Viking Arm-Rings: History and Meaning

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An arm ring, also known as an armlet or an armband, is a band of metal, usually a precious metal, worn as jewelry or an ornament around the biceps of the upper arm. The arm ring is similar to a bracelet or bangle, though it must be shaped and sized to fit snugly to the upper arm.
Historically, the arm ring was commonly worn by men, and often a "ring" in Bronze-Age heroic literature would refer to an arm ring, rather than a finger ring. Modern-day arm rings are generally fashion accessories worn by women.
In Indonesia, an arm ring is called kelat bahu; it is commonly used by both men and women as traditional jewelry in Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese traditional costumes, worn usually in wedding ceremony or in traditional dance. The decorative arm rings are usually made of metals such as gold, silver, or brass, and can trace their history from the Indonesian Hindu-Buddhist past of ancient Java.
Sri Lankan history notes that brides wore armlets to ward off ill luck. However, the armlet can be more eye-catching when it is made of gold or silver and is studded with gems. Men in ancient Sri Lanka also wore the jewellery, and Kandyan drummers can be seen wearing the jewellery as a tradition even today. Women wear arm rings ('Vangi' in Tamil வங்கி) for special occasions like weddings and the Bharatanatyam dance.
Another similar item of jewellery includes a waistlet; these are sometimes referred to as belts.

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  • @Gram72534
    @Gram725342 жыл бұрын

    The morning after I found out I was going to be a father, I found a silver bracelet on the ground as I was going into work. I took it as a sign and I have worn a silver bracelet every day for about 19 years now. my daughter also has a silver bracelet she calls her daddy bracelet and I call mine, my Sydney bracelet. strange how I always thought it was there that day for a reason it reminds me every day that I'm a father and that is my oath!!! also found out I had Scandinavian blood maybe 7 years ago or so. but even before then I was always abscessed with Norway for some reason. anyway very interesting and informative. great video, thanks!!!

  • @MojoCeltica

    @MojoCeltica

    Жыл бұрын

    Great story! Thank you for sharing!

  • @elladar2

    @elladar2

    7 ай бұрын

    Nice story. You don´t need to have scandinavian blood to be a Norse Pagan thou...

  • @WildWoodsGirl65

    @WildWoodsGirl65

    Ай бұрын

    It is a really cool & deeply grounding feeling to have had a sign, or have already been doing something, & to find out it's tied to ancestral ways & roots. That's like, the gods recognized you & her, & before you even knew, reached out in support of this purpose, becoming a parent, & of the child through her father, "we are with you," & you find out later. ❤ How many of us don't recognize or believe signs. Great respect for those who do.

  • @Gram72534

    @Gram72534

    Ай бұрын

    @@WildWoodsGirl65 thank you, very well said!!!

  • @ds698
    @ds6982 жыл бұрын

    Before I married my wife we swore an oath to each other on arm rings we got from a maker in Germany, we wore and swore them on an oak tree, some people do like promise rings in relationships before asking to marry one another, so for our heritage we did this and I have never not worn my arm ring since that day. My ring actually has runes carved on it stating “I am not, without you.” We greatly appreciate our heritage and find it not only grounding but something deep about it just feels correct right and natural. I posted this before finishing your video I look forward to learn more. Not sure if what we did had any significance but it has great significance to her and I and that is what is most important. I believe my purpose on Midgard for this time is to be my wife’s husband and treat her like she has always deserved and protected and cared for and boosted mentally and spiritually. We are very fond of Odin’s sagas with Frigg and Freya.

  • @andrewlucas4104

    @andrewlucas4104

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just wanted to say thank for sharing that info. I too feel almost the exact way about my wife, not actually married yet, but doing that very soon. I think I will take her to the cabin and do something very close to what you did. Again thank you for the info May the gods be where you need them to be

  • @nancym9993

    @nancym9993

    2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @jaynamsallis

    @jaynamsallis

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love this! So nice to know there are sacred oath folk out there still. Blessings to you and yours!⚒️

  • @antonioprovenzano5130

    @antonioprovenzano5130

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats what the Gods love being true to your blood

  • @the2ndcoming135

    @the2ndcoming135

    Жыл бұрын

    🥇

  • @fernandez3841
    @fernandez38412 жыл бұрын

    I'm learning a lot from this channel. My father and uncles could only teach me so much about our Norwegian past

  • @the2ndcoming135

    @the2ndcoming135

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. Which, is why Germany pointed me to my ancestral history with them. It’s called responsibility. They had an obligation despite my other forefathers. I get it and am very grateful for that. Like, we’re gonna do our part. What your other grandparents inform you about is on them🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @Winteryears
    @Winteryears2 жыл бұрын

    One thing: in the onscreen text the arm rings were offered on the hilt of the sword, not the point, offering not a threat but a willing sacrifice.

