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Inclusive Heathen podcast containing a healthy dose of geekery, a fair bit of cake and a hint of queer, by Suzanne Martin, the Gytha in Jeans, and a Coffee-Powered Druid called Kate Coldwind. Welcome around the virtual campfire!
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Episode 92 – The Dark of the Night: Draugr and the Dead
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
AA Milne – author of Winnie the Pooh: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh
Prow-dragon – a figurehead that was fitted to ships prows to scare the landspirits for the lands targeted by raiders. Care was taken to take them off when returning home as not to scare the landspirits of the homeleands.
Stargate the film: (1994) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/
Sebastian from The Little Mermaid (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097757/
Doppelganger: https://www.bustle.com/articles/180838-5-creepy-facts-about-doppelgangers-because-theyre-more-common-than-youd-think
‘Gang Aft Aglaey’ – Robert Burns poem ‘To a Mouse’
The burial space as a house: Thorstein is invited to the home of the dead in Þorsteins ááttr uxafots
Birds flying over draugr barrows and dying: flying over Thorolfs grave: Curran, Bob (2005). Vampires: A Field Guide to the Creatures that Stalk the Night. Career Press. pp. 81–93.
Cattle being driven mad by going near barrows with draugr in: ibid
Draugr going into the earth: Hrapp in Laxdaela Saga
Dr Who (Sylvester McCoy) episodes ‘Curse of Fenric’ https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fenric_(TV_story)
The shepherd defending against a draugr and being turned into one: Eyrbyggja saga
Draugr riding a house: Grettirs Saga
Lasombre, Tremere and Tzimiche – from White Wolf Vampire role play system
Tying toes with twine (and other precautions): H.F. Feilberg, "The Corpse-Door: A Danish Survival," in Folklore 18 (1907), p. 366
Corpse -doors: H.F. Feilberg, "The Corpse-Door: A Danish Survival," in Folklore 18 (1907), p. 366
Eyrbyggja saga – the ‘door doom’ or boring the undead with lawyers.
Foxfire or flames on a Draugr barrow: Grettirs Saga – Grettir sees a flame on the barrow of Kar the Old.
Beowulf parallels: Chadwick “The Monsters and Beowulf.” In The Anglo-Saxons: Studies in Some Aspects of Their History and Culture Presented to Bruce Dickens. Ed. by Peter Clemoes. London: Bowes and Bowes. pp. 171-203.
and
Nicholas K. Kiessling, "Grendel: A New Aspect," Modern Philology, 65 (1968), p. 201
and
Viking Answer Lady http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ghosts.shtml
The draugr who gloms his friends ear off: the story of Arum and Asmund: Palsson and Edwards, "Egils saga einhenda ok Asmundar saga berserkjabana," in Gautrek's Saga and Other Medieval Tales, pp. 99-101
There’s other sources that talk about the Norse restless dead:
Chadwick, N. K. (1946). "Norse ghosts: A study in the Draugr and the Haugbúi". Folklore. 57 (2): 50–65.
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ghosts.shtml
Hilda Ellis-Davidson, "The Hill of the Dragon: Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds in Literature and Archaeology," in Folklore 64(1950), pp. 173-174
How to find us online
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Episode 91 – Funerary Customs then and now
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Objects in the Rear View Mirror – Meatloaf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPMv9zJ1LE
Oseberg: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/
Sutton Hoo https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/sutton-hoo-and-europe
Scar boat burial http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/scarboat/index.html
Gokstad boat burial https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/gokstad/
Bratislava https://www.visitbratislava.com/
Brassica: the mustard family: https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-plants-in-the-family-Brassicaceae-2004620
Prittlewell Prince https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/new-secrets-from-prittlewell-reconstructing-a-burial-chamber-fit-for-a-prince.htm
Ibd Fadlan’s account of a Rus chieftains burial: https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/199906/among.the.norse.tribes-the.remarkable.account.of.ibn.fadlan.htm
Anglo-Saxon memorial inscriptions in runes: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/frag/9772151.0006.004/--runes-and-commemoration-in-anglo-saxon-england?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Guide to what you can place in a coffin: https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/help-resources/arranging-a-funeral/funeral-guides/what-can-you-put-in-a-coffin
And some funeral alternatives: https://www.funeralinspirations.co.uk/burial/#Live_and_die_majestically
Memorial at St Mary Axe, London:https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tomb-of-the-unknown-london-girl
Weapons ritually destroyed in graves: https://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/charisma-violence-and-weapons-the-broken-swords-of-the-vikings/
