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 - 92 Art for Valhalla wi...

11.25.2021

This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Christian Frederick Nicklaus, the artist behind Art for Valhalla, where he makes beautiful shields, axes, and other weapons. Together with the boys he'll be discussing his own artistic process as well ...

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11.25.2021 Ep - 92 Art for Valhalla with Christian Frederick Nicklaus This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Christian Frederick Nicklaus, the artist behind Art for Valhalla, where he makes beautiful shields, axes, and other weapons. Together with the boys he'll be discussing his own artistic process as well ...
11.18.2021 Ep - 91 Is Iceland Part of Scandinavia? This week is another show and tell episode, in these shows Mathias and Daniel each bring a few topics and proceed to do a really good deep dive discussion on them. This week we'll be talking about whether or not ...
11.11.2021 Ep - 90 Eaten by the Wolf with Andrea Hejlskov This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Andrea Hejlskov, a modern day Völva and old friend of Mathias. Andrea is an accomplished author and her latest book: Vølve, is based on the chapters of Völuspá in the Poetic ...
11.04.2021 Ep - 89 Re-creating Ragnarok with Ed Gamester It's the re-return of The Ham... again. This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with the one and only Ed Gamester! Ed has become a regular on the show and his episodes are always a blast. This time he's ...
10.28.2021 Ep - 88 Rituals: The Gift of Giving with Barbara Jane Davy This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Barbara Jane Davy, author of Introduction to Pagan Studies, Paganism: Critical Concepts in Religion, to talk about her latest work which examines gift giving rituals and their links to ecology. Together ...
10.21.2021 Ep - 87 Music and Mushrooms with Visy Bloodaxe This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Visy Bloodaxe, the frontman of the awesome band Seidrblot! Seidrblot debuted at Midgardsblot several years ago to a very warm reception and promptly began touring until the current ongoing unpleasantness brought ...
10.13.2021 Ep - 86 How Vikings Lived This week is another of our new old school Show and Tell Episodes. Just to remind people of the format both our hosts Mathias and Daniel each bring a few topics and proceed to do a really good deep dive ...
10.07.2021 Ep - 85 What Is Spirituality Anyway? With Uffe Berenth This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Uffe Berenth one of the brilliant artists behind Ginnungagap Art, a tattoo studio specialising in Nordic Tattoos, Viking Tattoos and Rune Tattoos; Uffe also has a special personal connection with the ...
09.30.2021 Ep 84 - Thor: Marvel Versus Myth, with Ben Mudge This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Ben Mudge, Ben catapulted into the limelight in 2017 with his "Thursday Thorsday '' Instagram posts and his uncanny resemblance to the popular Marvel character played by Chris Hemsworth. As a ...
09.23.2021 Ep 83 - The Viking Age Must Die This week Mathias and Daniel are hopping in the wayback machine and doing something we haven't done in a while, that is to say doing an episode without a guest! We recently got some feedback that some people missed the ...
09.16.2021 Ep 82 - Heimdall, The Most Gangster God with Varg of Voluspa This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Varg Saastad, the lead guitarist and master of many instruments in the folk rock band Vǫluspá. We've spoken with Varg's partner Sól Geirsdóttir, perhaps better known by her internet moniker: "The ...
09.09.2021 Ep 81 - Sámi History with Viking Helena This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Helena Hals, perhaps better known by her internet moniker Viking Helena. Helena is a historian and author known for her hands-on approach to exploring Iron Age Norway. Together with the boys ...
09.02.2021 Ep 80 - The OG's of Viking Music We are headed back to the good old days this week on NMP as Mathias and Daniel sit down with Gustav Holberg and Kjell Braaten , two of the OG musicians who helped start the genre we now know as, ...
08.26.2021 Ep 79 - Zombie Vikings! With Rich Blackett It's getting spooky this week as Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Rich Blackett, The chair of Asatru Uk, to discuss all things Zombie in the saga literature . Together with the boys Rich will be delving into every ...
08.19.2021 Ep 78 - All About the Picts with Pictavia Leather This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Hamish Findlay of Pictavia Leather to discuss the history of the Picts in Scotland. Pictish history spans 900 years and has numerous historical intersections with both the Romans and the Vikings. ...
08.12.2021 Ep 77 - Reading the Hávamál Finale with Shayne Smith and Ed Gamester! It's finally happening! This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with podcaster and comedian Shayne Smith, as well as the one and only Ed Gamester, with one goal and one goal only: Finish reading the Hávamál or die in ...
08.05.2021 Ep 76 - How Were Runes Used? With Dr. Martin Findell This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Dr. Martin Findell, who quite literally wrote the book on Runes! Martin has been one of our most requested guests and together with the boys he'll be going over everything from ...
07.29.2021 Ep 75 - Is Thor the Real All-Father? With Terry Gunnell This week on NMP we are so excited to have one of our dream guests! Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with none other than professor Terry Gunnell; in fact Dan was so excited that he read his first ever ...
07.22.2021 Ep 74 - The Raven Flag - It's Complicated This week we are trying something new on NMP! Entirely on purpose (and not at all due to a scheduling snafu) Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Rune Rasmussen from the Nordic Animism Youtube channel, Jonas Lorentzen from the ...
07.15.2021 Ep 73 - The Rus Vikings with Anatoly of Nytt Land This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Anatoly Pahlenko one of the founders of the amazing band Nytt Land to talk about the Rus Vikings, as well as the bands most recent album: Ritual. Little known fact: Anatoly ...
07.08.2021 Ep 72 - Living Tradition with Icelandic Völva Tanya Lind This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Tanya Lind, a modern day Völva of the Icelandic tradition. Together with the boys she'll be discussing the roots of her practice starting with Völuspá in the Poetic Edda and contrasting ...
07.01.2021 Ep 71 - Shield Maidens and Warrior Women with Dr Leszek Gardeła This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with one of our most requested scholarly guests Dr Leszek Gardeła! Leszek is an archeologist who holds a PHD from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and is an expert on women’s ...
06.24.2021 Ep 70 - Music From Nature with Einar Selvik This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with a man who needs no introduction, the amazing Einar Selvik! Last time Einar was on it was to talk about the music he had created for the just released Assassin's Creed ...
06.17.2021 Ep 69 - The Magic of Runestaves with Hrafnhildur This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with the amazingly talented hand poke tattoo artist Hrafnhildur in order to discuss the Icelandic Runestaves. In the current climate of Viking fever these runestaves have become highly requested tattoos, but do ...
06.10.2021 Ep 68 - Travelers Spear, A New Path to Old Gods This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Mario aka Travelers Spear to talk about his unique path to Heathenry. Mario is an african american and US army veteran. Together with the boys he'll be discussing the popularity of ...
06.02.2021 Ep 67 - Getting in Character with Maria Franz This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Maria Franz whose iconic headdress has become the symbol of the amazing band Heilung! We previously spoke with all the members of Heilung back in Episode 57, which is itself a ...
05.27.2021 Ep 66 - Slavery and Christianisation of Scandanavia with Shachar Orlinski This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Shachar Orlinski, a PHD student at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem whose study is concentrated on human trafficking in the Viking and Merovingian period. It's a hard topic to tackle but ...
05.20.2021 Ep 65 - The Folklore of Scandinavia with Tommy Kuusela This week Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with swedish folklorist Tommy Kuusela to discuss the diverse and highly entertaining folklore of Scandinavia. Complicated questions answered this week include: What is the difference between mythology and folklore? Why do so ...
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 ...

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