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As far as the Hapligroup I along the Volga and Eastern Europe, keep in mind that the Mongols did a pretty good job of decimating the population, which was then backfilled by settlers from other areas after the Mongols left.

What is the chance the location of Irminsul was the Externsteine in the Teutoberg Forest? The Irminsul is pictured there with Christ triumphant trampling it.

You are my favorite source for Norse information. Thanks man!

It is nowadays known that the people considered Finns came from the central Europe. Also probably the Fenno-ugric language came from Central Europe. Not from Ural mountains. That's why Hungarian has similarities to Finnish. And also in northern Italy there is a village where they speak Finnish relate small language.

Given that most of the info we have about Vikings was handed down by Christian monks, I don’t expect there to be much written evidence about gay Vikings. Despite that, there still triumphed the recognition of Loki’s effeminate nature and ability to give birth like a woman. That denotes that there was an ancient Nordic sense for individuals who simply did not fit gender norms. But since he was a trickster god, that could also indicate that there was a fear of people who were more gender-ambiguous.

Sad that the swedes destroyed all the history

I really appreciate your videos and I find them very helpful. However, I can NOT get over the fact that you look similar to Ubbe from Vikings. Just had to get that out there. Thank you!

i have birthmark on right side of face and a oval birthmark on left chest directly over my heart.

Since discovering Norse paganism, I've had a hard time understanding how I was supposed to "worship" so many gods. A friend of mine would always say I should pray habitually or try to allow them to come to me, but it always felt "too Christian" when I thought about it. A lot of my spiritual and magical working recently has helped disconnect from the Abrahamic worldview and focus on what paganism means to me. All that being said, this video has perfectly described what I've observed in other pagans and in myself, and has helped me even further understand my belief; fantastic work!

Learned a good bit. I like how you try to connect and make sense of the word derivations , poetry, historical features, with your best guess. Really like this video. I believe man is the highest, mightiest power of all. God is man. Lord is the first man.

My Roots go back to Bjorn Lodbrok through the lineage of the Lords Ironsides. Ironside Lodbrok who raided Scotland. The Ironsides boast a pure lineage of Ironsides.

Mayor Viking kings are related with Kainuu kinghood (Iceland sagas. (Kajaani) even NOR (Norway) was named after finnish prince. Most Viking age weapons are founded in Finland. Romans, Vikings and Mongol empires wont dare to come here ;) There are you some history.

had to revisit...most ancestors from north norway, some sami...they too went through a bloody "conversion"...thanx for being...enjoy

... "Copper arm bands" from here. (Along with the others, it's a connection)

I love this. Thanks for posting. I actually combine Germanic and Celtic paganism because those are the tribes my ppl came from. I recognize the differences while doing both. My altar has cernunnos but religious rituals invoke Odin (Woden)

Im lombard. I can agree to what you say. The first time I visited Scandinavia I was shocked to see how many links ar still there. Colture, food, faces, architecture and even some words of Germanic origins akin to Swedish or Norwegian . Bank, strak, to, baga, fiask, becker, maghen, biolk. Is incredible that so much is still there after centuries of latinisation

Did the vikings ever sail down the Danube and make contact with Hungarians in the 900s or early 1000s?

Have you see the Ura Linda Book? What is your opinion about that

Yay, I would have been a queer spell slinging outcast no matter the age. 😅😂

I’m West Frisian moms dna 1/4 English 1/4 Scott 1/4 German 1/4 Swedish half Dutch from dad

There is a comment from Saxo Gramaticus i belive in witch he says Something about the Priests of Freyr beeing gay and or having sex as part of a ceremony could you Look this up?

Thanks for this video! I'm an American from the Mid-Atlantic region and most my ancestors came over in the late 1600s from South Western Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) and a few lines also came from Denmark in the early 1700s (that I have found so far). They came through New York and Philadelphia then settled in south central Pennsylvania then moved into Maryland and some into Virgina (Shenandoah valley). I had my DNA done and I'm 51% German, 24% Scandanavian, 20% British Isles and 6% Iberian.