  • @jeannewillemse6433
    @jeannewillemse64332 жыл бұрын

    Putting a bracelet or a watch around the wrist is a way to induce a neuromuscular connection to your weaker or lesser used arm. Powerlifters will sometimes use a tight band around the weaker wrist. I don't mean wrist wraps I mean just a rubber band or something to keep on daily. Its the same thing central African people like Senegalese and Cameroon wrestlers do by Tying ropes around the chest, often the deltoid or bicep area. It kinda activates those muscles and thus makes you look more jacked. You can feel this when you put on a light back pack or some shoulder straps and have it stretch out your chest and shoulders...it feels super good. Same thing with thai fighters and the arm straps they use. It promotes neuromuscular connection to that muscle group which makes it more stable. This is also why athletes tape up their forearms and stuff. Its a very intuitive feeling which is probably why our ancestors knew about it. Also I'm not talking about wearing a bracelet or jewelry for fashion purposes I'm specifically talking about its use to stimulate muscular connection. As in the case of bicep straps which have been used by all cultures since as far as we know.

  • @jeannewillemse6433

    @jeannewillemse6433

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Samantha Page exactly this yes. You would wear something on the side less used. I've seen folks tape 2 fingers together for a few months, usually the pointing and middle finger or middle and ring finger. Not sure what you call a pointing finger in English, we call it a "wys finger" showing finger. Anyways I don't like to get too specific with it though, like going as complicated as individual joints and such. Though the reason they do it is because there is a nerve that runs from the eye to the pointing finger which is why we use it to point and gauge distance before throwing something. But I prefer to work with larger groups like a whole arm or leg. Its not an issue working with smaller parts, it's just easier my way and I'm lazy so... :) Take an elastic rubber band, put it in the crux of your arm, or just above that area on the lower bicep area, or just below that on the upper forearm area. As you move around and do stuff the rubber band will automatically go sit on a specific part of your arm that is dis aligned. You will notice the limb feel more stable just after a few minutes of this as the slight pressure from the band stimulates the muscle when moving. It will feel pretty good, should even make your balance feel better. Oh I should clarify, it depends where your dis alignment is, this is a common spot for most people in their lesser used arm, but the shoulder is also a common one and then again, some people just strap the wrist which is a pretty good fix all but I wouldn't stop there. If you have shoulder issues do the same thing with the band but keep it higher up around the shoulder area....duh...lol...the band should automatically go sit right where the top insertion of the tricep meets your deltoid, this is how is should feel at the back and at the front it would sit right above the top head of the bicep where the bicep splits. Your bicep has a left and right part that meet together in the middle, you should feel a bit of a sensation here too as there is a bunch of veins n sht that come together here.

  • @jeannewillemse6433

    @jeannewillemse6433

    Жыл бұрын

    @Samantha Page OK this is a long message I know but you will thank me some day. I Wouldn't do like a shoulder strap or something. It's hard to explain it briefly but basically, if you have an arm, shoulder or leg dis alignment you will be off balance already so correcting the posture without correcting the initial problem could make things worse. Unless your initial injury or dis alignment was, for example, in your neck or spine and that lead to further issues down your kinetic chain...so the arms or legs. I know it sounds hopeless when put this way but it's not that hard to pinpoint with some help. This may sound silly, but go see a reiki healer if you can. Not some muppet who just one day decided "oh I want to be a healer", somebody who found out how to do it themselves preferably. If you want to know if they are legit, they shouldn't be saying too much as it's generally quite hard to explain exactly what you are doing. I never even knew this was called reiki till much later in my life when I heard somebody explaining it then I was like oh shit I've seen that before....but nobody called it "reiki healing" nobody called it anything...they just said come here and sit down lol. They should place their hands on different parts of your body (you may want to find a female if you are a female if that makes you more comfortable). Mainly feeling around the neck, spine, back, shoulders etc...and they will very gently apply pressure to feel for certain things. Sometimes pressing hard and sometimes just keeping their hand on a spot, barely touching. I can explain why this works scientifically if you want but this is already an essay. But basically you have electricity in your active cells which you can use to stimulate dead or dying cells in other things. Muscles are especially sensitive to electrical stimulation so somebody else can feel whats off if they know what to look for. So this is why you feel with your hands for certain areas that respond to that in a certain way. Also I'm pretty sure you can teach anybody how to do it but go see somebody who does it to save yourself time. If you have a shoulder injury try this. Make a fist squeeze but squeeze a little bit harder with your pinky than the rest of your fingers. Your pinky should be pressing into the meaty part of your palm you would use to "judo chop" somebody 😆. I wouldn't fcking judo chop somebody its just the easiest way to explain over text lol. Ok now move your arm around and just keep doing this for a while and the neuromuscular connection will develop there over time. Or you could just keep your hand palm open or in a fist and press that part of your hand against something and lean on it gradually more and more. There is a massive nerve/facia or something that runs down that area and if it gets injured or atrophied from lack of use that leads to things like Parsonage turner syndrome. Research "kinetic chain" should get you started. And how neurons basically work. Just the basics, Neurons, axons, myelin sheeth, synapses, and the sodium,potassium pump systems your body uses. The way sodium and potassium pumps functions is your kinetic chain.

