The Æsir, Vanir & Jötnar | Bronze Age Blending, War and Trade | Norse Mythology Pt. 1

Jan-Ove Tuv sits down with Sturla Ellingvåg to dive deep into norse mythology.
Ellingvåg is the historian behind the Viking Stories YouTube-channel.
He is associated with the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and is convinced that history has to be studied in a broader context than current fashion allows.

We have previously released an interview with Ellingvåg on this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFeje-6fYmw

👍✨ Support our show and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts:
https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/

Chapter markers:
00:00 Can we trust Snorre's "Edda"?
08:04 The Yamnaya warriors from the Armenian highlands
10:23 Crisis and mixing
12:26 Bronze Age blending: the Jötnar, Æsir & Vanir
15:57 Mobility, boat types and trade
23:00 “Euhemerism“ and “Hieros gamos“
25:38 Different priorities for agriculturalists and warriors
30:50 What always happens after catastrophes
34:43 DNA studies from the east
38:18 Trading hostages - an Indo-European way of ruling
40:37 Horse & carriage
42:55 The marriage between Njord and Skade: culturally too different?
45:03 The strange heritage of Norse individualism and conformity

This episode featured Sturla Ellingvåg & Jan-Ove Tuv and was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum.
The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope.

SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS!
Fergus Ryan
Matthias Proy
Børge Moe
Diego

Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis:
https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn

Check out our other channels:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles
https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow

Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify:
https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles
https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT
https://apple.co/2QAcXD6

Website:
https://caveofapelles.com

Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles

TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@caveofapelles

Instagram:
instagram.com/caveofapelles/

For inquiries — [email protected]