Fylgja Sources: The Norse Spirit Animal

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In Norse mythology, a fylgja is a supernatural being or spirit which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune.
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The word fylgja means "to accompany" similar to that of the Fetch in Irish folklore. It can also mean "afterbirth of a child" meaning that the afterbirth and the fylgja are connected. In some instances, the fylgja can take on the form of the animal that shows itself when a baby is born or as the creature that eats the afterbirth. In some literature and sagas, the fylgjur can take the form of mice, dogs, foxes, cats, birds of prey, or carrion eaters because these were animals that would typically eat such afterbirths. Fylgjur usually appear in the form of an animal or a human and commonly appear during sleep, but the sagas relate that they could appear while a person is awake as well, and that seeing one's fylgja is an omen of one's impending death. However, when fylgjur appear in the form of women, they are then supposedly guardian spirits for people or clans (ættir). According to Else Mundal, the women fylgja could also be considered a dís, a ghost or goddess that is attached to fate.

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@sighrd Жыл бұрын

Regarding Scandinavian kings having a Lion for a Fylgja, another point to remember is that Lions once had a much wider range than today and it included much of Europe. It wasn't until the 10th century that the Lion disappeared from Europe altogether. Worth considering

@satansjihad6353 Жыл бұрын

What????

@joesdfasd9016 Жыл бұрын

@@satansjihad6353yeah pal, hyenas too, and giant swans.

@sighrd Жыл бұрын

@@joesdfasd9016 All true but they died out with the Pleistocene extinction. European Lions were around during recorded history they were found as far north as southern france, as far west as spain, throughout the Mediterranean and right through the Caucasus in to southern Russia. Sadly, the Roman empire was not kind to them and they were steadily wiped out throughout most of their range. The last population was in the Caucasus which died out in the 10th century AD. All of this is to say that Lions were not entirely exotic to the Norse.

@Rahab369 Жыл бұрын

@@sighrd Prehistoric Europe had Hippos, and I think Rhinos, as well iirc.

@thrashandanarchy Жыл бұрын

There are extinct species of lion that had much wider ranges throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas during the pleistocene. Many animals we now ascribe certain ranges to were much more widespread, and it wasn't until the extinction event of the YDIH a lot of evidence points to that the larger species went extinct and the smaller ones gradually lost habitat as human range expanded.

@corpseroad4961 Жыл бұрын

My Fylgja is a cougar. I met her at a local cantina and she just won't stop calling ever since.

@kassandrastevenson8866 Күн бұрын

This fuckin comment lmao

@Ottawabob2 Жыл бұрын

for the Ojibway (one of the North American Native peoples), we did not have "Spirit animals" per se. We had clans and spirits that watched over us but the "spirit animal" is a non-Indigenous bastardization. Thanks for this, very informative

@cynobihanzo2678 Жыл бұрын

Yup you know your history. Now people just need to learn dream catchers come from Ojibway

@kristenvincent3622 Жыл бұрын

Curious if, because the popularized idea of “Native North American Spirit Animals” was not a part of the Ojibway culture, if that means that it is in no way accurate to *any* of the other tribes? There are huge differences in culture, beliefs, and traditions even in the geographically local tribes here on the West Coast of Canada… I do wonder where the popularized version of “spirit animals” (in regards to Indigenous North American Culture) we see so much of in the entertainment industry came from? It is always interesting to see the differences and similarities between different tribal cultures. The Pop culture “spirit animal/totem” representation of North American Indigenous People is almost as accurate as the portrayal of Viking culture, or witchcraft.

@cynobihanzo2678 Жыл бұрын

@@kristenvincent3622 go search decolonize now and watch a few documentaries. The Hollywood pop culture was used to mock us and discredit us as human beings

@codygreyeyes1610 Жыл бұрын

We among the cree have them.

@codygreyeyes1610 Жыл бұрын

@@kristenvincent3622 probably the Neyheyawak, you may know us as Cree. We have spirit animals. Can have more then 1. At least it happens to us.

