧🇻
This is amazing! i'm happy to see Old Norse music as historically as possible!
Nórdico antigo é agradável de se ouvir
This was basically a must after your throat singing video hah
Loved it :3 your Old Norse pronunciation was pretty good and I loved the simple instrumentation and the style of singing. It really feels like what i imagine one might have recited poetry like at a fest or gathering or a story telling event.
Great as always! Didn't get a notification so had completely missed this one. Very cool to see your take on old Norse music. Would be amazing to see more Nordic music, especially if you could do some Kalevala inspired Karelian stuff!
Dude you have no idea how happy this makes me, thank you so much 🙏
This wakens up my inner Varangian
You do not know how long I have waited for this one!
the man, the myth, the legend!
This song takes me back in time. I can imagine the Norse men wholesomely drinking beer, having a merry time. Im there too of course, the norse are my family in that life time and now. 🤍
Tu ES absolument Magnifique Farya à voir et à entendre !
Tout mon respect 🙏🏻
More, more! Love the sound of this one and it gives more richness to Northern European culture and history imo. Very interesting footnotes as well. Great job! 👍
I’ve found your channel only recently and became an admirer immediately. I really appreciate your approach to historically informed instrumentation and constructing fictional yet plausible soundscapes.
Is there any way to get in touch regarding the possible use of some of your music in a (non commercial) video project?
Thanks alot! You can send me an email at aravinderfirebringer@gmail.com :)
thank you again for the fantastic music, voice , video and explanation!!!
you never EVER disappoint!
I just finished watching your video about Viking throat singing historical accuracy and you surprise me with this fantastic better approach.
Beautiful!
The cadence, mellody and pacing of this song, feels very familiar in terms of medieval music from later periods. I wonder if that's not a result of the influence of Viking musicians on European musical composition in later periods in general? They certainly had contact with a lot of cultures in their hemisphere...so it wouldn't be a stretch. Nice performance!
So awesome! Sounds very authentic ✨
I love seeing this kind of approach to Nordic music gradually growing.
This is sooo good!! I love your work 💖 Keep it up!
Reminds me a lot to Harald Foss songs, which are actually traditional germanic tunes and songs.
Please do more of this
Beautiful, sth I've been really looking for for long!!!
Great music, and great timing.
Did I mention I really love this channel? I really love this channel.
Best choice of story to musicalize, my fave from the Edda! The deep undertone (dunno if that's the correct word, I am not that musically inclined lol) of the background vocals gives it the such beauty, I can feel it in my chest. Wonderful performance!
Nice music, nice rendering!! You've earned yourself a sub! 🙂👍
Long was longing, slow was life,
Till the Tiller of olden tunes
made his mind, played his music.
Harp's song happy fills the halls,
Farya's faring northwards fairly!
Gorgeous (both music and singer)
Simply amazing. Keep going.
WOW! It sounds extremely accurate 🥰😇!! great job!!
Wonderful!
I look forward to more norse content, though you have so many cultures to choose from.
HELL YEAH THANK YOU FARYA
Incredible stuff, thank you
Finaly the day came for you step on the Norse stage. Salutations.
Finnish translation:
Vihainen silloin Wingthor oli herätessänsä,
huomanneensa Miolnirin, vasaransa olevan poissa.
hän heilutti partaansa ja takkuista päätänsä:
maan poika tietää miten sen löytää.
Lensi silloin Loki,
sulkaviitta kahiten,
kunnes hän poissa oli
Asesin hovista
ja oli hyvin Lotonssin kotona.
”Minulla on työni arvoinen palkkio.
Thrymillä on vasarasi, Thursesin valtias;
ja niin kukaan sitä nähdä ei saa,
paitsi jos hänelle Freyan vaimoksi toisit.”
Sitten sanoi Heimdall, asesista valkoisin,
Tulevaisuudesta tietoinen niin kuin Vanirit,
antakaamme meidän, Thor morsiamen liinavaatteisiin.
