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Vegtamskvi​ð​a

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Also known as Baldrs Draumar, this poem tells of Odin’s ride to Hel, where he wakes a sleeping Völva to demand insight into his son Baldr’s troubling dreams.

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Senn váru æsir allir á þingi
ok ásynjur allar á máli,
ok um þat réðu ríkir tívar,
hví væri Baldri ballir draumar.

Upp reis Óðinn, alda gautr,
ok hann á Sleipni söðul of lagði;
reið hann niðr þaðan niflheljar til;
mætti hann hvelpi, þeim er ór helju kom.

Sá var blóðugr um brjóst framan
ok galdrs föður gól of lengi;
fram reið Óðinn, foldvegr dunði;
hann kom at hávu Heljar ranni.

Þá reið Óðinn fyrir austan dyrr,
þar er hann vissi völu leiði;
nam hann vittugri valgaldr kveða,
unz nauðig reis, nás orð of kvað:

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released July 3, 2020
Featuring Sigurbodi Gretarsson on Tagelharpa, background vocals, and whale bones.

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Vévaki Iceland

Vévaki is a heathen neofolk project based in Nordic mythology. Deriving inspiration from nature and through the scope of animism, they seek to breathe light and sound into these old stories and ancient ideas.

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