@primordialwaters Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure my great aunt became a Fylgja when she passed away. I was maybe 9 years old ( she looked after my cousin and I most of the time whilst my parents worked). I dreamt she was getting on a train and had her bags packed . She urgently told my cousin and I in the dream that she had to leave on the train but she would look over us and we could ask her for help or talk to us any time. She said she would be able to hear us and help if she could but that she would not be able to answer. In the morning I woke up and my cousin had the same dream. My aunt passed away after emergency surgery during the night. I have also had my grandmother teach me things about gardening in my dreams and various other bizarre dream experiences. When I have traced our family ancestry that side of the family originated in Denmark on an Island that they found a Mjolnir( sorry Im Australian so not sure of correct spelling). Id love to visit that part of the world and feel into those ancestral roots.

@brucejohnson863 28 күн бұрын

Always women it seem like

@buzzsaw133 Жыл бұрын

I once dreamed of a mother wolf the night before I was going to shuffle myself off the mortal coil... She saved my life and gave me my first taste of actual compassion in as long as I could remember at the time.

@thistles Жыл бұрын

I hope you have experienced some compassion since then. I’m glad mother wolf was there for you in your time of need.

@ogrehaslayers605 Жыл бұрын

Otter! Way back in the day did a "spirit quest" with my best friends, just for fun. Had the most vivid vision of an otter taking me by the hand, and handing me a rock and swimming together. 😊

@lokisinsouciance9321 Жыл бұрын

Years ago, I had a very vivid dream that I saw as kind of a vision about a raven preening me. I thought it was trying to attack me, but I realized that I had bugs all over me and it was getting them off. The day after, I saw a ton of ravens in random places. Ever since then, I notice that ravens and crows tend to watch me wherever I am. That's what lead me to believe that a raven is my spirit animal.

@AnusRipper-2000 Жыл бұрын

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@nova4199 Жыл бұрын

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@ourcozycorner8517 Жыл бұрын

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@jordyromanko-sc6ig Жыл бұрын

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@doomguy9049 Жыл бұрын

It's a very eerie feeling when you notice the crows staring at you IMO. Crows are very clever animals and have a good memory, to the point that they even hold grudges against people who mistreat them or their friends.

@kotycassidy6955 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos and views, I can honestly say you saved me from probably becoming a CRINGE PAGAN . Love the channel and hello from small town in missouri.

@dasitmane7590 Жыл бұрын

How does one become that and what is it like? xD

@kassydavis2275 Жыл бұрын

Same here, small town Illionis! Hello and love to all!

@AM-hs4nk Жыл бұрын

Ahh another fellow small-town Missourian :D

@Bjornbloodeye Жыл бұрын

I started my journey with cringe pagans but I was closer to leaving this path than I was to joining them lol

@dasitmane7590 Жыл бұрын

@@Bjornbloodeye what are cringe pagans? What do they do etc?

@Willow2024 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being our Viking/Nordic/Scandinavian Professor:) and Storyteller. You are the link to understanding my ancestors ❤

@vononymous8054 Жыл бұрын

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@jimmysmith2249 Жыл бұрын

So, you don't really want to know what your fylgja is, and should be happy every day that you don't see it. Very enlightening.

@mrman2345 Жыл бұрын

My great grandmother told me about vardøger. She used to set the potatoes to boil when she heared her husband arrive from work because he would usually walk in 20 mintues later. Totally forgot about this. Awsome video and greetings from a fellow Vestfolding :)

@mathish100 Жыл бұрын

Yes I know, it`s kinda a normal thing in Norway, or used to be up to my mothers time. So you are also from Vestfold by the Oslofjord? How good to see you here. In Norwegian (norsk): Hyggelig å møte en annen Vestfolding her! Gleder meg, kompis! Jeg visste det måtte være andre nordmenn også som ser på disse videoene, et eller annet sted. Ha en herlig dag, og et godt langt liv, kjære med-Vestfolding! 🌍⚔🛡🏹🏴

@arcticblue248 Жыл бұрын

My Grandmother used to do the same !!! and I used to hear my mother come home before she actually came home... (also Norway).

@Tama-zephyrwindlass 3 ай бұрын

Oh crap that's what it's called when you hear a loved one come home?

