[Sca-cooks] OT but WAY COOL!- Viking rock video!

[Huette von Ahrens]

Thank you Lainie!  That is too cool!  Do you
know if this ballad has been recorded as a CD
somewhere?  I would love to own a copy.

BTW, I send a copy of your message to Nanna in
Iceland, asking her if Icelandic and Faroese 
were close enough that she could give me an
English translation of such a wonderful ballad.
I will post her answer to the list, if I get one.

Thanks again!

Huette


--- "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:

> This is absolutely too cool:
> 
>
<http://www.tyr.net/video/reginhq.WMV>http://www.tyr.net/video/reginhq.WMV
> 
> Makes me want to get out a round shield and
> bash some heads!
> 
> And the rest of the story:
> 
> I sent the link to a friend of mine who teaches
> English back east, because 
> he's an Anglo-Saxonist and I thought he might
> know more about the text. I 
> thought it was Icelandic- turns out I was
> close! This is what Alan sent me:
> 
> >I worked my way back through the URL and then
> found this:
> >
>
><http://www.tyr.net/videors.asp?Cmd=9>http://www.tyr.net/videors.asp?Cmd=9
> >
> >Regin Smiður
> >Producer og cameraman: Ingólfur Julisson
> >Released: November 2003
> >Location: Poland
> >
> >See "Regin Smiður" online
> >
> >high quality
> >low quality
> >
> >The song:
> >Regin Smiður is an old Faroese ballad telling
> the tale of Regin the 
> >blacksmith and his part in the destiny of
> Sigfried Dragonslayer. Regin 
> >plots to decieve Sigfried but Odin makes sure
> that Sigfried is well 
> >informed and eventually Sigfried slays Regin
> as well as the Dragon.
> >
> >Video:
> >About the recording and the action:
> >Regin Smiður was recorded in Jomsborg Viking
> Festival 1.-3. august 2003 
> >and includes some liveshots from concerts. In
> the video, Týr are 
> >performing together with vikings from the
> Festival. In the first scenes, 
> >Týr are welcomed at the high table of noble
> chieftains from Germany. The 
> >fight scenes are from the festivals live
> performance, great battles 
> >between vikings and slavs at Jomsborg. The
> fight-scenes where Heri is 
> >included is performed by the viking groups
> Kruki and Wataha. The artwork 
> >of Ingólfur Júlíusson is nothing short of
> fabulous. He has captured the 
> >true viking spirit.
> 
> I snooped around for particulars on old
> Faroese, and found this very 
> interesting page for a quick tour:
> 
>
<http://www.omniglot.com/writing/faroese.htm>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/faroese.htm
> 
> 
> 
> I learned something new today! Way cool!
> 
> 'Lainie,
> LitGeek
>
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