Frithcast Episode 04 - I Already Havamal

Episode 4 I Already Havamal

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background campfire ambience assembled using samples and mixing tool at http://www.ambient-mixer.com.

 

I remember what this is called!

Kate runs out of steam

Havamal – translated by Bellows (1936)

Beowulf

A list of the 5 rough sections of the Havamal:

Section 1: Guest Rights and Responsibilities: verses 1-80. Especially verse 77 “Cattle die, kindred die...” and keeping guests knees warm.

Section 2: Verses 81-110. On Women: including 2 stories of the seduction of women.

Section 3: Verses 111 – 137. Advice for the Stray Singer: “I advise you...” Especially verse 127, the basis for Declaration 127.

Section 4: Runes: verses 138-146: Especially verses 138-139 which describe the Allfather’s self sacrifice to obtain the runes.

Section 5: Verse 147 to the end: Charms:”I know a first, a second” etc. Verse 157 mentions the runes again.

Translation and language considerations

9 noble virtues

How to find us online

 

 

Section 2 is actually 30 ish verses, not 20 ish. 80-110. My bad.

 

Some of the translations available online: (most at: http://www.heathengods.com/havamal/index.htm)

Bellows 1936

Thorpe

Hollander

Larrington

Bray – also available at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/havamal.html

Chisholm

Auden and Taylor