  • @whiskeytangofoxtrot8006
    @whiskeytangofoxtrot80062 жыл бұрын

    In Egil's Saga, King Aethelstan offered Egil an arm ring from the tip of his sword across a fire. Egil then accepted it with his own sword and put it on. It was intended as a sign of friendship and compensation for the death of Egil's brother, Thorolf, in battle, but the king also Thorolf, him 2 chests of silver coins.

  • @badpossum440

    @badpossum440

    2 жыл бұрын

    The death of Egils' what in battle?

  • @whiskeytangofoxtrot8006

    @whiskeytangofoxtrot8006

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@badpossum440 I fixed it.

  • @Wodanazz
    @Wodanazz2 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and learned a bunch of stuff i didn't before hand, brings a lot more meaning and depth to wearing my current arm ring

  • @giverthebeans9711
    @giverthebeans9711 Жыл бұрын

    I just recently bought two of the Orkneying arm rings for my wife and I from your online store, thank you for the time and effort that is put into the shop by the way!

  • @jeffthompson2218
    @jeffthompson22182 жыл бұрын

    Amazing as always man! Love the content and the enthusiasm and authenticity and research you do!

  • @lisaflint7027
    @lisaflint70272 жыл бұрын

    Question: have you done a video on the Three Spinners or Norns? If not, could you? I'm really curious about who they were and what they do regarding ones fate.

  • @thegreenmage6956
    @thegreenmage69562 жыл бұрын

    Haha! I remember asking you about this about a year ago and you said ‘you could do a video about that’. Now here we are! Worth the wait :D

  • @TheMexicanViking1
    @TheMexicanViking12 жыл бұрын

    Great video I really appreciate the information and your dedication.

  • @ThorSonOfOdin85
    @ThorSonOfOdin852 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video about what happens if some one break their oaths in full details? By Oath breaking meaning oath taken on an arm ring, and sword. Alot of people now going to sewar oath on thiese things, but they do not know what happens when they break their oaths. I think this would be a nice and very informative video for everyone :) PS: (dont leav out any details, inculding the part when certain poem mentions in detail what happens to the soul of the oath breaker in that snake pit ;) )

  • @ashlykuhn2220

    @ashlykuhn2220

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed people need to be educated

  • @rbkstrm
    @rbkstrm Жыл бұрын

    Good shit! Tack för uppladdningen :D keep it comin'

  • @crazyhercules9442
    @crazyhercules944211 ай бұрын

    Oaths are sacred. Norse Paganism taught me to be truer to my words and actions. Nobody’s perfect.. I still struggle daily and I’m not without my own faults. But I’m proud to say that I have never broken an oath. May the gods bless you.

  • @stansdad1
    @stansdad12 жыл бұрын

    Another badass video man. Keep it up.

  • @badgermacleod2037
    @badgermacleod20372 жыл бұрын

    Always informative & always very interesting intriguing.

  • @mz.6109
    @mz.61092 жыл бұрын

    My other half and I bought matching Tree Of Life leather bracelets and I was wondering if that could be considered oath rings since we wear them on our arms as well? Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with myself and others. Every time I watch your videos I learn a great deal about my culture and my people.

  • @cesar_145
    @cesar_145Ай бұрын

    Always watch your channel.

