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Funeral Rites In Heathenry · Random Heathen Ramblings

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We're going to be getting into a really neat discussion.
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Today, we're going to be talking a little bit about funerary
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rites and from like Old Norse and some Saxon old Saxon type of
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angles. And the reason why I wanted to
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talk about this because even though, you know, we're not
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necessarily in the time of age or day and age when you know
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these, these ancient funeral rites are being done anymore.
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A lot of people may want to know about some of the ways in which
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the dead were honored and sent off into the Afterlife.
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And I just recently did a video about about that, about grieving
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So I felt that Since that was just a recent subject, let's
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talk a little bit about kind of how the dead were set on sent
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off into the Afterlife, if you will.
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So, let's get into this discussion here.
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We're going to be talking, we're going to be actually really
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focusing on two major sources that talk about these funerals
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as rights as Funerary rites that are that were performed in
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different ways by different cultures.
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They are preserved pretty well throughout you know the eddas
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and sagas and other poems and historical sources.
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You know, we've got Ahmed Ahmed, even fought Lon.
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So from even fought lawn in the land of Darkness, we're going to
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be talking or referencing that specific Norse funeral.
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He witnessed amongst the roofs. Of course, a lot of us have
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heard about Boulders funeral through the prose Edda through
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snorri, sturluson prose Edda. So we have stuff in the lore
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about. You know, how balder was
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prepared and sent away to Hell after he was killed.
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And then in the Saga, Beowulf, the Saxon poem, Beowulf, there's
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a Beowulf's funeral and that's going to be the first thing that
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we talk about. Because Is it is quite extensive
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in how its described. But before we start reading that
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we're actually going to take note of the fact of, you know,
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most most funeral rites throughout history and you know
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heat and times were present that you pretty much mostly
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cremations they were usually done like Ship, or at the edge
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of the water. Of course, there are funerals in
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water as well. And then funerals in burial,
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mounds away from from water. So we're going to read now real
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quick, a section from The Saga Beowulf and this is actually
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going to be the Francis B groom ear.
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Translation comes pronouncing, last name of that, right?
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And forgive me, any of you the old English folks out here
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listening that I may, if I'm, if I'm mispronouncing some of the
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old English names that are that maybe in this section, I
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apologize. But anyways, here we go.
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So in Beowulf, we hear that quote, then the baron of West
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and bade command Hardy Chief Two Heroes, many On their homesteads
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hither to bring firewood from far or the folk.
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They ruled from the fame ones. Funeral fire shall devour and
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Wayne Flames feed on The Fearless Warrior.
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Who off stood Stout in the iron shower.
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When sped from the string, a storm of arrows shut or the
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shield wall, the shaft held firm feet, Li feathered followed the
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Barb. And now the sage young one young
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son, One of waste and seven shows of the chieftain stains,
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the best. He found that bandwidth in and
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went with these Warriors. One of eight under hostel roof
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in hand, one bore a light to lighted torch and led the way no
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Lots. They cast for keeping the horde
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when Once the Warriors, saw it in Hall.
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All together, without a guardian lying, they're lost and little
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they mourned when they had hastily hailed.
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Dear bought, treasure, the dragon, they cast the worm, over
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the wall for the wave to take and surges swallowed that
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Shepherd of gems. Then the woven gold on a Wayne
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was Laden. Countless quite and the king was
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born, Horry hero to Thrones Nest, then fashion for him.
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The folk of gates firm on the earth, a funeral pile and hung
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it with helmets and harnesses. Of war and breastplates bright
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as the Boon he asked and they laid a mid in the mighty
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Chieftain they and they laid a mid it the mighty Chieftain,
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Heroes morning, their Master dear then on the hill that
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hugest of bow fires the Warriors waken would smoke Rose black
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over Blaze and blind was the Roar of flame with weeping till
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the fire had broken, the frame of Bones hot at the heart.
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And heavy mood, their misery moaned, they their masters death
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wailing her. Whoa, the Widow old her hail up
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Bound for Beowulf's Death Song in her sorrow and said, full
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oft. She dreaded the doleful days to
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come deaths now and doom of battle and shame.