Here are modern pics of burial recreations done by a viking reenactment group : https://www.facebook.com/andrimners/posts/we-are-dead-serious-about-reenactment-2017-andrimners-hemtagarethese-pictures-ar/1660523900917013/
Regia Anglorum did a take on what modern grave goods might look like: https://www.facebook.com/regiaanglorum/posts/who-says-you-cant-take-it-with-you-so-much-about-what-we-know-concerning-the-ear/1434434423428532/
How to find us online
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Episode 90 – Storytime: Simba, Prince of Denmark
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Bond Girls: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482784/bond-girls-the-12-most-iconic-women-from-james-bond-movies
Carrots, history of http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/history.html
Amleth, from Saxo Grammaticus https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/saxos-legend-of-amleth-in-the-gesta-danorum
Hamlet, the Shakespeare play https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-plays/hamlet/
The Lion King (1994) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/
“Are they both not left handed?” - reference to the Princess Bride (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/
Interesting Times: Sir Terry Pratchett https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Interesting_Times
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – play by Tom Stoppard https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/rosencrantz/
The Orbs of the Prophets: Star Trek Deep Space 9 https://federationnewsservice.fandom.com/wiki/Orbs_of_the_Prophets
Welcome to the House of Gowron, Star Trek, especially Next Generation and Deep Space 9.
Brian Blessed, actor https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000306/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
“What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice...” https://www.enotes.com/topics/marmion/quotes/oh-what-tangled-web-we-weave-when-first-we
Shredded Wheat https://www.nestle-cereals.com/uk/en/products-promotions/brands/shredded-wheat-brand
Mary, Queen of Scots https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Mary-Queen-of-Scots/
Scarlett Johansen, actress who played Black Widow in the MCU: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Widow
Red Shirts – Star Trek security, commonly unknown characters who are killed to increase the stakes for the main characters survival. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Redshirt
How to find us online
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Episode 89 – Idunna and Her Apples
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
“She is a woman” Blackadder ‘Bells’ Season 2
“There are five lights!” Captain Picard, Star Trek TNG, two-part episode ‘Chain of Command’
Frithcast Episode 63 – The Case of the Missing Apples
Frithcast episode 22 – Can the Mountains Love the Sea?
Tacitus – Germania “They cut a branch from a fruit (nut) bearing tree”
Eostre – the one reference from Bede http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/bede_on_eostre.htm
Idunn Mons – volcano on Venus
Olympus Mons
Hebe – Greek Goddess of youth https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/hebe/
Bucket of apples at Oseberg https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/btbcpk/oseberg_bucket_norway_ca_ad_1200_found_on_the/
Atalanta and Milanion’s foot race with golden apples: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atalanta
The golden apple that starts the Trojan War https://aphrodite101.weebly.com/the-golden-apple---how-the-trojan-war-began.html
Hera also has a sacred tree which grows golden apples
Eris (the planet) moon Dysnomia https://www.universetoday.com/40698/dysnomia/
The Silver Bough with Golden Apples from Irish Mythology: https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Silver_Branch
William Butler-Yeats ‘The Song of the Wandering Aengus’: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55687/the-song-of-wandering-aengus
‘The Goblin Market’poem by Christina Rossetti: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
If you’d like to listen to a BBC radio adaptation of her tale, it’s here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4Q7GBN2MWz5Wz3QR1my6Hjf/viking-sagas-the-apples-of-iduna
How to find us online
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Episode 87b – Here’s 14 words for you - NSFW
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Political ideology through symbols and coded words is really difficult to untangle, you can hear Kate and I struggling to define aspects, signals and markers through this episode. What we’re talking about here is the overlap between exclusionary ideologies of far right politics and exclusionary, or folkish, heathenism. A group may choose to take symbolism from mainstream heathenry, adapt promote and use it so that it becomes associated with those loud, vocal ideologies. Sometimes the symbols and code words are more subtle and inverted.
Some symbols are easy to spot, such as those associated with 1940’s Nazi political ideology, like the single or double lightning bolt, the totenkopf or the Aryan Fist. Some come from other political far right ideologies, like the Arrow Cross, from the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party.
