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What in the fucking name of Odin is this?

I am a norwegian, does that make me your king?

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>>	Mjollnir 10/03/02(Tue)16:00 No. 3171 ID: 9b7ac8 norwegian diaspora reporting

>>	Captain Slog 10/03/08(Mon)12:38 No. 3182 ID: c13c09 >>1081 If you're from Orkney or Shetland, yes. if you're from Largs... better not brag about it. >>674 Yorkshirefag here, I'm descended from the Danes on my mother's side.

>>	Mjollnir 10/03/13(Sat)17:43 No. 3186 ID: 43465b File: 126853103135.jpg-(37.32KB, 398x500, kungen.jpg) Swedes are my kings. Norway was Sweden until they let the norfags go.

Greetings /norse/. I come with two inquiries:

1. What is the image?
It's a picture I took of a shirt I found at a second hand store, a while ago. I tried converting over the runes, and I got nothing, so maybe you all know more than myself. Maybe it's just nonsense and the shirt should be burned.

2. What's the story on Turisas?
Just recently, a friend posted lyrics to a song. I read them... I found them intriguing, and I knew there was something about it. And lo! Turns out it's this Finnish band called Turisas. I recognised the couple Finnish words used. My grandfather was Finnish, and I've always been interested in the language (I really like the language) but I don't know much in the way of history, so I didn't know they had shit to do with norse stuff (do they?). I DL'd "The Varangian Way" and I was surprised how much it didn't make me want to vomit. I'd come to /norse/ before, saw music/mythology threads, and was intimidated because I didn't know where to start learning. Turns out the Prose Edda I already owned should suffice, but that's deep in storage - any online/DL-able ones which you personally use and can recommend?
I didn't try out your music because, basically, it looked too savage and too dumbly theatrical. But this Turisas stuff isn't "rawr rawr rawr blood death death". It seems like it's got intelligent lyrics, and actual story. I now overstand thee use of theatrics - indeed some music I enjoy uses costumes to add to their expression.
I just wanted to come to you guys, since you're probably pretty good judges of norse-related music, and I've never listened to such before. If you can recommend other norse-related bands that aren't "rawr rawr death death gutteral growls" I'd appreciate it.

Also, if you all know anything about the Kalevala, let me know, and if I should jump right in, or how the hell I should read it. I own one, but that sucker is GIGANTIC, and honestly it's very intimidating to even start.

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Mjollnir 10/03/05(Fri)07:07 No. 3177 ID: ace878 File: 126780162457.jpg-(42.38KB, 485x382, tuonen joutsen.jpg) >My grandfather was Finnish, and I've always been interested in the language (I really like the language) but I don't know much in the way of history, so I didn't know they had shit to do with norse stuff (do they?). Finnish mythology hasn't really anything to do with norse mythology and vikings, so Turisas (which is the name of the god of war) may distort the image a bit for foreigner listeners when mixing the elements of different Scandinavic and Finnish folk mythologies. Well, of course Finnish culture and mythology with it has taken influences from surrounding Nordic beliefs, but the impact is mostly just nominal. And about Kalevala: I recommend you to try to find it written in non-poetic form. You get the story clear without having to get irritated with badly translated language. Poetic Kalevala opens only if you understand Finnish really well.

>>	Mjollnir 10/03/05(Fri)09:48 No. 3178 ID: 3888e8 File: 126781131739.jpg-(127.90KB, 953x953, kivenkantaja.jpg) You should check out Thyrfing, Einherjer, Sigtyr, Mistur (Fucking excellent might i add), and Moonsorrow (also superb, and great musical composition skills).

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Ilmari 10/03/12(Fri)02:01 No. 3185 ID: 2d1326 Well yeah, Vikings did sometimes use Finnish guides to translate when they traded with Russian villages. Fur trade also connected finns to vikings, but usually after trading they started to pillage and raid villages. After few decades of raiding Finnish villages started building hillforts that were quite impossible to capture. (fort on top of steep hill. defended with spears, arrows and boiling water. At winter the hill would be iced so you could only aprroach it from one direction.) One raiding party was almost totally wiped out by mixture of drunken vikings, big rapids and a sturdy rope pinned across the rapids by finnish hunters.

Heil /norse/,

can you recommend me some medieval (inspired) music, most likely metal, but also traditional folk music goes well too. I especially like drone notes and chords, as usual for medieval music, they make it blaze around somekind of primitive force and power.

And do not plz tell me to listen Satyricon or other famous Norwegian bands, I know black metal a little deeper than that.

Pic not related in any specific way.

  prepare your berserk

I found this old schoolbook in Old Norse in an antique shop yesterday. I'll post some more short reading pieces, if there is any interest for learning the language.

1. Basic rules

>>	Mjollnir 10/03/07(Sun)02:12 No. 3180 ID: b75622 File: 126795674866.png-(868.20KB, 490x800, S Eskeland og K Liestøl - Gamalnorsk - Større ut.png) 2. The Gods

I don't think you guys get it yet...

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>>	Mjollnir 10/01/28(Thu)13:25 No. 3130 ID: 68f88e File: 126471391111.jpg-(2.77KB, 340x408, Odin.jpg) I don't think any of you get it

>>	Mjollnir 10/02/21(Sun)18:48 No. 3153 ID: 713364 I get it. /norse/ - Valhalla == /gay/ - Homo's

>>	Mjollnir 10/03/04(Thu)19:17 No. 3175 ID: 130df1 File: 126775904090.jpg-(52.33KB, 300x350, tylerdurden.jpg) I got it! I got it! Aww shit...I lost it.

  I found this cool mod for HL2 a while back, called Pirates Vikings & Knights II. I've played it for a week or so, and its really friggin good.

One of their designers/concept artists is a Norwegian history buff, so the classes are based somewhat on history/ famous mythology.

The youtube video is of one of the new viking class, Gestir, released a little while ago.

Any one know of any other viking metal bands besides Manowar? Don't get me wrong Manowar is the shit, but I'm wondering if there are anyone else like them.