  • @Complication84
    @Complication842 жыл бұрын

    The wedding ring being passed by the sword reminded me of a quote from the show It's Always Sunny, lol. She won't divorce you because of the implication.

  • @kjellbergdaleulfr5796
    @kjellbergdaleulfr57962 жыл бұрын

    hi uncle thor Dalr was wondering about this topic, thx for making a vid about it

  • @jamesrein648
    @jamesrein6488 ай бұрын

    Oh my I like your collection. I have several in my collection bronze and silver different designs and I'm always looking for more

  • @ds698
    @ds6982 жыл бұрын

    I will buy from you some time soon, I buy from Grimfrost but I want to support you as well, gotta support the tribes 🐺⚔️🔥🤘🏼

  • @asdfg2466
    @asdfg24662 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel, really great stuff. Don't have much to say, I just became your 100k subscriber, felt like I wanted to humble brag a bit.

  • @deepquake9
    @deepquake92 жыл бұрын

    Knowing Norwegian would be helpful. Thanks for the videos. You blue eyes are like glaciers. Very beautiful.

  • @runeguidanceofthenorse
    @runeguidanceofthenorse2 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always. No one talks about draupnir's meaning and the 9 parts of the soul...so glad u spoke to that! I sometimes feel lm talking to the wall when l share things like that!👏

  • @Hardrada88
    @Hardrada88 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video, informative and good channel. I like this and you have me as a subscriber. I have two rings that I've worn daily for many years. One of my rings was from a friend I worked with in Norway and I had refused payment for my work. It was just a pleasure to explore when free, see the landscape and meet people etc but she had a heavy silver ring made for me as a thank you. Meaningful from a very special time from a very special human. The second was from a sparring partner who is now my brother in law. I gifted him a silver drinking cup from sweden for our special holiday feasts and received a ring in return during one of his hostings. I do believe that they bind you together.

  • @diannehardwick950
    @diannehardwick9502 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the info. I love my arm ring. It really suits me.

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video ⚔️

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger2 жыл бұрын

    Tell me your sponsor wasn't Grimfrost! Say it ain't so. If not, I wonder who it could be...?

  • @ziasurvivor3526
    @ziasurvivor35262 жыл бұрын

    Great video. How does the Celtic Torq use compare to the arm rings? Thanks for sharing. Stay strong.

  • @Grasshopper-SonLawnService
    @Grasshopper-SonLawnService Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information

  • @veronicaanttila8809
    @veronicaanttila88092 жыл бұрын

    I found your channel quite recently, but I love the content! I am btw all-Swedish, and have always been interested in Nordic mythology, and things of that sort. My husband always calls me a Viking, because he thinks I am strong in several different ways. And if I am, it would not be a bad thing ☺️. Good channel, I have learned several new things! Awesom! 👏👏

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you done a DNA test that confirms you are 100% Swedish? I have been looking for someone to show me they are 100% anything, and have yet to find anyone. I am Germanic, Celtic, and Slavic. I think most are some kind of mix of something. I'm hoping you're "the one!" Would love to discuss this.

  • @carisballing

    @carisballing

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger It's strange if she is all Swedish but has a very common Finnish surname for some reason. If you upload your raw DNA to MyTrueAncestry, you'll see that you are much more than just one nation. I even had a distant match in Mongolia and so on.

  • @beantownbushcraft
    @beantownbushcraft8 ай бұрын

    Thanks So Much, Super Helpful and Knowledgeable 🤜🏻🤛🏻☘️

  • @lukasneuhoff6954
    @lukasneuhoff6954 Жыл бұрын

    Would love it if you restock your shop. My favourite armrings are all sold out

  • @berserkerboy9777
    @berserkerboy97772 жыл бұрын

    Could you do some videos on the wolves/hounds in Norse/Germanic mythology? I want to know more about Freki and Geri, Garm, and Hati and Skoll

  • @kariannecrysler640
    @kariannecrysler6402 жыл бұрын

    On a historical viewpoint, I wonder what meanings of the old beliefs are continued. I noticed that the Aberdeenshire recombinant stone circles are constructed of 9 standing stones with the recombinant stone and its flanking stone’s. The circle make up is similar to the omega shape of the arm rings. As well as torques. But the fact that this area was one of the last areas for Viking migration I have been wondering if there was enough trade and common practices that the Vikings considered the peoples there to be kin of some kind. They intermarried and assimilated there too. From what I have learned from this channel, this is a respectful way amongst the Vikings. Again making me wonder about a deeper association with the people of Aberdeenshire dating to earlier times. The rings themselves, I really like the association of weight in hand to weight of honor/oath. I also believe they could offer a focus for meditating works. To guide one’s thought’s in positive directions due to the weighted implications. So if used correctly, I would think that they could enhance those experiences.