Others are more modern, like the use of 14/88, a Thor’s hammer with the initials BFG in the design (from Bound for Glory, a white power music band) or the Identitarian Lambda.
Hate groups will often loudly deny that they are hate groups. Which makes it difficult for a solo inclusive heathen to find a group and become part of a community without knowing for sure that the members aren’t racist, ableist, homophobic, identitarian or any other form of discrimination. Some groups will claim to be inclusive, but act exclusionary in their stance and politics. Some of this can be very subtle, so even harder to detect and draw a line to defend your own principles and values.
You can find a hate group symbols database maintained by the ADL here: https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols?cat_id%5B146%5D=146
And an article on dog whistles here: https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/11/7/13549154/dog-whistles-campaign-racism
Some symbols can also be used by inclusive heathens, so care needs to be taken as to the context. Groups may use a single rune, such as Tiwaz or Othala. On their own, the use may be just fine, but it may also be indicative of an ideology if it’s seen in connection with other symbols, images and words.
The understanding of ‘sea-lioning’ as an exercise in ‘bad faith’ questions in which the questioner puts the burden of their education onto the other can be found here: http://www.ethicsandculture.com/blog/2016/beware-the-sea-lion
There’s also some good articles here about the overlap of the far-right and modern heathenry:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/asatru-heathenry-racism/543864/
https://www.spiralnature.com/culture/heathens-nazi-problem/
https://bluefaceddruid.blogspot.com/2017/08/stephen-flowers-aka-edred-thorssons.html
If the history of our faith is something you want to get into, there’s Norse Revival by Stefanie von Schnurbein (Studies in Critical Research in Religion, Brill Publishing)
And, just as your understanding of Heathenry can shift, so can other people. People whose social media accounts you had linked to may step away from your own understandings, so be mindful of the content they choose to share and create.
How to find us online
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Episode 87 – Music and Songs – then and now
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Ha-ha – Nelson Mandela Muntz from the Simpsons https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Nelson_Muntz
Born to Rune – A inscription on a leather jacket, belonging to the Dean, Discworld. https://discworldtour.tumblr.com/post/172515137242/i-see-you-have-your-born-to-rune-jacket-on
Red Dwarf (TV series 1988 - ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/
Archaeological evidence for Viking music and singing:
Bone flutes – found in Scandinavia you can see and hear examples here http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/wind.html
Cow horn/ blowing horn - you can hear three sizes being played here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3Oot-lpHs
Sheep/goat horns with finger holes
Block Pipes from Jorvik – you can see steps to making a replica here: http://www.panflutejedi.com/viking-pan-flute-tutorial.html and hear one being played here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBJudLYFsY
Lyre – esp ones from Sutton Hoo, Prittlewell, Taplow. You can see replica ones for sale here, and hear them being played: http://www.michaeljking.com/viking-lyre.htm
Lyre tuning key from Sigtuna (with runic inscription)
Bukkehorn – used in the soundtrack from Frozen (2013) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyRNX4onS8cwcvgld7Mil_0WwgTJzuDP0
https://www.followthevikings.com/discover/culture/music
Singing and music references:
Gerald of Wales – “Description of Wales” two-tone singing in Yorkshire and Northumbria
Ibn Fadlan – the Rus funeral description
Saxo Grammaticus – description of a lyre player affecting mood
Ibn Ahmad – visited Hedeby, (didn’t reckon much to the singing)
Oldest musical notation – c. 1300, written in runes with sheet music “I dreamt a dream” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dr%C3%B8mte_mig_en_dr%C3%B8m_i_nat
Saga of Erik the Red – Chapter 4 – the seeress visits and needs a special chant to be able to prophesy.
