Garmarna Herr Mannelig Sir Mannelig

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2009
  • Garmarna - Herr Mannelig _ Sir Mannelig
    This song is abot a woman who wants to marry a guy, but he doesent want her because she is not a christian woman... Old myth, old folk from sweden

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  • @hanspetersen3805
    @hanspetersen3805 6 років тому +2856

    My wife is a mountaintroll and she is very offended by this song. But I own a lot of mills and horses now.

    • @Chickipie2
      @Chickipie2 6 років тому +83

      Hans Petersen I am Elf Maiden wed to a blue skinned Cave Troll, I have to say, the jewels gold and silver he gives me and his unwavering love, I look pass the three hairs on the top of his head and his dirt blackened toe nails, I know what you mean LoL

    • @DonnyDunne
      @DonnyDunne 5 років тому +148

      Troll lives matter!

    • @den2k885
      @den2k885 5 років тому +119

      All wives are mountain trolls :D

    • @fhoofe3245
      @fhoofe3245 5 років тому +12

      ahaha

    • @fayruzgreat
      @fayruzgreat 5 років тому +5

      Im. Happy for you

  • @MajesticSkywhale
    @MajesticSkywhale 8 років тому +1918

    her rolling 'R' really is spectacular.

    • @heniekmrowka9673
      @heniekmrowka9673 6 років тому +75

      Polish "r" is the same 😀

    • @ichhasseallehier4108
      @ichhasseallehier4108 5 років тому +9

      Yes!

    • @deathreaper2352
      @deathreaper2352 5 років тому +1

      @Yoel Armas Macías yup. 😊

    • @bigjavo36
      @bigjavo36 5 років тому +9

      Yoel Armas Macías a gift from the goths I gather.

    • @EmAViking
      @EmAViking 5 років тому +19

      Erik Van der Zee You should hear my Dutch then (Swedish accent all over the place).

  • @rafom14
    @rafom14 9 років тому +2779

    still better love story than twilight

    • @meytalyasser2445
      @meytalyasser2445 7 років тому +15

      lol you right

    • @kristinsjarva6755
      @kristinsjarva6755 7 років тому +31

      Sure, but is a sadly love story :p

    • @katiehazen5260
      @katiehazen5260 6 років тому +2

      Rafo Martirosian WHAT THAT IS NONCENCE

    • @patriciaulloahernandez6202
      @patriciaulloahernandez6202 6 років тому +18

      Uhh In my humble opinion this isn't a love story but a heartbreaking beg for release from a spell cast on the Mountain troll, which is never broken, frpm what I understand...

    • @Black-mq3xn
      @Black-mq3xn 5 років тому +6

      Well, it's a good story regardless

  • @SilverMothAudio
    @SilverMothAudio 4 роки тому +590

    Me trying to sing:
    The demon I summoned: helo

  • @soyezzen
    @soyezzen 9 років тому +2234

    Swedish language + mystic stories = total badassery

    • @GalliadII
      @GalliadII 9 років тому +21

      soyezzen that is ancient germanic. :)

    • @oykuozer5624
      @oykuozer5624 9 років тому +115

      +GalliadII no that is older swedish :)

    • @soyezzen
      @soyezzen 9 років тому +29

      GalliadII I think it is Swedish, but since I do not speak it I trust the web for this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herr_Mannelig
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmarna

    • @GalliadII
      @GalliadII 9 років тому +16

      ok, I believe you :)
      thanks

    • @Nonehasthisnamekek1
      @Nonehasthisnamekek1 8 років тому +11

      +Stijn van de Ven bergatroll = mountain troll

  • @Gio_Medici
    @Gio_Medici 7 років тому +1363

    such a beautiful language

  • @edwardmortis6752
    @edwardmortis6752 4 роки тому +579

    When you get 0.5% Viking in your genetic test

    • @arty6234
      @arty6234 4 роки тому +35

      Hahahaha, it's the northern blood we have that called us

    • @vivinaaron9265
      @vivinaaron9265 3 роки тому +2

      Niche

    • @eugeneflores6153
      @eugeneflores6153 3 роки тому +7

      Does Viking even related to the song meaning?

    • @lokipocyt9726
      @lokipocyt9726 3 роки тому

      I’m 38% from the Norwegian area on my mother’s side

    • @sillylittlelily8891
      @sillylittlelily8891 3 роки тому +5

      I want to be Swedish. :( god damn it. this language is so damn good. and also the song

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 5 років тому +133

    This uses the old verb conjugation, spelling and verb forms that are not used in Contemporary Swedish. I love it.

    • @renerpho
      @renerpho 6 місяців тому +1

      And a very distinct rolled R that's rare in modern Swedish dialects, I believe.

    • @cjmarion6350
      @cjmarion6350 16 днів тому +1

      @@renerpho its a shame that ive listened to this so many times that when i sing/speak in swedish(im a native English speaker) i have that rolled r as a part of my pronunciation now😅😂

    • @renerpho
      @renerpho 16 днів тому

      @@cjmarion6350 Did you ever get weird looks for it from native speakers of Swedish?

  • @505Legion
    @505Legion 5 років тому +307

    I could listen to her "R" forever o.o

  • @Northern85Star
    @Northern85Star 8 років тому +3639

    She wasn't a troll, she was a sorceress. To explain: the word troll originally meant "magic being" (either magically manipulated or a being using magic). The modern idea of a troll (big, monstrous) is actually a jotun - jotuns often using magic, who are therefore simultaneously also trolls. This is why doing magic in the scandinavian languages translates to "trolling" (trylle/trolle), a magician/wizard is called a "trollman" (trollmann/troldmand), and magic is called "troll's verdict" (trolldom/trolddom).
    So, this is a tale of a pagan sorceress who begged a christian knight to marry her, for the curse on her to be lifted. She could not tell him outright due to the nature of her curse. But being a christian, the knight saw her magical powers and non-christian nature as a sign that she was in a relationship with the devil - as christians has historically done to stigmatize paganism to the point of using it as an argument to eradicate pagans through genocide.

