It's a good channel. He's a scholar of old norse, so a linguist, but he often has a very good take on the myths and brings up some controversies surrounding their interpretation. For instance, some scholars have argued the Aesir and Vanir are of one tribe (though he personally doesn't feel this way) and in a recent video he mentioned Odin's name, 'All-Father', may be a questionable interpretation of the old norse, and may be more akin to 'All-Orderer'.
He's got a translation of the poetic edda as well (although he avoids using the word 'faggot' even when he knows damn well that's what the translation should be). Good stuff.
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It's a good channel. He's a scholar of old norse, so a linguist, but he often has a very good take on the myths and brings up some controversies surrounding their interpretation. For instance, some scholars have argued the Aesir and Vanir are of one tribe (though he personally doesn't feel this way) and in a recent video he mentioned Odin's name, 'All-Father', may be a questionable interpretation of the old norse, and may be more akin to 'All-Orderer'.
He's got a translation of the poetic edda as well (although he avoids using the word 'faggot' even when he knows damn well that's what the translation should be). Good stuff.