The Voluspa Recited - Part 1 of 2

In September 2009 during Symbel at Midwest Thing in Minnesota, Mark Stinson of Jotun's Bane Kindred recited the Eddic Poem, the Voluspa from memory in fulfillment of an oath. Our ancestors had an oral story-telling tradition, and it is something worth reviving...

The music in the video was used with permission from Kari Tauring...please visit http://www.karitauring.com and purchase an album of her beautiful music.

A big thanks to Jason Grothe for shooting the video, and to my kindred for their encouragement.

This is Part 1 of 2.

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[UIFRINN]

very impressive Mark. 

[OdinsbaneOfficial]

I wrote a song inspired by the poem

[TheVoluspa]

It sates itself on the life-blood

of fated men,

paints red the powers' homes

with crimson gore.

Black become the sun's beams

in the summers that follow,

weathers all treacherous.

Do you still seek to know? And what?

[karitauring]

Well done Mark! Of all who follow the Aesir path, you are among the most noble and trust worthy. My higher Gjalp greets your higher Thor with deep understanding and true friendship.

Kari