@klpuhelin2816 27 күн бұрын

We also have those in Finland. It's called "etiäinen". I didn't know they exist also in Norway. I have experienced it many times. The stories tell that sometimes you could even see your own etiäinen skiing in front of you.

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

Bit of humor: I was watching while eating lunch & because the restaurant is noisy & i didn't have headphones I put the subtitles on. Boy did the program struggle with old Norse words 😂 My favorite was when it transposed you saying "Nikulás Saga" as "nuclear saga" 😂 impressive! Also when you said "..if you loose all nine of your fylgja..." it put "...if you loose all nine of your failure..." Maybe not so bad 😂

@user-oe1bu5qw1w Жыл бұрын

"Who loves Magnus" instead of "Olaus Magnus". "Good night" instead of "Gunnar"...

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

@@user-oe1bu5qw1w those are definitely great! 😂

@MrChristianDT Жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice the word is vaguely similar to familiar & then notice the nine fylgja thing is like cats having nine lives?

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

@@MrChristianDT I had not thought about it, but interesting points.

@johangrostkerck6046 Жыл бұрын

Oh that's funny because I recently saw a vid from Lady of the Labyrinth in which those two words got mis(s?)translated the exact same way

@jamesr2622 Жыл бұрын

Inside me there are two fylgjur. One has an intellectual handicap. The other one also has an intellectual handicap.

@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 Жыл бұрын

This very day Odin called to me. Last night I was beginning to lose my faith in his wisdom, trying to find wisdom and guidance in somewhere else. But today when I was doing my daily mountain climbing, a murder of crows showed up out of nowhere(which I have never seen before in the barren mountains where I like to climb) and started circling over my head and cawking like something was wrong and I was center of their attention, and one of them sat on a rock in front of me looking down on me for a minute or two investigating me. I felt like in that moment Odin was watching me and telling me "You are mine"

@hernehaugen6878 Жыл бұрын

Hail to thee then, brother. The One Eyed's children have chosen another. When I was younger a raven used to follow me around. I could tell it was the same one because it was missing one eye and two of the toes on one talon. I never realized until I was older what the vicious old bird meant but he joined me in more than one fight when my classmates were being bullies.

@carlhenry6223 22 сағат бұрын

Yesterday I thought Woden was displeased with me (for dismissing something that I think was in fact a gift), but I then felt like I was having some guidance, and a bird came to my window all friendly like and was lightly tapping at the window as if it wanted to come in. I felt a good presence from Woden.

@sarahgilbert8036 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure most Fylgja would want to be named publicly. You might be permitted to share with a very close friend or family member, but I wouldn't necessarily do even that. I'm fairly certain about my animal fylgja. The human-shape one, I'm less certain of, though I have a "suspicion".

@Jumpoable Жыл бұрын

Same in Core Shamanism, we really don't reveal our Power Animals. unless they're trusted confidantes.

@Edward24081 Жыл бұрын

I had a weird dream during Yule before last, where I was talking to a friend and he said something about our souls being divided into different beings. I looked down and there was a raven perched on my arm and the rest of the dream consisted of her flying around and coming back to land on my arm. I've taken that to be my fylgja. Whereas previously I'd been in the "my spirit animal is a wolf bro" group, a raven actually makes more sense for me.

@roanwolf6389 Жыл бұрын

My "fylgja" is a roe deer. I live in a village and through my childhood and adulthood had countless positive encounters with them. They seem to be drawn to me. There are at least 3 sleeping and eating on the grass right in front of my window. Many times stumbled upon a deer, it watched me for a moment then just walked off calmly.

@johangrostkerck6046 Жыл бұрын

Interesting, I do remember havibg some weird dream when I was a child of a deer in my bedroom taking me through some oval portal into some realm of grassfields / meadows

@sonjaleesloth Жыл бұрын

Whitetail deer are my spirit animal. I love em! 🦌🦌🦌 Hi from Massachusetts. 👋🏽

@smorgasbroad1132 Жыл бұрын

My sister told me when I was young that I was a badger. I've often referred to myself as acting as a badger. I think I can relate/connect more to the folk tale Vardøger. I will henceforth leave my door open a little before I leave and return home, my badger has been with me a long time, at least 60 yrs. Thanks for this info. Subscribed I wish to learn more.

