5.6 | Norse Witchcraft, Trolls, Gnomes and the Hidden Folk
TIMESTAMPS
02:30 | The hidden world, viking and norse belief system
05:09 | Cross-cultural gnomes, nisse, elves and fairies
08:00 | Vættir - spirits in Norse mythology, álfar (elves), dvergar (dwarves), jötnar (giants), and gods (the Æsir and Vanir)
11:05 | Snorri Sturluson and the the Edda's
14:09 | How to see into the invisible world! Hedge-Riding and the Hag Stone
27:44 | Völva the Norse/Viking Witch / Seeress
31:12 | 4 Parts of the Soul and the Dead
38:55 | Expansion Discussion: The Huldra and the Viking afterlife and the Undead - Draugr, Haugbui And Aptrgangr
43:30 | Trolls
51:49 | Tiny Toll Encounter [ STORY ]
54:09 | Dwarves ( Black Elves, Dark Elves)
56:58 | Run-in with a house gnome [ STORY ]
01:00:37 | HuldaFolk in the field [ STORY ]
01:02:22 | Red Cap Encounter [ STORY ]
01:04:00 | Bite from a Duende [ STORY ]
01:07:21 | Grimfrost, Neil Price and Wardruna
01:09:11 | Member Thank Yous!
Before cities and electric light, we had the true dark and stars for light. And all the monsters of the night.
Before the World Wide Web, there was the world tree, connecting the 9 realms, and our ancestors living in the realm of Midgard spoke daily with spirits, bartered with elves, and avoided the trails where trolls where known to tread.
Through the rational lens of the present day, we call them fairytales. They simply called them Huldufolk- the hidden people.
Could encounters with the unexplained many experience today simply be glimpses of this other realm, our mysterious hidden neighbors from times long past, peaking through occasionally into our noisy modern world, when there’s a quiet moment, or a creak of the closet door, just to remind us, they’re still there. watching. Unseen in the dark.
REFERENCED EPISODES
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
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REFERENCED PODCASTS/ CHANNELS
Lore and Legend | IG
“Folklore – Legends – Ancient Cultures – Creatures – Mysteries of the Universe. Interpret as you see fit.”
Grimfrost | Youtube
“Combining scholarly knowledge and expert crafting skills being added to a deep lifelong interest in Viking culture”
Wardruna | Youtube
“Wardruna is a Norwegian music group dedicated to create musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions”
WEB SOURCES
- The Afterlife: Norse Mythology
Jennifer Dobrowski - Norse Ghosts & the Afterlife
World History Encyclopedia - Draugr, Haugbui And Aptrgangr – The Undead of Norse Myths
Vikingr - The Life Of A Deceptively Deep Man And His Books Of History And Norse Mythology
The Historian’s Hut - Snorri Sturluson
Wikipedia - The Karlevi runestone
Manuscript and Text Cultures - Völva the Viking Witch or Seeress
Skjalden - Were trolls ever actually mentioned in the Edda?
r/Norse | Reddit - Draug
Monstropedia - The Fairy Census
Simon Young - I believe I encountered a Redcap as a child.
Zanvyn | r/Humanoidencounters - Bite from a Redcap
Kemmotar_veon | r/Humanoidencounters - Huldra | Norse Mythology
Lore and Legend - The Origin of Underground People
D. L. Ashliman - The Mythology of Norwegian Trolls
Life in Norway - Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson - Dwarves and Elves in Norse Mythology
SONS OF VIKINGS - Trolls in the Middle Ages
Medievalists
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