    • @francescoanziutti8480
      @francescoanziutti8480 8 років тому +58

      thanks for the info:)

    • @Northern85Star
      @Northern85Star 8 років тому +31

      Francesco Anziutti
      You're welcome mate :)

    • @Northern85Star
      @Northern85Star 8 років тому +74

      ***** What you're stating is what the word "bergatroll" has *come* to mean - not what it originally meant. Think: why would "bergaTROLL" and "TROLLkarl" have absolutely nothing in common, in modern Scandinavian? Because the words have lost their original meaning - like so many other words.
      The Scandinavian languages are all derived from one language. The words in question have similar meaning (both original meaning and the modern variation) in all Scandinavian languages.

    • @metivs
      @metivs 8 років тому +4

      +Northern85Star from what language are they derived?

    • @Northern85Star
      @Northern85Star 8 років тому +55

      metivs Old Norse deriving from the North Germanic branch of the Germanic language :)

  • @Sanako314
    @Sanako314 5 років тому +320

    This is the song that made me start learning Swedish ♥

    • @NewbornSkydiver
      @NewbornSkydiver 4 роки тому +26

      Egemen Tanik Please bear in mind though that a lot (almost every single one) of these words are forlorn/ancient nordic/swedish words. And that the modern swedish we speak here today (I am from Sweden) is extremely different. But good job on some of the translations and good luck to you both (:

    • @egementanik2170
      @egementanik2170 4 роки тому +6

      @@NewbornSkydiver Thank you from İzmir, Turkey for the heads-up and the well wishes. I'll check other sources and maybe check if there are any courses in my area. I also read the story behind the song and its fascinating; something you can tell your children.

    • @Porcelanix
      @Porcelanix 4 роки тому +2

      @@egementanik2170 birds: fåglarna

    • @relykss0362
      @relykss0362 4 роки тому +5

      Det är kul att höra :D

    • @hencytjoe
      @hencytjoe 4 роки тому +3

      This song is not comtemporary swedish, FYI. Most of it is the same though but you'll see for yourself if you ever engulf on that journey.

  • @tilalhussain6128
    @tilalhussain6128 3 роки тому +239

    In an alternate universe
    Her Manelligh: *YES YES!!! A HUNDRED TIMES YES*

  • @petersoete357
    @petersoete357 9 років тому +684

    My oldest (8) will be presenting this song in her class as "favourite music" tomorrow.

    • @petersoete357
      @petersoete357 9 років тому +76

      I gave her another cd with "raining blood" of Slayer and now her class hates her ;-) No, all joking aside, it was only part of the presentation and the teacher didn't have time left to play the song in class.

    • @Kevin.7.
      @Kevin.7. 7 років тому +11

      You did a great job!

    • @drippystaff
      @drippystaff 7 років тому +5

      Peter Soete Where are you from? :)

    • @native_blunt189
      @native_blunt189 6 років тому +8

      You must be pround

    • @sarahgray430
      @sarahgray430 6 років тому +35

      A pity that they didn't get to listen to this in her class...let the kids hear some REAL music for once!

  • @lionhartd138
    @lionhartd138 9 років тому +194

    his loss. the mountain trollesses are the best

    • @BudBreaker
      @BudBreaker 9 років тому +12

      richard salvator Death by snu snu ?

    • @fatfuckhatesyou
      @fatfuckhatesyou 9 років тому +41

      BudBreaker That and in old folklore mountain trolls are often rich beyond your dreams. Living in caves they gather gold and silver in big piles. And they have the power to control nature it self. And some have the power to heal and make you live longer. Even turn a human into a troll. I grew up with stories of trolls living here in northern Sweden and hell I even think some are real. They are part of our history and people have always seen them. So marrying one is a big win in my book :)

    • @pierrealbanes2809
      @pierrealbanes2809 9 років тому +13

      richard salvator This song is among the traditional documents (re also ua-cam.com/video/EwWMWKBP2vo/v-deo.html where the 'troll witch' catches the heart of the king because of her beauty) showing that initially "troll" meant far more than permanentplastichelmet.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/trollhunterpic4-600x337.jpg Mister Manneling doesn't turn down the "troll"'s proposal because she is not human or ugly, only because she is 'not Christian' = pagan. The modern meaning being a 'non human' humanoid 'troll' in the old wide sense encompassed the _hulder_ www.drunkendragoonproductions.com/18thcentimagi-nation/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=169 both and hulder being, anyway, distorted memories of the _völvur_ shamanesses of pagan German-Scandinavia.
      The most 'authentic sounding' version available on YT, btw.

    • @Penja18
      @Penja18 8 років тому +1

      +Viking88 damn you make my day

    • @sarahgray430
      @sarahgray430 6 років тому

      Yeah...until they eat you as a post-coital snack!

  • @ashirtoor6497
    @ashirtoor6497 7 років тому +329

    im from pakistan so i dont understand but i cant stop listening to this. simply beautiful !!! beautiful language

    • @Surtur99
      @Surtur99 6 років тому +20

      Cool! Glad you enjoy it /Sweden

    • @oreidaazenha23
      @oreidaazenha23 6 років тому +2

      ashir toor have subtitles downward xDD

    • @michaelbell3952
      @michaelbell3952 5 років тому +10

      If you speak any other indo European languages, see if you can spot any cognates

    • @farazbhat9832
      @farazbhat9832 5 років тому +10

      @@michaelbell3952 yeah, you can. I'm Dardic. My language has a lot of similarities with European languages like Hün means dog in German and in my language. Also, it wasn't that difficult to understand this song because a lot of words were similar to English.

    • @irosonur6851
      @irosonur6851 5 років тому

      So ur a southerner?