@sandra.helianthus Жыл бұрын

It is interesting how the view on the fylgia changed with time and folk believe and became a kind of "every personal helping spirit", no matter if animal spirit, totem, any spirit who was helpful or even a deceased person. 😮

@sillygoblin0156 Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that if one just works with the Gods, one is missing out on a lot. I've always appreciated your videos and you for encouraging others to explore.

@stigc.minkstuen 5 ай бұрын

my fylgja is my fathers father who manifested as a great male moose during his burial ceremony. Algiz has also become my rune!

@solusplexar8539 Жыл бұрын

I just did the knife wrapped in a handkerchief method and the ritual worked! At first, it wouldn't fall off because I wrapped it so well. Then I wrapped it again, and this time I only held onto the handle, not the handkerchief. Eventually, the handkerchief unwound with each rotation and fell to the floor very auspiciously.

@glamphilosopher Жыл бұрын

I’m highly impressed with your ability to organize & explain your knowledge in a manner that more people can understand. I’ve added you to my perpetual (😆) liberal arts education & wanted to say thank you.

@zeropointconsciousness Жыл бұрын

I did see a beautiful Maiden a few years ago who stepped out from behind a not very wide tree that I was playing guitar to the Crows and Magpies in so this all resonates with me Sacred Brother. We are certainly never alone no matter how it may seem.

@varjovirta3085 Жыл бұрын

Vardoger in finnish is etiäinen, also shows before or ahead. And also has the same function as this Vardoger. Saami has also this, and they called it Ovdasas.

@thistles Жыл бұрын

I think there is an old song by Nightwish with that name. Thank you. Now, after 20 years, I understand the meaning.

@ohdeergod Жыл бұрын

Mine is a stag. I went on a guided meditation to find what mine was, and it was clearly a large antlered stag, like an Elk or Red deer.

@sharoncooke1719 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your work I listen to you and Tom Rowsell (Survive the Jive) and have learnt so much about norse and anglo saxon paganism. I am thrilled to learn that so many British Old Craft practises and traditions link directly to our ancestral beliefs. Thank you.

@jackcocker545 Жыл бұрын

Survive the jive is great for learning the history behind it, I feel like this channel takes the history and fills in the gaps by giving many likely interpretations of the texts

@faramund9865 Жыл бұрын

StJ is more archeology/genetics focused. This channel is more text focused if you ask me. I think I prefer it, since I am more like the latter. But both are useful. To me, I don't care what people say though about Thulean Perspective, he is the one that introduced me to all of this and laid the foundations.

@Jumpoable Жыл бұрын

So... sort of like Power Animals in shamanic traditions. And your ancestors/ guardian angels of course. Thank you for the fascinating lecture!

@arcticblue248 Жыл бұрын

I used to have alot of Vardøgers when I was younger, it was mostly my mom. It happend like this. I could sit in the livingroom watching TV or whatever, while I was sitting there I could hear my mom come home and you heard all the sounds, door opening, her breathing, and then nothing more... 15-20 minutes or so later she would come home, you heard the exactly same sounds ... door opening, breathing, taking off the shoes and so on ... My mom who now is not alive, used to tell me that she used to hear my Vardøger too just the same way. Strange thing is ... I don't hear others vardøgere as far as I can tell, I used to hear hers... not any longer ofcourse. And it have followed that path of family I think, because her mother, my grandmother used to make dinners after her husbands vardøger, once she heard him coming home she put the potatoes on and when my granddad came home they where done. He was at sea fishing.

@melissahdawn Жыл бұрын

I want to rewatch "The Golden Compass" now. It also sounds like a Hogboon from Scotland.

@bijanthegr91 Жыл бұрын

I'm hoping that Spirit animal vision of the Black Wolf is not mine. I like to think I'm likable, but that would explain why no one likes me. At least I know why I'm alone. I'm hoping my Fylgja is an awesome warrior goddess, who wants to help me find good people to befriend.