Antakaa hänen pitää yllään kuuluisaa, Brisinga kaulakorua
Sanoi sitten Loki, Laifeyn poika:
”Menen myös piian asussa,
Me kaksi tyttöä matkaamme jättien kotiin.”
Just saying I would pay good money for you to make songs for each of the poems in the poetic edda. Like full poems and everything. Not enough to be worth your time but I’m sure I’m not alone in that. Maybe crowdfund it?
love the songs big fan of yours
Skol, my friend! May green trees and blue seas color your skin a souvenir of these ancient dreams you've so nobly fleshed out for us who carry the blood of the brave North-men.
Awesome. Excellent! Your logic on the instrumentation is right - although I have no particular objection to all the modern "Viking" music using tagelharpas etc. I love it! I love the medieval feel of this, though, probably coming from the heptatonic scale used.
Thanks again !
Just come across this masterpiece and I'm so happy, I've read the poem many times and it's one of my favourites. Have you done others? I'd love to hear your take on havamal or voluspa (forgive the spelling)
Thanks! The other historically informed Norse song I made based on a poem is this one :) ua-cam.com/video/yGMeJZuCEXA/v-deo.htmlsi=8mtOmG8S9rollTBy
Wow! this is beautiful.
Beautiful!
Lovely!!
Please make more
Fucking legend of old music.
Beautiful
Pls do more of this
Fantastic!
Very cool!
Would be wonderful to have runescript lyrics added to the video aswell!
Hey Farya, if you want authentic norse music, check out asynje or virelai. They actually sing danish folk songs that survive.
BTW why is norse music(and west euro medieval music) part of the western european musical province? It sounds nothing like classical western music.
I love getting a taste of historical humor
Farya,
Please, _stop_ reading my mind.
I just watched _The Northman_ last night.
As a Polish person i can confirm im now from Sweden.
I could buy this guy as Heimdall.
Bragi
A person is trapped by the ones and zeros they know
Nice work!! Although still waiting for the northern Iranian songs.
perfect :)
So, you’ve finally done Norse music.
Awesome! Also loved the Byzantine Epirus that you have uploaded. One day you’ll be famous. One day. Asalamalakim, Farya.
I think the Norse gods wanted Thor to dress up as a bride because they had Loki who was a known shape shifter, but they still let Thor do it.
He was trying to infiltrate the wedding as Freyja no? Plus I doubt the Jotun would have allowed Thor into the room unless he was disguised. Once they got that bride price back homie popped Mjolnir and let loose.
@@calmexit6483 Just like in the avengers 😱😱💯
Finally a Norse song 😊
Classic
Great great... Try Hriste Bože for next composition.
I can imagine a story, where in early medieval ages a persian mercenary travels across the known world and learns about culture and art of nations, for which he fights. But in one way or another, he tries to cope with a fall of Sasanid empire, in which he grew up.
Amazing work Farya! Truly the best in my current playlist and since you can do Old Norse, can you try out Traditional Filipino music? It wouldn't be hard since it's Mediterranean influenced due to centuries of Spanish domination and their folk songs are both in Spanish and Tagalog
Hey, i wanted to ask. Does PH have traditional music as a subject in the school?
@@fathanthoriq2413no
Really catchy
Farya, is there objectively good and bad music, or is it all subjective?
I mean there’s entire philosophical essays that wouldn’t be able to answer this haha, I doubt a comment can.