  • @fyedoravna7569
    @fyedoravna7569 5 років тому +117

    Can we appreciate Sir that he stopped and listened the troll until she is finished?

    • @petercdowney
      @petercdowney 4 роки тому +4

      That's definitely a good thing, yes.

    • @yllejord
      @yllejord 4 роки тому +15

      Ok, but I still think he could be less of a jerk and just answer with a freaking ''no'' instead of ''urgh, fyyy, you suck, you're the worst, get out of here''.
      Everytime I hear the refrain right after his answer, repeating ''you could answer with only a yes or a no, if you want to or not'' my heart does break a little.

    • @Elenawen2
      @Elenawen2 4 роки тому +6

      The bar for men is so low...

    • @heretyk_1337
      @heretyk_1337 4 роки тому +4

      @@Elenawen2 Like for women is high? Her approach was wrong- is all. Because men are easily lured with other stuff... She should just go "lookit dem titties" and run off playfuly, slowing down from time to time, so he can catch up...

    • @heretyk_1337
      @heretyk_1337 3 роки тому

      @DOESN'T MATTER I think, you missed the point...

  • @anthonylangford8575
    @anthonylangford8575 5 років тому +50

    Stunningly beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Everytime she sings while rolling her tongue gives me goosebumps.

  • @memo-fq3ps
    @memo-fq3ps 6 років тому +58

    4:30 sir Mannelig is a savage 🔥

    • @user-hh3uf9jc4z
      @user-hh3uf9jc4z 3 роки тому +7

      Bruh epicly makes u cry

    • @Hola-8693
      @Hola-8693 3 роки тому +1

      What...

    • @memo-fq3ps
      @memo-fq3ps 3 роки тому +2

      @@Hola-8693 What?

    • @Hola-8693
      @Hola-8693 3 роки тому

      @@memo-fq3ps
      I don’t see how he is a savage

    • @memo-fq3ps
      @memo-fq3ps 3 роки тому +3

      @@Hola-8693 Okay that's nice.

  • @killerrabbit9220
    @killerrabbit9220 7 років тому +359

    my dad looked at me rly suspicious at morning while i was listenning and trying to sing this song

    • @maverickhunter9135
      @maverickhunter9135 6 років тому +22

      Killer Rabbit if it makes it easier to pronounce Swedish listen to the song Varluven Swedish ballad also by Garmarna. If you listen to the song and lyrics it is really easy to pronounce. This song is amazing though.

    • @maverickhunter9135
      @maverickhunter9135 6 років тому +10

      Killer Rabbit and my dad was shocked too. He was surprised I knew most of the lyrics.

    • @patriciaulloahernandez6202
      @patriciaulloahernandez6202 5 років тому +10

      Granted my Mother tongue is Spanish, I 've also attempted to sing it in the comfort of my room.

    • @SirAndischa
      @SirAndischa 5 років тому +31

      Imagine your child started begging you to marry them in Swedish and promising you several horses and mills

    • @kathrinat9824
      @kathrinat9824 5 років тому +1

      @@maverickhunter9135 I want to learn those two too soon!

  • @5chr4pn3ll
    @5chr4pn3ll 5 років тому +283

    Great song, but strange translations that are not in line with the actual tone of the original lyrics.
    Just one example: "I kunnen väl svara endast ja eller nej" is a request and not a demand.
    If keeping the old tone it should be more like: "Wouldn't you so answer with but a yes or a no". And not: "You may answer only yes or no".
    It being a "request" is important as it goes with the manipulating tone of the woman singing. She is trying to bribe someone, you don't make demands in that situation.
    The song is a variant of the temptations of the devil theme, that was popular back in the day. The offerings are kingly gifts, owning twelve mills would make you very rich.
    The actual official translation:
    1. Early one morning before the sun rose up
    Before the birds began to sing
    The mountain troll proposed to the handsome young man
    She had a false tongue
    (ref.) Herr Mannelig, herr Mannelig, will you be betrothed to me?
    For that, I offer you gifts very gladly
    Surely you can answer only yes or no
    If you wish to or not
    2. To you I wish to give the twelve palfreys
    That go in the grove of roses
    Never has there been a saddle upon them
    Nor a bridle in their mouths
    3. To you I wish to give the twelve mills
    That are between Tillö and Ternö
    The stones are made of the reddest gold
    And the wheels are covered in silver
    4. To you I wish to give a gilded sword
    That chimes of fifteen gold rings
    And fight however you fight [well or badly]
    The battle you would surely win
    5. To you I wish to give a shirt so new
    The best you will want to wear
    It was not sewn with needle or thread
    But crocheted of white silk
    6. Such gifts I would surely accept
    If thou wert a Christian woman
    However, thou art the worst mountain troll
    The spawn of the Neck and the Devil
    7. The mountain troll ran out the door
    She shakes and wails hard
    If I had got the handsome young man
    I would have got rid of my plight.

    • @huseyingundal7762
      @huseyingundal7762 5 років тому +17

      Great comment 👏🏼

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 4 роки тому +7

      Thanks for the interesting info!

    • @spectrum3808
      @spectrum3808 4 роки тому +3

      what plight?

    • @alexsansone9698
      @alexsansone9698 4 роки тому +10

      @@spectrum3808 the plight of being unworthy, unexcepted, not bride worthy, rejected, need I go on?

    • @memo-fq3ps
      @memo-fq3ps 3 роки тому +10

      Is this like the Swedish equivalent to old "Shakespearean" English where it's hard for even some English speakers to understand because the diction used is so old fashioned that it's hard to understand? Is this the case with native Swedish speakers with this song?

  • @K_saha
    @K_saha 3 роки тому +9

    The way she says "värsta bergätroll" is sooo hypnotic. I'm legit a simp for her voice now.

  • @Cas0412
    @Cas0412 4 роки тому +18

    Her voice is very beautiful and calming. I love the way she does those rolling r's , she almost purrs ❤️

  • @Ben86709
    @Ben86709 8 років тому +280

    This is how music is supposed to sound.