@zillagrl24 Жыл бұрын

Reindeer. My mom and I both were in a dead sleep when we sensed a reindeer spirit enter into the home. I was aware of the reindeer approaching me and witnessed in my spirit that it came to me. So strong was the experience as it occured that I opened my eyes to waken from the dream, and with my physical eyes, I saw that beautiful reindeer spirit still before me only to quickly "dissolve", vanishing before my sight. I have not had an experience like it before or since. It was not until later that morning that my mom shared with me that she sensed the reindeer enter the home and come to me as we both slept in separate rooms. I have not been able to determine the meaning of this experience since its occurence some 3 years ago. The reindeer seemed so very real and alive. I will never forget it. So far, I remain mystified by my experience and have not found any answers for what this means. Your video brought it all back for me. Does anyone have any thoughts as to reindeer and their role or meaning?

@fructosecornsyrup5759 Жыл бұрын

Not sure about the nords, but to the Sámi, the indigenous peoples of Scandinavia, the reindeer is regarded as one of the most sacred animals, aside from perhaps the bear. I believe it was once thought that the strongest animal guide a noaidi or shaman could have was a bull reindeer. They typically represent life. I'd say to have a reindeer as a spirit animal must mean you are an empathic spirit, probably naturally gifted in seeing things most others don't. Your reindeer friend should be treasured. ❤

@haveyouflossedtoday Жыл бұрын

@@fructosecornsyrup5759 Do the Sami really regard it as spiritual? I know they herd them for meat, hides, milk. The tribe depends on the reindeer herds.

@zillagrl24 Жыл бұрын

@@fructosecornsyrup5759 thank you for your reply :)

@TheRunningComedian Жыл бұрын

When I was around 11 to 13 I used to have this reoccurring dream where I would watch a native American Indian warrior charge at a large grizzly bear in a forest clearing with a hand axe. It was always the same, but would look different like the season in the forest, or the bears fur would be different, or the native American would wear different clothing, sometimes looking completely different.

@trackerjacker5467 Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that my fylgja is a spider. One night a few years ago when I was about 17 I was walking down an isolated street near my house wearing headphones, blaring hip hop music so I couldn’t hear a thing. I glanced to my right and I noticed a big spider crawling on the pavement between to parked cars. Having a lifelong passion for nature, I walk over and crouch down to observe it and right as I did a big truck comes barreling down the road right over the spot that I was standing when I noticed the spider. On top of that three seconds later a police cruiser comes speeding by after the truck. I’ve also been practicing lucid dreaming since I was 12 and have gained the ability to jump unnaturally high and walk on walls in my dreams.

@ChristopherDimitriousPhanara Жыл бұрын

my Native American spirit is coyote, Zodiac Cancer, Chinese Zodiac Triple Monkey, and according to you, an old woman dressed in white that brought great peace to me as a child. She showed up 3 times in my life.

@sweetjesus697 Жыл бұрын

I saw an old episode from survive the jive where he was talking about the European lion, apparently there was a European lion that was wiped out.

@jimmysmith2249 Жыл бұрын

Yes there was. A lot of species were wiped out by humans and climate change from our prehistory. The big cats roamed way wider than they do now.

@glasslicker2829 Жыл бұрын

Tossed the knife back and forth, I guess my fylgja is a mouse

@goeranm55 Жыл бұрын

When I was a child my grandfather played an important role in my life, and he always said that one needs an animal to run with ( and named the wolf for me, and giving me the second name Ulf) and a bird to let my soul fly with, and he named the raven (Hrafn). He used the Swedish word “följeslagare” for them, a word which I think share etymology with Fylgia. He was born in a very christian family (his father was actually priest) so he never mentioned any norse mythology background to this practise, but I wonder. But I came to think about this, and of course I am of the impression that I meet ravens more often than I statistically should… but it might of course be wishful thinking. … just a little story of mine.

@pinesandtraplines Жыл бұрын

Interesting part of history: There were once people claiming to be Christian werewolves.

