Old Norse: From Heimskringla to Hollywood

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Ай бұрын

A panel discussion featuring Dr. Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir (National Library of Norway), Dr. Ole-Albert Rønning Nordby (National Library of Norway), and Jackson Crawford discussing the popularity of Viking- and Norse-related themes in modern culture.
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@AlfOfAllTrades Ай бұрын

Happy to say I was there. Very interesting, and fun to meet Dr. Crawford in person as well. He seemed genuinely happy to meet one of his youtube subscribers, which made it even more fun. Takk for en informativ diskusjon, til både Dr. Jackson Crawford og til Dr. Jóhanna Katrín Fri∂riksdóttir. Kudos til Dr. Ole-Albert Rønning Nordby som gjorde en god jobb som ordstyrer.

@steelstanding8005 Ай бұрын

How awsome that Dr. Crawford is working with the National Archive here, love it.

@ErikHolten Ай бұрын

National *Library, the National Archive is another, separate institution.

@OBXDewey 18 күн бұрын

I will never be able to unsee the runes on the front cover of the book. 😊

@bigfootisjustreallyshy Ай бұрын

I appreciate that you dont hammer people over the head with the fact that some hate groups misuse Norse iconography. IMO all it does it turn good people away from something they could really love studying out of fear of being associated with those movements. The more popular and mainstream Norse culture becomes, the more we "take back" the iconography. And the misuse of those symbols by those groups will truly be nothing more than an aberration.

@alexmanning9961 10 күн бұрын

Damn, Dr. Crawford teaching me sowmthing i didn't know about my home state.

@tagestabell-kul4884 Ай бұрын

19:43 I attended, and appreciate your efforts to convey meaning rather than just words.

@lennieo6331 Ай бұрын

New subscriber here but have enjoyed Dr Crawford's videos for a while. Absolutely enthralling discussion, insightful and humorous. Interesting to think that Dr Crawford may end up having a larger subscriber count than the actual number of people who spoke old Norse at the time. Thank you for this talk and upwards and onwards with your channel.

@CaptainBoban Ай бұрын

While ive been a fan of crawford for 3-4 years now, the last month or so ive been very impressed by his relation to the academic standard and I think he in a very eloquently way expressed this in this conversation.

@ziloj-perezivat 25 күн бұрын

He has a phd

@CaptainBoban 25 күн бұрын

@@ziloj-perezivat Well I know many people with phds, me included. However there are plenty of people who have phds that i would not give this compliment.

@user-yd4le6wv9p Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for yet another great conversation. Excellent interview questions, with good, illustrative examples. Really a pleasure to watch. Kudos and gratitude to all three of you on stage!

@petaljam6168 27 күн бұрын

Charming and insightful. Thank you, all three participants.

@chrisanderson3806 18 күн бұрын

Fantastic Video Jackson!

@acaciabaker5935 Ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@BaileyJPope 28 күн бұрын

Was a fantastic idea to bring both a native speaker of Iceland and a 2nd language speaker, providing multiple perspectives on the same beautiful topic!

@bettinaeign5816 Ай бұрын

Cool discussion and cool remark about Mr Wednesday. I watched the show and liked the book even better.

@Lcngopher Ай бұрын

So in a roundabout way, dr crawford has impacted the name of multiple magic the gathering cards. With the assassins creed universes beyond set releasing later this year, they have multiple cards depicting eivor. One is part of a two deck intro product

@joesamrae Ай бұрын

Legend

@IcelandicRoots1 Ай бұрын

Very, very cool discussion!

@MrMadman864 8 күн бұрын

With Johanna's translation around the 13 minute mark, she alludes to a jury of 12. Does anyone know if trial by jury (of 12) is a Norman concept, a Saxon concept or a Norse concept? I have found it hard to work out where this legal system originates from.

@melissahdawn Ай бұрын

When such words were spoken and written, no one valued the languages. All of Europe valued those ideas, and it seems just the germaniac portion preserved it. Thank goodness!! We are merely a stepping stone, sorta kinda... at least that is my quick take on it, it seems like each culture passes information down sort of trying it on then passing it down. Maybe movies are a global pulse in the same way Sagas and Operas were in the past. I mean look at Bible stories, and sacred text. Is it the stories themselves that influence generations of devoted followers or what they hear, which is more than they words to convey... I have been thinking alot about the use of humor to remember things.... for example, I will probably remember for a long time that law about biting people because it is humorous.

@ziloj-perezivat 25 күн бұрын

What brand t shirt are you wearing Dr Crawford?

@darlebalfoort8705 19 күн бұрын

I did watch American Gods. I'm a Neil Gaiman fan.

@BibleLovingLutheran 24 күн бұрын

Around the 24:30 mark. I’m interested because I’m Scandinavian American

@ziloj-perezivat 25 күн бұрын

Yohanna is really nice

@malphini 29 күн бұрын

2:15 “women of the wiking world”

@cmcapps1963 Ай бұрын

Isn't every ethnocentric movement that puts any ethnic group above others harmful? I think Dr Crawford's answer was excellent and the questioner's perspective not very informed.

@carmichaelree 20 күн бұрын

Do you not find it a bit odd that you are complaining of ethnocentrism being so "harmful" when we are talking about a society, in the viking age, that loved violence? Don't get me wrong, the spirituality of the vikings is still very overlooked. But to think they didn't thrive as a culture by literally raiding others...

@carmichaelree 20 күн бұрын

pathetic

@PalleRasmussen Ай бұрын

Eh? What? I picked up and read Shakespeare with no problem.

@danitbelle6136 Ай бұрын

I haven't got very far into the video yet, so I don't know if you're responding to something that's said there, but Shakespeare is writing in Early Modern English (only one step from the kind you're writing in). For older stuff, you want Middle English (Chaucer being the most famous example) or Old English (Beowulf, etc.).

@PalleRasmussen Ай бұрын

@@danitbelle6136 I was responding, which you have probably seen at this time in the video- if not, you will.

@az4037 Ай бұрын

I don’t believe you. You sincerely read an entire Shakespeare play without consulting the dictionary or using footnotes? There are a lot of archaic words and constructions that are essentially incomprehensible to modern day english speakers. Unless you already had exposure to 16th century english, I doubt you could breeze through a Shakespeare or Marlowe play the same way you can read Harry Potter or something.

@PalleRasmussen Ай бұрын

@@az4037 yet I did, whatever you believe, after gymnasium. I had also read Unfinished Tales right out of public school. I have a good ear for English, less so for French.

@ryanpangilinan5803 Ай бұрын

@@az4037didn’t get to the part in the video yet either. I’d say it probably depends on the play tbh! I didn’t have too much trouble with Julius Caesar ie, but I don’t remember King Lear being an easy read