Norse Mythology and Their Most Epic War

Norse Mythology and Their Most Epic War | Fate & Fabled

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9 ай бұрын

In Norse mythology, there are two types of gods: the war-loving Aesir and magic-wielding Vanir. Long ago, they fought an epic war over who should be worshiped more by humans, but neither side could win. They reached a truce and united into a single pantheon, which is very rare in folklore. This might indicate a meeting of cultures in Norway from more than 3000 years ago!
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Hosted by Dr. Moiya McTier & Dr. Emily Zarka, FATE & FABLED explores the stories and characters of mythologies from all around the world - why they came to be and how they impact us still today.
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@user-hs1xb9tv6e 9 ай бұрын

Weird stories like this is one of the reasons why I love mythologies.

@manolososadavinci1937 9 ай бұрын

***religion not mythologies,don't forget Christianity was the first pagan religion

@BjornIdiottsonn 9 ай бұрын

@@manolososadavinci1937 Christianity? Pagan? *REALLY*?

@somedude6161 9 ай бұрын

I think the Aesir and Vanir here represent the two lives of the Viking. They are, by nature, farmers and traders and worship the natural world, but they're also warriors, going raiding and believing in an honorable death through battle. I am reall looking forward to your upcoming series!

@donnguyen1107 9 ай бұрын

Also the Norse r the Scandinavian people as a whole (farmers, traders, religious figures etc) while Vikings r specifically more the warriors and raiders who serve the Norse chieftains

@NewMessage 9 ай бұрын

The spit was probably a nod to how early mead was made, as there is a naturally occuring form of yeast in human saliva. Kvasir was later turned into mead by two dwarves. Kvas, an ancient form of mead still made today, contains beet juice, making it appear blood red.

@Thapion 9 ай бұрын

The acting bits are cute! I also like that this format seems a bit more chill and casual than the previous season! "THIS EPISODE, I LIKE IT! ANOTHER!"

@gweebara 9 ай бұрын

The rhyming cuplets you introduced the episode with was a brilliant usage

@pbsstoried 9 ай бұрын

That was all the brilliance of Dr. McT!

@fireisawesome1466 9 ай бұрын

@@pbsstoriedplease cover the reincarnating romance between Shiva and Parvati

@jso6790 9 ай бұрын

No sane person could yawn at your videos! They are wonderful and informative and well done. Drs. McT and Zarka are just fantastic. I loved hearing this story because the children I teach at the Penn Museum seem to have no idea of this "origin" story, instead focusing on Thor's adventures and.. of course.. Ragnarok

@fishpastethe4th340 9 ай бұрын

"Bugs Bunny Gambit" is freaking hilarious to describe that scene. Also, love those magic cards used!

@LibraLevin 9 ай бұрын

Sssssooooooo ADORABLE!!!!!! I loved this episode!!!!!! And it looked like y’all had fun making it!!!!!

@pbsstoried 9 ай бұрын

We honestly have the best time together-*Dr.Z*

@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589 9 ай бұрын

@@pbsstoried Norse gods

@LibraLevin 9 ай бұрын

@@pbsstoried that’s wonderful! And it shows in the videos! Keep up the amazing work and thank you so much!

@tinagoli5375 9 ай бұрын

would love a video about the other underrated creatures of norse myth, such as sköll and hati, who are fenrir’s sons!

@arthurmartin4616 9 ай бұрын

Exactly. Storied did an episode on sirenhead so it isn't out of the question either.

@Jayjay-qe6um 9 ай бұрын

The Vanir are featured in the poem "Om vanerne" by Oehlenschlager (1819). Some Germanic Neopagans refer to their beliefs as Vanatru (meaning "those who honor the Vanir").

@ioanaalina5583 9 ай бұрын

Oh my Odin 🎉 excellent norse stories! ❤ hope you'll do something about the Jotunn, as well! Perhaps even the story of the kidnapping of Idunn 😃 anything with Loki mischief is a great story 😂

@youremakingprogress144 9 ай бұрын

I had never heard that Fenrir had sons! I definitely would love to learn more about them.

@lovetherain3x3 9 ай бұрын

"The Bugs Bunny Gambit" that's a good one 👍🏽😹 I loved this episode!

