Hedningarna "Metsän Tyttö"

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Hedningarna's world is a place where primitive, brutal folk music collides with sampling and programming, forging a new direction. Hedningarna, "the heathens" in English, drive ancient Nordic music into the modern era paying no attention to the rules of the road. If ancient folk music is a dragon and it has an appetite for new ideas and technology, then Hedningarna have made a career of nurturing the beast. Their newly created tunes are an extension of the living tradition inspired by the melodies of their forebears. The intensity of modern technology mixed with the flavor of ancient instruments and tunes creates the explosive, intense sound of Hedningarna.

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Music

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• hedningarna
• metsän
• tyttö
• metsan
• tytto
• folk
• world
• music
• finland
• suomi
• finnish
• fino
• ugric

[swinki33]

Kto by pomyślał, że zimne Skandynawy mają taką ognistą muzę.....

Ej, hoj.....

[Devanatha]

English translation:

Maiden of forest, maiden my favourite, Maiden of night, maiden of dusk

Place the gold in the golden hair, place the brass to the brass bodies

Spin a red red yarn from the golden hair

From the brass bodies, pull across the rivers rivers

Maiden of forest maiden my favourite, Maiden of night, maiden of dusk

Through the swamps swamps through the land, through the harsh forests forests

Don't stray from the path, do not lose your way way.

Maiden of forest...

[laelamarie1]

I have observed several uploads of this group looking for basic information and I certainly got it here, not only the information provided by kantelar (thank you ) but the comments are wonderful also, like a group effort to educate those like myself who are fascinated by this strange-sounding language and this is the BEST song! makes me want to go run through the woods....

[timomastosalo]

@timomastosalo More about the brass lady: Check Gjallarhorn - Suvetar on the vid feed. It means 'Summer lady', Suvi being summer originally in the western dialects + tar/tär being a feminine ending, much like -ess in English, so 'Summeress' might be a 'cool' translation.

The song is an old fertility rite to the field, or spirits of the field, though I'm not much into kinda shamanistic things, since being found by God, amazingly enough. But of course as a Finnish linguistic I like ye olde tong

[timomastosalo]

@ralphyboy25 You're welcome. I studied Finnish as my major, + a load of linguistics there besides. About the English roots it's interesting to read Anglo-saxon origin, glimpse a bit welsh or some other celtic languages + french - and to look at saucer & Shakespeare, then some 19th & early 20th century authors to notice something about the language change.

I study more texts, but I understand your musical languages hobby, cause it's close the same.

[ralphyboy25]

@timomastosalo Thank you for the background. A woman from gold, or simply suntanned bodies. Both interesting things to ponder. I realize that it can be difficult to decipher metaphoric references from ancient tales within one's own culture, and even harder for us to translate them to other languages.

Understanding the historical and/or cultural background behind musical lyric is a bit of a hobby for me.  Thanks again for your help.

[timomastosalo]

@ralphyboy25 Brass body can simply be coming from the colour of a summer tanned body.

But the ancient Finns had a story of making a woman from gold, in Kalevala. So, don't know if there was a story moving around about a brass maiden as well. And brass was so important before the coming of iron to the industry of tools that it was valued long till iron age, and the stories remaining in Kalevala. There are lots of metaphores that are using brass in the wordings, 'lyrics'.

[MahBoi22]

@ralphyboy25 And I agree with that statement! When Sanna was with that other lady (shoot, I forget her name), it was ok, and I love Sanna's voice in and of itself, but there's something so amazing and "right" about her and Anita singing together. Karelia Visa is definitely, by far, my favourite album of theirs, because of the vocals <3

[ralphyboy25]

@MahBoi22 I agree. IMO the Karelia Visa incarnation of Hedningarna, was truly their finest.

[MahBoi22]

I love the vocals in this song. Anita and Sanna make an awesome vocal team!

[ralphyboy25]

@Irisholly Yes, this song will definitely put a spring into your step. Excellent harmonies, and a crisp melody.

[tridneven]

@swinki33 lepe si spawaj i nie gadaj o skandinawy ;)