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The Smoke by the sky was devoured.
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The folk of the waiters fashioned there on the Headland.
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It Arrow Broad & high' by ocean ferrars far descried in 10 days
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time their toll had raised it. The battle Braves Beacon round
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brands of the pyre, a wall, they built the worthiest ever that
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which could prompt in their wisest men.
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They placed in the Barrow that precious booty, the rounds and
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the Rings they had left are while Hardy heroes from Poor Dan
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cave, trusting the ground with Treasures of URLs gold in the
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earth, wherever it lies, useless to, man, as of your, it was then
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about that Barrow. The battle Keen Road, ætheling,
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born a band of 12, lament to make to mourn, their King chant
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their dear judge and their Chieftain honor.
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They praised his Earl ship, his acts of prowess worthy witnessed
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worthily witnessed And well, it is that men their Master friend
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mightily loud heartily. Love when hence he goes from
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Life in the body forlorn away and that concludes the segment
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of Beowulf, that talks about his Beowulf's funeral, it consists
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of a cremation and the burial of his ashes in a In a burial
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mound. Okay, there's a pretty simple
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order to it. Actually, there's a speech
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that's made, they will spend placed all the grave Goods on
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the pyre with his body, his queen bevels, queen sang a
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dirge, you know, like a morning song, So of sorts and guess and
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then the ashes of the body. And the gifts were pulled into
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the mound and then once The mound was built.
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There were 12 of his Warriors at circled.
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The mount on Horseback singing songs to Beowulf's, praise.
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Okay. Now the the sense of it all like
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you know and in terms of modern funerals and stuff like that
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obviously there's not going to be a very not very possible and
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may not even be legal in. Most areas, at least of the
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United States anyway to literally burn a body in the
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open and then just bury it in amount.
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Okay, times are different but I think that there's ways to sort
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of recreate that especially if you're wanting to fulfill the
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wishes of the deceased that wanted something of a
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historical. Oil Viking funeral or
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historical, Heathen funeral, or something like that.
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Here's an example of what was done, you know, during this
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poem, what was how it was, performed the steps that were
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performed and then you can customize it and, you know, make
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it a bit more conducive to things in modern times over the
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requirements, the legalities, the restrictions even that we
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have nowadays. Now there's also So a debate, as
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to whether or not there was ever like a wake where people could
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like view the body before it was cremated, it's not a tested to
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an 80s, any sources that we know of.
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But the chances of it being probable, are our fair.
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Right there was, I believe in lacks a day lasogga a funeral
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sambal or sambal for the Dead. Ed after, like many moons like
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lunar cycles. And so we're talking months
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after the funeral and burial rites.
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It was, you know, there were at least the one index Adela Saga.
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Lex de leus, dog. Excuse me for four trays that
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there's a funeral sambal of whole school.
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And it was a pretty high, you know, big deal.
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It was a pretty lavish Affair. Pretty Big, big party, that sort
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of thing. There's also mention of a
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funeral sambal in the England of saga in chapter 22.
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There's a king agna who at the time had the gold ornaments,
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which had belonged to visible and he not married you know
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married ask elf and she begged him to make burial sambal in
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honor of her father. Invited a great.
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Many guests and made a great feast.
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He had become very celebrated by his expedition in.
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There was a great drinking map so there's you know, celebratory
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events that take place after the funeral rites but again how
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that's done that mean that can be pretty open-ended in terms of
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how you know, what is done modern-day and in modern times
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speaking. So that is one interesting
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funeral and and he's pretty detailed about that.
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Write books, welcome back. Let's get into reading about the
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account of a Swedish Chieftain, one of the ruse, his funeral
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around the 10th Century or so, I believe it was by the Arab
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writer, Ahmed, even fought Lon. Okay.
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So his account of this Norse vikings funeral that he saw is
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actually pretty quite elaborate, right?
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There's a lot of detail to this. So it says that your he writes
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down, he says that the dead, the dead Chieftain was put in a
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temporary graved and in a temporary grave, which was
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covered for 10 days until they had so new clothes for him.
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One of his thrall, women volunteered to join him in the
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afterlife. Life.