Musicians, groups and singers who use ancient instruments/sounds:
Danheim https://danheimmusic.com/viking-age-instruments/
Heilung https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Jvz7FpBsY73_wEjFV67wQ
Wardruna http://www.wardruna.com/
(There's also a neat page here, that relates band styles to each other, here's the music map for Wardruna to help explore other music that you might like https://www.music-map.com/wardruna)
Forndom https://www.forndom.com/
Kate and Corwin - http://ancientmusic.co.uk/instruments.html
Musicians, groups and singers evoking the same:
Nordic Noir - https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/groupa/7-nordic-noir-artists-to-chill-your-bones/#7-groupa
Eluveitie – Evocation I: Arcane Dominion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evocation_I:_The_Arcane_Dominion
Sigur Ros – Icelandic, quiet, contemplative. https://sigurros.com/
Bob Falkenstein – Hammer of Bronze album: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wBYA1G8qIVleVARk0p6eu
Blog from Starlight Witch exploring norse pagan music: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starlight/2018/08/norse-pagan-music/
Modern Heathen chants and songs:
https://www.northernpaganism.org/general/music.html
http://www.odins-gift.com/wichtig/heathenmusic.htm (includes a heathen songbook)
That track that Kate loves – Rodrigo e Gabriella live: Diablo Rojo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT9hvyDvKHA (and here’s The Soundmaker live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPHFjHvGvY)
There’s also a section on Viking music and instruments in ‘Heathen Garb and Gear’ by Ben Waggoner (The Troth)
How to find us online
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Episode 86 – Let’s Talk Bling
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
“Today is my day” Mr Wednesday, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods https://americangods.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Wednesday
Jason Momoa – Actor: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597388/
Cause of Death: Gal Gadot leaning on a Cadillac (This tweet from ScaryKrystal in 2017: https://twitter.com/scarykrystal/status/936385274984022016)
Every Breath You Take – The Police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs
Where everybody knows your name – Theme tune of Cheers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0LpXo
Marcus Aurelius – Meditations http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html
Cracked: https://www.cracked.com/
“Rum is a vile drink that turns...” Elizabeth Swan, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (film 2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325980/
Segway:http://www.segway.com/
The Last Train – (TV Series 1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195471/
If I Were a Rich Man - Fiddler on the Roof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc
Money Money Money – Abba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0
Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend – from Moulin Rouge (2001) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1REfTIc5po
“These Bleeds” outtakes from Cannonball Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avis_OWEZlI
Infinity Stone – from the Marvel Cinematic Universe https://time.com/5227586/mcu-six-infinity-stones/
CBDR – Constant Bearing Decreasing Range – term from flying aircraft: https://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/crashcourse.html
“That was a sword in a field” The Messenger: Joan of Arc (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/
BJ581: Here’s the 2019 paper which set the whole discussion off: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/viking-warrior-women-reassessing-birka-chamber-grave-bj581/7CC691F69FAE51DDE905D27E049FADCD
Turkish evil eye wards, also known as the Nazar Boncuk charm: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/59qwd8/i-accidentally-gave-myself-the-evil-eye
Viking Age bead manufacturing sites include: York, Lincoln, Gloucester, Kaupang, Ribe, Birka, Truso, Hedeby.
The Goblin Market: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
“Pots equal people” - the predominant UK archaeological theory in the 1960’s, which stated that where specific material culture was found, there was settlement of those people.
The Beaker People: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/the-beaker-people-a-new-population-for-ancient-britain.html
Funerary deposits with beads: Grave 1 Westness, Orkney; Cnip Burial A, Scotland; Hillswick (bead cache) Scotland; the seal tooth bead from Birsay in Orkney, Peel Castle burial. The two male sites are: Townfoot Farm grave 3 and Ship Street, Dublin.
