There is no man so good, that he has no flaw. Nor a man so bad that he is good for nothing.

I love how you include the Old Norse on the left. I use it as a study guide and look forward to your future works. It'd be great if you kept this layout, please.

@robertrose1021

3 жыл бұрын

Side note, that's a pimp shirt!

@ffgfggrgughb

2 жыл бұрын

It's not Old Norse if still exist

In the Land of the Blind, the One Eye is king.

@robertrose1021

3 жыл бұрын

He helps me see. My seeing eye king

@TheBlindGuardian20

3 жыл бұрын

Or as another new line has been created in a song :-) blind follow the blind and the one-eyed man is King

I got your Hávámál for Christmas last year. It's my travel book now. It lives in my car kit and goes everywhere with me.

Honestly, I just really love the dichotomy of your western aesthetic and spaghetti western music and the grimfrost ads

I just finished reading it last night. I Feel like it has to be read many times.

@squidking762

3 жыл бұрын

What's Hrafencatla mean?

@wizardeddas

3 жыл бұрын

I've read multiple translations multiple times, and every time I find new meanings and new things to learn from it.

@GoodmansGhost

3 жыл бұрын

@@squidking762 "Raven boiler" when doing an icelandic to english google translation.

@bjarnedansson9610

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah,that's what I also felt after reading it. I feel like it has to be read throughout one's life, and as he gets wiser and wiser, he understands it better.

@f0tos310

Жыл бұрын

Слава Україні

I read the Edda in Swedish a few years back, it still mostly hold true to this day. I have multiple runes tones around where I live and I know the runes, but the old norse they portray is beyond me.

I recently read your translation of this poem, which I enjoyed as a first time reader of Old Norse poetry. I'm beggining to be interested in the Sagas, as well. I think you achieved something important with the appendix, "The cowboy Hávamál": you gave a living voice to the words of that piece of poetry, thousands of years old.

It's helpful to have this refresher on the text. Incidentally, The Wanderer's Hávamál has been a helpful study tool for your language courses lately.

Your book is actually arriving in the mail today. I'm very excited to read it and it seems auspicious you uploaded this video today. Thank you for all the work you do.

I still need to get my hands on the Wanderer’s Hávamal.

Bravo sir. Great job making this concise and clear. I especially appreciate the comment at the end of your intent, distinguishing yourself from those with ulterior racially charged motives. They detract from the wisdom offered here.

"Modern is an ever-shifting goalpost." Wise words, and more apparent today than ever...

Could you enlighten us on what you know when it came to the ethics of hunting? Every culture has their own way of showing appreciation and I'm curious of what the old norse did

@Overlord99762

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be willing to bet is similar to most hunters, kill only what you need, don't let an animal suffer unnecessarily, etc.

Jacko has one eye on Hávámál all the time

@swinhelm389

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one

The spell at 16:35 became famous because of Heilung

You are so amazing my friend!! I absolutely love your videos and I love hearing old Norse. I am legally blind so I cannot read the text but to hear it spoken back is just amazing. I hope to sign up to your patreon soon.

Still valid wisdom :)

I wish Michael Clarke Duncan was still alive and could read that in old Norse because that would be the closest we could get to hearing Oden himself... or what I imagine Oden would actually sound like. Anyone else agree?

Once again, thank you. And all the best to you as well.

Helped me learn a ton about my heritage. Top professor at CU for sure.

Thank you for all you do sir; also that shirt is awesome.

Just read your translation today - and enjoyed it very much. Thank you!

Informative and that landscape behind is beautiful

I just found this video as your book came in today. I'm ecstatic to get into this and read it who knows how many times.

your knowledge and pronunciation is impressive. Especially the rolling R's

Back at you sir, .. all the best.

Thank you for sharing this. It is very informative and I slso really enjoyed hearing you speak in Norse. 🙂🙏

kinda funny you posted this video today, my copy of "The Wanderer's Havamal" just arrived yesterday

Love your book. Thank you

Very good pronunciations. Wishing you good health too. 😊

Snow in July. *shivers* "Never summer" alright oof

Been watching these videos for over a year and I'm so in love with Jackson's voice

I love your teaching to us especially to educate some that believe we are more than immortal it really brings us back to reality and conveys that we are very mortal men and women and at any given moment, we can die.

