I am a major werewolf fan, LOVE werewolf movies! Thanks for this. I found your interpretation of the identities of Geri and Freki intriguing; that makes sense given the nature and presentation of other wolves in Norse mythos.

Thank you, I find your information very interesting. Nordic beliefs have been taught to me since I was a very small child by my very special and mysterious Dad. He was named Gery and taught me so many about wolves, nordic religion and he was crying when I was around 10yr that he was so sorry for beying my dad as I was just like him and that we are loners and our paths will be lonely, long and heavy. Nobody will understand us because they can not see... He left home when I was 11yrs... A very wise man!

I am very Impressed with Your Knowledge and Professional Upload, You have created another Subscriber. Please Keep up that Great Work !

6 жыл бұрын

wow thank you so much! I'm really happy to know you appreciate my work ^^ Welcome to the channel! :D

What a great talk, thanks for this Arith. This has raised a thousand thoughts for me. I'm so glad the totemic shamanic work of our ancestors gets recognition here as it always just seems to be accepted as a Native American practice.

6 жыл бұрын

I have lots more to tell about totemism and shamanism for Northern Europe. But I'm afraid I'll have to talk about that subject during January only. Thank you so much for your support, as always ^^

@crowsbaneful

6 жыл бұрын

Arith Härger You are always welcome, I hope you received my toast by the way : ) I look forward to your next talk.

@ulfredorkjaeger7534

5 жыл бұрын

You've heard it misappropriated from our culture, the word Shaman and the practice of Shamanism is specific to the Finnish Sami people, they are the direct descendants of stone age Europeans like the Basque or the Flemish and people would argue this but also the British are any where from fifty to one hundred percent European Hunter gatherer stock. Any way fun fact, shamanism isn't Native American or African its actually European Other "witch doctors" or whatever you want to call them have their own words for the practices unique to their culture. Lumping it all together and calling it Shamanism is harmful to cultures like the Norse or Lakota that are struggling to recover from judeo Christianity's destructive influence on their way of life. The differences between cultures are what make them all worth existing, focusing on the similarities forces all people into the same kind of mono culture mold as monotheism does. Monoculture is just one necessary step towards Apocalypse. When we are all the same with the same strengths and vulnerabilities, we are just one calamity away from the end of Civilization. Wait what am I saying? anything that can bring a stop to this Self replicating monkey meat factory is alright by me DESTROY NECROPOLIS!

@KRisziFicaTion

4 жыл бұрын

@@ulfredorkjaeger7534 However nowadays Shamanism is considered to be an actual anthropological term for people communicating or interacting with spirits that inhabit, or make up, the world (animsm) :) You are right about its origin though, and you are also right that we have to be careful not to "lose culture" because we have a tendency to categorize everything!

@primalwerewolf9356

4 жыл бұрын

@@ulfredorkjaeger7534 watching this makes me wanna kill a wolf and wear its skin

The wolf is the human collective spirit totum. I can see how myths develop to teach timeless lessons. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@elcoyote9410

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Good for us, bad for the wolf. Jungian psychology explains the plight of the wolf. Because they are our shadow selves, we hate them and seek to destroy them

Ok this 6 yr old video was 2 yrs before me finding you Arith. Im not complaining and truly enjoying these early years 🐉

Thanks for uploading this buddy - very informative

I am a major werewolf fan. Love your in-depth review of their role in Scandinavian societies. Keep up the content creation.

In Scandinavia/Sweden you were not allowed to pronounce the word Varg or Ulv because it could cause death and trouble. So people made up a by-name for Varg Wolf or Ulv, and one of those names were Skragge/Skraggen. So interestingly my ancestors lastname was Skragge. In the last movie of the lord of the rings they use a battering ram with the look of a wolf. Another word for battering ram is shragga in Scandinavia

@ZealousEZRA

3 жыл бұрын

jävlar fett koolt!

Another well done video, my friend....

Awesome video!! Love your 🐈

Hey Arith take a walk on the wild side. Another great video with lots of information, thanks.

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you ^^ the wild side sometimes is an interesting place to wander about :p

Very interesting. I've looked for places were i can find norse werewolf stories but not much to find. I shall now subscribe. Loved the video

Thanks for this very interesting video. You provided me a lot of interesting information about the wolf and the werewolf in norse culture and many useful ideas for writing.

Again, a Wonderful video with too much wisdom and upload contents. Congratulations

Hmmm. I remember watching Hemlock Grove and there was a werewolf called a Vargulf that was basically an insane werewolf.. nice to see that there is possible origin of the name Vargar.

