Norse Myth: Evidence before the Eddas

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  @mysteriousjungalist · 8 years ago

  This is the only YouTuber that I've felt the absolute need to become a Patron. I've just received SO much great information that I actually started feeling guilty getting it for free. Thank you Dr. Crawford for spreading your vast knowledge to the common man!

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  @JameField · 8 years ago

  Fun fact for those who want to know about the wolf cross/hammer that got found in Hrunamannahreppur in Iceland. I grew up there and heard the story how it got found by a 10 year old boy called Elísberg Pétursson. He was herding cows back to his farm in muddy wet conditions. He saw something glittery fly under the cow hooves and picked it up and found this artifact. Quite interesting.

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  @sirseigan · 7 years ago

  Regarding place names (in Sweden): Odin (Oden in Swedish) in place names is often shorten to &quot;Ons-&quot; in Sweden (same as Wednesday that is Onsdag in Swedish) and there are about 130 place names with &quot;Ons-&quot; and about 270 place names with &quot;Oden&quot; where quite a few are ends with &quot;-sala&quot; (hall) or &quot;-källa&quot; (spring) or &quot;-hög&quot; (mound) and even &quot;-grav&quot; (grave) etc, all places of worship. In total about 400 place names. &nbsp;We compare that to &quot;Ull&quot;who has around 470 place names that start with the name. <br><br>But yes it is fewer than Frö (Frey) that has around 940 place names, not to mention Tor (Thor) that has more then 5800 place names. To be honest though far from all are places of worship or the like and some are base on the female name &quot;Tora&quot; or is derived from a person named Tor after the god and not the god himself etc. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>But it is still more then Frös (Freya) that has 270 place names, including a couple of Frösvi and Fröslunda. However there are them who also believe that the name &quot;Härn&quot; comes from a bi-name of Freya and that has 88 place names, among which some with the ending -vi (cult place similar to old Norse vé). So just above 350 place names that is connected to Freya. Compare that to Frigg that has 77 place names that involves her name. <br><br>Tyr has about 150 place names and then there is some Agantyr or Boanstyr wich count for about 10. Then there is about 250 names starting with Tis that is also Tyr. On top of that there is quite a few that ends with tis but it is hard to know which of them that is derived from Tyr and not, so I skip them. In total Tyr has just above 400 place names. Then we have the start &quot;Ti-&quot; that might be derived from Tyr, like in &quot;Tiveden&quot; that might mean &quot;Tyrs wood&quot;, that has above 2700 place names but it would take way to long time to sort them out for the sake of a comment. But it is fair to assume that we can add a couple of hundred more names to Tyr from thoose. The place names of Tyr actually goes pretty far north, all the way up to the regions of Västernorrland that was kind of the northern end of the Norse settlements in Sweden during the Viking age (it is not all the way up to the border but not far off). So no, it is not only the southern most part of Sweden. &nbsp;<br><br>There are a few (less then a hand-full) place names like &quot;Lokebo&quot; (Home of Loke) and the -bo names are often thought to be originated in late viking age as earliest but most of the time medieval times. I think however these might be referring to the name of a person rather then the god. There are also many small lakes, tarns or mires that is named Loke or Loken (&quot;-en&quot; = &quot;the&quot; in english) and can in this case be a dialect word (lok, lók, lǿk, lag, laka, lakk’) &nbsp;that is perhaps related to old Norse &quot;laug&quot;, &quot;lǫgr&quot; or &quot;lœkr&quot;, all related to water - but that is just pure speculation. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>One should know thought that not all names counted here are actually from the viking age as quite a few blocks from 1900s also can names after the old gods. But the older versions of the names (Ons-, Ull-, Frö-, Frös- and Tis-) are most likely from the Iron Age and Viking Age. &nbsp; <br><br>Thanks for a good video, as always. Keep up the good work :-)

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  @ビクター-k3t · 8 years ago

  There is actually another place, this one is Norway, named after Odin. It is the Norwegian equivalent of Odense and it is called Onsøy. Onsøy used to be a small county in Østfold. Everyone who lives in the area know, or have heard about the origins of the name Onsøy.

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  @mariusloubeeka5810 · 8 years ago

  Not only interesting content but also a beautiful background.

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  @PaulMenefee · 8 years ago

  AAAAnd.. I present Dr Jackson Crawford. &nbsp; Thank you sir, the Client Eastwood of Norse Mythology. &nbsp; No, seriously that was great!

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  @JacobKim1 · 8 years ago

  Great video once again @Jackson Crawford. <br>I&apos;m university student and my specialization is Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at University Pardubice, Czech Republic and we have a subject in our syllabus called Paganism. Your videos and your insights makes me so passionated and also committed and dedicated to know more about Old Norse Mythology etc, that I&apos;m studying Paganism and Old Norse Mythology (besides regular lecture at uni) by myself as a hobby and a free time activity. That&apos;s why I&apos;m trying to not miss not a single video of yours! Keep up the great you are doing! Take care Doctor Crawford !<br><br>Sincirely, <br><br>Jakub Čech

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  @Willireallyam · 6 months ago

  It&apos;s 8 years old, but you are the first Youtuber I feel gave a full, no nonsense or byast showing of the evidence rather than opinion. <br>Thankyou for the info

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  @typograf62 · 8 years ago

  Thor&apos;s fishing trip is also depicted on a stone in Hørdum Kirke in Denmark (a detail in the raw stone have inspired the artist to make the picture). I think that we have a few metal figurines depicting someone sitting on a &quot;throne&quot; with a bird on each shoulder. And there is a stone used for blowing air into a hearth depicting Loke with his mouth sewn shut.

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  @BrennaCorbit · 4 years ago

  Two hundred years is not a vast space of time. &nbsp;Look at how America is still reeling from the Civil War almost 160 years ago. &nbsp;I also knew four of my great grandparents who would very well have walked among and knew former slaves. &nbsp;Thus, I was able to talk to someone who would have remembered talking to a person of that era. &nbsp;Therefore, it is not surprising these tales are quite accurate in memory.

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  @leidulfr · 8 years ago

  One of the boroughs of Trondheim in Norway is called Heimdal.

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  @dalraktin · 5 years ago

  In Trondheim, Norway, one of the areas around the city centre is called Heimdal.

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