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  • @FionaSelle
    @FionaSelle หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Thank you for pointing out that one TH-camr, though you didn’t use her name. She is no more Sámi than a rock is food, and she has made it so difficult for reconnecting Sámi to have a true understanding of the culture rather than a new one.
    Your videos are great and I hope all is well this season for you, Arith!

  • @justnice4701
    @justnice4701 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    For the algorithm. Great video, as always.

  • @KahvellaZeko
    @KahvellaZeko หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was just thinking about you yesterday, and here you are! Very happy to see you Arith :)

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'll be here for as long as it is possible. Thank you for dropping by :D

  • @teresafigueiredo
    @teresafigueiredo หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Very, very good, Quality of information, wisdom and knowledge! ❤

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you very much! :D

  • @denyse6666
    @denyse6666 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    thank you for this Arith we should all search for the truth in all things ..... but most prefer to have the lies it seems to comfort them ..... the cat has grown to be so very beautiful and i think the cat knows it ! :) hope you are keeping well my dear friend !

  • @ashwesteve5577
    @ashwesteve5577 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This Sàmi youtuber you were referencing - if I have the right person in mind - was actually quite a huge inspiration to me up until quite recently when I was innocently browsing Etsy and noticed a review directly from her on a Sàmi runebomme (shamanic drum) inspired oracle deck produced before she released hers, and she highly praised it. She has since replicated this deck in almost the exact same fashion, clearly with the higher production costs she has access to, as this former deck was hand drawn. She has quite heavily promoted her own deck without acknowledging this was not an original idea (as it is promoted as), so I now find her quite disingenuous and am suspicious about how she may be making money from other people's ideas or spirituality without crediting the original source.

  • @utaannalinnemann8578
    @utaannalinnemann8578 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Arith, thanks a lot for this brilliant summary of that theme 🙏🏼👍🏼

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a pleasure and honour. Thank you for listening! Cheers!

  • @2dazla8
    @2dazla8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for another video full of knowledge and facts. The discussion related to the Sami people, and their culture and traditions being suppressed, as well as the struggle they are having to re-engage with their heritage, makes me so sad. It is so awful that so many cultures and peoples have lost their heritage over time 💔 Many blessings to you, my dear friend 🖤

  • @qkranarchist3015
    @qkranarchist3015 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent episode. Thank you, Arith.

  • @coranova
    @coranova หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you again for another video🌼 I hope that you and yours are well 🍂🍁

  • @SáreOfAlaska
    @SáreOfAlaska หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nobody who charges for anything is authentic. A spiritual worker is traditionally judged by their works on behalf of their community. Thank you for acknowledging the struggles of my people.

    • @runeguidanceofthenorse
      @runeguidanceofthenorse หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually that's not true for all traditions, but I understand what you mean.❤

  • @dawntibble5289
    @dawntibble5289 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks Arith. Always lots to think about.

  • @leonardogomes7165
    @leonardogomes7165 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Hello
    My dear friend 😊
    Many thanks for your existence and for sharing your wisdom always 🙏🙏🙏💯🏆
    You are The MAN
    Best wishes from Marajó Island Pará Brazil😊

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you my dear friends, as always. Abraço!

  • @sergeloos3556
    @sergeloos3556 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for this very lucid video.

  • @erikhoff5010
    @erikhoff5010 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Having studied Anthropology somewhat in my youth, it is generally understood that christian churches were built on top of the Pagan religious structures that existed at that time. The belief being that the land there was already Holy Land and the new religion was Overcoming the old.

  • @hhaysom
    @hhaysom หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Arith, I enjoyed this video as always. Thankyou! I remember you talking about the year 2024 and the state of the world once, although I can't remember which video it was. I would love to hear more your take on the spiritual state of humanity and where we are headed. Take care!

  • @patrickk2111
    @patrickk2111 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another great video! Happy Thorsday!

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy Thor's Day my friend. Thank you for listening! Cheers!

  • @ForrestAnna
    @ForrestAnna หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Be warm my friend, and let the fire in your heart warm your day.