  • @yaprakcnl
    @yaprakcnl 7 років тому +95

    I've been youtube for hours. I don't know how i got here. But I am happy to discover that. I knew Vikings a little more. I learned about this song's story about an hour ago. I admire Scandinavian culture. I apologize if there is an mistake in my writing. I wish you happy days. Lastly, greetings from Turkey :)

    • @aymenazouz9065
      @aymenazouz9065 6 років тому +1

      i will marry u :) hahaah

    • @adamleonidaselardaoui2566
      @adamleonidaselardaoui2566 5 років тому +3

      Turkey also have a rich history by the sultans and the ottaman empire

    • @maiqtheliar4023
      @maiqtheliar4023 4 роки тому +2

      @Philip Arvanitidis Malaka don't linger in the past, we have a really great history. Germany has a great history aswell despite commiting one of the biggest genocides in the world. So shut up

    • @maiqtheliar4023
      @maiqtheliar4023 4 роки тому +2

      @Philip Arvanitidis You speak of things that happened over hundred years ago. So yeah I don't linger in the past. Know why? Because everyone alive then would be dead today! Does Germany linger in the past? For killing millions of Jews? A genocide that by the way has a kill count far greater than the Armenian genocide. Oh and that happened during the mid 1940's much more recently than the Armenian genocide. So my guess? You are just someone that hates Turks. I don't feel responsible for the things that my ancestors might have commited and that is the end of that. Just be forgotten the next day are you kidding me? What did you smoke my guy? Your grandparents might not even have been alive back then. Reality is gruesome but hey I accept it, I don't live in a fairy tale.

    • @mundaryus
      @mundaryus 4 роки тому

      Selam tatlım herr mannelig yapmaya ne dersin?

  • @malcolmthorne9779
    @malcolmthorne9779 9 років тому +271

    People here sem to forget that this is a piece of music open to many layers of interpretation.
    More so because of how our(I'm Swedish) language usually conveys nuances and meaning through context, intonation and implication rather than to use a specific word for a specific nuance or point on the spectrum of the subject.
    We tend to be direct and to the point when we speak which as a contrast makes us very vague when we use our language for poetry or song or other artistic works where we are not able to take a direct approach. Ours is not a very abstract language.
    I guess my point is that this song conveys more messages than one and can be interpreted in more ways in modern days than people could/did in medieval/post medieval times.
    In fact, if you go even further back to when we Scandinavians hadn't sold ourselves to the christian god and culture there is yet another interpretation of this song.
    To me personally this song speaks of the arrogance and foolishness of a boy/young man who is decieved by his own prejudice and preconceptions as he rejects the trolless who at the end is indicated to have truly wanted him and had not been trying to decieve him. To me it also speaks of the culturally self-destructive nature of christianity(or really any of the dominant monotheistic religions).
    I suppose I take it literally as sort of a fairy tale in which the troll is an actual mythological troll rather than a pagan.

    • @Janissary666
      @Janissary666 9 років тому +49

      Malcolm Thorne You have to give Herr Mannelig credit for sticking up for his principles though. He could have had riches, fabulous treasures and a magical sword of bling making him invincible in battle, but he declined all of that for the sake of righteousness. Many a man would surely have accepted out of sheer self-interest.

    • @PaleMist
      @PaleMist 8 років тому +7

      +Malcolm Thorne
      "To me it also speaks of the culturally self-destructive nature of christianity(or really any of the dominant monotheistic religions)."
      Question: are you yourself a Christian or another monotheist?

    • @malcolmthorne9779
      @malcolmthorne9779 8 років тому +13

      ***** I've studied them and I live in a country where there is a clear division between the aspects of our culture that are the result of their influence and those aspects that are the result of our pre-christian heritage.
      But no, I've always had an instinctive aversion against religion as a whole and monotheistic ones in particular. I'll admit to finding them an interesting subject study though.
      I'm tenebrianist, myself.

    • @krystiankososhi915
      @krystiankososhi915 5 років тому +8

      First of all the song clearly says she had a false tongue, secondly no matter how nationalist you are, you can't close your eyes to the advancement Christianity brought

    • @Pilum1000
      @Pilum1000 5 років тому

      :))) ua-cam.com/video/ulXwOrErdrk/v-deo.html

  • @lileogerb
    @lileogerb  14 років тому +26

    Yeah, I`ve heard it too, there are a few Bands who tried to interpret the song, but I think this is one of the most authentic... Thanks for the komment!:)

    • @th3radlad_727
      @th3radlad_727 3 роки тому +4

      @@guruchintanan5686 *REPLY: 11 YEARS IN THE MAKING*

    • @ateium2409
      @ateium2409 3 роки тому +1

      Was there no reply system to comments back then ?

  • @zeroalpha4818
    @zeroalpha4818 4 роки тому +24

    As an Indian
    Even I fell in love with the song

    • @C-Farsene_5
      @C-Farsene_5 10 місяців тому +1

      As a filipino, same

  • @n3rdbear
    @n3rdbear 8 років тому +273

    I feel like conquering a small town for some reason while listening to this.

    • @bogdifa
      @bogdifa 8 років тому +13

      Fuck it, do it in CIV V

    • @thelatenightgamer2624
      @thelatenightgamer2624 5 років тому +2

      Dont listen to seven devils then😂

    • @popbogdan7630
      @popbogdan7630 5 років тому +2

      Well this is perfectly fit for mount and blade atmosphere

    • @yashd5294
      @yashd5294 5 років тому

      Hahahaha minor adrenaline rushes

    • @Dariusuzu
      @Dariusuzu 5 років тому +2

      I feel like I must to cast an iron sword while listening this or an axe xDD

  • @Michal235
    @Michal235 7 років тому +24

    It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

  • @larissastevenson3720
    @larissastevenson3720 5 років тому +19

    Such a beautiful song, it always makes me about to cry.....