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And she was guarded every day and night being in a great
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amount of intoxicating drinks. While she sang happily.
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When the time had arrived for cremation, they pulled his
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longship ashore and put it on a platform of wood and they made a
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bed for the dead Chieftain on the ship thereafter.
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An old woman referred to as quote, the angel of death, put
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cushions on the bed. She was responsible for the
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ritual, then. They disinterred the chieftain
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and gave him new clothes in his grave.
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He received, intoxicating drinks, fruits and stringed
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instruments are and a stringed instrument.
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Sorry, the chieftain was put into his bed with all his
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weapons and Grave offerings around him.
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So here we have again, more instances of things being given
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to the dead on their funeral pyre.
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Then they had two horses, run themselves, sweaty, cut them to
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pieces and threw the meat into the ship.
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Finally, They sacrificed a hen and a cock.
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Meanwhile, the thrall girl went from one tenth to the other and
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had sexual intercourse with the men.
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Every man told her quote, tell your master that I did this
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because of my love to him and quote, while in the afternoon
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they moved the thrall girl, to something that looked like a
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door frame where she was lifted on the palms of the men three
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times. Every time, the girl told of
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what she saw. The first time she saw her
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father and mother the second time she saw all her relatives
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and the third time, she saw her master in the afterworld.
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The the chieftain there, it was green and beautiful and together
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with him. She saw men and young boys.
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She saw that her master beckon for her by using intoxicating
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drinks. They thought to put the thrall
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girl in an ecstatic trance that made her psychic.
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And through the symbolic action with the door frame, she And see
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and to the realm of the Dead. Alright?
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So in the same original also appears to be in the in an
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Icelandic, short story called a vole stuff filter where to Pagan
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Norwegian, men, lift the lady of the house, sold out of over
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door, frame, to help her look into the Afterlife with the
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other World Behind to the sacred.
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So, it seems like a very common practice of ritual, okay, so
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then going on there, after the thrall girl was taken away.
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Way to the ship, she removed, her bracelets and gave them to
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the old woman thereafter. She removed her finger rings and
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gave them to the old woman's daughter who had guarded her.
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Then they took her aboard, a brought aboard the ship, but
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they did not allow her to enter the tent with a dead Chieftain.
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Lay the girl received several vessels of intoxicating drinks
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and she sang and bade, her friends, farewell, then the girl
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was pulled into the tent and the men started to beat on their
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Shields. So her screams could not be
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heard six, men entered into the tent to have intercourse with
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the girl, after which they put her on to her Masters bed.
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This is where it gets pretty intense, two men grabbed her
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hands and two men, her wrists, the angel of death, put a rope
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around her neck, and while two men pulled the Rope, the old
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woman, stabbed the girl between her ribs with a knife
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thereafter. The relatives of the Dead
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Chieftain arrived, with a burning torch and set the ship.
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I'm a flame. It is said that the fire
28:37
facilitates The Voyage to the realm of the dead.
28:40
But unfortunately, the account, doesn't tell to which roam
28:45
deceased. Was to go, right?
28:47
And then afterwards, afterwards, a round Barrel was built over
28:52
the ashes and in the center of the mound, they erected a staff
28:56
of birch wood where they carved the names of the Dead chieftain
28:58
in his King and then they departed in their own ship.
29:02
So again When it comes to the practicality of recreating,
29:09
these types of funerals nowadays, there's obviously no
29:12
way at all that you're going to see instances of this.
29:17
You know, ritualised sexuality being performed.
29:22
There's not going to be any human sacrifice.
29:25
There's most likely not going to be any animal sacrifice or
29:28
anything. However, the gesture of, you
29:34
know, Leaving gifts with the deceased, we even see that now.
29:40
I mean you know how many funerals have we all been to?
29:43
Now where we see when there's a viewing and the deceased is laid
29:49
out within the family is there and all the friends and families
29:53
and distant relations and whatnot are coming to pay their
29:57
respects. How many times do we see?
30:03
You know, instances where Pictures left.
30:05
There's trinkets, there's things left to, and given to the
30:10
deceased, as a gift, and I feel like no matter what your
30:14
religious persuasion is, no matter why you would do it.