  • @mrcleanse522
    @mrcleanse522 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    always so well said

  • @erikhoff5010
    @erikhoff5010 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As to the use of a Hof as a site of Norse Heathen Religious practices, it is common folklore within my ancestral family, that this is True! We ARE the keepers of this TRUTH! Skal

  • @2maestra_poetica
    @2maestra_poetica หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Arith, your channel is the number one for me these days. The way you address even the most controversial issues is pure magic🪄

  • @runeguidanceofthenorse
    @runeguidanceofthenorse หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even during the time period of pre Christian Scandinavia there was no set "one way" to practice it. It even varied from village to village. Many try to reconstruct it based on a western esotericism lens instead of just understanding thats its an animistic "world view." ❤

  • @smucko1232
    @smucko1232 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This isnt entirely related to the video but there is a book worth looking into which you might have read called "Lapponia" (Or Lappland in Swedish) by Johannes Schefferus which contains alot of information regarding Sámi culture and practices atleast in some areas. Although there is a consensus among the Sámi themselves and among scholars that there is alot of valuable information in the book it should as always be taken with a grain of salt since it was written in the late 17th century when there unfortunately was alot of flat out racism, discrimination and oppression towards the Sámi people. Best regards from sweden!

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Could the lack of temples be because they held their meetings in the open air? In groves and sacred places like caves, etc. In a sort of parallel to druid gatherings.

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I believe that this is the case and there would have been a lot of overlap between the religious beliefs, as we see across the world. From Ireland, Wales and England to India and Siberia the cultures share many similarities.

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hello my dear friend. Well, that idea of open air places of worship is often a celtic romanticism, originating first from the accounts of the "Celts" of the Iberian Atlantic by Stabo, and then from the "Celts" of Gaul by the accounts of Julius Caesar, and many classical authors have picked those ideas even without seeing such cultures. Pretty much that's what Tacitus did when speaking about the "Germanic" tribes. There are several evidences that Celts had temples, and by the +/- 4th century BCE they started to erect stone temples with the progressive contact with the Romans. When it comes to Scandinavia, these Iron Age tendencies came a little bit late, but there are evidences of wooden temples, but since there are no evidences of a priestly class, these buildings were probably erected by wealthy local lords and so they administered the religious services. There were probably only a few temples because much of the religious expressions were either done in front or inside the Great Hall, as the local political and military authorities held the relgious power and performed public ceremonies to their subjects. Other evidences of a cultic expression were probably done within the domestic environment. This doesn't mean that there weren't expressions towards belief systems in the open air, but evidences of such are impossible to determine as there are no evidences.

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ArithHärger The issue with the use of things like Temples is that they're likely also a direct influence from the Roman conquest of Celtic lands whereby they assimilated people who were willing, into aspects of their culture. As you bring up Julius Caeser, it's important to note that a lot of the polemics he wrote praising certain cultures within Gaul/Briton could likely be due to their ability to accept Roman beliefs and tales, such as the repetition with which he asserts they believe in Roman Gods.

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ArithHärger You also have the forgeries of Iolo Morganwg really heavily tied into the modern interpretation of the Celts

  • @molotulo8808
    @molotulo8808 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Arith, you need more hats.

  • @ernamoller175
    @ernamoller175 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thank you Arith, you are the ONLY person I follow regarding the "old Norse religion". Thank you❤

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thank you my dear friend. I also recommend taking a look at Ocean Keltoi here on TH-cam, and "Nordic Animism" with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen :D hehe. Cheers!

    • @johangrostkerck6046
      @johangrostkerck6046 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​@@ArithHärger Did you ever look into or try to contact the Lady of the Labyrinth (Maria Kvilhaug) or SurviveTheJive? I think I suggested them to you once but I'm not certain

    • @melissabrentford8260
      @melissabrentford8260 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      💯 The channel where I feel every word as valuable knowledge! 😊

  • @Vandelberger
    @Vandelberger หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do you think programs dedicated to making a modern "Gothi" program is beneficial to communities? Seems like as long as the intentions are good, it is a good idea to limit the wild cards or crazies.

