Myths of Midgard

By Ryan Eckerson

Myths of Midgard is a podcast for all things Norse. Mythology, sagas, poetry, runes, and more. My goal is to provide you information with scholarly commentary.

About me: I have a B.A. in Linguistics... more

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Myths of Midgard episodes:

January 21, 2024 Episode 4: Beliefs Before the Viking Age with Dr. Felix Lummer
In this episode, Dr. Felix Lummer, lecturer at the University of Iceland, briefly discusses scholarly knowledge of Germanic beliefs before the Viking Age.
DISCLAIMER: THERE ARE IMAGES OF DECEASED PEOPLE IN THIS VIDEO.
Dr. Lummer received his PhD from the University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences. His dissertation is titled "Lost in Translation: Adapting Supernatural Concepts from Old French Chivalric Literature into the Old Norse riddarasögur."
Notable publications:
Lummer, Felix. "The Translation of Magic in the Translated
riddarasǫgur," Medium Ævum, 91(2) (2022): 201-235.
Lummer, Felix. "'ek hræðumz ekki þik' – The dvergar in Translated
riddarasǫgur," European Journal of Scandinavian Studies,51(2) (2021b): 335-355. https://doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2020-2022.
For more, please see his Academia.edu page:
https://independent.academia.edu/FelixLummer
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58min
October 27, 2023 Episode 3: Colors of Old West Norse with Dr. Jackson Crawford
In this episode, Dr. Jackson Crawford and I discuss color terms in Old West Norse. He did his dissertation on this subject, and it is publicly available here:
https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/5m60qr961

Please check out his YouTube channel as well as his translations of the Poetic Edda and other Old Norse poetry and literature.
www.jacksonwcrawford.com
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54min
September 17, 2023 Episode 2: Gylfaginning
The second episode in the series about the Prose Edda. In it, we take a quick look at Gylfaginning, or "The Beguiling of Gylfi." For reference, please look at the sources below:

+ Edda, Snorri Sturluson (Anthony Faulks - Editor/Translator)
+ Altuna Stone, U1161, Sweden

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21min
September 09, 2023 Episode 1: Snorri Sturluson
The first episode in the series about the Prose Edda. We discuss Snorri's life including his upbringing, politics, and the legacy he left behind. Please check out the following sources which went into today's episode, as well as a few that I think would be useful to your studies!

+ Gísli Sigurðsson. “Snorri Sturluson and the Best of Both Worlds.” Essay. In Snorri Sturluson and Reykjaholt: The Author and the Magnate, His Life, Works and Environment at
Reykjaholt in Iceland, edited by Helgi þorlákkson and Gudrun Sveinbjarnardottir, 291–317. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2018.
+ Sturlunga Saga - English Translation by Julia H. McGrew 1970
+ Króksfjarðarbók, AM 122 a fol, c.1350-1370, ed. Kr. Kalund, Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab Kobenhavn og Kristiania: 1906 - 11
+ Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia by Kevin J. Wanner, 2008
+ Edda, Anthony Faulks (translator)
+ www.snorrastofa.is

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24min

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The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.