That bunny on the couch behind you...just looking at its eyes...that little bunny was terrified by your werewolf stories!

DEFINITELY ENJOYED THIS VIDEO

Have you done or will you do a video on Berserkers & Bears?

like the observation of Odin's wolves, ,as perfect bodyguards

Thanks for shedding some light. Whem i first read the volsumga saga i was so confused when sigmund bit sinfjölti's throat.

Skal! Odhinn's blessings from an American Ulfhedinn!

@slademassie6305

3 жыл бұрын

odins americans wolvs

This is pretty cool!! Helps alot with my research on Fenrir

@dumbredneck4464

3 жыл бұрын

His father is loki and angerboda so he grows over time A LOT and the gods sent him to be chained that was made by dwarfs and during Ragnarok he gets released and eats the sun and moon and last time I checked dies by thor

@dumbredneck4464

3 жыл бұрын

My ancestors are NorseMan and I believe In Norse Mythology and I want to dedicate my life to them

...hello Arith, I really enjoy your teachings... very detailed, but they bring enthusiasm and more, more curiosity... thank You❤

Жыл бұрын

Thank you friend :D

Bless your work Arith! I'm a big fan... However, picture this, we begin to look beyond the borders of deep antiquity. Modern man is anything but. He is constantly trying to outlast, out think, or work with nature. Wolves became our allies longer ago than we can reliably date, and so before we became concerned with livestock over prey animals the wolf was a the perfect individual and kinsman. As our lives became less like the wolves we begin to dislike wolves and those people who behave like them, wilder than others. So we see a honorable title turned on its ear as most of society goes with the changing times and others do not, and are seen as trouble

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and well said! :) We progressively lost the touch with the wilds, but we are in an Era right now where we are starting to reconnect, although I honestly think that much was lost and we will never fully understand how deep we go go. Things are changing nonetheless.

Excellent !!!!!

Awesome & extremely powerful knowledge you share here..... As All Father did, I am myself always on the pursuit of knowledge. I've always had an extreme interest in my culture/heritage, myths, etc.... & Especially Werewolves in Northern Europe. May Odin guide us on our darken path to enlightenment, Truth & pure purpose of self.

Thank you!

Nordic werewolves sound a lil bit like Skinwalkers from Native American folklore.

In some scholar writings Silver was first used to kill werewolves in Sicily. From my pass experience drunk Sicilians are some wild people to deal with.

thank you so much, the name of the background music please? xD

I'm on middle of book about werewolves in europe, for 2 years... Wow i'm slow on books.

A great video, thank you . In your opinion, how far removed were the wolf warriors/ werewolves and the the bear skin wearing berserkers ?

@johnparmenter4295

4 жыл бұрын

My apologies if I’ve missed a previous comment, or even a post from yourself, discussing the difference. Thank you again

@UlfhednarGaming

Жыл бұрын

Berserker's wear bear skin's Ulfhednar wear wolf skin's They are very different just a tip

The Danish Archaeologist Lotte Hedeager has made a great deal of publications regarding shapeshifters, what it meant an symbolized as well as different kind of shapeshifters, and shapeshifting spirits! :)

hey question ! what nine realm are werwolves most exclusive to?

I like the throat singing in the intro... Did any of the norse culture had throat singing.. If so.. I want to know how it was related to shamanism...

6 жыл бұрын

Galdr is certainly related to the power of the voice, such as in runic magical work, not the pronunciation of words but the sound of the voice saying the letters. Vocal chanting was common in sorcery and other magical practices in Northern Europe, which most likely came from shamanic practices of the Saami. That's something I shall have to make a video in due time.

@bdog4280

3 жыл бұрын

The Inuit up north in Canada still have throat singing competitions .🇨🇦

I don’t know if you did but you should make a video about Dragours

Bom video! Eu pensava que "Berserker" era o nome a que se dava aos guerreiros de elite. São relativamente a mesmo coisa, ou é tudo totalmente diferente? Já Agora. Lobisomem é a minha criatura favorita :)

6 жыл бұрын

Berserkers e Úlfheðnar são dois grupos distintos que ei de falar num video mais para a frente :p Obrigado pelo feedback ^^ e já agora, Lobisomens também são os meus preferidos :P

@TheKurosaki93

6 жыл бұрын

Oh ok! Mal posso esperar por esse video! Obrigado eu por teres respondido :)

Wow ... that introduction .. what it is? Remains me a some sounds I hear not long ago ... and I am in Cozumel , Mexico. @)

Great info! I like this haircut best by the way. I can see your face better which is a very nice thing to see!😊 even though I have about 80% Scandinavian dna I have a little Turkish and they believe they are descendants of Asena who was a she wolf.