  • @dannynmelissa57
    @dannynmelissa57 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @danbest8669
    @danbest86692 жыл бұрын

    I just got my arm ring in the mail I love it definitely recommend this is the one I got Undrom Arm Ring DE.

  • @renaldotorcque4417
    @renaldotorcque44172 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again for the excellent content. Could you please tell us the difference between the Arm Ring and the Celtic Torque? Is it always used on the arm or also on the neck?

  • @towakin7718
    @towakin7718 Жыл бұрын

    I like the idea of the left hand being for the armring, as this is where you're supposed to wear a wristwatch. Sort of the replacement for the armring.

  • @charlesghannoumlb2959
    @charlesghannoumlb29592 жыл бұрын

    I have a norwegian arm ring, i got it as a gift from a friend like 10 years ago its mafe of iron and copper

  • @KD-ug4jp
    @KD-ug4jp2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @spikewillow4552
    @spikewillow45522 жыл бұрын

    Great video brother ! Do you think that you would only have had 1 arm ring? or did they have more & is there any evidence to show this? Or once the oath was upheld did then then break the arm ring? Just my thoughts so I welcome any feedback. Skal

  • @Calico_Jack_
    @Calico_Jack_2 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the Celts and the Torcs about their neck.

  • @WildWoodsGirl65

    @WildWoodsGirl65

    Ай бұрын

    They also had arm ring torcs.

  • @3rdeye671
    @3rdeye671 Жыл бұрын

    Rings that bind go way back to early Indo-European times. It's common in Celtic culture deriving from the Irish tales of the Tuatha De Danaan, Lugh became God of Oaths, a binding God, defeating Balor One Eye. Alluding to the Hole Stone as being the power of the God to enact Judgement and uphold the binding power of Oaths, of your word being noted by the Gods.

  • @nikolavujic340
    @nikolavujic3402 жыл бұрын

    Could you do video on freya?

  • @tokepetersen2635
    @tokepetersen2635 Жыл бұрын

    First of, what an amazing channel. Could you do something about Skoll og Hati ? Is that even the right names? The wolves who are chasing the moon and the sun?

  • @octoberfire13
    @octoberfire1310 ай бұрын

    I have some of these, they are really beautiful

  • @zeideerskine3462
    @zeideerskine3462 Жыл бұрын

    Have you e er heard of the Paußnitzer Zauberring? It is currently on display at the Museum für Vor und Frühgeschichte in Halle.

  • @freakychick1978
    @freakychick19782 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate this video because I've been trying to explain to others how this is a large part of how modern kids got the idea of friendship bracelets. I've always found it strange my age group kept friendship bracelets to the realm of little girls when they were originally used by all genders in the beginning.

  • @whispersinthedark88

    @whispersinthedark88

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those woven friendship bracelets that started the more recent western craze came from parts of central America. The indigenous weavers were multigenerational family businesses though usually quite poor... dirt floors kida poor, but some made it to NYC and started selling their wears on the streets, at the same time tourists and visitors to both countries also were buying them at the markets. They were sold to westerners at insanely low prices only to be marked up 500+%, eventually the big corporations jumped on that money train and had tons of cheap crappy knock offs made in China. Now it's possible that the people who migrated down into Central and South America also shared a common or similar belief stemming from a very very long time ago before they made the journey to the Americas.

  • @WhiteTrashTennessee

    @WhiteTrashTennessee

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@whispersinthedark88That kinda soundsike some modern revisionist history bud. Let me guess whyte people created nothing and stole all the tech from insert "ethnic group".

  • @elijahgregg4412
    @elijahgregg4412 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed it.

  • @coffekihlberg
    @coffekihlberg2 жыл бұрын

    So... Basically friendship bracelets? Love it :)

  • @NotPoliticalCorrect
    @NotPoliticalCorrect2 жыл бұрын

    MUST have been VERY binding to get such an arm ring when comming of age .... from an Earl or a King Swearing Allegiance to a POWERFUL ruler back then ! :O

  • @lumuvg3888
    @lumuvg38882 жыл бұрын

    yes very informative

  • @mattkarr8010
    @mattkarr8010 Жыл бұрын

    Will your shop be up soon? It’s August 8th as your site says that it will be back up

  • @proudsaiyanprince2651
    @proudsaiyanprince26512 жыл бұрын

    My brother’s 15th birthday is next week and I have long been considering a upper arm ring tattoo for our brotherhood. He has a Saxon name and I have a Celtic name. I like the idea of getting a double dragon arm ring to symbolize that heritage and love. Thoughts?