I think there’s objectively bad *performances*, like someone not singing on pitch or playing an instrument badly. That is quantifiable objectively, you can literally measure by percentage how badly someone failed to reach a note while singing. But the melody self being bad? I like microtonal melodies because I’m Iranian, and Westerners generally don’t like them. Who am I to say a microtonal melody by concept is good or bad? Some like it and some don’t, I don’t think it’s any more complicated. Any time someone tries to say something is objectively good, they’re saying “what I personally like is the scientific, objective definition of quality”, which is the most pretentious think I can conceive of lol
As a hammered dulcimer player, I'm very pleased to hear its use! But if we wanted to be strict about it, I think it is a later invention - the struck psaltery would be more "correct" :)
I was very strict, which is why I didn’t use the hammered dulcimer at all here, you’re probably confusing one of the sounds for that of the dulcimer. The instruments used are listed in the pinned comment or the description :)
Reminds me of the Agni Kai song from Korra and Last Airbender
can you made seachants?? im sure you can made it awesome!
ancient greek man sings viking songs
Thats a yes-yes for me 😆
The Call to Maponos was awesome, just like this, but i feel like a new song in gaulish would be damn epic! (I don’t want to sound demanding but that’s the way i feel like)
There aren’t many examples of the Gaulish language that can be used to make a song
@@branarthen2268 yeah but you can always hope, and that’s exactly what im doing!
How is this not on ITunes or Spotify?
❤❤❤
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great work man, thank you so much. I don't really understand why those (great) bands like Wardruna all have this "gloomy/melancholic" vibe; I mean it's good, but it's very dominant, and that's what I don't get. Maybe it's just the modern bands who are nostalgic about what they represent.
A persian singing in old Norse, a peculiar yet beautifull sight
Hello! Don’t know if you will see this as the video is over a year old, but I was curious as to your melismatic vocal technique?.
I’ve heard it a LOT in Arabic singing, and I notice you use a very subtle version of it in both this song and your other Old Norse music video. Is this a product of your research into singing techniques of the area/age, or more an influence of how you have learned to sing?
I have been trying to learn more about Old Norse, and specifically the music, as my mother’s family is from the Shetlands and I want to reconnect with that part of my heritage.
I'm afraid you're looking into it a little too much, the way I sing here is no different than any standart Western way of singing. I'm not remotely applying melismas to any degree unusual for a standart way of singing European songs here or my other Norse song.
Melismas exist in modern Europe too, they're just not as systematic or plentiful as Eastern music.
Leather, mud, and furr my brother
Hi Farya, if you're interesting in Byzantine music I'd highly recommend looking up Domna Samiou's work and the playlist "Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes." Domna's a prominent researcher of Greek folk music though she seems to have applied it to the Acritic songs.
Link: ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_lbLcPg1s3FiU1ly8S5qQOlTT7ttV72JSQ.html
عالی مینوازی داداش
مگه توی این روزا تو به ما یکم آرامش بدی
This music would have been accepted as "normal"on any place known in the medieval past.
based music
I mean that wasn't half bad, what would you rate it though in measure of accuracy?
(I get there is no way to create an actual metric to judge something against a lost culture)
Also, there is a lot of stories about these things the Vics would do when reaching the target of a raid by sea - can you speak into that and give us an accurate depiction of that please? really curios.
Great performance , if it 's not a secret who are you by nationality ?
I think he is persian
Farya Faraji is Persian but he currently lives in Quebec
Iranian, but not Persian at all, I’m Mazandarani :)
@@faryafaraji Oh I'm so sorry for speaking on your behalf then,thanks for clearing up the confusion
@@Imperator452 No offense don’t worry!
I think the reason we as a culture have grabbed on to this dark toned version of Norse music is because we view Norse mythology and the Viking age as tragedies.
Norse myth will end in all the gods (except a few) dying, and the Viking age with our hind sight feels fated to have ended, like a ticking clock waiting to strike the hour when Christianity and common medieval culture wiped away what we think of as ‘Viking’.
Also this style of song reminds me a bit more of some of Baldr’s Draumar’s music, which though West Frisian and not old Norse does have Norse myth themed songs that are less dark and more what I’d call “folky”. Just ignore there more metal songs.
>Norse myth will end
That's the issue on a linear historicist understanding of myths.
You are living the myths right now, the myths are ever re-occurring.
@@cintaratna6083 I should have phrased it better, "in norse mythology this cycle of the world will end with most of the gods dying" there is that better?
You ought to do inca or aztecs