Kool video. What is the rune in the thumbnail? Does it actually mean werewolf?

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a bindrune for "Wolf" hehe

Interesting. Many people like werewolf stories. I find them most scary. Another thought I just had, maybe you would enjoy the film "The echo of thunder" from 1998 for entertainment. It's not horror, it's actually quite nice. There's a dog/dingo totem in it. The whole film is on KZread.

I’m just here for the Intros!!!

Ah thank you. It is all about language. Questions and lots of them. like where.

Werewolves are in Basque paganism, Gizotso is a werewolf with broken chains around his wrists.

Thieves are still called VARAS in Estonia, it probably comes from Vargar. In our tradition, you also need some kind of magic words, before the wolf skins work.

Would the bindrune you used be OK as a tattoo?

the houfinare wouldn't really be mindlessly violent, that would serve no purpose in a military context. They may kill without abandon against the enemy, but that would mean they are not expressing mindless, uncontrollable violence, but directed violence.

This kinda reminds me of the native american tales of the two wolves in each man

@chaserevstuning9271

2 жыл бұрын

That is also Asian belief. Basically a human concept for beasts within, our ambition.

The Word you used for people who were banished from their tribes sounds a little bit like vagrant. Is there any connection between two words like one evolved into the other? Just curious

@lindaarvola9357

4 жыл бұрын

The word he used was 'vargar'. In Swedish it means 'wolves'.

Is there a specific rune associated with the Ulfednar?

The Shaman's sound like skinwalkers

eastern part of the netherlands has a strong history with werewolfs. een beest bij nacht "a beast at night"

I think I need teaching...peace and blessings

Oooo yay!!!!❤️

I‘m a vargúlfr too

Does every wolf had involve fennir

i love werewolves

do you know the significance of the wolf in slavic mythology

Are you talking about the volsungs!? :D !!!

@aryasarke7491

5 жыл бұрын

Sigmund and Sinfjotli take the wolf skins in the Volsung Saga, yes. 😔

Thanks for the Informative Video regarding norse mythology I would like to know more about true evidence of werewolves in Norwegian villages the truth is what I seek.

The Wolf is related with Moon and The PINE

🐺 we watch 24/7

Can you teach us werewolf ritual

@GhostStPatrick86

4 жыл бұрын

Doctor Nick 21 you wanna become an alpha like me ??

Sounds a bit like the 13th Warrior. Except the prehistoric shaman culture thought they were bears.

Does the English word of vagrant come from Vargr🤔

Oh you know the spirits met.

The dog trainer must get inside the wolf's head to be the Alpha: the Germanic peoples' inherited the hound and horse bred by their Scythian ancestors. That the representative of the older gods in Odin's Hall, Loki the Jotun, is called their Mother, speaks to a labour of centuries.

I am not sure if you will see this and answer but on your thumbnail you have the 2 bind runes for wolf. But this rune is made from the English word not the old norske. Ulf is the word I have seen from the "viking" time or before. I don't know just this is only thing I have noticed from you that is not historically correct.

Iron Woods Rising!

Why did you use the runes for ođal and ansur (othala and ansuz) in the thumbnail? My guess is you used Ođal because of Ođin.. but i could be wrong. Why also are the runes kind of bound together?

6 жыл бұрын

They are bound together because it forms a bindrune connected to wolves ^^ You never heard of bindrunes? I should make a video about it once I finish with the rune videos.

@Purpleeest

6 жыл бұрын

Arith Härger i have heard of bomdrumes but i dont know much about them.

@Purpleeest

6 жыл бұрын

Bindrunes

@Pokefan3332

5 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t done a video on bind-runes yet I’d love to learn more on them! I’ve been using a few of my own bind runes

Why you don't put subtitles to your video. For me is very hard to understand you. I am Catalan and the Wolf has been in my culture.

