4.2 Omasmal: Saga of Murnamir [CC]

This poetic lay sees the hero Murnamir wake an ancestral mother from the grave in order to gain her wise rede. The spirit of his "four and hundredth mother", an ancient dis, reveals that a party four and twenty strong has been sent to the world of men for the last 40 generations to rekindle the fires of troth.

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Also read the poem at:
http://fridhgard.org/lore/dan_ralph_miller/omasmal.html

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[fridhgard]

Beowulf knew it...

Be well!

-Dan Ralph Miller

[fridhgard]

Yes, the rede arises from my own rites of sitting out, once twenty years ago, and since, most recently last winter.

So far in Murnamir's tale I have also written one other poem, the Short Lay of Murnamir, in which he finds Valhalla, apparently at the very end of his adventure. This poem was on YT last year, but I will be bringing it back on this channel soon,

A large part if the adventure is the awakening and self-remembering of the twenty-four. Some never remember in a lifetime, others do...

[Svindsson]

I see. I got the feeling that such rede seemed strongly in nature of that gained from a sitting out-perhaps get that feeling as Murnamir seems to be doing something of the like. But the mentioning of a song still makes me feel that way-I would think that only such a song could be gained that way-sort of the One Eyed one or another of the High Ones placing it there.

Might I ask whom the 24 are? I can not think of who these might be.

[fridhgard]

Experience. Lore.

While there's good news, the history of the revival of the Old Ways is a passage littered with shipwrecks & perused by pirates and rogues. They push political & ideological agendas, sow fear, hatred, conflict & derision, spread lies & half-truths, uncaring of the damage they wreak. The chaotic state is the only one in which they are free to create cults & political parties. The state of affairs drives away thousands of folks.

A scene played out again & again, here & there.

[acerking76]

indeed, wisdom to ponder upon

[Svindsson]

Where came the inspiration for this rede?