Ceolskog - Leif Ericson (Sea Song Folk Metal)
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2016
- Ceolskog is the symphonic folk metal project of Adam Helliwell, from Hamilton, New Zealand. Ceol mean music in Irish, and skog means forest in Norwegian and Swedish.
This song concerns Leif Eriksson or Leif Ericson, an Icelandic explorer who reached North America around the year 1000 A.D. He (and his party) were the first Europeans to discover North America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus. They were therefore the first people to re-discover it - the Native Americans, of course, were by far the first. That means Christopher Columbus only re-re-discovered it....after getting lost while looking for India!
According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Leif Ericson established a Norse settlement at Vinland, somewhere on the northern shores of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada. He was the son of Erik the Red, a Norwegian, who founded of the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
Leif Ericson is often referred to as a "Viking". Whether he was or not depends on the way the word "Viking" is defined. "Viking" is the name by which the Scandinavian sea-borne raiders of the early medieval period are now commonly known. The Anglo-Saxons used an Old English word "wicing". But this was not a word that they used often or exclusively for Scandinavian raiders. It meant "pirate" or "piracy". It was only in the late tenth or early eleventh century, in Anglo-Saxon poems such as The Battle of Maldon, that wicing came to mean "a Scandinavian sea-raider". Vikings were not professional privateers or full-time soldiers at first. Originally they were fishermen and farmers. Only in the summer would they have rallied to the call of a local leader and ventured across the sea to raid, trade or seek out new lands to settle.
The Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia used the word "vikingr" in its vocabulary, but its origins are uncertain. The explanation currently favoured is that it originally meant "a seaman who came from the Vik district of Oslo fjord", and then came to mean sea-borne warrior from any part of Scandinavia. Although Leif Ericson was not a Viking in the sense of being a raider or Scandinavian pirate, he was a Viking in the sense of being a Scandinavian seaman and explorer.
Leif Erikson Day is an annual American observance which occurs on October the Ninth. The date is not associated with any particular event in Leif Ericson's life, but was chosen because the ship Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor on October 9, 1825. This was the start of the first organised immigration from Norway to the United States. In Episode 3B of the second season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, the show's title character celebrates the holiday by wearing a horned helmet and a fake red beard.
Sources of Information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Er...
jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/who...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Er...
The places I visited for this video are Nganunui Beach and Manu Bay, out by Raglan, New Zealand. I filmed the footage on a stormy winter's day, just as the clouds were clearing up and letting the sunlight back through.
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Lyrics:
I turn to see a fading shore.
(We bid farewell, we bid thee farewell).
We depart Greenland and all we adore.
(We bid farewell, we bid thee farewell).
Following rumour's path, we have set forth,
strange lands await brave men of the north.
Into the horizon, our bearing: south-west.
(Let wind blow, Let the wind blow).
With thirty-five sailors at my behest.
(Let wind blow, Let the wind blow).
Into the unknown and ever far,
guided by the light of the Northern Star.
Over the raging ocean.
Under a thundering sky.
Our eyes on the horizon.
To discover, or to die?
I turn to see an approaching shore.
(Chase the new world, chase the new world).
My name shall live on like my father's before.
(Chase the new world, chase the new world).
For centuries to come they shall tell tales,
of history we made in Vinland's green vales. - Hudba
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You can download this song and all my albums from my Bandcamp page: ceolskog.bandcamp.com/
Another great song. And thx for explaining, what Ceolskog means. Quite my "cup of tea"!
Thanks for listening!
This is brilliant. Just love it. Excellent Excellent Excellent. Hello from the West Coast of Scotland.
Thank you! Your part of Scotland is spectacular! I have never been there, just looked at lots of photos. Apparently Fiordland here New Zealand looks quite similar - although I've never been there either, haha! I have some Scottish ancestry, but I believe it is mainly from the east coast. By the way, I have a version of the Skye Boat song on here, would love to hear your opinion on it!
I love all of the songs that you have made but I think that this one is my favourite so far! Great job!
Cheers! Will have to do a new song with a similar vibe to this!
I love this song - I just discovered your music while googling Leif Ericson, and now I'm definitely hooked! Folk Metal is awesome, and you play it well. You deserve way more subscribers!
Hey thanks man! Checked out your channel, quite similar to mine, lots of outdoors and nature type stuff. I think the Pacific Northwest is the most beautiful part of America. You know, I often hear people in my country talking about wanting to visit America, with places like Las Vegas or Miami. No thanks! I'd much rather explore the natural areas of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregan, Wyoming, or even up to British Columbia.
*Oregon, haha
@@Ceolskog-Folk-Metal-Hiking You've got the right idea, the best parts of North America are definitely the wilderness - the cities are really kind of a mess! New Zealand actually looks like it resembles the Pacific Northwest in terms of its topography and climate, though I think you've got the more spectacular scenery! I've always wanted to visit New Zealand to do some hiking.
Thanks for visiting my channel - some day I'd like to publish my own music there, but I've got a lot of practicing ahead of me before I'm good enough to do that!
Overall, being a fairly small country, it is quite an oceanic climate here. I would say the top quarter of New Zealand is more subtropical, and so perhaps comparable to places like Alabama or the Carolinas. The bottom half (what we call the South Island) is definitely more of an alpine climate, comparable to the Pacific Northwest. And then where I live, which is between a quarter and a third of the way down, it's more of a temperate climate.
@@Ceolskog-Folk-Metal-Hiking The variety of climates in such a relatively small area as New Zealand is incredible.
I guess there is a pretty wide variation here in the Pacific Northwest as well - we get incredible amounts of rain where I live here in SW Washington, but just over the Cascade Mountains is the vast desert of the Columbia Plateau!