😂 im German and Irish and I ASSURE YOU that you are mistaken about the history of the Germanic tribes and Christ and Christianity. The "Vikings " are not our people in fact they're the Phoenicians who are now running the world from their new "state" of Israel. You foolishly take pride in the Vikings not understanding very much. The Vikings were parasitic invaders and they have DESTROYED OUR PEOPLE for thousands of years and still are!!! Both world wars slaughtered our people and the leaders are the same parasites as the "Vikings " i can try to send you information to show you this FACT you ket me know but this commmie platform likes to erase this

I'm 25% Swedish

My ancestry is scattered because I’ve always been told we were Scotts Irish or even just Irish or just Scottish but I always knew that we more more than just people from Ireland or Scotland my last name is Cochran and from what Ik this Coach means Red and run means river this hints at my family bein some type of warrior clan About 2 years ago I became Norse pagan after my sisters death I’ve always had a connection to the Norse culture and the Vikings growin up so I thought it was fittin to go fully into the Norse myth i still wondered where my family came from and started lookin on RUclips about my families origins and this is where it gets weird the first record of a Cochran was durin the Viking invasion in Scotland obviously the Scott’s whipped the Norses asses because the people there are still Scottish but any way after the invasion there was a supposed Viking that stayed in Scotland and settled there and his name was Cochran there is nothing else of my families name that comes up until the like 1500s and that isn’t in Scotland it’s over in Ireland and there we were a noble clan of warriors idk anything else durin this time in the 1600s or 1700s there was a navel general named Thomas Cochran named the wolf of the sea he had from what I could tell a very impressive battle knowledge cause he said for Ireland and then was discharged or something like that but that didn’t stop him from fame he ended up goin to other nations kinda like a mercenary and offering support to any nation that needed help he was involved with wars that happened down in South America and the people down there celebrate his feats of valor to this day that’s all Ik about my families history at one point Thomas Cochran came to America cause the Cochrans are found in mainly the the Appalachias and a few states farther west

I found this fascinating: Seiðr and Sidhe do share similarities, and it's plausible that the Irish word Sidhe might have been influenced by the Old Norse word Seiðr. Seiðr is an Old Norse term referring to a type of shamanic practice, magic, or divination in ancient Germanic cultures, including Scandinavia. Sidhe (also spelled Sí or Faerie) is an Irish term for supernatural beings, spirits, or ancestors, often associated with land, fertility, and the Otherworld. Although the two words have distinct meanings, linguists suggest that the Irish Sidhe might have borrowed from the Old Norse Seiðr, possibly through cultural exchange or linguistic borrowing during the Viking Age (8th-11th centuries). Some etymological connections: - Both Seiðr and Sidhe relate to concepts of spirituality, the supernatural, and the mysterious. - The Proto-Celtic word *sed- or *set- might be connected to the Old Norse Seiðr, potentially influencing the development of the Irish Sidhe. - Irish and Old Norse languages had linguistic and cultural exchange during the Viking Age, making borrowing and influence possible. While the exact relationship between Seiðr and Sidhe is unclear, it's evident that ancient European cultures shared spiritual and linguistic connections, leaving behind a rich legacy of mystical and symbolic heritage.

This debate is very tiresome. So what if the Gods aren't as depicted literally? I don't get why that is so important to some people. I think to believe in the Gods literally is to hint at some sort of divine revelation that must have taken place at some point, because how else would we know what the Gods look like in that case? And that's a very un-pagan concept. I think the Gods are real, but logic and reason tell me that there must be only one pantheon, and each culture has their ways of interpreting and depicting the divine, and that's their right. And I'm just not arrogant enough to assume the Germanic depiction of the Gods is the sole correct one. And I don't think the pagans of antiquity and before believed that way either.

One thing the finns have seemed to forgot is the fact that they were not considered "white" a 100 years ago at home nor in the united states when they moved in masses due to the hunger years. Finns had to start projecting themselves as "white european" to align themselves with the western world.

All these are psychedelic religions, where mainly psilocybes and or amanitas were consumed in break through amounts to travel to the other world and talk to the gods. Everyone here can try that. 100 % works. Cheers from the cradle of celticism

Are the "divine energies" self aware and conscious?

Man! Started following you a couple of months ago I believe. Been going back in your catalogue and your work is fucking great, the consistency is insane. Do you have any video where you talk about how you've learnt all this stuff? I mean I know you have read and researched a lot. But I am thinking How did you manage, do you work with this full time? Is it a hobby? Where do you find the time etc. Would be interesting! Thank you for your work Sir Önskar dig en Riktigt fin sommar/ 🇸🇪😉

No mention of the Kiev Rus, who spread from the Baltic to the Black Sea, a huge area, considered fearsome, and I believe, Swedish in origin?

Honest questions for pagans who believe in the literal existence of the Gods: How do you know there are multiple Gods? And how do you pick?

