Just happened by here. Very interesting. I live on the West coast of Norway in a tiny town called Bygstad, in Sunnfjord county in "Dalsfjord", just north of the largest fjord " Sognefjord".There are 2 viking graves right by my house where I live on a little 17 acre farm. The story goes that they have been opened and pillaged by robbers a long time ago. I've been thinking of investing in a metal detector to search around the farm for relics. Just a few miles down the road there still exists a farm from the time around the year 1000, a large "hovd" or meeting place for the area where there still exists a huge farm today. It's called "Osen gard". They have an outside theater each summer where they portray the characters of the vikings that lived in the area at that time.

It's a damn shame we only have 3 lectures by this wonderful speaker. I could listen for months. Great great job working that camera so we can also see each image. You guys don't get enough recognition.

Thank you both for your presence of mind to record this lecture and your generosity both in making it available via UKposts. Much appreciated.

It's good that you keep this alive, few people here in Sweden is interested nowadays. Thank you.

One of the most impressive lectures in years. The facts presented really give new insights in the mental and spiritual landscape of the 'norse' traditions. I was thrilled to hear of some new details on the 'Sorceress of Fyrkat' and the possible ritual 'eating of the dead'. The lectures open up a new field of clues to a better understanding our distant ancestors. Wonderful!

Wonderful lecture! As a casual fan of Norse culture, it very hard to find accessible information about the Vikings that's not run-of-the-mill, watered down History channel summaries of the same basic intro information. I wish more scholars would take the time to interface with the casual audience and deepen the pop culture discussion with real information instead of relegating themselves to academia. Thanks to Cornell for posting and for Professor Price for presenting the information in such an engaging way. Awesome!!

They travelled up the St-Laurence to the great lakes here to trade linens and other goods to Algonquins who supplied copper from north Michigan for bronze tools. Lots of boats involved.

I read that Ask and Embla translate as Ash and Alder trees. Vy and Veyr gave them movement and speech to show off their majick. The younger brother, not wanting to be outdone, gave them consciousness. His brothers were spooked by this line crossing. Every diverse people on earth, every culture, every nationality, every human, is ultimately descended from Ask and Embla. We are all family, no matter how different.

16:50 Lecture 1: The Children of Ash

Fascinating lecture. I just thought they were pirates and the odd settler. They got to Thailand apparently and even China. The Viking Cave on Phi Phi has etchings of any boats passing, the distinctive Viking Longboat amongst Galleons, sampans and junks. They deserve respect for that.

Fascinating that deer with the Ygdrassil antlers and a bird on top. 29:47 The deer, by many of the ancients, was a sign for the Sun. Antlers of the deer marked the 1st of Aries (hinge of the universe). The bird on top could be a heron, a raven, a phoenix, etc. And it was speaking of the time in which we are living. We are waiting for the Great Bird to descend on the 1st of Aries. To get there, he was expected to fly down from Polaris via Pegasus.

Can we just appreciate the good example of an academically inclined hype-man that was in the introductory segment.

Those words of good advice are from the Hávamál ("Words of the High One"), a collection of wise advice given by Odinn. Unlike "commandments," they suggest courses of action and give insights into Odinn's magic, and do not have to be obeyed. Ignoring good advice comes with its own consequences. Not all of the document has survived, but over 130 verses are still recorded.

An excellent lecture presenting a multi discipline approach to the religion and mind of viking age scandinavians. Professor Price's outstanding ability to take this info and present it to the layman in an understandable way makes these lectures a joy to watch. Thank you Prof Price.

Feb 8, 2021 yet as RELEVANT & LOVELY today as the day delivered! A Lovely Scolar, Lovely Topic and FREE to watch again & again! THANK YOU 🙏 🌹💙💙🙏🌹👍😊🌹💙♾

latecomer here, but I have to say EPIC lecture and a thousand thanks to whomever recorded it and put it online! LOVE

We have to keep the knowledge and traditions of our distant ancestors (anywhere in the world) alive. You never know when it will be needed.

1:07:22 When I heard this question about whether there were any moral matters tied in with the cosmology, I didn't first think about the afterlife, and how our morality determines the future, but rather whether the ancient Scandinavians' belief of a human being's duty in life, or the moral code they would follow, if they had one (which I think they did as all human communities have moral codes), was seen as originating in the way humans were created. This is the way it is in Christianity, and seeing as the parallel was being made in the question, I thought of it this way. A really great lecture!

