Exploring Norse Mythology: Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds
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There are two halls for the fallen: Valhalla and Folkvangr. Folkvangr was Freya's Hall, and fallen warriors were divided between her and Odin upon arrival. The warriors of Valhalla would charge into battle during Ragnarok as the Einharjar, while the warriors of Folkvangr would remain as the last line of defence
That's actually Frigg, Odin's first wife. With Freya, Odin has to give half the scholars, poets, musicians, and artists, who Odin would have welcomed into Gladsheim. Freya collects half for Vanaheim as part of the treaty that ended the Aesir-Vanir War, a treaty that was sealed contractually with her marriage to Odin. Common misconception. Also, anyone who dies at sea is the property of the sea giant Aegir, who Odin is on good terms with and likes to keep it that way. I'm not sure if that's all the halls of the fallen, there could be more. Everyone who a deity or giant hasn't called dibs on automatically goes to Hel, ruled over by Hela, which isn't horrible, but it's not Valhalla either. You just get to rest and not suffer unless Hela needs you for something.
@@sflaningam7680 I read on wikipedia and many other sites that it is Freya who gets them
@Pelinal Whitestrake It actually tends to have accurate facts
@@brucejedilee5290 @Steven Flaningam Frigg and Freya are very likely one and the same
Asgard = Home of Aesir and Major Gods
Vanaheim = Home of Vanir and Minor Gods
Alfheim = Home of the Light Elves and Fairies
Svartalfheim = Home of the Dark Elves and Dwarves
Midgard = Home of the Humans
Jotunheim = Home of The Giants
Niflheim = Primordial Realm of Ice
Muspelheim = Primordial Realm of Fire
Helheim = Realm of the Dead.
Midgard - middle land - middle earth. Tolkein got a lot from norse mythology
Edit: coming back to this after a few years I have since found out middle earth was likely from an anglo saxon poem called "the wanderer" which directly mentions "this middle earth"
Also the silmarilian specifically has tons of influence directly from Norse mythology
But like the comments say, he got a lot of stuff from Norse, anglo saxon, Greek and other sources as well
Oh my dear summer child....
Fun fact, a majority of the dwarf names in LotR are ripped from a list of dwarf names in a famous Norse book of tales
Tolkien got _most_ of his inspiration from norse/anglo mythology
Middle earth is a world where all 9 realms are 1
Yes, but not exclusively. Tolkien was a lover of legends, myths, history, and any good story really (a man after my own heart). The various epic battle scenes are based on his first hand experience serving in the first World War. He also studied Biblical legends, including one about the Spear of Destiny, which is where we got that scene with Aragorn using a sword to command an army of ghosts. And the one ring is really an amalgam of ring legends, including not just Norse, but an old Greek tale called the Ring of Gyges, which is where we get the whole invisibility thing and the mind becoming corrupted. The Greek tale is worth a look, it's actually contributed to an ancient philosophical debate that hasn't been fully answered to this day. Sorry this was long, I'm just a huge nerd for this stuff.
Norse mythology is pretty interesting.
Interesting but unfortunately inconsistent and incoherent at times.
@@rezarfar that’s literally every mythology ever
They could make a video game out of this
@@BlazeMakesGames god of war?
Agreed, slocrump. But... It does however have some strange bits. Bits that confuse me entirely...
I really think this is the most creative Mythology of them all
- Religion is everything, the traditions, rituals, taboos, theology AND mythology.
- Mythtology is a colection of sacred tales of a given religion.
...so:
Religion is the whole picture and mythology is one of the compounds of a religion.
I think it is tied with Irish Mythology. Irish mythology is very trippy though. A lot of it is unexplained or completely random.
The tree of life, complete with serpent, is also in Genesis.
The Greeks had the same knowledge. Maybe the Norse just had more experience in exploring these realms due to the flyagarics...
