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

[Radei Drchevich]

WOW....the vid is great but OMNIGLOT.  God it is going to take me months 
just to go thru all the info.  please, when OT is like this, more please<G>.

>From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT but WAY COOL!- Viking rock video!
>Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 23:12:32 -0800
>
>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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