@SageIceDragonX Жыл бұрын

Im kind of wondering if the reason the wolf was considered a negative fylgja because of the cultural interpretation that wolves were dangerous and more like exiles like the lone wolf who would be the most dangerous of all due to being forced to fend for itself. I speculate at that time, wolves would be humans top competitor for food as bears dont always get close to human heavily populated areas very often. Wolves tend to attack flocks of farm animals when their own food sources are dwindling and considering plenty of vikings were farmers, it makes sense they would dislike signs of wolves being around. In germany, they wiped out wolves entirely by the 1800s and so I imagine germanic tribes relocating to sweden in the early ages might have had the same mentality of wolves being a negative connotation to include the biggest one of all, Fenrir, one of the beasts that will play a role in Ragnorak. But then you have the wolves of Odin that seem OK to be just fine since they are controllable, but then again, unlike dogs, wolves werent controllable to men. And then we have stories of people turning into wolves when wearing pelts and possibly in connection to werewolves. It just seems that the negative associations is what makes them see the fylgja as a wolf, so I wonder if the person whose fylgia they saw as a wolf may see theirs as a different animal? Am I making any sense? lol.

@phantomgaming2519 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos, thank you for helping me get in touch more with my norse heritage, i am 3rd generation Norwegian😃

@Valfreyja9 Жыл бұрын

Loved it! Thank you!🤩💜

@garrettwhite3922 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, I have a norse inspired DnD game going and there is a type of "imaginary friend" I made that does this. They must be the Fylgja ❤ Thanks for the inspiration :)

@GilbertMartinezHarpsichord Жыл бұрын

Wonderful and informative as always!!

@kev1734 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have a clue what my fylgja is >_< I think too much which cause me to question and doubt everything.

@beefcakeii Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, always great information! Appreciate it 🙏👊

@pentegarn1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome...best show yet!!!

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this is so awesome! I loved all the information you gave. absolutely fascinating!

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I thank you and your guides for all your help.

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Thank you. Love and appreciate the content.

@margomaloney6016 Жыл бұрын

Excellent discussion - tusen takk! :)

@Eithne21 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, great research work. I learned a lot today

@kennethpogue718 Жыл бұрын

I fed a fox by and in the mountains once. Amazing experience. they also come to me in dreams, and bears too. And the bears are always friendly...while they're attacking other people in my dreams. Had some interesting experiences with Hawks in real life as well, after a friend had passed away tragically

@alyosha3563 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informative video

@gregoryleevandall1880 Жыл бұрын

Ty for continuing these amazing videos my friend I hope your well 😊 ✌️ ❤️

@chivalrousjack Жыл бұрын

Great video. I appreciate the source references. Thanks.

@damionhaltom4509 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the time you took in making this video. I really enjoyed it. Good jooob

@lucindypowell3711 Жыл бұрын

Again love your videos. I use your videos along with my books to get a more complete understanding. Thank you so much!

@kimberlyholborn1324 Жыл бұрын

This is a fascinating topic. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos; I’m learning so much!

@aethyrien 4 ай бұрын

Bro your breakdowns subjects like these are mind blowing. Thank you so much.

@guyonabuffalo3396 Жыл бұрын

Finally, a respectable source on this. I love your videos. I find them the most helpful. Thank you for your hard work.

@mcusa77 Жыл бұрын

Nothing is set in stone, that is you might see yourself and live a long life or a wolf a lion or all the above and more and the meaning is for each soul to grasp and decide what to do with it. Thanks for your work I enjoy it.

@jenwatson2623 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful video an story as always thank you ❣

@daruphir Жыл бұрын

This was highly enlightening. Thank you friend and be safe in your endeavors

@jivepsilocybe993 Жыл бұрын

Man, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Clears up alot of misunderstandings. Tbh you are one of the best sources imo for education on norse religion. Looking forward to watching more of yah.

@dragonrider9051 Жыл бұрын

Great work good Sir, we thank you

@audhumbla6927 Жыл бұрын

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@johanbulow1430 Жыл бұрын

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@christopherpugnetti5827 Жыл бұрын

Finally, the KZfaq algorithm recommends something perfect for my tastes. Can’t wait to catch up on your work! Loved this video

@aguijohn1321 Жыл бұрын

Loved this.

@abrahamhorowitz8374 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Ty 4 the Very informative video

@davidwright9092 Жыл бұрын

Love the longer videos!!

@gardvord Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@jennamason4154 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful channel!

