~ Heilung - Othan
Hariuha laþu laukar gakar alu ole lule laukar
The balloon today is dedicated to Maria Franz, Norwegian singer and co-founder of the bands Euzen and Heilung. This image is based on the shaman she portrays in Heilung.
I tend to like a wide variety of music, my kids never know what will be playing in the car when I pick them up: choral music, reggae, 80's rock/metal, perhaps some songs I might be practicing for my next time at Karaoke. Recently it's been a selection of Norwegian folk music, but to describe Heilung as music seems somehow insufficient - it's more like magic.
The video above is for the song Othan, the text of which is from Hávamál - The Sayings of Hár, the second poem in the Poetic Edda - which is said to be one of the most important works regarding Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends. Maria's vocals are as hauntingly beautiful as she is herself.
AWESOME on all counts!
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