  • @stewartthomas2642
    @stewartthomas2642 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your stuff kick on love it ❤❤❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍👍

  • @sergeloos3556
    @sergeloos3556 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A few questions after my comments five days ago : Weren't there priests at the Big temple of Uppsala, Sweden? Who were the Godhis and the Vitkis?

  • @alysmarcus7747
    @alysmarcus7747 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thankyou!!

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you my friend :D

  • @dennislogan6781
    @dennislogan6781 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I know of three other YT channels that teach Paganism. Ocean Keltoi does not teach you how to be one but tells you history. Jacob Toddson seems to think he is Odin's chief priest. The Irish Pagan School charges a high price to learn from them. My belief is this, I believe there is something else greater than me but I don't know for sure who. When someone dies for several days and comes back to tell us, I will then know.

    • @beautifuldreamer0811
      @beautifuldreamer0811 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I really enjoy Ocean Keltoi's presentation of knowledge and his perspective. He and Arith are some of the few people that I can take seriously and who aren't cringy or seemingly fake.

    • @MrNoncomformist
      @MrNoncomformist หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@beautifuldreamer0811Jacob toddson spouts a lot of rubbish and is kinda on the path leaning towards the AFA
      ocean Keltoi is very good with his knowledge and arith is the best

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I do enjoy Ocean Keltoi and I'm subscribed to his channel. Even though I haven't watched a lot of his videos, the ones I did watch are quite good and I find him to be a reliable source of information. Of others mentioned, I cannot say the same. There's also Jackson Crawford, which is a very good source for Old Norse language, which helps to understand the writen sources, even though I do not always agree with his interpretations, but it is understandable, as he is focused on lingustic and etymological roots, and takes things too literally, so there's no space for the necessary interdisciplinary work to understand past cultutes (but in his defence, he does have interviews with other experts on several different areas, and that's good). There's also Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen and his channel "Nordic Animism", he is, to me, the most reliable source on such subjects.

    • @beautifuldreamer0811
      @beautifuldreamer0811 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @ArithHärger I do truly love the linguistic perspective that Dr Crowford offers but agree that his stark stance on runes being a writing system only and not having anything to do with past magik practices to be a little off putting. But I understand that his has a strictly academic background and his differing opinion doesn't take away from the wealth of knowledge he offers.

    • @MrChristianDT
      @MrChristianDT หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Celtic side is even worse than the Norse/ Germanic side. I can find, weird, random stuff here & there & have developed a skill for working out what info is relevant & goes with what while studying what has been written down about Native American cultures & comparing that to what all they have managed to preserve & recover, but the biggest issue is that, even if we could perfectly recreate this religion & the holidays, they belong & are deeply interconnected in a society that doesn't exist anymore & which we would have an excruciatingly hard time recreating, on top of likely involving several things we no longer are OK with, so there isn't much point in even being perfectly authentic.

  • @VITAMIN-DEATH
    @VITAMIN-DEATH หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Priest or no priest you probably had to prove your worth either in battle/exploration or in hardcore farming/fishing etc. Those bald dudes wearing corpse paint shown in the vikings show although aesthetically pleasing were a figment of fiction

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah, quite the fictional characters in those series, following the same stereotypical representations of Hollywood. The ones shown in the "Northman" movie, by Robert Eggers are closer to what may have been, as people whose activity/job wasn't religion but sometimes performed such activities for the community. Thank you for watching and listening, have a great day!

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those "bald dudes with corpse paint" were an imagining of Seers, a specific type of mystic that has little known about it so a lot can be implied and guessed. From what I know about Druids, it seems like that some preistly classes would be present in battles but to cast spells and try to influence the battle through other means than physical combat. We also know that Druids spent up to 20 years training for their specialist position which would be wasted if they were slain in battle. I like the depicition though, even if its just guesswork and eclectic paganism.