  • @pzer04
    @pzer04 3 роки тому +31

    This made me want to learn Swedish to be able to sing this song

  • @bellav9221
    @bellav9221 3 роки тому +17

    I’ve been trying to learn this song for about two weeks now, as a native English speaker...
    It’s freaking hard

    • @bellav9221
      @bellav9221 3 роки тому

      Hartwig Flögh both, and I’ve been singing for over a decade of my life now. I have slight difficulty rolling my R’s and because this song is riddled with them, it’s quite difficult to pull off

    • @imperatorcaesaraugustuspri5319
      @imperatorcaesaraugustuspri5319 2 роки тому

      I suggest to learn the language first, it helps remembering it, now you need to translate first and than the pronunciation

  • @williammarston1861
    @williammarston1861 8 років тому +65

    That was one the most magical things I have ever read plus the vocals was damn fine too and the poetry is really nice too almost as good as the ancient arab poetry

  • @ludwigbayer3305
    @ludwigbayer3305 10 років тому +31

    All germanic languages are so beautiful!!! I´m proud of it, and Norsk is one of the best, because it is still so pure and clean of foreign words **

    • @IGhengisKhanI
      @IGhengisKhanI Рік тому +4

      Islandic even more so

    • @user-ir5wm3xl2s
      @user-ir5wm3xl2s 9 місяців тому

      There's no language clean of foreign words)

    • @bernie-cs3rp
      @bernie-cs3rp 8 місяців тому +1

      You are obviously trolling right?

  • @mehmetoz9035
    @mehmetoz9035 6 років тому +21

    Marvelous folk song,
    Can't stop listening | Greetings from Turkey

  • @adamthehuman7912
    @adamthehuman7912 4 роки тому +10

    i only speak English but even without subtitles i would listen to this all the time. I am drawn to it, something about how she sings the song is just so amazing

  • @j.larsson511
    @j.larsson511 4 роки тому +6

    This Larsson absolutely loves loves loves this; I have the soul of a Viking! I learned the Eivor song, Tradalabunndin, and now I’m learning this!! The language and her voice give me Swedish goosebumps!

  • @Wompwomp210
    @Wompwomp210 4 роки тому +31

    Me trying to speak Swedish:
    The import kid from Sweden:

  • @sophiapigarut1284
    @sophiapigarut1284 5 років тому +11

    This reminds me of watching Game of thrones because of how they talk to each other in that kind of language

  • @DwarfLordAirsoft
    @DwarfLordAirsoft 9 років тому +248

    I feel her pain... Its tough to listen to this

    • @vikingqueenjada4143
      @vikingqueenjada4143 5 років тому +28

      I know. Being rejected because of who you are or your religious back ground and wanting some one to love you

    • @vikingqueenjada4143
      @vikingqueenjada4143 5 років тому

      @Yvette Moore wow that's even better.💗

    • @larissastevenson3720
      @larissastevenson3720 5 років тому +2

      @Yvette Moore Wow.......

    • @manofthenorth273
      @manofthenorth273 5 років тому

      I agree with Yvette

    • @Stormcloakvictory
      @Stormcloakvictory 4 роки тому +3

      I'm not from sweden but had this massive crush on this Swedish girl for a long time and I listened to this song daily.
      Unfortunatly, my feelings weren't mutual.

  • @terezacasana4397
    @terezacasana4397 3 роки тому +69

    I've found quite a lot of comments pitying the montain troll.
    And I am also very touched by the rejection of her trying to be loved and accepted.
    So I decided I want to have this song saved inside my head and started memorizing the lyrics.
    Last night I was practicing and singing it very very quietly and softly.
    Sung that way, Manneligs phrase stopped being a harsh renounce. It was like he was explaining that it just isn't possible for him to marry her and pitying her too for being an outcast.
    ...
    There must be a lot of fanfics about them, gotta search, this is the internet after all...

    • @nikhilsilva5244
      @nikhilsilva5244 2 роки тому +18

      Herr mannelig pitied her, but at the same time wasnt going to give up his principles for a woman.
      Thats the message

    • @walfredswanson
      @walfredswanson Рік тому

      There are other variants on this theme throughout the northern world. The English "King Henry" tells a similar tale except that the man agrees to sleep with an ugly hag (he has little choice with more emphasis on brutal requests he rejects), upon which he is rewarded when she is revealed to be a beautiful woman. The Scandinavian trolls seem irredeemable in their folklore.

    • @GrahamChapman
      @GrahamChapman Рік тому +15

      It's a rather common theme in old Scandinavian stories that the trolls and faeries and other oknytt are rather pitiable. Most of their schemes revolve around desperately trying to gain a good soul so that they can survive after death in the realm of heaven. But though we may find them sympathetic and pitiable, we must never concede to them: If you'll notice the song above for example, the troll offered Mannelig all manners of riches, but she never once offered him her heart or her love or her faithfulness, despite her giving him those things being the only way that she could have gained a soul... Well, that, or I suppose god could've just, you know, not have been an a-hole by having provided them souls in the first place?

    • @yllejord
      @yllejord Рік тому

      I don't know if explaining softly is better. I always thought about the repetition of the refrain, "just say if you want to or not". And the last time, after his rejection, "I've been telling you to just say a simple yes or no, it would have been enough." He didn't have to elaborate, harshly or otherwise.

    • @ookai1929
      @ookai1929 Рік тому

      ​@@GrahamChapman...yeh... she never once offered her heart, nor asked for it. That's truly pitiful

  • @gino7lord
    @gino7lord 4 роки тому +14

    This is a common theme in medieval folklore where magical creatures like Fairies,elves, trolls etc desperately try to get Christian people to marry them so they can get an immortal soul and go to heaven because that's the one thing they cannot have.