Triffids - from Day of the Triffids (book, TV Series and film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids
Orkney silver jewellery – Ortak: https://www.ortak.co.uk/ Aurora Orkney https://www.aurora-jewellery.com/ Sheila Fleet: https://sheilafleet.com/ Celina Rupp: https://www.celinaruppjewellery.co.uk/ and more listed on Creative Orkney: https://www.creative-orkney.com/members/jewellery
Sword Bead sites: Wiltshire: Petersfinger grave 20 and 21, Kent: Riseley Horton grave 86. (also known as Life Amulets or Life Stones)
Kormak’s Saga: fullsaga here: https://sagadb.org/kormaks_saga.en
Not this Kormac: https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Kormac
Hawk the Slayer (Film 1980) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080846/
Ladyhawke (film 1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089457/
Zorb – large inflatable ball that a person can move inside of: http://www.zorbballz.co.uk/
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (film 2002) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/
Tillerman Beads: (this is their Viking beads section, but they do other periods too) take a look to see the original colours and patterns as new (sometimes archaeological examples are faded, scratched or broken) https://www.tillermanbeads.co.uk/onlineshop/cat_428644-D-Vikingera-Beads.html
The Viking Dragon: (more replica beads, if you’re leaning closer to authentic, steer away from the amber chips!) https://thevikingdragon.com/collections/viking-beads
Runecast Copper: for hair beads (and awesome shiny jewellery): https://runecastcopper.com/collections/hair-beads
If you’d really like to get into this, there’s a Masters Thesis available here as a pdf: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/8571/1/Megan%20Hickey%20MA%20Final%20Dissertation%202014.pdf
And there’s a good section on beads in the book ‘Heathen Garb and Gear: ritual dress, tools and art for the practice of Germanic Heathenry’ by Ben Waggoner
How to find us online
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Episode 85 – Runic Inscriptions at Maeshowe
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Waiting for Godot: https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/an-introduction-to-waiting-for-godot
Bacchus https://mythology.net/roman/roman-gods/bacchus/
MIFFS Podcast: https://miffs.podbean.com/
“There is no Spoon” From The Matrix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXtO5dMqEI
Orkney Islands: https://www.orkney.com/
Three little side alcoves from school are we – paraphrased from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikaido: https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/10-performances-of-three-little-maids-from-school-from-the-mikad/
Three little side alcoves for the elven kings under the sky – paraphrased from Lord of the Rings, the rings of power: https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Rings_of_Power
Orkneyinga Saga Chapter 93: The whole saga is here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57723/57723-h/57723-h.htm#h3-XI
GIUK Gap https://military.wikia.org/wiki/GIUK_gap
Churchill Barriers https://www.orkney.com/listings/churchill-barriers
That particular place that Kate can’t name on a family show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Orkney (There’s also one in Shetland)
(It’s not on the floor round the bottom of a pillar, but on the marble balcony edge) Runic graffiti in the Hagia Sophia: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/viking-runes-at-hagia-sophia
Runic inscription on the Piraeus Lion:http://viking.archeurope.info/index.php?page=the-lion-from-piraeus
Here’s some pages to help you explore the inscriptions further:
http://www.odinorkney.com/pages/maeshowe/runes.html
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue47/8/index.html
If you’d like to really go all out, here’s an open access thesis on the inscriptions from 2012: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/251932
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Episode 84 – An Exploration of Oseberg part II
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Sweets for my Sweet – The Searchers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tnqnXJl9qE
Candyman (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/
Sweet Dreams are Made of These – Eurythmics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg&list=PLDVkITmehl2vvTE7k-65zfdDWC3JluPmU
Tom Hiddleston in that suit: Loki in Avengers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqWlRBV81M
“I like to move it, move it” – King Julian from Madagascar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuFuuCJc3s
Dr Julian Bashir from Deep Space 9: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Julian_Bashir
Alexander Siddig, actor: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796502/
Falling with style – Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVLgTsoMhQ
Imperial March – Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8
Cobra Mark III – Elite Dangerous: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_MkIII
JK Rowling and her anti-Trans views: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/jk-rowling-transphobic-trans-hollywood-reacts-1202236865/
Santa Glug – Everquest II https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Santa_Glug
The Oseberg Bucket (and the Buddha Bucket) https://www.academia.edu/30935667/A_GOD_BY_ANY_OTHER_NAME_Cernunnos_Christ_Buddha_and_the_Oseberg_Bucket
“The dead don’t bury themselves.” One of Suzanne’s old funerary archaeology lecturers, Mike Parker-Pearson.