Thank you for making such critical content

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I would presume it's not especially different to the standard humans through time. You have one or more human whos actions are worth mentioning. They get mentioned repeatedly and kind of mixed up with each other, exaggerated a bit because the history becomes a story describing the important part, not the history but the ideals. Add enough of these and you have a God, add all the Gods up and you have one God. In this sense God is like a perfect circle. Circles exist for sure but never a perfect circle..mathematically however it is "real". Regardless it describes the ideal circle by which all real world circles are judged and defined by. From my readings this is most true with odin as they would invoke Odin in a posses me type of way or having ones spirit filled with it etc etc. You could compare it (in a much lesser way) to method acting taken to the extreme. You can, at least temporarily, embody the spirit of a God allowing you to act in ways that you normally wouldn't or couldn't. You can rile yourself into a fervor with disregard for your own life. A man today with a daughter could do this by imagining a situation in which his daughter is being attacked by some bad men allowing himself to go to a very dark place. Observe if you do this the rise in heart rate and so forth. Different but similar. Imagine people a millennia ago experiencing that, even without drugs (which they had). How would you describe it if not with Gods?

Dont cheat, either find a woman who you can be with your whole life or if you want another woman then leave the previous one and don't hurt her by being with her and cheating.

I’m 16% danish /Swedish 18% Scottish and 4% Irish

Well that is funny case it would be very easy to think they came from the US since they all speak American in just about any movie and TV series as do all the outer space guys. Hmm strange

My true ancestry says I have Swedish viking DNA, but my heritage says I have 0 Scandinavian 😅

I have some cousin who are half Norwegian

No wonder I'm drawn more to Pagan thought. I've always had natural aversions to devoted worship, faith without reason, and any form of being "saved," by conversion, etc.

To me, Paganism is less about specific belief and minutiae, and more about your general worldview. I think the requirements to be a pagan are as follows. 1. You believe that the Divine is in everything(maybe the divine is both in everything and transcends everything, that works too). So therefore, this world is not be rejected, but embraced. Even if the world is ultimately amoral. How would we know the good if we didn't know the bad? Life-affirming values if you will. 2. You can't be an atheist. Atheistic paganism is an oxymoron, they are mutually exclusive. 3. As 1 entails, nature is divine, nature is exactly how it was meant to be, we should seek to live in accordance with nature, the more we do, the better off we are. When we deviate from our confines, bad things typically happen. 4. Things are conceptualized between order and chaos, one isn't better then the other, but a balance should be struck. Too much of anything is bad, moderation is key. And honestly, that's it. Whether you want to attempt to worship God most high as some did, or the Gods of you ancestors, is up to you. The divine is as real as you or I, but I don't think that the Gods are anthropomorphic in a literal sense. I think to believe this is to almost hint at some sort of divine revelation that must've taken place for humans to know what these Gods look like for a fact. And that's a very un-pagan conception of things.

Logic and reason tells me it all comes from one source, panentheism makes the most sense to me. And I think that lines up with a pagan view. There is a sort of creative force that everything emanates from, but it's not a person, or a being. Because we already know that many old pagan religions didn't view their Gods as all-powerful. In the myths it's evident that they aren't all-powerful and aren't the first to exist. So maybe there is a God most high so to speak. That doesn't invalidate pagan Gods however, even if they are ultimately lesser Gods.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborea - GREETINGS FROM FINLAND, we have totally lost our past because we´ve been played by russians and swedes in the history..

Everyone in the comments: Remember that the Germanic peoples spent literally hundreds of years migrating southward due to various problems and pressures, and were "migrants" themselves. They would often beg and plead with Rome to be let in, run from the Huns, and "take over" in Celtic areas. Also, at the very beginning of the formation of the Germanic peoples, the earlier Corded Ware culture forced itself as "migrants" into Europe, where they fought over resources with the native Neolithic farmers. Often, maybe even most of the time, they were "unwanted" by the natives for sucking up resources and being a nuisance. There is no such thing as a "native European," unless you mean the original inhabitants from 40,000 years ago, who've been almost extinct for so long now that it's almost absurd.

your eyes look like their glowing wth

*Is 6'4* *Has birth marks/freckles all over shoulders/upper back/biceps* *Can't seem to find a spot of land to buy* *Can't confirm nor deny criminality* Shit I'm Starkaðr.

Obviously midsummer and Christmas is pagan in the north and the latter just renamed to Christmas and combined with some christian traditions