    • @darth3911
      @darth3911 3 роки тому +3

      Nefelibata Nation back then troll meant sorcery
      they had a different name for the creature your thinking of
      tho

    • @vladprus4019
      @vladprus4019 3 роки тому

      Interestingly, in Chinese Buddhist story "Journey to the West" demons are very willing to kidnap and eat Buddhist monk to get immortality.

    • @mon_moi
      @mon_moi Рік тому +2

      this folkloric trope is inverted in the Little Mermaid fairy tale where the mermaid ends up gaining semi-immortality even after getting rejected by the prince because of her selflessness (it can be seen as the author HC Andersen's way of saying that you don't need another person's love to gain salvation)

  • @markus-hermannkoch1740
    @markus-hermannkoch1740 10 років тому +23

    There a lot of variations on this song that (and some of them are mighty well to hear, too) make this piece of poetry into a rock song. However, this beautifully sung and played variation does the deep sadness of the text justice. I sometimes wonder how the story continues. Or how it would have continued had the knight heeded the troll. I think most people are at some point in their lives one or the other of these two. Thanks for sharing. Thus I learned of this band.

  • @steelerfan_
    @steelerfan_ 4 роки тому +10

    I'm Finnish and I like this

  • @tomasheller6072
    @tomasheller6072 5 років тому +9

    Bergatrollet is such an beautiful word.

  • @LysanderArshavin
    @LysanderArshavin 4 роки тому +29

    So similiar to German at some points, I Love it

    • @waltjr.1682
      @waltjr.1682 3 роки тому +1

      Like Herr?

    • @Ballin4Vengeance
      @Ballin4Vengeance 3 роки тому +2

      @@waltjr.1682 Like Herr. But I can also see some english there.

    • @waltjr.1682
      @waltjr.1682 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ballin4Vengeance Yeah, you have a gud opinion.

    • @bleb2771
      @bleb2771 3 роки тому +1

      The language is Indo-European so it is similar

    • @Ballin4Vengeance
      @Ballin4Vengeance 3 роки тому +3

      @@bleb2771 Hindi and Scottish Gaelic are both indo-european and I fail to see any obvious similliarities. Swedish and German are germanic languages that diverged relatively late in history and still share vocabulary and grammatical features.

  • @bryaneddy5272
    @bryaneddy5272 5 років тому +3

    She has a calm and steady strength to her voice. Like the wind that comes in off the sea.

  • @Spinnin800
    @Spinnin800 3 роки тому +63

    Swedish dudes: I can understand that
    Me suffering trough the language:ಥ‿ಥ

    • @bambooandmeofficial
      @bambooandmeofficial 3 роки тому +4

      Swede here 🤭

    • @Alluring.starlight
      @Alluring.starlight 3 роки тому +1

      I am learning swedish-

    • @bambooandmeofficial
      @bambooandmeofficial 3 роки тому

      @@Alluring.starlight Prepare for hard hard pronounciations, spelling, similar words etc

    • @Alluring.starlight
      @Alluring.starlight 3 роки тому

      @@bambooandmeofficial I also agree it is hard to pronounce words but easy to write them xD

    • @bambooandmeofficial
      @bambooandmeofficial 3 роки тому

      @@Alluring.starlight Let me guess that you have just begun? Correct? 😂

  • @hyperelliptik
    @hyperelliptik 7 років тому +114

    Bergatrollet, the original Nice Guy™.

    • @White_Oak_
      @White_Oak_ 6 років тому +34

      apokAlypse except it's a girl.

    • @mordredthemightymetalhead5929
      @mordredthemightymetalhead5929 5 років тому +1

      @@White_Oak_ HAHAHA. I FIND THIS FUNNY. FUCKING INCELS: THIS FUCKS UP THEIR DELUDED EDGY SELF-LOATHING THEORIES...

    • @hejhej8950
      @hejhej8950 5 років тому +15

      MordredTheMightyMetalhead What the fuck are you talking about???

    • @necrogazer1234
      @necrogazer1234 5 років тому +7

      CHAD Mannelig

    • @skeptic781
      @skeptic781 4 роки тому

      @@farazbhat9832 😂

  • @avinashverma2667
    @avinashverma2667 7 років тому +4

    Cant understand ...N not able to stop listening
    Simply beautiful

  • @satansbraut2818
    @satansbraut2818 4 роки тому +1

    Tolles, geiles Lied von Garmana, die Frau hat eine super Stimme. Und gleichermaßen liebe ich dieses Lied auch von In Extremo! Finde beides gleich gut!

  • @EllaX2008
    @EllaX2008 Рік тому +7

    Very nice song, love the language 🇵🇱❤️🇸🇪

  • @mostafaalshafie4231
    @mostafaalshafie4231 5 років тому +3

    I found this in recommendation and just can’t stop listening to ❤️

  • @penava10
    @penava10 10 років тому +26

    Jag tycker om svenskt musik! Hälsningar från Kroatien

  • @Blaze90i
    @Blaze90i 10 років тому +7

    Proud because my language is so beautiful. Proud of my country's history and it's wonderful stories that has been created over many years. Proud of my heritage and my ancestors.

    • @dragondov
      @dragondov 5 років тому

      Blaze90i
      Are you proud of your SJW people and politicians allowing your country to become the rape capital of Europe and a breeding ground for third worlds.