    • @VITAMIN-DEATH
      @VITAMIN-DEATH หลายเดือนก่อน

      @CelticMysticSeer The depiction is very pleasing indeed.Surely any kind of ceremonial position,priests,druids etc was demanding and took years of specific practice.Acting as a door between worlds was and in a way still is a path not traveled by many.

  • @MissFreyja
    @MissFreyja หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Come for the information and you stay for the Cameos, or should that be cat-ios, I will see myself out.

    • @2dazla8
      @2dazla8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lol @MissFreyja. I love Arith's kitties making an appearance, too 😻

  • @illiatiia
    @illiatiia หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is random, but you should do an art video, showing your art or items you like. 🖤

  • @BillieBoyd-ng2qv
    @BillieBoyd-ng2qv หลายเดือนก่อน

    Perhaps like Shintoism, spirits live outside ( forest) not really coming in a hof ( building).

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would love to speak about Shintoism, as I find it very interesting, especially in terms of extending the information of Animism in this channel.

    • @BillieBoyd-ng2qv
      @BillieBoyd-ng2qv หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ArithHärger funny t similar to heathen and yet t other side t world. Lol

  • @morganacrows776
    @morganacrows776 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amoooo Hail Loki 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Agesilaus.88
    @Agesilaus.88 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom from Survive The Jive has a course on heathenism, which he claims is authentic. I'd be interested in your take on it.

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He's a great disappointment and far from being a reliable source, I've found. But that's just my opinion, and for many years I've unsubscribed his channel and I take little into consideration about anything he has to express. But again, that's my opinion on his work and person.

    • @Agesilaus.88
      @Agesilaus.88 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @ArithHärger I take your opinion on these matters quite seriously, and you are a recommended channel when my friends and I discuss such matters. Could you elaborate on why you have a negative opinion of him? I see his content being shared a lot.

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@Agesilaus.88 in truth, I would rather not talk about it because I don't want people to think there's any sort of bias from my part, and I prefer people would find out for themselves, seeing the patterns for themselves instead of anyone pointing out, so they may genuinely understand for themselves without reaching any conclusions through hear-saying. I've been a victim of rumours and gossip merely by hear-saying which ended up to be unfounded, as it was quite a lot of lies on my person, but even so, many people believed the lies and never questioned anything. So I do prefer people watch things for themselves and take their own conclusions. However, anyone who studies Indo-European themes, knows perfectly well how such sources have been quite twisted to fit into political propagandas, and anything written about Indo-European studies before the 1980's is pure rubbish. Proper Indo-European studies have only started to be conducted already in the XXI century and there's still too much to "clean" when it comes to the deeply rooted political propaganda of which Indo-European studies have suffered from. It's no secret that Tom's political views are far-right and he quite often expressess his and others' white supremacist views through "european paganism". He is quite clever, and uses Indo-European "studies" as political propaganda and to express his and other groups' extreme views. His videos have a very appealing and entertaining presentation, and it's such a pity the content is extremely biased and clearly in-line with his political beliefs, rather than a presentation of the actual historical truth and academic work. After all, he is a journalist, and it is his job to catch people's attentions, and he does it well. But I maintain what I say: I would rather have people pay attention and take such conclusions for themselves, rather than solely taking my word on this, and I also maintain this position because Tom was one of the people that spread lies about me and people simply took his word to face value. I'm well aware how many people take into consideration and at face value what I have to say, which is why I don't want people to simply take my word on it and I prefer they find such things for themselves, because only by fiding out that way, can people possibly understand and start to see the patterns. Tom has been a great disappointment on many levels.

    • @nicolasnamed
      @nicolasnamed หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @Agesilaus.88 To add to what Arith is saying, the name "Survive the Jive" is literally a racist dogwhistle, as 'Jive' originates from AAVE (African American Vernacular English) so contextualizing that name with his politics doesn't paint a pretty picture of his implications in choosing it.
      Also I just generally don't trust anyone who insists on calling Indo-Europeans 'Aryans' in current day, which he does in several videos. I watched some of his stuff years ago and got a weird vibe, so in researching I came to similar conclusions as Arith, he's far right and uses the content to push people towards his extremist beliefs.