30:19
There's there's reason behind it, that goes back to very
30:23
ancient Pagan traditions. We want our beloved dead to know
30:32
that wherever they go, that, you know, we are going to, we want
30:36
them to be with us and we want the things that we know, they
30:39
loved and that they enjoy or that meant something to them.
30:42
We want that to be with them wherever they goes in order to
30:45
keep creating keep that connection from where they're
30:49
going to, where they were, and where we are still, you know,
30:53
kind of that. I don't want to say Lifeline,
30:57
but it's kind of like a connection between the profane
31:03
and the sacred and Away. At least that's my understanding
31:06
of why it's done. You know, we obviously can't
31:09
keep them around forever. Their their physical bodies are
31:12
going to be buried or cremated or whatever the tradition is
31:16
that you've had set up for them and whatever their wishes were.
31:18
So, you know, but there's still that gesture.
31:25
The things that we do that, we, I think subconsciously in a way,
31:29
want them to remain with us some way and somehow, And so we again
31:35
the the action that of, you know, leaving gifts for the dead
31:40
and leaving them on their grave sites.
31:44
You know. We see that a lot especially if
31:46
you know where the cup is it be flowers or stuffed animals, or
31:49
what have you? These are all kind of.
31:53
I think things that are rooted in ancient Pagan Traditions,
31:56
whether we realize it or not, whether you maybe Pagan or not.
32:01
And I think this is, this has a To do with part of what our
32:08
video was about, or what the video was about on Sunday.
32:11
When we were talking about, you know, grieving and the grieving
32:14
process as he. And so, I'm going to take
32:16
another break. Lastly, we just you know, wanted
32:19
to go over those kind of historical, parts, of see
32:23
examples of funerary rites and then when we come back from this
32:26
next commercial break, I'm going to just wrap it up with talking
32:30
about a little bit about, you know, the grieving process and
32:33
why these things mean so much Much to us especially as he
32:35
then. So thank you guys for listening
32:37
this far, stay comfy and I'll be back here shortly.
32:53
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35:49
Welcome back. So thank you all for listening
35:52
to today's episode. I even though I think this may
35:55
not get as many, you know, streams or listens just because
35:58
of the nature of the subject funerary rites, right?
36:01
You know, funeral rites talking about the dead, how the dead
36:05
were, you know, sent off into the Afterlife and what not, it's
36:08
maybe not the most, you know, widely popular subject.
36:13
But having said that, I do think that it has an important place
36:18
in our lives, especially as heathens.
36:21
And the reason for that is because our ancient ancestors,
36:25
you know, didn't have the view of death.
36:28
Same way as we do, now we struggle with it.
36:30
Now, we grieve so heavily, now, when we lose the ones we love
36:34
and it's it's tough to you know, kind of learn and understand how
36:43
Death was viewed by a society and so ancient so outdated that
36:48
you know they didn't look at it as the end of something.
36:52
It was the beginning of something new there.
36:54
They were the start of something.
36:57
You know, they're leaving one area and moving to another.
37:00
It was and and life was never taken for granted it was
37:06
celebrated and that's how I feel like we as heathens nowadays
37:11
should Try to try to think and try to approach things, you
37:18
know, we're gonna grief, we're going to mourn, we read about it
37:22
in Beowulf, we read about it and even Fudd.
37:26
Lawn, you know, there was, there was grief, there was wailing,
37:29
there was crying, There Was, You Know, morning and stuff.
37:31
It happens. It's part of the healing
37:33
process. And Then There Was, You Know,
37:35
song sung. And there was, you know, great
37:38
feasting there was celebrating, there was You know,
37:43
commemorating commemorative actions, things that bring a
37:49
sense of honor and celebration to the one who has moved on and
37:57
then into their next stage of existence.
37:59
You know, because death is not the end and it's hard to, I
38:02
guess, get into that mindset. But a truly isn't, I mean, I
38:06
feel the presence and the life. If you will of my ancestors
38:15
around me specific ones, you know, even dear friends, perhaps
38:20
that have become very close to me.
