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Episode 37 - Dead Women in Black

Episode 37 - Dead Women in Black

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After a nice, long break, NMTUG is back to cover a relatively obscure topic in Norse mythology: the dísir. What makes the dísir distinct from valkyries, norns, and other death-entangled women? Let's fin

Sources:

  • “The Merseburg Spells” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2023

  • “Dísir” by John Lindow in Pre-Christian Religions of the North volume III, 2020

  • “Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007

  • “Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs”, by John Lindow, 2002

  • “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014

  • “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

Contact:

  • Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com
  • Join the Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music:

Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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