One night, i was listening too UKposts and i was outside, alone. I made a comment about the Oxford Professor giving the lecture and the whole class at the lecture online started laughing and the Prof. even laughed at my comments. It was awesome.

So glad people record lectures

Generally a good lecture, and a very good point that we tend to forget; that the spiritual world and the "real" world were not seperate entities- they were intermingled and reality. He is wrong in asserting that there were no unified Kingdoms at the beginning of the Viking Age though. Denmark under Godfred seems to have covered much of the same area as it did in the later middle ages, plus Vestfold. And there are indications that it was unified as far back as the 6th century (Näsman, Hedeager wants to put the unification even earlier, but there is only scant evidence for that- though the process did start very early as documented in her PhD thesis). With its location across a main trade route, easy access to everywhere from water (the highway of the past), fertile lands with no rough country and early connections with The Roman Empire; it seems logical that it would unify early and up until the development of Sweden in the 15th- 16th centuries, be the strongest og the Scandinavian Kingdoms.

Very good speech! I appreciate how he doesnt let our current view of the Norse influence the facts.... Jackson Crawford is another spectacular Old Norse specialist. He's worth looking into.

A hug from me to you all.

Brilliant. Thanks to all involved

Great lecture..plus a badass mullet to boot. It has everything..

Thanks so much for this Neil Price and Cornell University! This is truly invaluable information to make available for interested lay persons like me.

Interesting fact in New Zealand we have viking ships in dargaville Harbour found that predate not only the European settlement but the Maori Polynesian settlements. Captain Cook has a ships log of capturing a very tall blond man .tied him to the ships mast. But he escaped and dived overboard and swam back to shore. These people were known as the waitaha people. A mixed race of people's that were living here for more than a thousand years earlier. We have burial mounds . One near marital Beach. Facing out to sea. It has been preserved luckily found when developing a new sports ground. It can be seen easily if interested in sighting it today. Dargaville museum are one of the few museums that have not hidden the real history of New Zealand. But have kept precious finds under wraps so the government dies not destroy the little proof still exists of these people that were our true founders of our beautiful island nation. One day I hope their existence is honored as it should be. One or two books published but not taught in our very annihilated version of our nation's beginnings. Due to a negative stigma of cannibalism and waring past of the Polynesian races that came, probably during a time of great volcanic upheaval in the pacific region. Things happened that are not desired pasts to teach . So squashed into an oblivion of denial today. But human nature should not judge but learn from these hardships.

Much appreciated, this!

My family comes from Denmark, Norway and scotland and this is such an amazing and informative information! Grimfrost also asked for his assistance as well if i remember correctly. I could be wrong.

This was an amazing lecture. Thanks for the upload.

Cracking series of lectures.

So much evidence of the giants today so this guys perception is way ahead of the masses of today and yesterday.

I am originally from a small village in Västerbotten County, Sweden. The old people who lived there when I grew up believed in trolls, gnomes, the vittras and other "invisible people".

I absolutely loved this presentation...I am a German and scandanavian American, my soul NEEDED this presented in this way...

Very good lecture for someone re entering Asatru.

Cool. Looking forward to the series.

I kept finding myself in the middle of an indigenous peoples book. Finally I found your book about my history. So proud to be of Viking heritage. My people were converted to Mormonism by 1860. We crossed the Atlantic from Denmark, found ourselves on the Atlantic coast, made our way to the Mississippi River where we were given a handcart, and told to join the group we are seeking by crossing the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. Then we were sent to Central Utah To-Face hostile Indians. Here I still am to tell the story. You can't kill a Viking

Captivating lecture, enjoyed every minute of it! Thanks for sharing.

To avoid the pre-amble, FF to 04.45mins.

I’m so happy I found these lectures🔥🔥

Wow, what a speaker. Was engrossed listening to this,i cross referenced much of what he said and everything was within the narrative and in fact he was naming the norse words in the correct etimology.

Let’s make this world better. We each have a role to play so let’s help one another. Embody vulnerability and strength all at once.

Jackson Crawford makes a good point that Freya’s slain warriors probably went to Valhol. Freyja seems to have a connection to the Valkyries.

Wonderful lecture!

I found this incredibly interesting and well explained. Thank you. Skol!

Very good speaker and endlessly fascinating topic, thank you!

