Asatru Folk Assembly - December 11, 2023


VafĂŸrĂșĂ°nismĂĄl, a reading


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Length

17 minutes

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118.8314

Word count

2,050

Sentence count

109

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Hate speech

12

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00:00:00.000 Farroodness mall bar fruit near sayings as the blue spa have a mall and grimness mall
00:00:29.980 show, Odin is characterized by his obsessive quest for wisdom, particularly for information
00:00:36.620 about Ragnarok.
00:00:38.740 In this poem, he sets off against his wife's advice, disguised as a poor wanderer, to test
00:00:44.660 his wisdom against the giant VĂĄfrĂșĂ°nĂœr, known only from this poem.
00:00:50.360 Once Odin has proved his mettle by answering questions which the giant puts to him, he
00:00:55.960 is invited to risk his head in questioning the giant.
00:00:59.220 While Floridnismal belongs to the genre of the Wisdom Contest, known in many other cultures.
00:01:07.040 Two protagonists ask each other questions or riddles until one fails to answer.
00:01:11.920 Thus, the questioner must know the answer to his question.
00:01:15.140 The answerer corroborates the interlocutor's information, rather than providing new facts.
00:01:20.660 The trick question, with which Odin wins the contest, seems to be a favorite of his,
00:01:25.220 since he also uses it to secure victory in the riddle contest against King Heydric in Heydric's Saga.
00:01:33.080 Vaflirudinir's questions elicit simple mythological facts.
00:01:37.340 The names of the horses who draw the day and the night,
00:01:39.760 the name of the river which divides giants and gods,
00:01:42.560 and of the field on which the Battle of Ragnarok will be fought.
00:01:46.260 Odin's questions are more pointed.
00:01:48.880 He draws out the history of the universe, its past and present,
00:01:53.680 culminating in questions about the future in Ragnarok.
00:01:58.080 Some scholars have speculated Odin's real aim is to discover his own fate.
00:02:04.180 Once he hears about the wolf, he brings the contest to a speedy end
00:02:07.920 with this unanswerable question.
00:02:11.560 Odin alone knows what he whispered into Baldur's ear,
00:02:14.660 but it has been guessed that Baldur is assured of his return after Ragnarok.
00:02:19.620 as the Varuspa tells us
00:02:23.360 to rule over the gods who survive.
00:02:26.900 As a contest between god and giant,
00:02:28.860 Bafurudinus' model is mimetic of the Ragnarok.
00:02:32.580 Bafurudinus' answers emphasize the ancientness
00:02:35.700 and authority of the giants as the first beings.
00:02:39.400 But Odin's questions lead away from the giants
00:02:42.800 and their claims to the final triumph of gods and men.
00:02:45.860 It is they, Odin's descendants and creations, if not Odin himself, who survived the final
00:02:53.620 conflagration.
00:02:54.820 The giants may have had a past, but they have no future, while Furudnir's defeat in the
00:03:02.140 contest symbolizes the final defeat in rhyme of the giant race.
00:03:10.900 Odin said, Revise me now, Frigg, for I long to journey to visit Vaflirudnir.
00:03:17.820 I have a great curiosity contend in ancient matters with that all-wise giant.
00:03:24.180 Frigg said, I'd rather keep the father of hosts at home in the courts of the gods,
00:03:30.740 for I know no giant to be as powerful as Vaflirudnir is.
00:03:36.240 Odin said, Much I have traveled, much I have tried out.
00:03:40.900 Much have I tested the powers, this I want to know.
00:03:45.260 What kind of company is found in Vothrudnir's hall?
00:03:49.700 Frigg said,
00:03:52.040 Journey safely, come back safely, be safe on the way.
00:03:57.180 May your mind be sufficient, Lin, father of men, you speak with the giant.
00:04:03.240 Then Odin went to try the wisdom of all the wise giants.
00:04:07.260 To the hall he came, which M's father owned, Odin went inside.
00:04:15.440 Odin said, Greetings, Vafrudnir, now I have come into the hall to see you in person.
00:04:22.580 This I want to know first, whether you are wise or very wise, giant.
00:04:30.100 Vafrudnir said, What man is this who dresses me in hostile fashion in my hall?
00:04:36.860 May you not come out of our halls alive, unless you should be the wiser one.
00:04:42.740 Odin said, Gagnarad, I am called.
00:04:46.620 Now I have come walking, thirsty to your hall, in need of hospitality and of your welcome.
00:04:53.800 I have journeyed long, giants.
