Níu Nætr (Nine Nights) – The Temple of Uppsala | Old Norse | Viking Music

If you liked the music, buy the full album and support independent Viking music. https://erilazrites.bandcamp.com/albu... Viking music in Old Norse about the Temple of Uppsala in Sweden, the greatest pagan sanctuary of the North, and the sacred evergreen tree that stood beside it, green in winter and summer, of a kind no one could name. Sinister dark Nordic folk and pagan ritual music with a haunting female voice, dark female choir, jouhikko, tagelharpa and shamanic drum, for meditation, focus and deep concentration. The eighth ritual of Erilaz Rites, for everyone who loves Norse history, Swedish heritage and Viking culture: the tree that saw everything sings. Around 1075, the chronicler Adam of Bremen described the great sanctuary at Uppsala. A temple adorned with gold stood on a wide plain, ringed by hills like a theatre, and a golden chain ran along its roof, shining from afar to all who approached. Inside stood three figures: Thor in the centre, Odin armed, and Freyr, who gave peace and joy to mortals. Beside the temple grew an enormous tree with wide spreading branches, always green, winter and summer. Beneath it lay a spring where offerings were made. Every nine years, for nine days, people from all the Swedish lands gathered there, and nine of every kind were offered in the sacred grove, men, hounds and horses among them. Every tree in that grove was held to be holy. This is history: Adam of Bremen, Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, Book IV (c. 1075), written while the sanctuary was still in use. The great royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala still stand today, and archaeologists have found traces of large halls and monumental rows of wooden posts there. The details of the rites come from a single chronicler and are still debated by historians. The song is sung by the tree itself. Its words are ours, written in Old Norse; the images come from Adam's account. Headphones on. If this ritual called you, subscribe and step into the circle. Leave a like, tell us in the comments where you're listening from, and turn on the bell so you never miss a new ritual. #VikingMusic #Uppsala #NorseMusic #OldNorse #DarkFolk #NordicFolk