Nordic Mythology Podcast

By Mathias Nordvig and Daniel Farrand

Education History Religion & Spirituality

What's Nordic Mythology Podcast about?

In this podcast Dr Mathias Nordvig (Nordic Studies Professor at University Colorado Boulder) and Daniel Farrand (Co-owner of Horns of Odin) sit down and discuss various topics from the Viking Age and Norse Mythology.

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Ep 64 - The Berserker Strut...

05.13.2021

Mathias and Daniel are delighted to be sitting down again this week with Dr. Ruarigh Dale in what is shaping up to be an unofficial three part saga. You might remember Ruarigh from his last appearance on the podcast where ...

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05.13.2021 Ep 64 - The Berserker Strut with Dr. Ruarigh Dale Mathias and Daniel are delighted to be sitting down again this week with Dr. Ruarigh Dale in what is shaping up to be an unofficial three part saga. You might remember Ruarigh from his last appearance on the podcast where ...
05.06.2021 Ep 63 - Niflheim and the Return of The Seawolf It's always fun to have returning guests! This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down for the second time with Andrew Saulf aka The Seawolf. In the world of Viking themed music Andrew has a unique angle producing more chilled ...
05.03.2021 Ep 62 - (Bonus ep) Faroese History with Tyr It's another bonus episode! This time Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Heri Joensen lead vocalist of the amazing Faroese folk metal band Tyr! Together with the boys Hari will be exploring the history and culture of the Faroe ...
04.28.2021 Ep 61 - Skalds, Poetry, and Crotums with DraugaSkald This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Sofie Draheim aka The Instagram Artist formerly known as: "Odinscrotum." Sofie also happens to be an expert when it comes to Skaldic Poetry and together with the boys she'll do her ...
04.21.2021 Ep 60 - Reading The Hávamál with Guildmaster Ed Gamester - Part:2 Return of the Ham This week features the triumphant (and much requested) return of Guildmaster and hilarious man about town Ed Gamester! Ed is a writer, strongman, musician, and Guildmaster of The Guild. Together with Mathias and Daniel Ed will continue the seemingly unending ...
04.14.2021 Ep 59 - There's Something About Freyja with The Viking Queen This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Sól Geirsdóttir perhaps better known by her internet moniker: "The Viking Queen." Sól is a Scandincavian Viking blogger as well as the vocalist and songwriter in the folk rock band Vǫluspá. ...
04.08.2021 Ep 58 - Hwæt! Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons with The Saxon Storyteller This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with The Saxon Storyteller, a very near and dear member of our production team whose amazing art you get to see on each and every one of our episodes! Together with the ...
03.31.2021 Ep 57 - The "War" in "Wardrobe" with special guest Heilung This week we're getting a special peek behind the curtain as Mathias and Daniel sit down with Kai-Uwe Faust, Maria Franz, and Christopher Juul, founders of the amazing band Heilung! Kai has been on the show before back in Episode ...
03.25.2021 Ep 56 - Is Glima Actually A Viking Martial Art? With Qays Stetkevych This week we're getting hands on as Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Qays Stetkevych an expert in medieval combat, grappling, and wrestling in medieval literature. He has been an active competitor in wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for twenty ...
03.18.2021 Ep 55 - Livin' La Vida Loki! With Shayne Smith We're dialing up the mischief to 11 this week as Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with comedian, streamer, and podcaster Shayne Smith to discuss the OG prankster himself: Loki. We're hoping Shayne with his own background of twisted comedy ...
03.11.2021 Ep 54 - Viking Survival with Chad Zuber This week Mathias and Daniel are going back to the basics with primative survival expert and Youtuber Chad Zuber! Chad makes videos chronicaling his own survival in remote and often desolate areas. Together with the boys he'll be speculating on ...
03.04.2021 Ep 53 - Danelaw Deep Dive with Ruarigh Dale This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Ruarigh Dale a viking age scholar and archeologist who has done extensive work curating The Danelaw Saga: Bringing Vikings back to the East Midlands exhibition. More recently he also coordinated the ...
02.25.2021 Ep 52 - American Heathens with Jennifer Snook This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Jennifer Snook Ph.D. and author of American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement. Doctor Snook spent years researching the book by taking part in various rituals, and ...
02.18.2021 Ep 51 - Berserker: Fact or Fiction with Ruben Terlouw This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Ruben Terlouw, archeologist and one of Heilung's famous black-clad Harii warriors. He and the boys will be conducting an in depth discussion of the Beserker in Viking myth and culture. Were ...
02.15.2021 Ep 50 (Bonus ep) - Sutton Hoo and The Dig with Professor Martin Carver This week in a special bonus episode Mathias and Daniel are honered to be sitting down with Professor Martin Carver to discuss the new movie The Dig that was recently released on the Netflix as well as the famous Sutton ...