38:23
You know what I mean, who I want to remember, and I speak of
38:26
them. And I talked about them and I
38:27
keep their memory alive. And in that sense, keeping that
38:31
part of them alive, you know. And that's how it would.
38:34
That's how they want it to be. I feel it's they don't want to
38:37
be cried about all the time and thought of in No sadness and
38:45
being all Melancholy and stuff, they lived a life and they
38:48
celebrated life and why should that, why should it end?
38:51
Just because their physical body has has has left, right?
38:56
So I guess the reason why I wanted to talk about, you know,
39:00
the funeral rites and how heathens did it, which is kind
39:05
of a segue into the topic of discussion that was on Sundays
39:10
video over grief. It's very interesting to learn
39:15
about how the dead were handled and honored.
39:20
And I think we have a lot to learn from that from our ancient
39:24
ancestors. Again, obviously, we're not
39:25
going to necessarily be able to recreate to 100% accuracy, you
39:30
know, a great funeral pyre, where you know, bodies are burnt
39:35
and the open and their ashes are, you know, piled up into a
39:39
mound and then we dump all kinds of things and it's into the
39:42
mound. And just Loosely bury them.
39:44
And, you know, obviously we can't we can't really do that
39:48
nowadays but the spirit behind it all you know, having certain
39:55
processes to, you know, speak well of them.
40:01
And then the procession and then what is said or sung, the gifts
40:06
that we leave all these types of things.
40:08
All these nuances that we may not necessarily know of as
40:12
having Pagan origins, but they certainly are.
40:16
And I think it helps us through the grieving process because we
40:21
are ritually experiencing something to keep them, keep
40:28
them in their memory alive. It's not like we're saying
40:31
goodbye were just, you know, sending them off to another part
40:34
of their journey and then say, you know, we will catch you
40:37
later, we will see you again. So it's it's not like we're
40:42
saying Like I said it's not like we're saying goodbye is that?
40:44
We're just just a send-off you know.
40:48
So I hope you guys liked this episode again it was a bit of a
40:52
an off-the-wall one and I don't expect it to get as great, many
40:55
views or streams or whatever. But if you thought anything of
41:00
it I'm anxious to hear your feedback which if you want to
41:04
get in touch with me outside of social media, if you don't want
41:08
to use Facebook, if you don't want to get onto YouTube and
41:11
reach out to me on, Of those platforms, you can email me
41:14
directly, my email address is midgard musings, Tian at
41:20
gmail.com. Okay, if I don't reply right
41:23
away, if I'm delayed a day or two, it's normal.
41:26
Please don't consider that I'm ignoring you or being rude.
41:30
It's just that I have a lot going on and just trying to get
41:35
back to people, sometimes doesn't always happen right
41:38
away. So I will return your email may
41:40
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41:42
Will. So if you have any questions or
41:44
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41:46
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41:50
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41:53
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41:55
hearing from you. Thank you all again.
41:57
So much for listening to today's podcast.
42:00
Hail may your ancestors smile on you and may the gods continue to
42:05
walk with you. Hey everybody.
42:17
Welcome back. So thank you all for listening
42:19
to today's episode. I even though I think this may
42:22
not get as many streams or listens just because of the
42:26
nature of the subject funerary rites, right?
42:28
You know, funeral rites talking about the dead, how the dead
42:32
were, you know, sent off into the Afterlife and what not, it's
42:36
maybe not the most, you know, widely popular subject.
42:40
But having said that, that I do think that it has an important
42:45
place in our lives, especially as heathens.
42:49
And the reason for that is because our ancient ancestors,
42:52
you know, didn't have the view of death.
42:56
Same way as we do, now we struggle with it.
42:58
Now, we grieve so heavily, now when we lose the ones we love
43:01
and it's it's tough to you know kind of learn and understand how
43:10
death was viewed by us. Side and so ancient, so outdated
43:15
that, you know, they didn't look at it as the end of something.
43:19
It was the beginning of something new there.
43:22
They were the start of something.
43:24
You know, they're leaving one area and moving to another it
43:28
was. And and and life was never taken
43:33
for granted, it was celebrated and that's how I feel like we as
43:37
heathens nowadays should try it. Try to think and try to approach
43:45
things, as you know, we're gonna grief, we're going to mourn.