@@renyland8015 How has Norse Mythology been "proven wrong"
Kanoy well if you look at Norse Gods they are pretty vengeful so denying them is out of the question you can disrespect them all you want and nothing will happen and there is no snake encircling the planet it’s also not flat. Can you ignore my last comment I did not read yours properly before replying so sorry about that.
that horse caught Loki and they made that sweet, sweet love and Loki gave birth to the 8 legged horse that Odin rides
read this before watching, now I know it's gonna be a good episode
Efraim OOOF
We have 9 worlds in our solar system do you think their is any connection or is it just random chance? A under-laying reality or dimension perhaps located at the positions of these worlds in our solar system or does the tree present a series of solar systems or universes. How literal should the lore be taken?What way should they be interpreted or should we abandon more new age concepts and embrace such lore literally? and such lore could of been presented by the gods to ancient Europeans in such way that it could of been more easily understood in those times.
Yep
Be careful making fun of Loki, anyone who mentions this engagement of his will find themselves at the wrath of Loki's mischief.
Ah, mythology. One of 5 things in my life I shall never get bored of listening about (others include Dinosaurs, Astronomy, Animals, and Minecraft)
@Broly the sarcastic savage Minecraft will never die
Broly the sarcastic savage you heretic
Broly The Sarcastic Savage Well that aged well
Ah, Minecraft. The game of eternal anger where you fall of mountains and get killed by monsters. Darn you ENDERMEN teleporting into MY wheat fields!!! And those stupid skeletons shooting away at you wherever you hide. At least you can tell when a zombie is coming for you....
The sea god Njord and his children Frej and Freja were from Vanaheim. Freja also goes under the name Vanadis.
Njord, Freyr, and Freyja are the 3 Vanir. It’s speculated the rest of the gods that weren’t Æsir just got lumped in with the Vanir over time
The bridge between Asgard and Midgard is called the 'Beef Roast'? XD
Bifrost, but yeah... word barriers are a thing i guess hehe
Bee Frost
I have some roast beef, I've been trying to get to asgard for days
@@lanafazaa1661 Unless you're a full blooded giant, in which case the light of the bridge will most likely burn your feet, the way in is simple. Live life like Odin does, get a Valknut tattoo and honor the Gods.
also to all the people complaining about his pronounciation:
english native speakers are likely to never have learnt a second language thus aren't likely to be able to make sounds outside of their own language so pls give him a break, at least he's trying :)
and on a side note: germanic/skandinavian languages are hard :D
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English is Germanic in nature, isn't it?
True that, I'm half Swedish and a quarter German, but that doesn't make it any easier to learn to say the names of some of my Gods and Goddesses correctly. Like you said, he at least tries, which is more than can be said of most.
FTLghost yup
A lot of words are easy for English speakers. The others can easily be learned be wide English is a Germanic language so that’s not really an excuse
realizing which parts of the mythology were incorporated in lord of the rings is soo cool! thanks for the cool vid my dude :)
"From Ymir's flesh was the Earth created,
from the bloody sweat, the sea, cliffs from bones,
trees from hair, and from the head, the heavens;
And from his eyelashes the gentle gods made
Midgard for the sons of men;
and from his brains the oppressive clouds were formed."
Wow. The imagination back then never ceases to amaze me (actually not sarcasm).
A good resource to have the elder and poetic Edda.
I absolutely LOVE THIS CHANNEL. great work
Svartalfhiem's name might not be a misnomer, as some sources seem to use Svartalfar and Dokkalfar interchangeably with dwarves and dark elves. Dwarves might be dark elves, is what I'm saying.
Mythology is weird, things don't always fit in a neat box like modern stories.
They are, dwarves are described as appearing as bloated, black corpses thus dark. They are the dark alfs.
King Maximus its very possible then question remains: Is it Intended to be dwarfes or Elfs. We might never know
Dwarves are more of a Germanic concept overall, changing by region. In German folklore/mythology the dwarves appear in art similar to how they are imagined in more Tolkienian-ese writings (short, stout, bearded, and pale. Nothing like the more ethereal Dokkalfar/Svartalfar.) Though they still turn into stone if the sun comes up. There is also debate as to whether the Svartalfar and Dokkalfar are the same or different.
Dwarfs are not elf's but a lot of myths have them really close in concept. Elf's are vana (members of the fray) dark elf's are one of first races far older than dwarfs, light elf's and even the gods them self's. They live in niflheim the first realm and rule it after the giants left. Dwarfs are...apost to be mortal creatures and believe it or not big ..like sub giants hah but to be fair dwarfs have it bad cause no one understands them or what they fall in to. Besides they're closer to man than vana.