  • @olavlangehansen7590
    @olavlangehansen7590 Жыл бұрын

    You may find it interesting that King Ring has a gravestone by his burial mound in Ringive in Denmark (old Danish Ringhywe, meaning ring of burial mounds, I'm quite sure there were/are 9. Much indicates he was Sigurd Ring, descendent of Siegfried Fafnirsbane and related to Ragnar Lodbroth. There are quite a few things I find interesting in relation to Tolkiens Lord of the rings. I could give you more info if you like? I was born at Ringivegaard, it has passed from father to son further back than anybody can say. It was tradition to name the firstborn son Sigurd in my family.

  • @lisaflint7027
    @lisaflint70272 жыл бұрын

    So, does the exchanging of wedding rings, swearing your love, fidelity and loyalty to your intended, and wearing them on the left hand come from this ritual?

  • @lameduck3105
    @lameduck3105 Жыл бұрын

    Techno music, vikings and I guess probably some Magic Mushroom eating. Dude you are a character.

  • @NepherionDraconian
    @NepherionDraconian2 жыл бұрын

    Are those mixed with gold and copper? Some of us have a higher copper in our blood, both of those metals resonate and are a conductor

  • @happymonk4206
    @happymonk4206 Жыл бұрын

    I have a oath ring with the heads of Odin's wolves on the ends. My twin brother has a similar oath ring but his has heads of Freya's cats on the ends.

  • @emiliejohanneferre-jensen1409
    @emiliejohanneferre-jensen14092 жыл бұрын

    Du er så kunnskapsrik, og kan så mye om mange ting :-) Er det noe du ville anbefalt å lese? Noe som er spesielt lærerikt eller omfattende? Jeg syntes det er vanskelig å vite hva man kan stole på av kilder der ute, men jeg føler jeg vil lese andre ting enn bare Edda også. Hvor får du all informasjonen din fra?

  • @Sea-lw1oi
    @Sea-lw1oi Жыл бұрын

    I have a question on the animal heads at the end of some arm rings… are there any like typical animals or creatures that were used? Cause I see a lot of websites stating that it is a historical accurate, which it is actually, but the head that is put on the arm ring is from a necklace for example.

  • @bambitheactionfigure7350
    @bambitheactionfigure7350 Жыл бұрын

    Was given one from a friend who I had worked with for 4 years in different jobs. I didn't want to be rude but I told him I accept his gift, but will not wear it cause after watching this I'm glad I haven't worn it cause this was very informal. I'm Native American so I could see some people possibly question why I have one to begin with. But I kept it in my jewelry box. Thank you for filling me in. Just I don't wear it cause I feel like I haven't Earned it.

  • @widukindbooks9934
    @widukindbooks99342 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any arm-rings that would fit on the upper arm instead of the wrist?

  • @TedHouk
    @TedHouk2 жыл бұрын

    As a finder, of course since I was four I found rings, especially in airports and especially after my parents gave away the first tiger eye ring that I found in that first airport. Half Nordic so I must be 100% stoic. Father side is a quarter German and a quarter UK Irish. So of course I’m all Nordic Germanic.

  • @kennethmoore625
    @kennethmoore6252 жыл бұрын

    The wearing the rings on the left wrist might not be as significant as thought. 90% of the world is and always has been right handed, the ancestors worn the rings on their shield arm, which is the less dominated side, the left side for 90% of the population. We could say wear it on the left side, because that's the side of the body that gets the oxygenated blood from the heart first, because the heart sits on the left side, and marriage rings are worn on the left hand for the same reason. I still think it was the less dominated hand, because if you were to lose your hand for breaking an oath, you wouldn't give up your sword arm. Think of Tyr and Fenrir. Tyr offered his hand as a sign of trust so Odin could bind the wolf. But as the cord was tied, the wolf knew Tyr had betrayed the trust they had, and bit off his hand. Would Tyr offer his sword arm? Doubt it.

  • @Gram72534

    @Gram72534

    2 жыл бұрын

    I personally wear my arm bands on my right arm because I wear my watch on the left.good points either way.