  • @iridianatola9150
    @iridianatola9150 6 років тому +1

    To the person who posted this song I want to thank you. I wish you could post even more. I probably gonna graduate with the interpretations of those songs :)

  • @anyas6061
    @anyas6061 7 років тому +12

    What a magical experience!! Pls tell me more of such songs!?? Thanks sweden 🇸🇪 ❣️

  • @aboutanything5678
    @aboutanything5678 5 років тому +47

    I've read some confusion and discussion in the comments about the song, to help clarify for none natives read this.
    A "Troll" in Swedish folklore is not like the big beasts from fantasy.
    They where very much humanlike, but would have long tails with a tuft of hair on the end. They could often do magic and/or be very strong. There was different breeds of them, Forest, Mountain, River, Sea troll etc. And basically they lived side by side with humans but out in the wilds.
    In this case this is a mountain troll maid, according to legend the young maids could be very beautiful, they would shrivel into ugly old trolls as they aged but they lived far longer then ordinary humans. The troll males was most often burly, hairy and ugly with big noses.
    Mountain trolls was also known for having vast riches hidden in their mountain halls and was most often seen as the ruling class of trolls.
    Humans, mostly females and children would be abducted into these mountain halls.
    And travelers could sometimes be invited, but if you ate or drank anything you were forever trapped to live with them or until they decided to let you go.
    Anyway basically the story in this song goes that this troll maid gets infatuated with this Squire or Knight and offers him gifts so he will accept her hand in marriage. Him being a good Christian is spurning her despite her gifts because the church hold them as evil in league with Satan.
    So for those wondering she was probably very beautiful and the gifts she offered him would by these days standards be aching to becoming a millionaire.

    • @imperatorcaesaraugustuspri5319
      @imperatorcaesaraugustuspri5319 2 роки тому

      Edvard grieg wrote a piece about a hall of a mountain troll

    • @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443
      @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 2 роки тому +2

      Actually the girl is troll because of a curse and could break the curse only by marrying a noble man

    • @newtonia-uo4889
      @newtonia-uo4889 2 роки тому

      @@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 No curse, she is damned because she is a troll, she wants to save herself from her damnation by marrying a Christian knight (its not because of infatuation, she is literally using the Christian knight as an escape from her damnation). The knight refuses her because she is a Troll. So she despairs since she lost her chance for salvation.

    • @kyrak.4143
      @kyrak.4143 2 роки тому

      @@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 handsome *

    • @kirgan1000
      @kirgan1000 8 місяців тому

      Not she never offer him her heart or her love.

  • @MMTalking
    @MMTalking 2 роки тому +2

    Is so much clear to me now why english is considered a germanic language, so many words have nordic roots, so cool how all this languages around the planet evolved and changed differently in time everything's unique💪🏽🙏🏽❤️

  • @youreoffline4934
    @youreoffline4934 3 роки тому +5

    Beautiful ❤️ I'm an Indian person who doesn't understand Swedish.... That is the power of music

  • @Blaze90i
    @Blaze90i 10 років тому +33

    Proud to be Swedish

  • @JM-mg4el
    @JM-mg4el 2 роки тому +3

    Just a note to anyone reading the comments. This song is neither medieval nor ancient in any other way, its from the 19th century. Not saying it's bad, just that it's not as old as it might seem

  • @shlomiksilbiger
    @shlomiksilbiger 12 років тому

    Thank you so much for uploading and translating this beautiful Ballad !!

  • @AdonBilivit776
    @AdonBilivit776 3 роки тому +2

    Herr Mannelig is my favorite song!

  • @sarahgray430
    @sarahgray430 6 років тому +28

    Talk about being "trolled"...still, I feel bad for her!

  • @bobaldo2339
    @bobaldo2339 4 роки тому +4

    Love the sound of this - her voice, the drums, the bagpipe (?) drone, etc.

    • @samuelbhend2521
      @samuelbhend2521 4 роки тому

      to me it sounds more like a hurdy-gurdy rather than a bagpipe?

    • @talarzwyzimy9963
      @talarzwyzimy9963 4 роки тому

      Yes this is hurdy gurdy for 100%

  • @summermalik9931
    @summermalik9931 4 роки тому +4

    This is so beautiful.... Love love love from Pakistan

  • @danielalozovska2050
    @danielalozovska2050 4 роки тому +2

    These R's and her voice... Goodness, this is magical! This song actually makes me miss the life I've never had for some reason.

    • @islamicschoolofmemestudies
      @islamicschoolofmemestudies 4 роки тому

      This is closer to indo-european language. Some language in southern asia and south east asia still pronounce the strong "R" in daily conversation.

  • @doesntmatter7801
    @doesntmatter7801 6 років тому +4

    Great way to learn a language you should've always known and loved...,

  • @tyrson9536
    @tyrson9536 7 років тому +4

    I am a Christian but i respect Vikings and i like this song

    • @nikhilsilva5244
      @nikhilsilva5244 2 роки тому +1

      This is a christian song and it was written in the 1850s

  • @jamesmohab
    @jamesmohab Рік тому +1

    thats beyond a rolling R, its like another damn drum in the musical arrangement

  • @KingaKucyk
    @KingaKucyk 5 років тому +5

    I swear that this is the best version of this song EVER sung ❤

    • @KingaKucyk
      @KingaKucyk 5 років тому

      @Van Aser I understand ❤ I really love this though. Sometimes the original can be the best 😉

  • @lmatt88
    @lmatt88 3 роки тому +7

    Wow this song would have fit perfectly in Witcher 3.

    • @carythacker6610
      @carythacker6610 3 роки тому

      That's because most of the game is based around Scandinavia, even some of the tracks are very reminiscent of Herr Mannelig and other classic songs

  • @daydreamersdimension689
    @daydreamersdimension689 5 років тому +3

    A lot of people don't understand the significance of these gifts due to the time gaps imagine 12 brand new cars and new suit ect.

  • @deathreaper2352
    @deathreaper2352 6 місяців тому

    Hearing this song that's in Swedish, and knowing a little German, along with speaking English, it has really been helping me learn Norwegian

  • @pyrointeam
    @pyrointeam 5 років тому +1

    Perfectly summed up! Thx for the work.

  • @kitchendiary7593
    @kitchendiary7593 7 років тому +40

    I memorizised the first verse! Working on the rest, such a good song

    • @Banric
      @Banric 4 роки тому

      KitchenDiary did you do it

    • @natianatia351
      @natianatia351 4 роки тому

      Banric what language is it?