The well of Mimir, is the same as the Well of Poetry in irish mythology. The well is actually a spring from where five streams of knowledge flow. The well is own by Fraoch, god of healing waters, hot springs, healing and medicine. He got the well after marrying Bóinn, Goddess of the Lower Realm, after slaying a water beast.
@brmbly
I am a Christian, but, may your Gods bless you and your family and place your future in their hands.
The “d” in Asgard isn’t silent.
Edit: neither is the “d” at the end of Midgard. But still a great video
Yeah, the internet seems to prefer "As-guard", but the D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths drops off the d: imgur.com/a/50cxm
Only in western tongue is a D used a lot of people with proper accents usually have many words that are like that
in Denmark they are silent
Nice catch, the gard actually roughly translates to "garden" in ancient Norse. That's a language that's hard for people to pick up on, mind you. I'm half Swedish and a quarter German and devoted myself to the faith of my Norse ancestors, but even I have difficulty sometimes when the terms and names, what with being raised to speak in a modern English tongue. Norse languages, particularly the older ones, are rune based and often have sounds and symbols that just don't have an easy one to one translation into any language whose origins are remotely Latin. The confusion works both ways and was the very reason the Norse were called barbarians by the Romans, because, like the Germanic tribes, whenever they tried speaking Latin, the result sounded something like "Bar Bar Bar!" I still can't find a word processor that accounts for the language or runes, so everybody give the guy a break.
@brmbly I've never heard of Futhark Runes. Where did these originate? They sound like a fascinating bit of history lore. I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really interested, since I'm a big nerd for history and mythology (if you couldn't already tell).
I love this series.
I love this series tank you very much.
Really good video mate! Thanks!
Dude...sorry to complain but you butchered sooo many words.....
I've always wondered how did people come up with these detailed stories. I mean it was natural for people to be like: "Odin is our god, we need to obey him", but who came up with the detailed idea what Odin did every day and stuff like that.
your voice sounds perfect for story telling like this keep it up
So that blacksmith sounds like he got shafted quite badly. Tricked by Loki then killed by Thor.
great great video man
If you are descendant of Norse People.
Seek in yourself your real strenght.
Dont polute yourself with bull-shit!!
Be a real warrior!!
real words
Well done. Thank you
I think the Norse drank too much Ale when inventing their gods
Well, you could probably say that about a whole lot of gods. The Egyptions for instance, seems strange, gods with animal heads!
RemusKingOfRome5 why do you think so?
From jesus walking on water and turning h2o into wine, to turks and mongols that worships skygods, to muslims that believe a god and a messenger, is it only the norsemen you are worried about?
1:48 especially considering in some pieces of art there are depicted to be "planets"
lol this shits interesting, ive always liked learning about different mythologies
Yeah all these friends intro originated from Norse mythology Dungeon & Dragons Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones some other fantasy pop culture originated from Norse mythology
I think that the pronunciation is hi-m, as in time for heim.
RaZeyLWindBladE colse but not really sinse the vocalizations dosent exsist in English (æ)
Thanks, I know it was something like that. It's not in English grammar but I think the enunciation should be available in my own native language. It's something like... Hai'm, with abit of phlegm?
RaZeyLWindBladE glad to be of helpful
Heim also means "home" not "world." Though it's an understandable mistake to make.
LAHFaust mm hmm, it's the root word of home I believe.
The Smith who wanted to marry Freyja also wanted the sun and the moon which would have thrown cosmos out off loop
Great video
I wonder if the Vanir were the Norse concept of the gods of other peoples. We rarely hear about the ancient cultures treating other pantheons as heresy. That seems to be a concept stemming from the Abrahamic monotheistic systems.
Níðhöggr is crazy and I never heard about him till just now
Knowledge and wisdom , each learned separately. Neither is greater than the other, but together form intelligence.
The _Tales of_ series of videogames brought me here.
The valkaries were servants of the wife od Odin, and got half the warrior, Odin let them continue thier life, Freya was apparently retirement
Cool stuff
I love my heritage!!!
Think mines obvious
Same here. I love the fact that the fantasy genre draws heavily from these tales.