@DarknessovHezrou Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You are a great teacher.

@TheShamanKnight Жыл бұрын

Great and informative video! Really enjoyed it and gave an interesting light to the pagan world.

@shanda677 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this

@robertsimpson7424 Жыл бұрын

Interesting about the wolf being a sign that the person it belongs to is so negatively viewed.

@klpuhelin2816 27 күн бұрын

Maybe it's not because of the wolf, but the wolf comes to be the companion because the person is somehow different. Wouldn't change my wolf to being popular or liked by masses.

@robertsimpson7424 26 күн бұрын

@@klpuhelin2816it's an interesting thought. However, the spirit animal is suppose to reflect the person it belongs to. What's interesting about the wolves is that despite the negative views of it, it has it place in amongst warriors.

@klpuhelin2816 26 күн бұрын

@@robertsimpson7424 I'd say that anyone who thinks that wolves are somehow bad or mean don't know anything about wolves. But it's so common, the hatred against them. Even though the same hypocrite people might love dogs. There wouldn't be any dogs without wolves. Yes, they are great hunters and yes, they are aggressive when they need to be. But also great with their own pack or family, loyal, wise, gentle and very important for the ekosystem. They are even known to have raised some abandoned human babies. Maybe it's also this misunderstanding that is in common with us, the wolf people and the wolves. Our tragedy. We just want to live our own lives in peace and freedom, find our pack and do our things, but it's why some people hate us.

@grandmawearscombatboots.1084 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thankyou

@ryanorionwotanson4568 Жыл бұрын

Great information

@leopoldjenkins 11 ай бұрын

Great video. So well researched and very fun to listen to. I'm from England so have more of an Anglo Saxon slant but this was very helpful and enjoyable. Happily subscribed.

@heidiwolf1793 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thank you.

@izzifragner Жыл бұрын

how we strive to not being alone... poor humanity, poor us.

@-RONNIE Жыл бұрын

Good video thanks

@highpriestofthefarside1157 Жыл бұрын

I find the wolf fylghe being a negative thing interesting. Currently, in Shipibo shamanic traditions, which is an ayahuasca tradition in Peru, the wolf spirit is similarly viewed as not the greatest - contrary to what most people getting into shamanism think. Thanks for sharing!

@jimmysmith2249 Жыл бұрын

Neat. Two distinct groups separated by great distances in both time and location, have a similar outlook on the same animal. Coincidence? Or rooted in ancient species memory?

@bertellijustin6376 Жыл бұрын

I’d say rooted in shared experience. Wolves are direct competition for humans, and dangerous to humans. It’s more common sense than magical. Hunter gatherers and early farmers generally share a fear and hatred of wolves. Wolves are to much like us to be acceptable.

@bertellijustin6376 Жыл бұрын

Spoiler, it’s generally not until a culture becomes disconnected from nature that it starts to revere other social predators. (We are also social predators)

@pappelg2639 5 ай бұрын

We have used the Vardøger expression all my life where I am from, but this video gives a lot more context to it all. Did not know it was so old! Thanks for this information!

@singingsam40 4 ай бұрын

My main shamanic 'totem' is a black widow spider, which is kind of ironic, as I've always been scared of 8-legged beasties. Learning to deal with fear is certainly a big lesson for me in this lifetime ...

@alekzi4032 Жыл бұрын

I was just contemplating about this topic, just as I noticed this new video was so coincidentally uploaded. I do occasionally have dreams about friends where they manifest as represented by an animal entity, usually some neon-colored fox or sparkledog actually.. Also here is that interesting saga excerpt about the götish king Hrólf Götriksson's fylgja: *In old norse:* "þar sem sá varga, þad eru manna fylgior; enþar sem hid *oarga dyr* for fyri þeim, er Kongs fylgia, oc mun han vera formadr þeirra, þar rann i hia honum hvijta biorn eirn, þar mun þessum Kongi filgia nockr kappi, eda Kongsson," *In boomer swedish:* "wargarna som iag såg, thet är mans hamn och betydelse; men thet *stora willdiuret* , som lop för them thet är Kongs fölgia och wårde, och mon han wara theras förmann, then hwijta biörnen som lop hos honom, betyder nogon kempe eller Kongs son," It is interesting also to how they commonly use those circumscriptive words to say *lion* .