  • @kariannecrysler640

    @kariannecrysler640

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like the reasonings you have come to. The only other thing I had thought was the counterclockwise aspects of rituals before entering the sacred place’s may have some meaning to the use of the left arm.

  • @kennethmoore625

    @kennethmoore625

    2 жыл бұрын

    I say this because I'm left handed. I can use both to fight, but my left arm is stronger.

  • @conryykrobertson
    @conryykrobertson2 жыл бұрын

    I had some serious poison oak a few years ago, I was working and it sweated into my new ring. Every time I wear it I break out again. What can get it out?

  • @Bjornbloodeye
    @Bjornbloodeye2 жыл бұрын

    What are your opinions on getting yourself one? I refuse to get one for myself. I wear 2. 1 that was gifted to me from my wife and 1 from my great friend

  • @nicholasdoyle7342
    @nicholasdoyle7342 Жыл бұрын

    Just my thoughts, but seems to me they might have worn them on their “guard” arm to protect it, behind their shield or hand that would be thought least likely to be struck off?

  • @T3actual
    @T3actual Жыл бұрын

    Could it be that the reason for wearing our oath rings on the left arm has something to do with being closer to the ♥️

  • @teresab2009
    @teresab2009 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to know the old stories surrounding red heads and the third eye. I liked the video. I would think the arm ring being on the left arm is so it didn't interfere in battle. Most are naturally right handed.

  • @pamelasavage5157
    @pamelasavage51572 жыл бұрын

    But my great grandmother my Granddaddy's mother was Dutch so would it be proper or except able for my to fall the Dutch beliefs?

  • @kyntyr5474
    @kyntyr54742 жыл бұрын

    could it be that the arm ring is worn on the left hand because Tyr lost his right hand to Fenrir? or is that just a bit silly of a question to ask lol.

  • @Greye13
    @Greye132 жыл бұрын

    Actually, I do have a question... The symbol of Skuld's Net that is currently used to represent the Norns, the "Allrune" (?), is apparently only 1-200 years old...?... I do not know how true this is, it's just all I have been able to find. So I am wondering, what - if any - symbol/symbols the ancient Norse used, or would 'draw', to represent the Norns? Much thanks.

  • @youthinasia4103
    @youthinasia41032 жыл бұрын

    Had an ancestor who married the neice of king Olaf 2 n in later generations he became the leader of army when the Norse came back the fought the Scots. My Ancestor were originally Picts n obviously had good relationship with the court of Norway especially of King Olaf 2!

  • @johnbland1585
    @johnbland15852 жыл бұрын

    Great job... my ancestors from Scandinavia are named Ring. Not sure if that means shit but, thought I'd throw it out there,lol.

  • @widukindbooks9934
    @widukindbooks9934 Жыл бұрын

    How can I search for the Rudolieb Source? I searched that name on the internet and got nothing.

  • @kansasboi8742
    @kansasboi8742 Жыл бұрын

    8 that is is interesting Spanish to blooms that have been used since the 1,400s We're referring to as pc of 8 Because they would be physically cut into 8 pieces like a pie and useless change In some colonial states some people still referred to a quarter (25¢ USD) as 2 bits Because 2/8 is the same as 1/4

  • @pamelasavage5157
    @pamelasavage51572 жыл бұрын

    So can you give me some reliable source of studying and learn this things please. I also have Sweden and Scandinavian but I'd much lower percentage.

  • @daniellac.7588

    @daniellac.7588

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends on what you're looking for. I wrote a couple of theses on the Great Heathen Army and I've used a lot of sources. You can start with the classics (prose and poetic edda, the gesta danorum, and various famous sagas such as the Völsunga Saga). You can also look at the work of scholars who have studied the various archeological sites related to the Viking Age periods. Those usually have their work published in serious magazines. If you want a few names let me know and I'll look up my notes. There's also anthology type of books. Now if you go with those I recommend that you look for one with footnotes. That way if you find a cool information you can just look for the author behind such work and dig further. And last but not least, this channel as well as the one of Arith Härger are really great! Arith is a scholar whose job is in the field of research I think, like uni stuff. And the host of this one always have the most legit and serious sources. So, keep watching and just take notes of the sources he refers to and gradually make your own list.