@R.Merkhet 9 ай бұрын

Great! Honestly DrMcT if I wad ready to do a deep dive on smurfs! Choice!

@teathyme7433 9 ай бұрын

omg amazing video as ever!! and i'm so excited to see the rest of your pantheons! such a fun idea

@tumejorpose 9 ай бұрын

Super excited for this season!!!

@nmatheis 9 ай бұрын

This will be awesome! My wife's family is Scandinavian and mine is Germanic & English, so I'll be sharing these with our boys.

@rebasack21 9 ай бұрын

i love that you find stories i have never heard of before. this channel is awesome!

@-RONNIE 9 ай бұрын

Thank you both for the video 👍🏻

@johnsteiner3417 9 ай бұрын

The Asir, "Loki, what the hel is that!?" Loki, "That's my boy, Sliepnir." The Asir, "You're... his dad?" Loki, "His mother." Freya, "I told 'ya all about him."

@hectech 9 ай бұрын

Love the new format! Keep up the great work. ❤❤❤❤

@arielle2745 9 ай бұрын

💖💓💗👏 Awesome! I can hardly wait for more episodes!

@Jay-ql4gp 5 ай бұрын

That was excellent, thank you!

@willardorensantiago4775 9 ай бұрын

Wow, I can’t be wait making new episodes of fate/fable and I love it so much and thanks to know about story telling about new discover exploration of norse mythology 👍❤️

@Shatterpath 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the lesson AND the laugh! You two were great.😂

@choryferguson2196 9 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this collaboration between you two skilled researchers! Thank you.

@OutsideGamerGirl 9 ай бұрын

The costumes and role play was epic! Great job! Love to see more episodes like this. ❤

@Caldor64 9 ай бұрын

I thought the spit thing had to do with how Scandinavians used to make mead. As far as I remember they used to chew up bits of bread and spit it into the mix to serve as the yeast for fermentation

@jonathonelvington5225 9 ай бұрын

This video came out on my birthday! Also great job you guys.

@MrMule10 9 ай бұрын

Y'all is a treat and one we all needed. Thanks Doc's.

@youremakingprogress144 9 ай бұрын

I love the pop culture references. Great episode, and I'm looking forward to the next!

@TheFuzzyEarmuffs 9 ай бұрын

Such great content and told in such a fun way!

@Beryllahawk 9 ай бұрын

Great start to the new season!!

@teasorceryr3633 9 ай бұрын

I forgot to mention, I also really loved the skit! More costumes!

@arazyr 9 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the compiled pantheon. Might make a D&D world using it. 8^)

@teasorceryr3633 9 ай бұрын

I love these Stories, and the hosts are so awesome!

@garethtudor836 9 ай бұрын

That was absolutely brilliant. Your telling of the story reminded me of Neil Gaiman's book of Norse mythology, and that's one of the best books I've ever read. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season

@ips0fact0proof1 9 ай бұрын

My favorite episode to date!

@Pottery4Life 9 ай бұрын

lol That was great. Looking forward to more episodes. Thank you.

@scordeteyla 3 ай бұрын

This is so wholesome! 💚💜 I love the idea of the mixed pantheon!

@naomiwright4895 9 ай бұрын

This was fun I really enjoyed this!

@jankay8569 9 ай бұрын

God i love this channel so damn much

@SlimRhyno 8 ай бұрын

Two of my favorite people, talking about one of my favorite subjects 😄

@cadenceclearwater4340 9 ай бұрын

Loved it 😊

@ThePixiixiq 9 ай бұрын

It's so intersting to get an outside look into something that seems so normal you've never questioned it! I love love love to see how such myths show up culturally and us about our present day culture. We are so more connected than we realize in th humdrum of daily life.

@EmpressoftheLoneIslands 9 ай бұрын

You two are so adorkable. 💜💜💜 ladies after my own heart!

@stellangios 9 ай бұрын

That was epic 😂😂 Well done!!!

@merlapittman5034 9 ай бұрын

This was a super video, and I love the poetry! 😂

@hindsgaul10 9 ай бұрын

I love the fact that Odin is holding the Jelling goblet! Awesome detail.