Much wisdom in this.

This video... GOLD!!

This is great. I have a basically textbook copy of the poetic edda and I'm hoping to learn to recite it with some *correct* linguistic flair. Mostly because I'm a nerd but I also work at a couple Renaissance fairs and I want to overall bring some accurate Norse mythology to the public

Interesting! Stumbled into the video. I'll buy the Kindle book. Skol!!

If you ever get the chance, visit my home town in the northeast of England. I think you'd enjoy hearing the local Geordie dialect.

Hello dr.Jackson, firstly I want to thank you for all the knowledge that you give us about the norse world. There are people that are passionate about history and mythology. Secondly I wanted to ask if it is possible for you to make a video about the symbols, their meaning and usage, that were used by proto germanic people and their successors through centuries. Such as the valknut, vegvisir or helm of awe. There are some on the internet, but it is a bit more difficult to make sure of their authenticity and story. Thank you again for your time and I really like your channel. Wish you all the best.

@MyaKHamilton

3 жыл бұрын

He already made a video about the helm of awe. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZX5oqZlmldecfKw.html

@kristieski6439

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't notice. Thank you :)

Huh cool that mål has survived atleast into modern norwegian as we have bokmål which translates to bookspeech

Hey! I just became a Patreon. And I can't seem to find this runic interpretation of Hávamál you mentioned.

@ssmedja

3 жыл бұрын

I also ordered The Wanderer's Hávamál. Looking forward to getting it in my hands!

thank you

A wayfarer should not walk unarmed, But have his weapons to hand: He knows not when he may need a spear, Or what menace meet on the road. The Havamal

Hello Mr.Crawford! I tried to order the book but it says on the web that currently there is no shipping methods available for it. Any clues on how to get it? Need it shipped to Spain! Thanks!

@Mister_Flink

3 жыл бұрын

Nevermind! Got it from Gazelle Book Services (EUR)! Cheers!

That voice sounds familiar. Do you by chance narrate audio books specifically the prose edda

How would one say "Wanderer's Hávamál" in Old Norse, I wonder?

My son will read this when he comes of age

“Modern is an ever shifting goal post.” And an ever subversive reality.

Historically speaking who was Odin? A king? A sage?

Could you say that Hávamál is some what of the viking gospel

@JohanKylander

3 жыл бұрын

More of their Book of Proverbs, or Ecclesiates.

In Norwegian west dialekt we prenounce havamal the same way. Håvamål☺️

Amazing! I would love to pick your brain

Why don´t you wright a movie script ( or mini serie ) for "Egils saga" I would think it is a perfect material for people to day , in Egil, you have a perfect "anti hero"

Hows it going Bro , is there anyway i could Get a Copy of your Book .Super keen to give it a read

Who wrote it?

@TheWolfgangGrimmer

3 жыл бұрын

As in, who compiled in written form before anyone else? I don't think we'll ever figure that out.

@squidking762

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWolfgangGrimmer Fair enough

Before you begin studying the runes, you'd better make sure you've collected each one. You should Havamal in one place.

Dr Norse cowboy

:-)

@swinhelm389

3 жыл бұрын

.-)

@loddfafnir9345

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

came here from vinland saga

I take issue with what you say starting around 12:40. Yes, the poem admits that both men and women lie to each other, yet the part about women outright says they're fundamentally rotten ("hearts are molded on a wobbly wheel... faithlessness is planted at their core"). Men aren't described nearly as harshly in the following lines. You say it yourself in other videos, the Norse valued hypermasculinity and used any sign of femininity in a man as ammunition for derision - which is *misogyny*. You can't remove that aspect of their culture from these Havamal verses and downplaying it is irresponsible at best.

@nicholasoneal1521

2 ай бұрын

I see your point, but to be fair, Odin is giving advice to men specifically here. Considering his words about how men act towards women are a little harsher than admitting men lie: we speak them fairest when thoughts are falsest and wile the wisest of hearts. I'd think if he were giving advice to women specifically, the emphasis would be on how men lie. That being said, the fact the he focuses on advice for men only does show the inherit sexism found in their culture. And there are other sexist lines in the Havamal: Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a weapon when tried, a maid when married

Hávamál is not Norse.....