    • @Agesilaus.88
      @Agesilaus.88 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ArithHärger thank you for replying to me and explaining your position.

  • @awolpeace1781
    @awolpeace1781 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just make sure not a highly unusual and out of place person is the one telling you what to do in dreams before you go on trusting out of nowhere

  • @MarcoLucad
    @MarcoLucad หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tu falas Português? Entendi pelo que pesquisei que és Português e Dinamarquês. Desculpa a intromissão.

  • @ZerilathImmortal
    @ZerilathImmortal หลายเดือนก่อน

    I only know one witch doing any Sami stuff. I hope it's not her but I haven't tuned in in a while and she's still mostly norse

    • @ezrafriesner8370
      @ezrafriesner8370 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And that seems a bit problematic in and of itself. Sami beliefs and Norse beliefs were separate cultures and mythologies, mixing the two seems insensitive given the history of Norse colonisers invading Sami lands

    • @ZerilathImmortal
      @ZerilathImmortal หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ezrafriesner8370 everyone is sitting on bloodied land. It was the rules of engagement for centuries. We don't know the Sami really and each had a responsibility to be strong and effective. French and English and Germans never wiped each other out despite trying.

    • @ezrafriesner8370
      @ezrafriesner8370 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ZerilathImmortal what are you trying to say? That might makes right?

    • @ZerilathImmortal
      @ZerilathImmortal หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ezrafriesner8370 that's what the world was before Rome made everyone a bitch

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ezrafriesner8370Personally I think we need to be less puritan with our pre-Christian beliefs that are being revived. There would have been foundational overlap much like we see between Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland, France, Germany even way out to Iran. These beliefs will never be rehashed as they were, but what we build will inevitably share from eachother as it once did.

  • @stefka9156
    @stefka9156 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First thing first: animism is not religion.

  • @awolpeace1781
    @awolpeace1781 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Priesthoods invent themselves

  • @Midnight_Keeper
    @Midnight_Keeper 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    video starts at 6:32

  • @leonardogomes7165
    @leonardogomes7165 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    First😅😅😅

  • @nillehessy
    @nillehessy หลายเดือนก่อน

    ´and people deserve to know the truth now speaking of my patreon
    and selling something´
    - ehm yeh no goodbye and till never see again

    • @ezrafriesner8370
      @ezrafriesner8370 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Womp womp, too bad you can’t handle truth

    • @nillehessy
      @nillehessy หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ezrafriesner8370en ezra is yr name
      yeh heheheh

    • @nillehessy
      @nillehessy หลายเดือนก่อน

      my truth gets deleted i´m not fully allowed

  • @alicelund147
    @alicelund147 หลายเดือนก่อน

    But in History of religion religions have cult and myths. All religions, it doesn't matter how organized they are. Christian cult is the Mass and the myths are the Bible.

    • @ezrafriesner8370
      @ezrafriesner8370 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cults and mythology ≠ an organised priesthood

    • @CelticMysticSeer
      @CelticMysticSeer หลายเดือนก่อน

      Christianity is a fertility cult that got remodelled as a tool for social control.

    • @alicelund147
      @alicelund147 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ezrafriesner8370 ? I say that religions have cult, if they are organized or not. Cult is just religious practise no matter what religion it is.

    • @ezrafriesner8370
      @ezrafriesner8370 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alicelund147 this video is about wether or not mediaeval pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia had a priesthood, and it answers no, then you comment “but-“ as if to contradict it

    • @alicelund147
      @alicelund147 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ezrafriesner8370 His definition of cult is wrong. He says that it is called cult when it is not organized. Religious practise is called cult no matter what religion and type of organization. Religious practise is cult no matter if it is a catholic mass or a religious practise in pre-Christian Scandinavia. I'm repeating myself but you don't seem to understand what I wrote.

  • @MikeOcksmol
    @MikeOcksmol หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You should make a groupchat on a decent private platform like SimpleX or Threema or something

    • @ArithHärger
      @ArithHärger  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never heard of that, but I will check. Thank you!