Early Germanic period… Barbarians and other savages from my neck of the woods: a review of the new Netflix series 29 Oct 202030 Oct 2020 Featured image from What's on Netflix In the following I will offer a review of the recently released show Barbarians (Barbaren) on Netflix. Barbarians (2020) was created by Andreas Heckmann,…
Germanic mythology… Viking warrior rituals in poetry – interview with dr. simon nygaard 29 Aug 2019 In this interview I am talking with Dr. Simon Nygaard who is a scholar of Old Norse religion at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. Simon has completed his dissertation…
Germanic mythology… Interview with Kai Faust from Heilung 18 Aug 201918 Aug 2019 In this interview I am talking with Kai Faust about the inspiration for Heilung's music. We go deep into the Viking Age, Iron Age, and Stone Age, and talk about…
Folklore… Interview with Einar Selvik from Wardruna 16 Aug 2019 In this interview I am talking with Einar Selvik from Wardruna about how the Nordic past, the Viking Age and Iron Age, and Nordic mythology has inspired his music. We…
Germanic mythology… Beowulf’s hall Heorot reconstructed at Sagnlandet Lejre 12 Aug 2019 In this video, I am talking about Sagnlandet Lejre, the experimental open-air museum of Danish pre-history just outside of Copenhagen. Lejre is known as a center of royal power in…
Germanic mythology… Viking tattoo art 5 Aug 2019 In this video I am interviewing Uffe Berenth, the phenomenal tattoo artist and owner of Ginnungagap Art. Uffe only makes Viking Age and Nordic Iron Age inspired tattoo designs. He…
Germanic mythology… Heavy metal and Viking myths 26 Jul 201926 Jul 2019 This interview with Dr. Benjamin Teitelbaum, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, is about the use of Vikings, the Viking Age, and Nordic mythology in…
Germanic mythology… Interview with The Ruins of Beverast 23 Jul 2019 At Fire in the Mountains, I got the exclusive chance to sit down with Alex, the frontman of the German Black Metal and Doom outfit The Ruins of Beverast. We…