@robbabcock_ 9 ай бұрын

What a delightfully silly yet informative episode!😂🥰🙌

@cannibalbananas 9 ай бұрын

Loved that the spit pot was a crockpot 😂😂 And thank you for the knowledge with a side of entertainment 👍

@pandoraeeris7860 9 ай бұрын

Now we know where the "spit on it" truce comes from.

@CartoonHero1986 9 ай бұрын

This season's format is really cute

@angusmacdonald7187 9 ай бұрын

I will be fascinated to watch this hodge-podge pantheon evolve :-)

@Imperiused 9 ай бұрын

I loved the skits in this one XD

@lunathelunatic 9 ай бұрын

Oh I like this idea!!!! 🎉

@davidetuzzo8557 9 ай бұрын

I really anjoyed this episode! And the idea of these two scholars but also fans of creating their own Pantheon sounds super fun! It reminds me of that arch in the comic Lucifer in which two girls are put in charge of a new universe where they welcome all the refugees coming from all the mythologies that ever existed with the only condition that the girls themselves, although godlike, will not be worshipped themsleves.

@ReeveProductions 9 ай бұрын

Idunn!!! I played idunn in a play when I was younger. 😁

@semaj_5022 9 ай бұрын

Great video! Fate & Fabled and Monstrum are some of my favorite series on KZfaq. Love hearing about different mythologies from new perspectives. I do have a request, though. Would you guys mind looking up pronunciations for some of the words you use? It's a selfish request on my part, as your presentations are always top teir, but the pronunciations throw me off a bit sometimes. In this case, Æsir would be said more like "a-seer," with the "a" pronounced like the "a" in "act." Vanir would be "wah-neer" or "vah-neer." Both would have emphasis on the first syllable. Hope this doesn't come across as rude!

@d1j16 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful content. I'm always pining for more!

@nickc3657 9 ай бұрын

There should be a feast for all cast and crew with dishes (or just foods) from the cultures of all 10 gods! Maybe Beryl from Pan Pals could help?

@HarryBuddhaPalm 9 ай бұрын

You didn't mention the part where Loki drank from the cauldron and invented the Spit Take.

@crystallinecrow3365 9 ай бұрын

Ahhh at last we millennials are sufficiently mature and in enough positions of power to bring our meme culture to even PB heckin S 😂🤣 my heart is so full. Great video, loved the style! More of this please!

@probablyrajir638 9 ай бұрын

6:58 Fun fact: Æ, as in Æsir is near the end (second to last in Icelandic) of the Icelandic, Norse, Danish and Faroese alphabet.

@ninjakore1721 9 ай бұрын

You guys are so cool and funny !!!😂

@lyndsaybrown8471 9 ай бұрын

This was great! I love learning why the mythology may have come about. It was starting to sound pretty politically complicated, more than the short, little moral narratives. If this myth arose as a way to explain to two different cultures why they now live together, that makes sense as to why it is so complicated. Sort of like the story of like the story of the Roman Empire switching to Catholicism because Constantine prayed for victory and won the battle (if I am remembering what I learned in Catholic school correctly).

@srvfan454 9 ай бұрын

I DEMAND THAT THE STORY OF SMURFHEIM BE TOLD! Also I want a Smurfheim flag.

@fauxvier8519 9 ай бұрын

I LOVE SKITS

@wildmen5025 9 ай бұрын

Hail to the Aesir! Hail to the Vanir!

@dragonicus2614 7 ай бұрын

That's a fun idea making a pantheon with other gods😊

@djmoulton1558 9 ай бұрын

Oh dear. You have totally missed the opportunity to use correct Viking poetic metre, i.e. 1,2-1,2,3 in each line.

@johno5605 9 ай бұрын

Also as a request, I'd like for there to be a few episodes of the Slavic Deities as they receive very little attention.

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 9 ай бұрын

Fun Fantasy Pantheon gaming 🥰🥃🥃

@brandondavidson4085 9 ай бұрын

"This old myth about two warring groups of gods is an analogy of two pagan cultures merging and the conflicts that arise as they tried to cooperate for survival" Me: "Yeah, that was pretty obvious"

@mathieuleader8601 9 ай бұрын

those are some lovely roses

@christianchauhan23 9 ай бұрын

❤🤍💙 all your videos mam👍especially this one because it's about NORSE GODS.