The Royal Burials at Ur - https://www.world-archaeology.com/great-discoveries/royal-tombs-of-ur/
Shabti dolls in Egyptian burials: https://www.ancient.eu/article/119/shabti-dolls-the-workforce-in-the-afterlife/
The Buddha Bucket https://www.vikingrune.com/2009/08/oseberg-buddha/ (Suzanne remembered it slightly wrong, the bucket image has crossed legs, the Gundestrup figure isn’t quite the same)
The Gundestrup Cauldron figure:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/gundestrup-cauldron-largest-and-most-exquisite-iron-age-silver-work-europe-020989
The Hanged Man from the Rider-Waite Deck: https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/the-hanged-man/universal-waite
Crossed legs in Crusader monuments: http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/02/cross-your-legs-and-hope-to-die-what.html
The Buddha from Helgo: http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-helgo-treasure-a-viking-age-buddha/
5 Zoomorphic posts, made from maple: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/five-exquisite-animal-heads/index.html
Gokstad tiller critter: https://uh.edu/engines/epi2282.htm
Gokstad footprints:https://sciencenorway.no/forskningno-norway-ocean-voyages/dealing-with-the-doldrums-on-a-viking-voyage/1385263
“Deep Ritual Significance” Ssssh, and Suzanne will tell you a secret: archaeologists use this phrase a lot. It generally means, ‘we know it’s important, but we have no idea what it is/ why’
Tablet Weaving found at Oseberg: https://www.shelaghlewins.com/tablet_weaving/Oseberg_tablet/Oseberg_tablet.htm
Hugo Weaving, actor: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915989/
Persian Silk found at Oseberg: https://partner.sciencenorway.no/forskningno-norway-partner/norwegian-vikings-purchased-silk-from-persia/1392616
Preserving Oseberg: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/projects/saving-oseberg/index.html
Roman Lime Concrete: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia
Pillboxes – WWII gun emplacements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_hardened_field_defences_of_World_War_II
Roman city scan: https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/buried-roman-city-reveals-its-secrets-with-new-3d-technique-1.1031258
British Museum virtual tour of the Early Europe Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaYYxVWruB8
The Ghost that goes ‘Shhhhh’… and Tobin’s Spirit Guide partwork – Ghostbusters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
Viking Ship Museum exhibition: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/
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Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Episode 83 – An Exploration of Oseberg part 1
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 fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
“What do we say to our visitor?” Joyce Grenfell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhHFgDRNBQ
Assassins Creed Black Flag https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/
Psychoreactive landscape – a landscape which changes to represent an individuals thoughts and moods.
Imperial Clipper – ship in Elite Dangerous https://www.elitedangerous.com/
“and it’s good night from her” Paraphrased from The Two Ronnies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CU5UPi7STk
“and we’re wearing sunglasses.” The Blues Brothers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/
Coronation Street https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet
“Tonight, Matthew I’m going to be...” Catchphrase from Stars in their Eyes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200379/
The Oseberg Ship burial, here are some sites: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/ and http://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/09/the-oseberg-viking-ship-burial/ and https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/01/viking-ships-buried-clues-may-reveal-identities-mystery-women
Naming convention in Archaeology – how types are named – like Samian Ware (Terra Sigilata) highly recognisable Roman pottery http://www.newarchaeology.com/samian/
Hoards found the in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain
“This is not the hoard you’re looking for…” paraphrased from Star Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjaUoR15dU
The Tunguska Event, 1908: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska
LIDAR in archaeology: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/archaeology/lasers-lidar-driving-revolution-archaeology/
Magnetometers https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/techniques-magnetometry
Lara Croft: https://tombraider.fandom.com/wiki/Lara_Croft
Prehistoric Barrows: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha-prehistoric-barrows-burial-mounds/
Anaerobic preservation of organic material in archaeology: there’s a lovely PDF here of archaeological preservation and assessment techniques: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/preserving-archaeological-remains/heag100c-appendix2-preservation-assessment-techniques/
Peat Bog Bodies- Teh Tollund Man is a good place ot start: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/
Danish Bronze Age coffins: https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-bronze-age/the-people-in-the-bronze-age-barrows/
The Jorvik Sock: Viking Age, Naalbound sock, found at the Jorvik excavation: https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/about/jorvik-artefact-gallery/sock/
The Egyptian sock (British Museum) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA53913
Peruvian dessicated mummies: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fascinating-afterlife-perus-mummies-180956319/
The guy from the Last Crusade who picked the wrong goblet… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA7J0KkanzM
Warriors on sticks – Frithcast episode 6 (retelling of Beowulf)
Munchings and Crunchings – Gurgi, The Black Cauldron: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Gurgi
Viking sails: made from wool or linen: https://www.danishnet.com/vikings/viking-sails/
Guild Wars 2: https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/
Excarnation – the practice of sky or platform burial
Roman tombs (if you were rich) https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/rome/0/steps/27647
Greek burial practice https://basicfunerals.ca/cultural-funerals/history-greek-funerals/
The Ship of Theseus (metephysics of identity) https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Book%3A_Ancient_Philosophy_Reader_(Levin)/01%3A_The_Start_of_Western_Philosophy_and_the_Pre-Socratics/1.01%3A_Introduction_to_Philosophy_and_the_Ship_of_Theseus
30-50 feral hogs meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-50-feral-hogs
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