@KrazyKaas Жыл бұрын

Fantastisk video!

@atrior7290 Жыл бұрын

from what you've just said I understand the female Fylgja that live amongst the living and can leave someone to watch over someone as a godmother or something like that

@MissSchnickfitzel Жыл бұрын

Ive had crazy spiritual dreams with bears but irl I've had spiritual encounters with moths.

@corbinlowe5662 Жыл бұрын

Moth as a spirit bug, that's cool. Moths are one of my favorite. You should see how big some are out here. The size of my fist. For real, look it up.

@umbra9029 Жыл бұрын

I think your fylgia is a bear moth.

@laceyanderson6143 Жыл бұрын

I sometimes see like a black cat but iv always been drawn to dragons and often fall asleep to a white dragon curled up with me like a cat would

@icebox_Intruder Жыл бұрын

For many years I felt like mine was a wolf. That was the only animal that ever really "talked" to me or came to mind (occasionally I would feel the owl). Then last year, I had this very vivid dream where it appeared my fylgja was a tiger. He was very drawn to me and followed me around, but also very cautious of me and wouldn't allow me closer than arms reach. He seemed familiar to me and I familiar to him, but again, somewhat cautious and attempting to feel me out (since, I suppose, this was our first meeting).

@Fires755 9 ай бұрын

Thank you again.

@vikingmountainranchlife7447 Жыл бұрын

About 20 years ago I had a dream that I was standing in a meadow and this big white sheepdog came running out of the forest and came up to me and said hello my name is Bollie and then spelled it b o l l ie. Then I woke up. it was crazy but it was a very Vivid dream out of nowhere. 😊 thank you for your awesome Channel I love watching all of your information!

@EpochUnlocked Жыл бұрын

You're the only other person I've seen who has found a connection to dogs. Although the one in my nightmare was more of a reflection of myself and we were fighting rather than talking.

@schwible5493 Жыл бұрын

I believe I have a dog for my spirit animal as well, though i’m not sure what kind. I once had a nightmare where my current living dog escaped and ran into the middle of the street before being hit by a car. This dream was followed shortly after by another a few days later, in which I was hiding, alone in the dark empty living room of my childhood home, peeking out of the windows. Then I opened the front door to the house, and there was a happy dog on the porch, wagging his tail and licking my face, and all of the sudden I felt an immense sense of comfort and relief, and I woke up feeling unusually happy.

@vikingmountainranchlife7447 Жыл бұрын

@@schwible5493 wow that is an awesome dream! The first part was pretty tragic but I'm glad it ended well and it does sound like a dog is your spirit animal very cool they are the best creatures on the planet! Unconditional love is all they have!

@vononymous8054 Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful find,your channel:) I Iived in MALMO ( excuse spelling please ) ,years ago. Mitt namen er VonOnymous...👋 hejdo! Jog tolar inte Svenska but I sure love the stories. Interesting the 🐺, being a bad omen. Subscribed!!!!!🙂 God dag:)

@Sea-lw1oi Жыл бұрын

i literally watched your first video on that topic earlier today….

@merwalkure1853 Жыл бұрын

When you mentioned how many fylgja everyone could have, it's sound like 1 fylgja for every realm. (1 for Midgard, 1 for Asgard and so on)

@DaiosNashoba Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you Soo much I hadn't realized how deep this goes. I've always felt connected through my native ancestry though to find it literally everywhere else is wild.

@feralart Жыл бұрын

Seems like the term familiar (as in the animal follower of a magic user) could have been derived from/ even phonetically mistaken for fylgja.

@liisaelts7522 Жыл бұрын

Hedgehog. There have been different ones over the years, most of my childhood it was a bear and a cow, then it was lynx. But for most of my grownup years it's been hedgehogs.

@neuroleptika Жыл бұрын

I asked what shape my Fylgja might take inside my head out walking last week here in Dalarna, seconds later a whooper swan flew right over my head and those are very rare here. Im a man btw since swans usually are prescribed women.