@beniaminmarin1596 9 ай бұрын

02:56 Bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye

@dropkickcorpse 9 ай бұрын

Etymology question for Dr Z: Is there any etymological PIE link between the words Aesir and Asura? Thank you Storied team for the videos.

@tMarie234 9 ай бұрын

The correct word is Æser (one “Ås“ and female «Åsynje». It stems from a form of Germanic “Anzus” (Etruscan language «Asier») and means Gods.

@tMarie234 9 ай бұрын

And no,you can’t compare it to Asura (Ahura) at all :)

@sixft7in 9 ай бұрын

11:02 "I low key (Loki) would wear this..." Wah-wah-wah.

@GiantEagle610 9 ай бұрын

I keep thinking of the Norse gods featured in “ God of War” 2018 and “God of War -Ragnarok”

@stubbzzz 8 ай бұрын

I think the Vanir are from the Fins or related Uralic tribes in the area. The Finnish word for old is “vanha” so maybe “vanir” originally meant something like “the old gods”? We know that Odin / Woden ( as well as Gandalf) we’re inspired and influenced by the Finnish god, Vainemoinen. And even Loki was possibly influenced by the Finnish witch Louhi. Odin / Woden started out as the leader of The Wild Hunt, a psychopomp of ghostly storm winds from the animistic belief that the wind was spirits. At some point, he was elevated and replaced Tyr and Thor in the Zeus / King / All-Father role. He became more of a wandering wizard associated with wisdom and poetry after the Germanic tribes encountered the Finns and Vainamoinen. Maybe because both were associated with wind, so they were culturally merged together? Similar to how the Vanir and Aesir exchanged a few gods in the story. These are my thoughts and theories, anyway.

@jaredwebster3620 9 ай бұрын

Totally off topic but that scar on Dr. McTier's (sp?) shoulder and arm is very cool. I wonder what the story behind it is

@al_wombat 9 ай бұрын

Mimir! Where‘s Atreus?

@torbjornlekberg7756 9 ай бұрын

I have to speak against the idea of Sami being Vanir. The Sami were not the only group present during the time (according to some, they were not yet present at all. Remember, we are talking about Neolithic Scandinavia here). It is far more likely that a former group of farmers came to be remembered as Vanir, while the Indo-European, Corded Ware culture offshoot, known as the Battle Axe culture, represented the Aesir. The Sami were nomads are still such to a large extent. Today they are mainly raindeer herders, altho this is a relatively recent development. Going back further they were hunters and gatherers, focusing mostly on raindeer hunting.

@danvernier198 9 ай бұрын

Considering how mystic and alien the Finno-Ugric peoples are described in the few sources that do exist it seems outright absurd to assume that they were the source of these less warlike gods. The few preserved stories, the artistic depictions and place name prevalence all point to this mythic war representing the merger of separate Germanic traditions from different sides of Scandinavia. There's no linguistic, genetic, archeological or textual evidence to support the idea that the gemanic peoples of ancient Scandinavia had any significant exchange of ideas with the Finno-Ugric peoples.

@pikachue602 7 ай бұрын

U know the crazy thing is that we in Sanskrit refers forest and greenery as Vanya or vana just like the Gods Vanir .. And violence as a asuri (demonic) And yes in Vedic Hindu literature Asuras and Daevas are actually brothers

@CaritasGothKaraoke 8 ай бұрын

Whether Aesir precedes Vanir in the alphabet that Norse gods would have used would depend on what you did with “V”, which didn’t exist. If you used Uruz, instead of Wunjo, Vanir would come first alphabetically. Or, rather, fuþarkically.

@mildsoup8978 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@j.f.fisher5318 9 ай бұрын

I kinda figured the war was the proto indo european sky-god culture reaching the end of its rope in the alien lands of the north and having to coexist with the earth gods instead of conquering them. Incidentally, a lot of aspects of Ragnarok sound like they could recount a volcanic eruption and a severe volcanic winter such as 526 AD.