00:04:56.760 Vathrudnir said, My Gagnarad, do you speak thus from the floor?
00:05:02.580 take a seat in the hall. Then we shall test which one knows more, the guest or the old
00:05:08.820 sage.
00:05:09.820 Olin said, The poor man who comes to the wealthy one should speak when needful, or
00:05:17.060 be silent. To be talkative, I think, will bring bad results when one comes to the cold-ribbed
00:05:22.700 man. 0.99
00:05:23.700 Bafirudin said, Tell me, Gingrad, since on the hall floor you want to try your skill,
00:05:32.140 that horse is called who draws every day over mankind. Odin said, Skinfaxi the
00:05:40.460 shining one is called, who draws day over mankind. The best of horses he's helped
00:05:47.020 to be among the red goths, always the horse's main gleams. Vafrudnir said,
00:05:55.720 tell me Gengrad, since on the hall floor you want to try your skill, what that
00:06:01.500 horse is called, who from the east draws night to the noble gods.
00:06:06.780 Odin said, Thremfaxi he is called, who draws every night to the noble gods.
00:06:14.000 Foam from his bit he let fall every morning.
00:06:18.260 From there, dew comes to the valleys.
00:06:22.560 Vafruudnir said, Tell me, Gengarad, since on the hall floor you want to try your skill,
00:06:29.960 that river is called which divides the land between the sons of giants and the gods. Odin
00:06:36.780 said, Ifin, the river is called, which divides the land between the sons of giants and the
00:06:42.920 gods. Freely it will flow through all time. Ice never forms on the river. Vafdrudnir
00:06:51.900 said, Tell me, Gengred, since on the whole floor you want to try your skill. What that
00:06:59.180 plane is called where in battle cert and the gracious gods will meet odin said vigrid that
00:07:08.060 plane is called where in battle cert and the gracious gods will meet a hundred leagues it is
00:07:14.780 in each direction that's the field ordained for them the fruit near said wise you are guest come
00:07:25.340 Come to the giant's bench, and we will speak together in the seats.
00:07:30.500 We shall wager our heads in the hall guessed on your wisdom.
00:07:38.220 Odin said, tell me this one thing, if your mind is sufficient and you Vathrudnir know.
00:07:45.020 From where the earth came or the sky above first, O wise giant, Vathrudnir said. 0.64
00:07:54.580 From Ymir's flesh the earth was shaped
00:07:58.020 And the mountains from his bones 0.88
00:08:00.420 The sky from the skull of the frost-cold giants
00:08:04.860 And the sea from his blood
00:08:07.360 Odin said
00:08:10.020 Tell me the second thing
00:08:12.360 If your mind is sufficient 0.88
00:08:13.800 And you, Vafurnir, know
00:08:16.260 From where the moon came
00:08:19.660 So that it journeys over men
00:08:21.740 And likewise the sun
00:08:23.820 Vathrudnir said, Munderfeiri, he is called, the father of moon and likewise of sun.
00:08:35.720 They must circle through the sky every day to count the years for men.
00:08:41.840 Odin said, Tell me this third thing, since you are said to be wise, and you Vathrudnir know.
00:08:49.300 Where day comes from, he who passes over mankind, or night with its new moons? 0.66
00:08:59.460 Vafrudnir said, Deling he is called, he is Day's father, and night was born of Nur. 0.65
00:09:08.140 Full moon and old by the gods were fashioned, to count the years for men.
00:09:13.660 Odin said, Tell me this fourth thing, since you were said to be wise, and you, Vathrudnir,
00:09:21.220 know from where winter came, a warm summer, first among the gracious gods.
00:09:28.560 Vathrudnir said, Vinsfal, he is called Winter's father, and Svorsuth, the father of summer.
00:09:41.760 Odin said, Tell me this fifth thing, since you are said to be wise, and you Vafthrudnir know,
00:09:48.480 who was the eldest of the Aesir, all of Ymir's descendants in bygone days.
00:09:57.420 Vafthrudnir said, Uncountable winters before the earth was made. 0.98
00:10:06.260 Vafthrudnir said, Uncountable winters before the earth was made.
00:10:11.760 Then Bergomir was born, Thrudgermir was his father, and Algormir was his grandfather.
00:10:21.760 Odin said, Tell me the sixth thing, since you are said to be wise, and you Vathrunir know,
00:10:29.760 from where Algormir came among the sons of giants, first the wise giants.
00:10:37.760 Vathrunir said, Out of Eldwager sprayed poison drops, so they grew until the giant came of them.
00:10:47.760 From there arose all our clan, thus they are always terrifying.
00:10:54.760 Odin said, Tell me the seventh thing, since you are said to be wise, and you Vathrunir know.
