This song is based on the Norwegian Runic Poem, which, as in the Icelandic Runic Poem, names all the runes of the young futhark accompanied by a stanza alluding to the name of each of the runes. There is also a third Runic Poem: the Anglo-Saxon. Runic poems are believed to have served as a mnemonic tool for remembering the names of the runes and their order in the alphabet. It is an important compilation of popular culture of the time, comparable to old English sayings, Gnomonic poetry, and Old Norse poetry. The Norwegian runic poem, written in Old Norse, has been preserved in a 17th century copy of a destroyed 13th century manuscript. This poem appears in skaldic meter. And it has the following structure: The first line of each stanza is a phrase of the following type: "name of the rune + copula + X", where X is an attribute to the name of the rune, followed by a second rhymed line that provides some information somehow related to the previous sentence. In this poem and in Icelandic, all the runes of the young futhark appear in the same order. The names of the 16 runes and their order is as follows: Fé, Úr, Þurs, Óss, Ræið, Kaun, Hagall, Nauðr, Ís, Ár, Sól, Týr, Bjarkan, Maðr, Lögr, Ýr ᚠ - Wealth causes dispute between relatives. The wolf inhabits the forest. ᚢ - All dross comes from bad iron. Reindeer often run on frozen snow. ᚦ - A troll causes disease in women. Few men find joy in misfortune. ᚬ - The end of the river is the path for most trips. And a scabbard is the fate of swords. ᚱ - It is said that riding is the worst for the horse. Reginn forged the best sword. ᚴ - The ulcer is a curse for children. Death makes a man pale. ᚼ - Hail is the coldest grain. Kristr created the world of yesteryear. ᚾ - Anguish leaves little choice. A naked man is chilled by frost. ᛁ - Ice we call a wide bridge. A blind man needs guidance. ᛅ - Abundance is a blessing to men. I say that Fróde was generous. ᛋ - The sun is the light of the world. I bow down to all that is sacred. ᛏ - Tyr is a one-handed god. Often a blacksmith must forge. ᛒ - A birch has the greenest leaves. Loki forged times of deception. ᛘ - Man is the product of dust. Strong is the claw of a hawk. ᛚ - A waterfall is a river that falls from the mountain. All treasures are gold. ᛦ - Yew is the greenest of winter trees. It tends to crunch when burned. Male voice lyrics are names and words from German, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish (still unconfirmed). Uunia runus sigurd. Fähig ani regina gunda.

Heilung is great. It’s music based on texts from the Bronze Age to the Viking age. They call it amplified history. You must see their first live show: LIFA live at Castlefest. From that concert: In Maidjan Krigsgaldir Othan Hamrer hippyer They perform a shamanic ritual here, where the shamen first eats a magic mushroom to get in a trance.

You nailed it my friend… Heilung represents the idea that we are all in a different place, yet all our hearts beat together. Remember that we are all brothers… All people, beast, trees, stone & wind… We all descend from the one great being… That was always there, before people lived & named it… Before the first seed sprouted… HEILUNG I was blessed to go see their ceremony in San Francisco last summer, can’t put into words how life changing their music is. It touched my soul a few yrs back when I was sent their first performance in 2017… I still listen to it daily so loud my windows rattle while doing my spiritual practice of yoga/moving meditation. It grabs a heart like no other, deeply roots & centers the soul. Would love to see your reaction to In Maidjan ♥️

They were eating magic mushrooms in preparation for their ritual.

They are from Norway, Denmark and Germany. Their music and lyrics are based on the ancient music and languages of the people who lived in the very far north of those countries. Interesting stuff. Great reaction Ellis!!

I first discovered throat singing when I bought a CD from Tuva in 2004 and I came across of a documentary about Tuva region and they started to be quite popular at that time. Bretons were war painting themselves in blue and were all naked while fighting. It's an interesting reading in the Caesar's diaries. But at the same time I've read Mahabharata and Ramayana and the gods were painted in blue. It's so fascinating how different cultures have lots of things in common. By the way do you know the slovak music instrument "fujara" - it's part of UNESCO heritage and it has this beautiful deep longing sound and lot of people in new age music are using it.

Oh noes. All that skipping tho.

I actually quite liked this reaction. What Heilung does is a bit out of the scope of consciousness of some people, simply because they’re not tuned into the power of the voices of the ancestors. And if that sounds woo woo, well, idk what to tell you lol. I think their musical composition is brilliant here (I’m a classically trained violinist so I’m not totally without any formal musical training 😉) and I actually think you absolutely nailed it when you said “it’s like they’re in one place, but also in another place at the same time” (paraphrasing). This adds to that feeling of being transported, of walking amongst ancient stones and maybe being in two places in time at once. I also liked what you said about cultures accumulating different bits and pieces, but I’d also like to point out that shamanism was HUGE in pre Christian Nordic culture and that’s a big part of why so many people recognize the Native American elements in these pieces, there’s a lot of overlap. May I suggest that you listen to this again off camera and just let yourself be immersed in it?

Yes! Was hoping you'd react to this :)

Magic mushrooms is what they eating love :) the way to see other realities....allegedly

Maria is playing a gemhorn- An ancient instrument. You should watch some of their other live videos- theyre amazing!!!

This is basically the Runic ABC!

Welcome to Heilung! Lifa show performed at castlefest Netherlands 2017. ALL im gonna say. BUT WHY all the skips its really annoying.

You made total sense. I had different feelings of where this music originated from. You are correct. Wow.

Yellow Fly Agaric Mushroom, ritualistic food of the Gods - Sharman Psycadalica 101 ... lol (That's what they were eating)

Another guy who reacted to this video thought they were eating bugs at the beginning. He didn't realize they were mushrooms. If I remember, the guy started dry heaving and he got up so he could go throw up lmao!

He isen't eating quietly. Its a poison (magic) mushroom and it kicks in instantly, thats why he's about to vomit.

These guys use throat singing a lot in their music. That might be one of the droning sounds you heard. Check out their song Alfadhirhaiti live if you want to really see what they can do

I can imagine this is EXACTLY the sounds made by pre-Christian Norse shaman, priests and warriors........love the rune stones!......does anyone know who makes their drums and what skins they use? thanks in advance......also, I think most of the pipes they play are bone, antler or birch......reminds me of "pan flute".........I think the language is an imagined proto-German

Pre-Christian northern European natives.

I'm speechless. So in love.

I meant to say North American INDIAN mixed with Japanese and maybe Norwegian. Crazy cool.

Reaction is defined: an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to a situation or event. Analysis is defined: examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation. If you're going to do both, please put it in the title?

dude this chic i9s badass. She can sound like a guitar way up high on the high notes

Love your T-Shirts

Please react to in Maidjan and hamrer hippyer anything from their live performance LIFA it’s amazing and unlike anything else live

That t-shirt is amazing!

If anything this would be pre-eastern

Neofolk ethnic industrial music.Wikipedia Heilung means healing

Wow, I'm from Northern Canada. Sounds like North American mixed with Japanese. Whatever it is it's awesome

Try "Hamrer Hippyer" (the LIFA version) ;)

Yes. Everything you say is wrong lol. Just kidding, only half of what you said was wrong, but good on you for taking the time to guess.

Not really Norwegian. Ancient Germanic. That includes the people who became the Vikings, Danes, Germans, Swedes, etc...

Why pause so much if it's edited to skip sections anyway?

Alip ba ta bro request

Heilung have a lot of better songs then this one.