43:48
We read about it in Beowulf of read about it and even Fudd
43:54
long, you know, there was, there was grief, there was wailing,
43:56
there was crying, There Was, You Know, morning and stuff.
43:59
It happens. It's part of the healing
44:01
process. And Then There Was, You Know,
44:03
song sung. And there was, you know, great
44:05
feasting there was celebrating. There was, you know,
44:10
commemorating, Commemorative actions things that bring a
44:16
sense of honor and celebration to the one who has moved on and
44:24
then into their next stage of existence.
44:26
You know, because death is not the end and it's hard to, I
44:30
guess, get into that mindset. But a truly isn't, I mean, I
44:34
feel the presence and the the life if you will of my Is around
44:43
me specific ones, you know, even dear friends, perhaps that have
44:50
become very close to me. You know what I mean, who I want
44:52
to remember, and I speak of them.
44:54
And I talked about them and I keep their memory alive.
44:56
And in that sense, keeping that apart of them alive, you know,
45:01
and that's how it would, that's how they want it to be.
45:03
I feel it's they don't want to be cried about all the time and
45:09
thought of and, you know, sadness and being old Melancholy
45:13
and stuff, they lived a life and they celebrated life and why
45:17
should that, why should it end? Just because their physical body
45:20
has has has left, right? So, I guess, the reason why I
45:26
wanted to talk about, you know, the funeral rites and how
45:31
heathens did it was, just it's kind of a segue into the topic
45:34
of discussion that was on Sundays video over grief.
45:40
It's very interesting to learn And about how the dead were
45:45
handled and honored. And I think we have a lot to
45:49
learn from that from our ancient ancestors.
45:52
Again, obviously, we're not going to necessarily be able to
45:54
recreate to 100% accuracy, you know, a great funeral pyre,
46:01
where you know, bodies are burnt and the open and their ashes
46:04
are, you know, piled up into a mound and then we dump all kinds
46:08
of things and it's into the mound and just Loosely bury
46:12
them. And you know, obviously we can't
46:15
we can't really do that nowadays but the spirit behind it all you
46:19
know, having certain processes to, you know, speak well of
46:28
them. And then the procession and then
46:30
what is said or sung, the gifts that we leave all these types of
46:35
things. All these nuances that we may
46:38
not necessarily know of as having had a pagan origins.
46:42
But they certainly are. And I think it helps us through
46:47
the grieving process because we are ritually experiencing
46:52
something to keep them, keep them in their memory alive.
46:57
It's not like we're saying goodbye were just you know
47:00
sending them off to another part of their journey and then say,
47:03
you know, we will catch you later, we will see you again.
47:07
So it's it's not like we're saying, like I said, it's not
47:11
like we're saying goodbye, is that?
47:12
Just just a send-off, you know. So I hope you guys liked this
47:17
episode again. It was a bit of a, an off the
47:20
wall with one. And I don't expect it to get as
47:22
great, many views or streams or whatever.
47:25
But if you thought anything of it I'm anxious to hear your
47:29
feedback which if you want to get in touch with me outside of
47:33
social media, if you don't want to use Facebook, if you don't
47:37
want to get onto YouTube and reach out to me on either of
47:40
those platforms, you can email me directly.
47:42
Lee email, addresses midgard musings Tian at gmail.com, okay?
47:49
If I don't reply right away, if I'm delayed a day or two, it's
47:53
normal. Please don't consider that I'm
47:56
ignoring you or being rude. It's just that I have a lot
47:59
going on and just trying to get back to people, sometimes
48:04
doesn't always happen right away.
48:06
So I will return your email may just take me a day or two but I
48:09
promise I will. So if you have any questions or
48:12
you Want to give me your feedback and you don't want to
48:14
leave a comment on a random post anywhere on social media.
48:17
Shoot me an email again. It's midgard musings Tian at
48:21
gmail.com. All right, so I look forward to
48:23
hearing from you. Thank you all again.
48:24
So much for listening to today's podcast.
48:28
Hail may your ancestors smile on you and may the gods continue to
48:33
walk with you.