Very interesting. I particularly like how Price tries to describe the world view of the Vikings from their own perspective; how he explains that the stories of Oding and the gods and all the invisible forces and creatures (dwarves, elves, land-spirits) where not perceived as myths or something you believed in. The gods and their helpers and all the forces along with all the different worlds (Asgard, Hel, Niflheim) were real, a part of nature, forming the world in which people lived their lives.

What wonderful scholarship and presented in an entertaining and relaxed style! Fantastic.

Very informative. Thank you.

Just fantastic! Well spoken! Learned more in 90min than I have in 40years of more- than -casual Viking interest.

The Q and A session was incredible.

very interesting and well presented,thank you.

.....would like to know more about the viking presence in the Western Isles. This lectures were very very interesting.

Great! He apologizes for being "long and rambling" but I hung on every word, a great speaker. Very interesting.

Brilliant presentation!! Few are as easy to follow and as articulate. Every long answer was a bonus!!! Great job!❤😃👍

was watchin astrology stuff , and ended up here .

To be fair, people in Denmark still make offerings to the Elves in Winter (specifically Christmas). Well at least a sort of cultural offspring of elves called "Nisser"

outstanding!

Thanks very interesting. Small correction though! Ingvar the far-travelled's expedition was in 1041, not 1014. So it was very very late in viking terms.

The world tree is mentioned in other religions/cultures, so we know what it means. It's the tree of life or creation, similar to how scientists map out the branches of life today. In the Bible it's used to warn the adamic people not to mix themselves with other life forms (such as the cro magnon - giants and neanderthal - dwarves they would have come into contact with). They are told not to 'eat' from it. When the tribes of adamic people split up and some migrated north and into europe, they would have retained memories of some of the old stories they were told. The same images/icons pop up in other places they moved to. So neither the drawings of the 'trees' are accurate, as it's more like the network of living creatuers in the world. The descriptions of dwarves, giants, elves, etc have been creatively expanded as they've been passed down the generations, but I would assume these were just remaining pockets of different looking people they met on their travels since we read similar tales in other cultures about such people.

three minutes and fiftyfive seconds the guy made him stand there before he let him speak.

That was brilliant. I took notes and everything. I enjoyed the further knowledge about the invisible beings, some finer details I was unaware of. And the reminder that this is a living belief. Yggdrasil, a tree that tessellates reality, riding between worlds, okes were trippin'.

The world tree that you are referring is called "KalpaVriksha"

Who is the artist of the artwork at the beginning of the video (viking night scene)?

Really good, glad I watched this.

this is really great! thank you very much (:

Correct or incorrect, I always read it as( as it was explained in the text) Askr and Embla, being given as Ash and Elm. I've read this time and again in texts in my youth. Whether that is correct, and Embla( sometimes written as Elmbla), or it is incorrect inference is another matter. But it was my understanding of it, as given by the various mythological accounts.

Fascinating. Really striking about the isotopes in teeth

The questions were the *best* part.

I think that nowadays (December 31, 2020), "Viking" has been *redefined* as referring strictly to the elite group of Scandinavian men who explored for plunder, at times for trade, discovery and migration opportunities. Their ranks were pulled from various parts of Scandinavia. So, the settlers remaining at home would not be considered Vikings anymore than civilians are considered soldiers.

That ponytail really grinds my gears

Very interesting nd extremely enjoyed. Thank you for sharing. Knd regards Robert.

Neil Price is a Legend!

Hi, coming from a mother and father together about 70% Scandinavian from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Mostly Norway Sweden. My mothers and my Haplo also comes from Italy Spain and Portugal. Dad has a bit of Scots Irish England. Funny when I was a little girl, I seen little people in the backyard with big trees in Puyallup Washington. Sounds crazy but it’s true. Most people that made me think I’m Italian because I have the darker skin lighter hair. I didn’t know that the Vikings went down through Sicily, which is another one in Sardinia probably which is also on my mother side. I so enjoy learning more about the Heritage. Thank you. I do know it seems in my perception that Italian and Scandinavians are very strong about their feelings. I’m not talking about governments but the people. And we love food. Terribly. Ha ha.

Amazing speaker. Buying his book rn.

Thank you.

Some of your talks still counts IRL here.Thx for for your sreak mr. :-).

Terrific stuff👍

Eight years and the introduction continues.

