“Odin rides to Helheim,” illustration by WG Collingwood (1908).
Baldr’s dreams, or Vegtamskviða, is one of the poems about the Norse gods in the Elder Edda. It is dark but beautiful, and one of the shortest of the Eddic poems.
Balder has had nightmares and Odin rides to Helheim (“hell”) to find out whom Helheim’s Mistress Hel is expecting. It turns out that she has set the table for Odin’s son Balder.
Odin finds the grave of a völva and brings her back to life. Here, as in many other mythological poems, Odin is hiding behind another name: Vegtam – “the experienced traveler”
The völva tells about Balder’s fate and that he will die, killed by his brother Hod. The jotun woman Rind will give birth to an avenger, his name is Vale. Finally, Odin asks her a question that reveals his identity and the völva tells him to ride home.
Here you will find the poem in Old Norse. For English text, push the settings button on the video and choose subtitle.
Text by: Thor Lanesskog
Sources: snl.no, heimskringla.no
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Thank you, I enjoyed the poem with the video…( especially when you said to click the setting button, I could understand it 🙂 )
Take Care You Matter,,,
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maryrose
Where can I find the audio version of this song? (ie. artist and album). And others like it. It’s beautiful.