02.11.2021 EP 49 - A One Skald Band with Forndom This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Ludwig Swärd the amazingly talented musician behind the one man band Forndom. His latest album FAÞIR is available now and Ludwig has come on the podcast to talk about his sources ...
02.04.2021 Ep 48 - Odin Misconceptions with The Raven from the North This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Jakub Vaniš the amazing artist who goes by the internet moniker The Raven from the North. Jakub has helped create amazing pieces and cover art for clients like Einar Selvik of ...
01.28.2021 Ep 47 - Reading The Hávamál with Guildmaster Ed Gamester Part:1 This week Mathias and Daniel are really pleased to be sitting down with Ed Gamester a writer, strongman, muscian, and Guildmaster of The Guild. The Guild is Ed's brainchild and a physical manifestation of his own life philosophy, to live ...
01.21.2021 Ep 46 - Capitol Controversy with Brute Norse This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Eirik Storesund, the content creator behind Brute Norse, a blog and podcast dedicated to dispelling the many popular misconceptions about the Viking Age and Norse culture, and bridging the gap between ...
01.14.2021 Ep 45 - Helheimen, Down and North This week Mathias and Daniel sat down with the amazingly talented Stine Sandnes, whose unique photography and desire to reconnect with her roots gave birth to the hugely popular Instagram Helheimen! Stine's photos are all themed around Vikings, death, and ...
01.07.2021 Ep 44 - Viking Drinking Games This week is a bit of a throwback episode. We figured that for our first episode of the New Year we would keep it light. In that spirit Mathias and Daniel will be discussing Viking drinking games, possible PTSD in ...
12.31.2020 Ep 43 - Who Exactly Is Mathias Nordvig? With Guest Sean Parry For our final episode of 2020 Daniel and special guest host Sean Parry of Sacred Knot Tattoo will be interviewing our very own Mathias Nordvig! We figured we would go out on a fun low key note to end a ...
12.24.2020 Ep 42 - Yule Special 2020 with Josh Rood This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Josh Rood the lead singer of the band Nexion. Together they will be answering all your questions about the celebration of Yule in the Viking era, and also discussing the practice ...
12.17.2020 Ep 41 - Wolves and Dogs In Norse Mythology with Espen Hatleskog This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Espen Hatleskog otherwise known by his internet moniker: "Pilotviking." Espen does a lot of Viking themed photography and runs successful Instagram and Facebook pages for both himself and his dog Fenris. ...
12.10.2020 Ep 40 - Indo-European Languages with Heilung's Emilie Lorentzen This week Mathias and Daniel are thrilled to sit down with Emilie Lorentzen to speak about how she joined the band Heilung, nerd out about her background in Indo-European Languages, and her mysterious new music project. Other topics of discussion ...
12.03.2020 Ep 39 - The History of the Blood Eagle with Luke John Murphy Maybe this would have made a better Halloween episode, but this week is all about the macabre Viking ritual known as the "Blood Eagle," as made famous in the show Vikings. Luke John Murphy has been researching the historical and ...
11.26.2020 Ep 38 - Assassins Creed Valhalla; Making The Music with Einar Selvik This weeks guest needs no introduction. It's Einar Selvik the front man of the amazing Wardruna! He's fresh off of working on the music for the upcoming Assassins Creed Valhalla and was kind enough to sit down with Mathias and ...
11.19.2020 Ep 37 - The Oath: A Heathen Poets Journey with Jason Ralls This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Jason Ralls to talk about his heathen spiritual practice and recent book of poetry The Oath: A Heathen Poets Journey. The Oath chronicles the transpositional journey of the poet as he ...
11.19.2020 Ep 36 - Fire and Sword with Jeanette Varberg This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Jeanette Verberg an archeologist and curator for the National Museum of Denmark where she is responsible for the Bronze and Viking Age; think Indiana Jones but one who only cared about ...
11.05.2020 Ep 35 - Nordic Animism with Rune Rassusen This week Mathias and Daniel are chatting with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen who runs a successful Youtube channel and the web page Nordic Animism both of which are well worth checking out! With 2020 drawing to a close (finally) Rune is ...
10.29.2020 Ep 34 - Midgardsblot, Metal and Vikings with Vicky Mikalsen It's time to unwind, and as we all know there is nothing more relaxing than kicking back with some black metal blasting and just letting all your cares slip away. Why, what were you thinking? This week Mathias and Daniel ...
10.22.2020 Ep 33 - The Anatomy of Dragons with Jonas Lau Markussen This week Mathias and Daniel get to seriously nerd out with Joans Lau Markussen author of The Anatomy of Viking Art the book which helped get Daniel started designing his mead horns. Together Jonas and Mathias will cover tons of ...
10.15.2020 Ep 32 - Modern Paganism and Heathens Against Hate with Ethan Stark This week Mathias and Daniel are really excited to talk with Ethan Stark an administrator of Heathens Against Hate, an organization dedicated to inclusivity in heathenry through the philosophy: "We are our deeds." Together they will be diving into the ...