  • @juliantourn
    @juliantourn2 жыл бұрын

    I have a question, how "alive" is the norse paganism in today's society in scandinavia. Do most people still practice it? Or is it some people from specific backgrounds? I'm really curious

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger2 жыл бұрын

    0:36 there's my Germanic arm ring. Sold Out! I have it on my wrist. Prost!

  • @kurtbogle2973
    @kurtbogle297311 ай бұрын

    Vikings and Celts have much in common. Your arm bracelet is a small Torque. The Celts wore big Torques around their necks.

  • @jobliss1234
    @jobliss123410 ай бұрын

    Circle of life ✊️

  • @kjellbergdaleulfr5796
    @kjellbergdaleulfr57962 жыл бұрын

    I love arm rings

  • @rosieclown8817
    @rosieclown8817 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting how the genie from Aladdin had arm bands

  • @kurtbogle2973
    @kurtbogle297311 ай бұрын

    Understanding is why we examine our past. Because it would be disgraceful to live a life with no understanding of what it was or why we lived it.

  • @OleOlson
    @OleOlson2 жыл бұрын

    Off topic but what year system did Vikings use before the adoption of the christian calendar?

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've never heard that they had a "year system." The main man for calendar knowledge is Robert Sass or Rune from Nordic Animism.

  • @OleOlson

    @OleOlson

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger OK, I've been curious about this. Before the Christian year was adopted, I've always been curious what year cultures would have said it was. The Jewish and Islamic calendars are pretty clear examples of different years being referred to (for the same year). Maybe old Nordic cultures never used a concept of what numbered year it was though. Maybe it was just during the rein of certain kings (or before unification, local kings or something like that).

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OleOlson I just sent an email to Robert Sass asking him what he knows about tracking years. I'm thinking our heathen ancestors lived in the moment, and for the moment. Winter. Summer. Winter. Summer. That's what was most important to them. The seasons. Growing food or crafting items to sell to be able to buy food. Then surviving the winter to do it all over again. Robert has an article on his blog about how our ancestors did not celebrate birthdays, so this might tie in to the "not tracking years" debate. Robert points out how someone would tell you how many winters they've been alive (or survived! yikes!), instead of how many years. So I guess that's how they kept track of how old they were.

  • @sigmundeinarmagni2379
    @sigmundeinarmagni23792 жыл бұрын

    Sigmund it means protection thats why I made it the first part of my name thats what the ring is for and loyalty to the earl

  • @pamelasavage5157
    @pamelasavage51572 жыл бұрын

    What about the Saxons and angle Saxons in England what's a good reliable source to learn about that history? A lot of my heritage comes from Europe all over Europe the very heavy in England Irish, Scottish and we Welch but highest percentage of my DNA is English. So I want to honor there old religion and beliefs and my ansestors.

  • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger

    2 жыл бұрын

    For Saxon Heathenry, seek out Robert Sass and Scott T. Shell. Here: kzread.info/dron/zazFbcJN9xINelSKxK381A.htmlvideos and here: kzread.info/dron/VtK481RKr6Laad00Ay0LMQ.htmlvideos

  • @louisgarcia3527
    @louisgarcia3527 Жыл бұрын

    It's your family soul that you have to carry on and that's all that matters

  • @jasontanner9755
    @jasontanner97552 жыл бұрын

    I kinda cried a little when you broke that ring

  • @joanjohnsen7603
    @joanjohnsen7603 Жыл бұрын

    Dang. I recognize your voice from somewhere else. Don't know right now.

  • @the2ndcoming135
    @the2ndcoming135 Жыл бұрын

    ⭕️ ☝🏽

  • @sergeantmajorette
    @sergeantmajorette2 жыл бұрын

    My first thought was that these "arm-rings" are exactly similar to the silver bracelets that are given to West Indian girls and hoarded by the them to be shown off on formal occasions. You wore all your bracelets and compared yourself to others. Then I thought, huh. My very dark-skinned Jamaican mother was 1% Norwegian...

  • @MossCoveredBonez
    @MossCoveredBonez2 жыл бұрын

    for all the cultures that broke something for payment, can we assume that if you had enough you'd take it to a blacksmith to smelt back into a full object?

  • @dustyschwartz1576
    @dustyschwartz1576 Жыл бұрын

    Only arm rings I have worn have a chain connected to them.

  • @deutscherfischer55
    @deutscherfischer5510 ай бұрын

    It was probably worn on the left hand so you could put your right hand on it when you made your oath.

  • @kushtheconqueror
    @kushtheconqueror Жыл бұрын

    I just realized he kinda looks like Ubbe