Amon Amarth Viking Video Contest Winner: The Wild Hunt

Read all about it:
http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=8160
http://metalinjection.net/av/amon-amarth-viking-video-contest-and-the-winner-is
A huge thanks to Metal Injection and Metal Sucks for the win! I can't believe it! ..................................... The Norse Pagans believed that Odin would ride above the tree tops on his eight legged horse, Sleipnir, followed by the ghosts of the dead. Odin was known as the leader of disembodied spirits, and storms were associated with his passing. In this animation, 3 Vikings camping just off the coast see the passing of Odin, Sleipnir, and the Souls of the dead firsthand. A storm is rolling in, and the older Viking is sick, and he dies. His disembodied soul is carried away by Odin, and the aging Viking joins Odin in the Wild Hunt. The other two wave goodbye. I decided I had to enter the Amon Amarth Viking video contest so I locked myself away for a week working on this thing day in and day out. It was difficult to really tell much story with the time limit of one minute, but I hope you find it entertaining. I drew inspiration from my obsession with Norse Paganism and of course Amon Amarth's music, as well as this quote: "When the winter winds blow and the Yule fires are lit, it is best to stay indoors, safely shut away from the dark paths and the wild heaths. Those who wander out by themselves during the Yule-nights may hear a sudden rustling through the tops of the trees - a rustling that might be the wind, though the rest of the wood is still. "But then the barking of dogs fills the air, and the host of wild souls sweeps down, fire flashing from the eyes of the black hounds and the hooves of the black horses" Kveldulf Hagen Gundarsson (Mountain Thunder) .......................... If you look carefully, you can spot a crudely drawn Johan Hegg and the words "Amon Amarth" written in runic on this and that. Song: Under The Northern Star by Amon Amarth Anyhow, once again, enjoy! (Created by me, Christian Madsen, specially for the Amon Amarth Viking Video Contest, (C) August 2008 VTC)


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[washnon]

want a job?

[villainousturtle]

@washnon What job?

[DogbiteProductions]

wered you learn how to animate?

[villainousturtle]

Mostly self taught and I just guessed. Some is from books and school.

[shadowInurez]

slepnir has 8 legs, thoe,...and also,..valkaries get the slain arior, and that guy who died would have gone to hel, he dident die bravely

[villainousturtle]

If you look you can see that Sleipnir DOES have 8 legs in the video, and he goes to the land of the dead, because this is the Wild Hunt which you perhaps haven't read about. "Mortals getting in the path of or following the Hunt could be kidnapped and brought to the land of the dead."

[lucadiver84]

Oden is the true God

[Balduinmab]

oh he died without a sword

[JarlFalstaff]

@SwiftSnowmane Yes I know. Hence why I asked about why Fenrir was follwing not his two wolves. Thanks for reiterating.....

[TheChangenick]

found youre video on Amon amarth channel

[HoundsoftheWild]

That was awesome!

[SwiftSnowmane]

@JarlFalstaff

Odin also had his own pair of wolves, not just ravens.....

[Vikingwerefox]

Odin >>>>> Zeus

[JarlFalstaff]

Why does it look like Fenris Wolf is following Otthin instead of Hungin and Mungin???