Kjuzhren Nice :)
I know right? Norse Myth is so great!
Heim means home not world
It can be interchangeable depending on interpretation. When Odin and his brothers made Midgard, they made people because, according to them, a planet only becomes a world when it has people in it, just like a house needs people to be a home.
Watching this makes me want to play age of mythology again
12:23 that's a painting of Rivendale. nice
Rivendell
I see you have a podcast as well. Is this series on there?
I do not think that you have read the Eddas after watching this video, but I guess it is good enough for the Marvel fans.
The image at 12:00 I believe is from Cycle of Empires by Thomas Cole if someone down the road comes to the comments in search of that.
Adrian Von Ziegler's music in the background. Thought it sounded familiar.
I wonder if it is possible that some of the Vanir deities who separated with their clan during their war with the Aesirs were the forebearers of Cu Chulain?
The irish deities are literally the fairies
Heim means home, alf-heim or elf home, swart-alf-heim or dark elf home, and jotun-heim or giant home.
Just a thought but you could think that the Mound Builders to be Norse Work just a thought check it out. As for the Tree look at giant Tree stumps in World.
The Nine Realms!
Hey just wanted to say that I think your channel and content is great. I like what you’ve done with the channel but I wanted to know if the elder scrolls lore series is officially over?
It's officially on hiatus.
Norse mythology really is one of the most fleshed out and intricate/interesting creation theories. To make a full-fledged quality game containing all the described worlds in detail would be daunting, but whichever studio achieved it would attain legendary status. I wonder if the holds of skyrim are supposed to resemble some of the worlds? Whiterun would probably represent Asgard, Windhelm would be Jotunheim, and so on.
Good video, though just as many other of scandinavian decent I have a hard time with some of the pronunciations.
go make a bagel idiot
Make your own video then. Let's hear your English
Isn't this world tree the connection between the planets? Magnetic?
The nine realms/worlds are not planets.
Yes, beef roast is the name of the rainbow bridge. 90% of the time every time.
A rainbow bridge called the.... BEEF ROAST!!
The dwarves are the dark elves dwarf is similar to Schwartz meaning black dark
*Loki gives Odin Slepnier*
"Here, have a mutant freak horse. NEVER ask me where he came from. Slepnier, sweetheart, be good for Mommy."
Odin "I.. what...?!"
Common misconception is that all jotun were frostgiants
David Le Maire Godtliebsen god damn you marvel!
Not all Giants
Sometimes I like to entertain the idea that the world we live in is the result of Ragnarok, and that the Earth literally is the nine realms forged together in Surt’s fires unleashed upon the end which our solar system was brought into being. Of course, such an event may have been the moment the universe was born, the world tree’s trunk and roots still remaining with all its branches slowly growing back so vast, we cannot even comprehend it at all though we may see it every time we look upon the stars. Perhaps the galaxies themselves may be the leaves of the tree’s crown, ever expanding outwards. Or it may all just be our primitive minds trying to make sense of it all. Yeah, Norse mythology can truly put you in a quite deep mindset, which is why I love it so much. 😄
Svartalfheim wasnt the home of the dark elves and/or the dwarves, although i suppose it sort of was home to both... see, the dark elves and the dwarves were one and the same.
"The lines between the dwarves, elves, and dead humans are very blurry. The dwarves are occasionally called “black elves” (Old Norse svartálfar),and in some instances they’re described as being dead or resembling human corpses." (norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/dwarves/)
Svartalfheim was home to the dwarves, who were also called Black/Dark Elves.
Your pronunciation is surprisingly decent
That pronounciation. I dont blame you. But for me it sounds extremely funny (I speak a litle bit of icelandic so.
Yea)
So... We are made of a dead giant? Does that mean that we also eat Ymir when we eat meat? And we live on flesh?
Yggdrasil can only be destroyed by The Divine Chainsaw :)
MisterTutor2010 I want you to know that I actually thought this was funny. Good job.
MisterTutor2010 lol
Flex Gopnik what about the divine chainsaw axe?
Or a fucking dragon.
THE DIVINE CHAIN AXE!!!
So Sovngarde is basically Valhalla in TES.
