Category: Fjorn’s Blog
Fjorn yaps. We all know this. As such, this category is his place to write about his travels, thoughts on life, and whatever else he mutters into the void.
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The Music of History Raids with Fjorn
Welcome, friend! I just finished pre-making some rye pie dough for a quiche I plan to make for dinner later this week, so I decided to sit by the hearth and write out this post. Thank you for joining me! As I prepare my (third) return to history podcasting, I’ve been spending a bit more…
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Fjorn Wanders: Podcast Appearances!
As some of you have already noticed, this past Monday (January 27th) was a busy day of podcasting for me! Not only did I post our 9th raid, but I also appeared as a guest on two additional podcasts. Since so much gets drowned out in the din of war that is social media these…
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Wandering into 2025
Just another New Year’s post from a Norse-minded medievalist. Okay…so maybe that last part isn’t normal. But if you want to know my thoughts about 2025 (along with my goals, of course), give this a read!
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Yule with Fjorn (2024)
ᚶᛚᛂᚧᛁᛚᛂᚶ:ᛁᚢᛚ — Gleðileg jól! It’s that time of year again. All my pagan and heathen friends are extra festive, sharing feasts and wishes of warmth with everyone. I love seeing their meals, offerings, and personal customs! After several difficult years (personally), I’ve found this Yule particularly refreshing. Having healed enough to celebrate again, I managed…
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More than You Ever Wanted to Know about a Dwarf Named Litr
After running a poll on social media and realizing that less people knew about Litr the dwarf, I decided to dig a bit too deeply (mostly to showcase medieval manuscripts and Old Norse).
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The Fall of Fjorn’s Hall: Burnout, Mental Health, and the Pursuit of Passion
At the onset of 2022, I didn’t think I’d ever study history again. It honestly still feels surreal coming back to the name “Fjorn,” despite having worked under that pseudonym since 2015. My followers saw me discover an interest in Norse history (2015), grow that into a fancy Master’s degree (2019), and even begin building…
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Connecting with the (Norse) Past
m00n-st0n3-deactivated20220311 asked: Do you have any activities you would revoke to someone trying to connected to their Norse heritage? I assume you mean what activities I’d recommend? Well, to be honest, heritage (in the sense of one’s ancestry) isn’t really important to me, so I may not be the best person to ask. I know it’s…
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Old Norse-Icelandic Calendar: 2019-2020
Want a cool graphic to help you navigate this year like a Viking? Want one that’s historically informed to the best of this author‘s abilities? Well, for starters then, that was a poor use of the term ‘Viking,’ as most of my guests and readers will know by now. And if that sentence stumps you,…
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ヴィンランド・サガ: Vikings in Manga & Anime
Although the Vikings never quite made it to Japan (as far as we know), their culture still managed to find its way there hundreds of years after the Viking Age. But the impact has been…minimal, to say the least. After all, whenever a curious wanderer searches for バイキング (that’s ‘Viking’ in Japanese) on Google, they…
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Concerning ‘Red Gold’
When you look at gold, what color do you see? Probably some shade of yellow. Why, then, do Old Norse texts often mention ‘red gold’? Is it different from normal gold? If so, what is it? I was asked this question on Tumblr recently, so I took a moment to dig up an answer. Here’s…
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“All Waters Flow to Dyrafjord”
This quote comes at a pivotal movement of Gisli’s Saga, when a man named Vestein decides to face his fate despite warnings from his friends. At this point, those friends (who were sent by Gisli himself) had ridden tirelessly to catch up to Vestein, and they implored him to turn around before riding into the…
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Spring Arrives with Baldr
Today is the first day of spring, which, for me, is a day to admire the constant renewal of life in the world around us. More specifically, though, I always find myself thinking of Baldr, who (as many of us know) returns from Hel to restore life to the post-Ragnarok world. As stanza 59 of Völuspá recounts: …
