Nordic Mythology Podcast

This episode has taken almost 2 years to arrange, so we hope you really enjoy it. This week Mathias and Daniel are honored to be sitting down with Alexander Dreymon, aka Uhtred of Bebbanburg from the popular show The Last Kingdom! Together with the boys Alex will discuss how a lord with no lands might pay the men who fought for him in a pre-currency era, and there will also be a solid 20 minutes on coconut bikinis. Why? It's complicated.

A special thanks to Alex for coming on the show, it was a real treat for us and the patrons!

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This week it's three doctors and one Daniel, as Mathias is joined by fellow scholars Rune Rasmussen, and Australian scholar Tyson Yunkaporta! Regular listeners will know Rune from his previous appearances in episodes 35, and 94. And Tyson is new to the show, but his expertise as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne is sure to come in handy during the discussion. Topics this week include: The Aun Year, what is it? What does that even mean? And why conspiracy theories like Qanon keep adopting Nordic Mythology. Sounds complicated enough!

If you would like to hear more from Rune you can find everything you need including links to his instagram and youtube at: nordicanimism.com/home1

And if you would like to check out Tyson's book that can be found here, or as he says, in the the shield wall: www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tyson-yunkaporta-20202192322476

check us out on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/nordicmythologypodcast

And if you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions please consider supporting us on Patreon:

www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcast

To check out Dan's company, Horns of Odin, and their wide range of handmade items inspired by Nordic Mythology and the Viking Age. Visit: www.hornsofodin.com

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This week we are delighted to have Professor Martin Carver returning as a guest! As you might remember from our 50th Episode Martin is the director of the Sutton Hoo research project, and has written multiple books on the subjects of Vikings and Iron Age England. This time, together with Mathias and Daniel, Martin will be discussing the archaeological excavation of the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack in Scotland. Some one of a kind stories will be shared, and Dan gets so excited he destroys his recording studio... It's complicated.
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If you would like to purchase any of Professor Carver's books on Portmahomack, Sutton Hoo, a list of his published titles and where to purchase them can be found at: martincarver.com/publications
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If you would like to join our bi-weekly Q&A Episodes in the new year, or get access to our special Story Time episodes covering the saga literature, then all you have to do is join our Patron. Seriously, we would love to have you, the more the merrier!
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In this episode, Daniel and Mathias are talking about Flóki. According to legend, Flóki followed a raven to Iceland and built a settlement there. Unfortunately, his settlement failed, but he did end up being responsible for naming the country "Iceland." In HBO's show "Vikings," Flóki is an important character who is responsible for inventing Viking ships, and largely functions as Ragnar Lothbrok's right-hand man. As a trickster figure in Vikings, many aspects of Flóki's story are directly inspired by Old Norse myths about Loki.
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And if you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions please consider supporting us on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcast
If you would like to join our bi-weekly Q&A Episodes in the new year, or get access to our special Story Time episodes covering the saga literature, then all you have to do is join our Patron. Seriously, we would love to have you, the more the merrier!
To check out Dan's company, Horns of Odin, and their wide range of handmade items inspired by Nordic Mythology and the Viking Age. Visit www.hornsofodin.com

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In this episode, Daniel and Mathias talk about Rollo, the founder of the duchy of Normandy. They depart from the fictional Rollo in the show "Vikings" and move on to discussing the historical individual who actually did exist. We embark on a journey through the various sources that were written in the medieval period about a Nordic Viking warrior named Hrólfr or Hrollaugr, who succeeded in establishing a Nordic colony on the French coast. Did he come from Denmark, as the early historical sources suggest, or did he come from Norway, as later historical sources and the much later Icelandic sagas say? Listen and find the answers to all of your questions!
Also check us out on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/nordicmythologypodcast
And if you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions please consider supporting us on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcast
If you would like to join our bi-weekly Q&A Episodes in the new year, or get access to our special Story Time episodes covering the saga literature, then all you have to do is join our Patron. Seriously, we would love to have you, the more the merrier!
To check out Dan's company, Horns of Odin, and their wide range of handmade items inspired by Nordic Mythology and the Viking Age. Visit www.hornsofodin.com

Support the Show.

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