Yep it is. However the other one (i forgot how it was called but it was to those souls who were trapped and used as a soulgem, the one with the vampire quest), is obviously hell for those trapped inside. Trapped but not tormented. Cursed but also blessed.
Norse mythology + beowulf = the lord of the rings
by the way...just for reference...
Modern scholars have increasingly become convinced that the species of the Yggdrasil tree was a representation of Taxus baccata or common/European yew. (Not an ash or other hardwood as previously supposed.)
just a little tidbit.
The reason I voted for Norse myth is to know more when god of war 4 comes out
Luke Babel isn't GOW about Greek Mythology?
Rustam Safarli the new one coming out in April is set in Norse mythology
Norse lore*. It’s not a myth for those of us who legitimately follow our ancestral religion
is this the actual book or is he just explaining it?
How can Yggdrasil ( made of wood) hold the world of fire, Mullspellheim without being burned????
Odin picked his own eye out for wisdom. Not drink from a puddle.
odins just the OG prepper yo
cup song
You mean "Realms"? Not planets/ Worlds right?
Does this doctrine have astrology?
Hello :) very nice videos :) just one critics my friend the Heim words are supose to be pronaunced Haim Like you say Hi but you add an M letter at the end of the word. Even Heimdal: Haimdal ect :)
Attack on Titan I learned tales from this methodology
Sorry I gave up after Bee frost!
Frya was bad enough, but beefrost!
So when he says alfheim aesir and niflheim muspelheim it makes me so irritated because of how they pronounced it In god of war
7:55
Marvel made her daughter of Odin instead.
Screw Marvel
Marvel makes a lot of changes but it can be surprisingly accurate sometimes
Wasn’t it because Thor was viewed as a title for those who could lift Mjolnir, and original Thor lost his ability to do so? And doesn’t she have an interesting character arc of it making her breast cancer worse every time she becomes Thor? And hasn’t she also had multiple experiences with Asgard and Thor?
Like, I know its easy to hate Marvel for being feminist SJW cucks or whatever, but it sounds more like sensationalism than anything.
براہمداغ Sadly they did :(
And she even looked pathetic.
No where as intimidating as the image in my mind.
Which is a greater offense than the lore change.
I mean a thorn helmet and flying daggers. Really marvel?
And as always the norns Urd verdandi Skuld. Knowns for deciding man's faith. Aren´t mentioned Those who sit at the foot of Yggdrasil and waive a net that decides man's faith. Or are they carve run´s at the stem of Yggdrasil. The role the norns have has not been concluded yet.
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oh great, the only way into Asgard is to make it to the end of Rainbow Road
I like mythologies where the gods are basically a dysfunctional family with superpowers. Making a bad deal because they're not as smart as they think they are, trying to screw over the contractor so they can welsh on the deal, screwing his horse instead, murdering the contractor, and coming out of the whole thing with a wall they didn't have to build and a horse that jumps dimensions. Tell me you wouldn't do that in a heartbeat.
I wanna see Abrahamic mythology on the next vote.
Mr. Cliffigriff ...as in the ginger from The Walking Dead?
Ja.
Beef roast a great rainbow bridge
I like the information, but man, you are mispronouncing all of these words.
Asgard, the d is not silent, it's like a hard th, as it was originally written as Asgarð/Asgarðr. the 'ei' in heim sounds like a long I. the Ae/Æ in Aesir/Æsir, sounds long A.
Yggdrasil Dragon
Blieve or not don't care 3 times across moon...Sutton hoe mask, man,crow, wolf..inner peace is the mission then u make decisions for greater good.. peace and blessings...oh and my first memories on this plane were supernatural
Yee
Sounds like the Irish Hy Brasil
At 9:34 is he saying “Beef Roast” as a rainbow road to travel between Asgard and Midgard??? I know my Norse mythology is not up to scratch but I’m certain the the road was called by the popular name “Chicken Roast” which sometimes is known by “Sunday Roast”
Please feel free to correct me if I’m mistaken thank you 🤓
Beef roast is still good but lamb is better with a little mint
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what the hell is the befrost its bifrost
LOL HE SAID BEEFROAST instead of bifrost
I really thought Thor rag prick was a wasted opportunity to show so much more about the 9 realms. Instead it was a joke. Great movie but not the one I was hoping for