49:00 Very interesting point. To us, their stories are mythology, but to them, it was reality. Really brings home the role of ideology in everyday life. You can hear Slavoj Zizek butting in: ideology is the frame by which we make sense of the world. Capitalist ideology, Norse-slave economic ideology, etc...

dude who does the intro looks like a Viking himself!

Hello from Sweden ! A very interesting lecture. Thank you. I will check the other 2 tomorrow. Btw. I lived for 13 years at a place called Yggrdasil :)

Thanks from Pennsylvania!!!

What a delightful opportunity to sit in on such a prestigious lecturer, afforded by an institution I couldn't have dreamed of attending when I was of the appropriate age. Too bad we're now being told don't go outside without a mask, don't sing in church.. and don't disagree with the publicized 'approved' programming in progress.. but I digress. Thank you for sharing this opportunity, ptb of Cornell. I hope we manage to work out our differences without the need for such absurdities or oligarchy soon.

Didn’t Andy from The Office attend Cornell?

Anyone have a source for the image Dr. Price shows of the silver Valkyrie pins? I would very much like to inspect those further

Is that a braided mullet?

Thank you kindly........

You could piece it together more easily if you posited a "when" rather than a "where". Treat time as a form of geography.

Could Embla be Elm tree if the other meant Ash tree? Dwarves not being indicated as small,,is their any link to the letters Dw. As in a word like Dwindle indicating diminution,maybe Dw has some hidden meaning linked that way.?

Im more interested in studying that hair. Holy shit what a mullet. I am a fan sir.

who is the artist of the picture at 24:46?

Good lecture.

I was thinking after he said that the east was this unknown place, and thought that this could fit into their creation story very well. The East is Niflheim, a place of cold and snow that is barely habitable to the Vikings. And to the West, where the warm air of the Atlantic Jetstream blows over Europe making it habitable, is Muspell. In between the two where the ice melts to the heat and forms creation is Scandinavia, or Midgard.

Embla = small flame that is left before it is extinguished or starting a fire

1:18:49 Valhalla as a memory of the Colosseum, a very interesting theory to hear.

@25:00 talks about Asgard, the middle earth and rainbow bridges.

One question; Is it accurate some vikings (specially royalty) claimed to be descended from Odin? If so how would that fit with the Origin myth of Ash and Embla, for if it is the case all men descend from this primordial couple which Odin brought into being, then all men would be equally realated to Odin as descendants of his creations... or does it perhaps point to the fact the the standard medieval view of Norse myth may differ in this aspect with how Odin was perceived in viking times? Like perhaps Odin was an Inmortal but father of mortals? anayways if anyone has something interesting to add about this question I wiould love to hear it

has anyone managed to get that book he wrote, "The Viking Way"? I really want a copy, but it was going for 1000 freaking dollars on Amazon last time I checked, and the publisher keeps pushing back the 2nd edition by a year at a time :(

Ginnungagap between Niflheim and Muspellheimr makes a certain sense. If both matter and heat come from Muspellheimr, and air and water come from Niflheim, then you've got the four elements. Ginnungagap being the yawning void makes it like vaccuum, which therefore sucks heat and matter out of Muspellheimr and air and water in the form of vapours and clouds, and allows them to mix. That allows for the rest of the story to take place, because the primeval void thus has breathable air, moisture, a livable temperature range, and matter cooling into solids from which Ymir can coalesce, and upon which the subsequent gods can walk as they build out the cosmos using Ymir's corpse. The light and the dark do not need to be parted to create day and night, because they are already seperated into Muspellheimr and Niflheimr. Nor likewise do land and sea have to be seperated for the same reason. The breathable air in Ginnungagap allows for travellers to survive while traversing Bifrost to get between the worlds. I wonder if there is a sense in which viking and joining a monastery were driven by a similar desire for change and a broadening of perspective. In a fuedal or tribal society with very rigid hierarchies, raiding provided a means of social mobility as well as geographical mobility. In Catholic Europe, becoming an initiate at a monastery provided an escape from serfdom and the circumscribed lot of a villager, even if the workload wasn't that much lighter. You got to leave home, journey outside your liege lord's land to take part in something inspirational, and be educated, and maybe become a cleric which was a relatively meritocratic profession. Going viking meant leaving home, joining something inspirational and aspirational, and with the meritocracy of combat. Your yarl might perish, and you might be able to become a yarl through victorious deeds.