Name: From Where its Roots Run
Duration: P00H07M17S
Description: A conceptual piece detailing Óðinn's quest for the runes and the nine nights he spent, pierced by a spear, hanging in the branches of Yggdrasil. With narration in the Old Norse language (corresponding excerpts from the Vǫluspá and from the Hávamál.)

From Where its Roots Run

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A conceptual piece detailing Óðinn's quest for the runes and the nine nights he spent, pierced by a spear, hanging in the branches of Yggdrasil. With narration in the Old Norse language (corresponding excerpts from the Vǫluspá and from the Hávamál.)

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From the Vǫluspá:
Ask veit eg standa,
heitir Yggdrasill,
hár baðmur, ausinn
hvíta auri;
þaðan koma döggvar
þær er í dala falla,
stendur æ yfir grænn
Urðarbrunni.

From the Hávamál:
Veit ek at ek hekk
vindga meiði á
nætr allar níu
geiri undaðr
ok gefinn Óðni
sjálfr sjálfum mér
á þeim meiði
er manngi veit
hvers hann af rótum renn

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released September 21, 2014
Turenn - acoustic guitar, production, percussion, choir
Kveldulf - narration, flute, octave mandolin, choir

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Atavist Lore Ontario

Atavist Lore is a two-man project based in Ontario and Québec, Canada specialising in dark folk and ambient music distinctly European in inspiration. Using a variety of acoustic instruments and ancient languages, Atavist Lore attempts to transmute the longing that many feel in the age of modernity into something strong, traditional, and folkloric. ... more

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