    • @donGripo
      @donGripo 3 роки тому +1

      @@natianatia351 Outdated Swedish

  • @VINOTOR
    @VINOTOR 5 років тому +5

    late 2018 guys

  • @lanaramos877
    @lanaramos877 3 роки тому +1

    Love this song by her the best. The way she sings with her rolling Rrrs.

  • @satansbraut2818
    @satansbraut2818 4 роки тому +1

    Ich kann nur sagen, dieser Song von Garmarna ist viel besser als der gleiche Song von In Extremo! Tolle Stimme...

  • @aboveaura4817
    @aboveaura4817 8 років тому +200

    This song goes perfectly with Mount and blade Warband

    • @jimpanse5937
      @jimpanse5937 7 років тому +6

      Gothic 1 ^^

    • @JhonnyTheCleric
      @JhonnyTheCleric 7 років тому +4

      I know this song longer than the game. but a few days ago i bought warband. and i have to admit. you are goddamn right!

    • @jacobcockerham6410
      @jacobcockerham6410 7 років тому

      The whole "Guds Spelemän" goes well with it, I find.

    • @bengtsvenson8557
      @bengtsvenson8557 7 років тому +1

      look up wardruna there are remarkable with that game

    • @Skanderbeg99
      @Skanderbeg99 7 років тому

      Above Aura Edhe nje Shqiptar ne komment për kultura Norvegisë e vjeter!

  • @elisabetta4626
    @elisabetta4626 5 років тому +6

    This language is really beautiful and relaxing 😍

  • @HaitianBlue
    @HaitianBlue 3 роки тому +3

    Having married a Mountain Troll once upon a time, his answer should be a resounding, "NO!"

  • @moroz2563
    @moroz2563 9 років тому +8

    просто супер. девушка мечта! в смысле голос

  • @Zack-wu6ql
    @Zack-wu6ql 5 років тому +5

    Listening to this language makes me happy. I'm not sure if I feel connected purely by my heritage, or if I just like hearing people pronounce the letters correctly. I hate my last name, Nystrom, sometimes. Haha

    • @solame10101
      @solame10101 4 роки тому +2

      Nyström is fairly common in Sweden. Not sure what there is to dislike about it, however i can imagine mispronounciations being annoying if its a thing that bugs you easily.

  • @kingbred01
    @kingbred01 4 роки тому +3

    The way swedish pronounce there Rs gives me an orgasmic feeling

  • @user-hd7lq1fc7n
    @user-hd7lq1fc7n 4 роки тому +2

    моё сознание зацепилось за эту песню, спасибо за титры

  • @rajeshbabu6789
    @rajeshbabu6789 5 років тому +2

    What a great song. Thanks for subtitles.

  • @user-mf8nu5qe5f
    @user-mf8nu5qe5f 2 роки тому +7

    Herr Mannelig aint no simp

    • @kyrak.4143
      @kyrak.4143 2 роки тому

      Troll just wanted some d.... k of some handsome male

    • @kyrak.4143
      @kyrak.4143 2 роки тому

      If she was alive today, she could've gotten them in bulk. Males are easier than ever

  • @faridmahmudov
    @faridmahmudov 3 роки тому +3

    What a beautifull language

  • @user-nk9hh9vj8z
    @user-nk9hh9vj8z 3 роки тому +18

    i love Swedish it's an amazing language

  • @haldimannrichard7243
    @haldimannrichard7243 6 років тому

    I can listen to this Song / this Voice a thousand times....

  • @ConnorO778877
    @ConnorO778877 6 років тому +58

    Shhh all below..
    This song is the plea of a pagan women to Christian man to wed her to lift a curse from her gods.
    It is a religious contradiction, she wanted the protection from her own gods from what Christians believe to be the one and only god.

    • @TheSlyngel
      @TheSlyngel 3 роки тому +3

      Or its about a mountain troll cursed to live in human form until she marry a "herreman" or Noble. The song literally calls her a mountain troll in Swedish and these sorts of stories are plentiful all over Sweden.Every where there are stone formations whit old tales of trolls and giants being turned to rock. This song is probably a christian version of a earlier pagan original since the text is from the 1200-1300 yet parts of the descriptions of gifts seem to herald from a earlier time. But the meaning could be as you say, but being Swedish and actually knowing these old folktales i kinda doubt it. There are pre-Christian versions of similar tales.

    • @terezacasana4397
      @terezacasana4397 3 роки тому

      @@TheSlyngel Are there any sources about the text being from 1200-1300? I am trying to pinpoint the age of the text, but wiki says the first written version came up in 18hundreds. Now I don't know about the 19the century romantic-nationalism in Sweden but were this here in Bohemia I wouldn't believe for a second that it isn't made up... So... are there any primal sources older the 19 century?
      (Because, of course, wiki is just wiki...)

  • @user-ew9cj7sx7u
    @user-ew9cj7sx7u 5 років тому +6

    I like this songgggg😍😍

  • @EmeraldVideosNL
    @EmeraldVideosNL 7 років тому

    Beautiful song.
    Very intersting to read the lyrics. I can understand a lot more then just by hearing it. Surprising how similar some words are to Dutch pronunciation and/or spelling. I understand a lot more than I expected.

  • @Jfilipo
    @Jfilipo 14 років тому +1

    Thanks for the lyrics and the translation!!

  • @elpacificador93
    @elpacificador93 11 років тому +4

    Hermoso, beautiful !!!!
    greetings from Colombia!!!!!!!

    • @skeptic781
      @skeptic781 4 роки тому +1

      Little late haha but greetings!

  • @stojanslaven6083
    @stojanslaven6083 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful song, I first heard it from Haggard (Band) in Italian language.
    And I also like Russian sung. (Band Сколот)

  • @indiaball5233
    @indiaball5233 3 роки тому

    Thank You Lapatata for Bringing me here in this song

  • @alterego891
    @alterego891 2 роки тому

    This song is so addictive. Love it!