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- Is Loki A Fire Spirit?
Among Nordic mythology scholars the relationship, if any, between Loki and fire is a cite of controversy.
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14 min - Song As Social Change
Continuing with the themes of last episode, Rune addresses Nordic Singing Traditions.
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21 min - Singing Traditions in Northern Europe
Singing Traditions in Northern Europe
Interview with Danica Boyce
The Fair Folk Podcast's Danica Boyce joins in to talk about singing traditions across northern Europe as well as the connection between singing, animism and ritual.
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1 hr 15 min - How A Viking Fire Ritual Can Connect Us to Land
Fire spirits are a universal feature of animist cultures. Today Rune talks about the roles of ritual for the uses and applications of fire in Nordic cultures, and fire in ritual.
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19 min - Folk Schools
Rune discusses the history of Nordic Folk Schools, and how their approach was used to counter classism and other forms of social discrimination.
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23 min - Mother Elder
The Elder tree, or Mother Elder, is a characteristic piece of animism in southern Scandinavia. This goddess is sometimes considered a cluster of beings, the elder spirits or elder people, and a number of rituals and taboos are practiced in relation to the elder tree.
The Lady Elder is available to purchase at www.hyldyr.com
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19 min - What Neil Gaiman Got Wrong
Recorded prior to accusations towards Gaiman were made public in June and July of 2024. Rune shares some additional, updated thoughts on the American Gods tv show/books and the ways that author Neil Gaiman voices some dangerous tendencies. Rune discussed this issue before, to hear those thoughts, check out the back catalogue.
For an account of the accusations one of the most comprehensive sources is The Slow News podcast.
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22 min - The Almost Heathen Christianity of Grundtvig
Rune gives an introduction to the Scandinavian folk school model and the Heathen Christian Synchronist who changed the face of Denmark.
OUT NOW - Aun_ Cannibal Kings, Cosmic Healing and the Recovery of a Nordic Tradition
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18 min - Why Are Gods Abusive?
Rune discusses the uncomfortable portrayal of some of our most beloved deities in mythological and sacred texts.
OUT NOW - Aun_ Cannibal Kings, Cosmic Healing and the Recovery of a Nordic Tradition
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20 min - How to do a Nordic Naming CeremonyRune proposes how to engage in a dialogue, of sorts, with various strands of traditional Nordic euro-animisms to create a naming ceremony.
Rune's new book AUN, Cannibal Kings, Cosmic Healing and the Recovery of a Nordic Tradition is out now!!!The book introduces the dialogues and realizations that have materialized through 2022 and 2023 concerning the octennial Nordic Aun ceremony of healing.
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About Nordic Animism
From the publisher's feed
NORDIC ANIMISM IS A PODCAST and PROJECT HELMED BY RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN. Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is an historian of religion, Ph.d., educated from the Universities of Uppsala and Copenhagen.Rune has…
lived in many countries and done fieldwork in a number of contemporary (primarily Afro-descendant) religions, but since childhood he has been strongly interested in Nordic religion.
Today Rune is working on applying contemporary developments in anthropology to rethink the way we address Nordic religion, both in terms of scholarship, and also as a reservoir of cultural knowledge for environmental activism.
Follow Rune's work and buy products including the Nordic Animist Calendar at https://nordicanimism.com. Support Rune's work and gain access to exclusive content and previews at https://www.patreon.com › nordicanimism. Much, but not all, of this content consists of the audio of Rune's youtube videos, found at https://www.youtube.com/user/Runehr. Rune is planning to produce more podcast specific content going forwards.
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