There is a Wintu legend on the East Coast, Likely Cherokee and Cheyenne too.. The Wendigo, descendents of my family, shapeshifters, etc... were confused with Lycans... The Chief Winnetou stories derived from the Wendigo legends. Look up Mohawks in the National Archive and you will see we were the Native Militia and guerilla warfare experts. We are also German, Welsh, Scottish and Scandinavian Royal lines. However, Natives believes that because they were wearing Wolf or Bear pelts they were Lycan, not so.. in europe the same bloodlines were considered Vampyre! Very old ones, combinations of the Vampyre, Lycan and the Warlock... the Native American Mohawk Shaman family... folklore of course right. So they say that they were confusing wolves with vampires, the wolves were cursed... the vampires and witches werent. In reality, my ancestors were viking princes, berzerkers and guerilla warfare experts. Using fear, to stop criminal activity.

Tell me this: What is it if you are born on Christmas Eve or Day..... you become a werewolf... how is that possible I thought of you were born on Christmas you are good luck 🤞🎄🐺

Please

i love fenrir

6 жыл бұрын

I shall eventually make a video solely about Fenrir ^^

@Purpleeest

6 жыл бұрын

lizardgod 101 I've always liked the story of Fenrir because i view him as a good guy. He turned bad after beinv tricked and ill treated. He himself said He'd have been an ally of the æsir

American Indians record an entire tribe of werewolves.

🦊💭🦋

6 жыл бұрын

Hey that's cool! 🦊🦊🦊 :D

I would not dream to become a werewolf. Between a vampire and a werewolf, it is a far more easier path to become a vampire.

@TheWisdomOfTheAges_PsyM_Revd

3 жыл бұрын

...not so mythical but that's ok if you want to believe they are mythical creatures...

isolation is what indian sages were into most of the time to meditate

6 жыл бұрын

Isolation was a common technic even for christian hermits. Still used nowadays by some practitioners of neo-shamanism.

@dragowolfx

6 жыл бұрын

everything has a pagan/ vedic root

traduce en español

We Do Not Sound Like A Choking Cat Ok? Human.

úlfar

Beast thieves with no honor.

So kratos is gonna Kill a werewolf

6 жыл бұрын

most likely :P

There is Native American legends based off of my family the Lycan or Wendigo, Shapeshifters, and even the Dog soldiers... in reality we were guerilla warfare experts form antiquities. We are the German, Scottish, Welsh, Scandinavian and other Royal lines. We were the berzerker princes and although on this continent were connected to werewolves or lycanism, in Europe we were thought of as Vampyre/warlocks. We used fear tactics and guerilla warfare to protect borders and to prevent crimes and the fear generated the stories told of vampires and lycans. Look at the National Archives for the natives on the East Coast and you will find that Mohawks were the Native Militia and bounty hunters, and the Native American Monarchial family. We were protecting the borders of Germany, Scottland and Europe, and North America... Vlad Dracul, Buica, The picts that defeated the Roman... I am a descendent of Mac Angus II, 72nd King of the Picts. So what they sometimes confuse with werewolves in folklore, we consider vampyre, wolf/bear, warlock princes. In actuality, were geurilla warfare experts. My ancestors tactics lived on with the Nazi, Napolean, Che Gueverra, The American revolutionaries and Washington, The Union/Confederacy, and the israeli systems, and todays marines...

Ulfheðnar

I don't care it's neet shit totally subscribed woot

6 жыл бұрын

hey thanks :D

Skinwalker

Start scared shit out me

;)

Fate says to the wolf, "You can not withstand the storm". The wolf whispers back, "I am the storm".

6 жыл бұрын

Chills! :D

And wolves kill for fun and for sport

You. Sit. Too. Close.

It's pretty simple. Where mankind had agriculture and livestock, they hated wolves. Where they were hunter gatherers wolves and other predators were respected and revered. Even modern times hatred for wolves is just some ignorant throwback from some useless ancestral baggage. Same with spiders, snakes, vultures etc. Too bad, people are missing out in some powerful teachers.

werebeasts / cryptids r real.

næh, i dont think any of what you sad her is correct. but keep it up, you make good videos,

What About WereBobCatzzz LOL Seriouslt Though LOL I Speak WereCat Fluently RouuuwwwwWWW!!!! LOL Thx Arith Harger Of Th Beard!!!!

And this guy #Doesn't get it. He thinks only physically and not spiritually. Hasn't seen true power. Sadly

Жыл бұрын

You judge a person's spirituality based on a video which is a single academic approach to this theme. You may have seen true power but it hasn't given you much humbleness, nor insight.

@mattacosta4802

Жыл бұрын

@ he shouldn't be scared to state his beliefs. Stop defending weakness.

i suspect your a wolf

5 жыл бұрын

We all have our secrets