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It’s based on a song from the Middle ages. A stepmother is jealous and cast a spell on her stepdaughter and makes her into different items, example a sword. Every time she is still preferred by the King/people, in the end she makes the girl into a wolf that lives in the woods. The only way to break the spell is if she drinks her brother’s blood. One day the stepmother passes the woods and the girl/wolf eats the stepmother’s heart. The twist is that the stepmother is pregnant with a boy, therefore she drinks her brother’s blood and is free from the spell.

@escxperts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reaction! Didn't know about the meaning of the lyrics, sounds very interesting ❤

@OhNoNotFrank

4 ай бұрын

As far as I remember, this folklore is more than 1000 years old. So if anyone rolls their eyes because of the predictable evil stepmom story, tell them Disney's had to get their ideas from somewhere. 😉 PS: I think the girl and boy had the same parents. The stepmom wanted them both gone and cast a spell she thought would make the girl kill her brother. She didn't think what could happen if she got pregnant with a boy.

Yes Gåte🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I 100% love it. I honestly think it will sneak into the voters hearts and will win the whole thing! (so far at least). Gåte!!

The pronounciation of Ulveham vas perfect.

@escxperts

4 ай бұрын

We try!

@tootikisbathhouse2093

4 ай бұрын

It really was! Love from Bergen, Norway💚

@erlesten

4 ай бұрын

I agree - perfect!

Love it!!!😍My favourite for sure!

I was SO happy when it won our national final!!! :D

12 point for Norway 🇸🇯 from Estonia & Ukraine

This song is one of my two favorites that I have heard so far - France is the other one. This vocal and song is PHENOMENAL!!! (:

The band has been together for a very long time and this is very much in their signature style, immediately recognizable as a Gåte song. Which I love, this is genuine and from the heart.

The song is based on a 1000 year old folklore telling the tale of an evil stepmother who turns her stepdaughter into various items like a needle, sword and horse, for all the people in the kingdom to use. When the stepmother finds out that the people like her she turns her into a wolf and curses her to wander the forrest alone. The only way to break the spell is to drink her brothers blood. One day the wolf finds the stepmother in the forrest and eats her heart, the stepmother was pregnant, therefore she drank her brothers blood and broke the spell. The instrument is called a Nøkkelharpe, key harp. A traditional music instrument. Remember Secret Garden and Nocturne in 1995. They also used this key harp in their performance. Gunhild also uses "kulokk", in some elements. Which is how the maidens used to call the cows back in the mountains. Thank you for a great review!

Love it!

You pronounced both names just perfectly, thank you! :-)

@escxperts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliment! Love the entry ❤🇳🇴

The instrument is called Nyckelharpa (key fiddle), it's a swedish traditional instrument.

@escxperts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's a beautiful instrument for sure :)

@maidsua4208

4 ай бұрын

It is Sweden's national instrument, not a traditional instrument. We don't know where Nøkkelharpa comes from, Norway or Sweden.Telemark in Norway has a long tradition of using Nøkkelharpe and many believe that Telemark is the origin of the instrument. The oldest nøkkelharpe has been found in Sweden, but a nøkkelharpe has also been found in Poland from the 16th century. Sweden has the greatest expertise in nøkkelharpe building today. Kudos to them for that!

@susannradal9303

4 ай бұрын

Swedens national instrument yes but it is traditionally also used in Norway who invented it?only way to know for sure is a time machine

@Koreviking

4 ай бұрын

@@maidsua4208It’s actually Estonian. :)

@maidsua4208

4 ай бұрын

Who knows? As it was found in Poland, it is not impossible that the instrument was also used in Estonia in earlier days. In any case, it is nice that the instrument is brought out and used in modern music, and the Swedes make it possible.

Takk fra Norge❤❤❤

I have the impression that interest in MGP has been rather lukewarm among the Norwegian people, with the exception of groups with a special interest - including children. We therefore needed to get a beloved artist from the depths of the people into MGP in order to get the adult part of the people involved. Europe deserves to get to know Gåte, and experience them in concert. MGP is a gateway to the world, and the people took the bait. Maybe this will be to help for remembering the name of the band - Gaw-teh.

@susannradal9303

4 ай бұрын

True i was not interested but when I heard Gåte was entering I was super invested. Love Gåte they are amazing artists

@ahkkariq7406

4 ай бұрын

@@susannradal9303 Let's hope next year's selection of contestants/songs also has something for everyone, so we don't lose that group again. Presumably Gåte will participate in the final, so many people will probably watch.

@susannradal9303

4 ай бұрын

@@ahkkariq7406 i will watch the Eurovision finale always do. And if Gåte is there great but if they are not i am still proud that we sent them. They represent the Norwegian soul very well and finally we dont care what others think of us. Gåte are so popular it would be like if the UK sent Muse to Eurovision. Perhaps if they did they would finally be one of the greats again(the last years have been miserable)

Gåte = Riddle, Ulveham = Wolf skinwalker. It’s a 1000 year old tale. The song is about a girl who was cursed by her stepmother to live in the forest as a wolf. One day she sees her stepmother in the woods and eats her, and she was pregnant, so as she drinks her brother’s blood, the curse is lifted. «Never would I be whole and well, until I got to drink my by brother’s blood».

@Vinterloft

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but this lacks the context of the stepmother's curse being about drinking the *existing brother's* blood at the time of the curse. But she wasn't specific enough, so basically the protagonist found a loophole to get out of the curse and keep her older brother alive.

Gåte = Riddle

Hi, I am Norwegian 🇧🇻 The singing in the beginning of the song is "kulokk", tradditionally how they called the cows to them in the contryside. The text is telling a 1000 year old folklore story about an evil stepmother cursing her stepdaugter to be a wolf alone in the forrest. And the only way she can break the curse is to drink her brothers blood. In the end she sees her stepmother in the forrest so she attacks and eats her. Turns out her stepmother was pregnant, leading her to drink her brothers blood and breaks the curse.

❤🎉👏👏👏🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

The lyrics are based on a medieval ballad, about a girl that is turned into a wolf by her evil stepmother. She has to wander the forest alone until she drinks her brothers blood, so when her stepmother becomes pregnant she kills her to be cured.

Jank the sound up in the vid of the band/artist.

@escxperts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

It’s a nøkkelharpe = Key harp

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