00:11:02.760 How'd he got children, that fierce giant, when he had no sport with giantesses?
00:11:09.760 Vathrunir said, They said that under the frost giant's arms, a girl and boy grew together.
00:11:17.760 One foot with the other, the wise giant begot a six-headed son.
00:11:23.760 Odin said, Tell me this eighth thing, since you were said to be wise, and you Vathrunir know.
00:11:31.760 What you first remember, or what you know to be earliest, you are all wise, Giants.
00:11:40.240 Vafrunir said,
00:11:42.300 Uncountable winters before the world was made, then Bergomir was born,
00:11:48.180 and I remember first when the wise Giant was first laid in his coffin.
00:11:55.420 Odin said,
00:11:56.520 Tell me this ninth thing, since you are said to be wise, and you, Vafrudnir, know,
00:12:03.380 Where the wind comes from, which blows over the waves, which men never see itself.
00:12:12.180 Vafrudnir said, Hlaesvelk, he is called, who sits at heaven's end, a giant in eagle's shape.
00:12:20.460 From his wings, they say, the wind blows over all men.
00:12:24.300 Odin said, Tell me this tenth thing, since all the faith that is fixed through the gods
00:12:31.940 you, Vaftrudnir, know, from where Njord came to the sons of the Aesir, rich in temples
00:12:39.640 and shrines he rules, and he was not raised among the Aesir.
00:12:46.040 Vaftrudnir said, In Vanaheim the wise ones made him, and gave him as hostage to the gods.
00:12:54.300 At the doom of men, he will come back, home among the wise Vanir.
00:13:01.800 Odin said, tell me that eleventh thing, where men fight in the courts every day.
00:13:08.500 Vafru Nyr said, all the Einherjar heroes fight in Odin's courts every day.
00:13:15.800 They choose the slain and ride from the battle.
00:13:19.040 Then they sit the more at peace together.
00:13:21.220 Odin said, Tell me this twelfth thing, why all the fate that is fixed for the gods you
00:13:29.900 VĂĄfrĂșdnir know. Of the runes of the giants and of all the gods, tell most truly all wise
00:13:37.260 giants. VĂĄfrĂșdnir said, Of the runes of the giants
00:13:43.500 and of all the gods, I can tell truly, for I have been into every world. Nine worlds
00:13:50.260 I have traveled through to Niflhel, there men die down out of hell.
00:13:56.800 Odin said, Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much I have tested the gods,
00:14:04.140 which humans will survive when the famous mighty winter is over among men.
00:14:10.140 Baflodnir said, Live and live dress you, and they will hide and hold the Mir Mir's wood. 0.78
00:14:18.060 They will have the morning dew for food. From them generations will spring. 0.99
00:14:26.560 Odin said, Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much I have tested the gods.
00:14:33.400 From where will a sun come into the smooth heaven when Finrear has destroyed this one?
00:14:40.720 Bafrinir said, Our Flothor will bear a daughter before Finrear destroys her.
00:14:48.060 She shall ride, where the gods die, the maiden on her mother's paths. 0.51
00:14:54.940 Odin said, Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much have I tested the gods. 0.97
00:15:02.480 Who are those girls who glide over the sea? 0.91
00:15:06.000 Wise in spirit they journey.
00:15:09.800 Baffrudnir said, Oer Mokhtrasir's hill shall the maidens pass, and three of those throngs that came.
00:15:18.060 Theirs are the only protective spirits in the world, though they came of the giant's kin.
00:15:25.900 Odin said,
00:15:27.360 Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much I have attested the gods,
00:15:32.960 which I seer will rule over the gods' realm when search fire is slaked.
00:15:39.140 Bafrudnir said,
00:15:41.380 Vidar and Vali will live in the gods' home when search fire is slaked.
00:15:47.120 Odin said,
00:15:56.740 Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much I have tested the gods.
00:16:02.140 What will Odin's life end be when the powers are torn apart?
00:16:07.620 Bafru Nir said,
00:16:09.840 The wolf will swallow the father of men, and this shall Vithar avenge.
00:16:15.200 The cold jaws shall he sunder, and so the wolf shall he slay. 0.78
00:16:22.800 Odin said, Much I have traveled, much I have tried out, much I have tested the gods.
00:16:28.880 What did Odin say in his son's ear, ere in the balefire he burned?
00:16:36.480 Bafrudnir said, No man can tell what in the olden times you said in your son's ear.
00:16:43.080 With fated mouth, the fall of the gods in mine ancient lore, have I told
00:16:48.600 With Odin and knowledge, now I have striven, and ever the wiser thou art
00:17:13.080 You