10.07.2020 Ep 31 - Traditional Viking Tattoos and Names with Collin Dale This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down from with Collin Dale of Skin and Bone Tattoo to discuss his designs and the success of his Facebook page: Traditional Nordic Tattoos, where he shares images of traditional tattoos from Nordic, ...
10.01.2020 Ep 30 - Viking Genetics and Trademarks with Sturla This week we are actually talking about Vikings again. Crazy right, who knew we still did that? If you are not aware Nature Magazine recently published an article about the genetic roots of the Vikings, and it has produced quite ...
09.24.2020 Ep 29 - Death In My Metal, Not In My Streets With Cierra White This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Cierra White to discuss the recent success of: “Death In My Metal Not In My Streets,” a virtual concert and talks series she helped organize in Colorado to raise awareness and ...
09.17.2020 Ep 28 - The Way of Men With Jack Donovan This week Daniel and Mathias sat down with Jack Donovan to talk a bit about his thoughts on the role of men in the Viking age. We realize this might not be everyone's cup of tea and for those of ...
09.10.2020 Ep 27 - The Vikings are Gay! With guest Amy Jefford Franks We all know that every Viking ever was a barrel chested, big bearded, lady killer (sometimes literally). But is that really the case? How realistic is it to believe that every viking for almost 300 years had a knotty spear ...
09.03.2020 Ep 26 - Old Norse for Modern Times with Special Guest Arngrimur Vidalin It's a good old fashioned scholarly debate this week as Arngrimur Vidalin, a fellow Old Norse Literature expert, sits down with Mathias and Daniel to talk about his many exciting translation projects. As it turns out Arngrimur is involved in ...
08.27.2020 Ep 25 - The Seawolf and The Creation Myths First things first, we've really got to apologize for the audio quality on this weeks episode. It is well below our standard of quality. The truth is coordinating recording setups in 3 different places is complicated and in this case ...
08.20.2020 Ep 24 - All About Pagan Music with Faun Lead Singer Oliver S. Tyr We are really honored this week to be able to talk about ancient music traditions with Oliver S. Tyr lead singer of the band Faun, as well as discuss their new single "Tamlin". Together with Mathias and Daniel he will ...
08.13.2020 Ep 23 - The Truth About Runes: Sigurboði Returns! Sigurboði is back to talk about his new single with Mathias and Daniel, but that's not all. First and foremost he's here to give us the hard truth about the runes! Are they magical? Can you use them as a ...
08.06.2020 Ep 22 - Story Time: How Utgard Loki Makes Thor Seem Small In this episode we are going old school and telling the story of Utgard Loki. Daniel and Mathias also have a broader discussion of how this myth in particular is the perfect example of Christianity absorbing local mythology to further ...
07.27.2020 Ep 21 - Blodbylgje by Kati Rán -interview with Kati Rán In this episode, Daniel and Mathias sit down with Kati Rán, Dutch vocalist and folk musician who has embarked on a new music project called Blodbylgje. Her new music project is about the ocean and Nordic mythology, drawing on inspiration ...
07.17.2020 Ep 20 - Heilung - interview with Kai Faust In this episode, Daniel and Mathias talk with Kai Faust, tattoo artist and one of the prominent singers in the Neo-Nordic music group Heilung. Their conversations travel far and deep into what it means to be interested in and identifying ...
06.29.2020 Ep 19 - Children of Ash -interview with Luciano Daniel and Mathias talk with Luciano from Children of Ash, an artist collaborative that makes ornamentation from the Viking Age digitally available for everyone. Luciano explains the fascinating artistic aspects of the Viking Age Mammen style, and he and Mathias ...
06.12.2020 Ep 18 - Valhalla Training Academy -interview with Lloyd Daniel and Mathias sat down with Lloyd, founder and owner of Valhalla Training Academy, to talk about Viking workouts. The three of them had a really interesting conversation about routines, styles and much more. Naturally, the subject of whether the ...
06.04.2020 Ep 17 - Nebala -interview with Jonas Lorentzen In this episode, Daniel and Mathias talk with Jonas Lorentzen, who is the person behind the new Nordic-inspired music act Nebala. Jonas has been sparring creatively with Mathias to create music based in Norse mythology with proto-Nordic lyrics. Nebala has ...
05.17.2020 Ep 16 - Ireland in the Viking Age -interview with Broc from Badger King Tattoo In this episode, Daniel and Mathias talk with Broc from Badger King Tattoo. Broc is both a zoologist, tattooist and very knowledgeable on his Irish heritage. The three of them have a great conversation about the Vikings in Ireland and ...
05.04.2020 Ep 15 - MATR -New Nordic Food with Naina Eira and Jonas Lorentzen In this episode, Daniel and Mathias talk with Naina Eira and Jonas Lorentzen, the creators behind the London-based company MATR. Matr means "meal" or "food" in Old Norse, and Naina and Jonas are offering modern dining experiences based in ancient ...

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