Dr. Jackson Crawford returns to the Northern Myths Podcast to tell us about his Wanderer's Havamal. We discuss his involvement with the upcoming Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and other exciting projects Dr. Crawford is working on. In our discussion of the Havamal, we hear why Dr. Crawford finds this wisdom so timeless, and we find out some interesting new things about Yggdrasil and the runes!

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Show Outline (YouTube timestamps):

00:00:00 - Opening and Introduction00:04:27 - Dr. Jackson Crawford Calls In00:05:25 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla00:09:33 - The age and dating of the Poetic Edda00:15:00 - The number of versions of the Havamal00:20:23 - Introduction to the Wanderer's Havamal00:23:01 - Dr. Crawford's Great Courses class on Norse Mythology00:26:07 - The origins of Dr. Crawford's Poetic Edda translation00:27:46 - The runes and spells in the Havamal00:34:05 - The tree Odin hangs on and the origins of "Yggdrasil"00:48:12 - The runes, Odin, and sacrifice00:52:42 - The significance of Havamal01:01:40 - Odin as the archetypal wise man of Norse Mythology01:05:30 - Star Wars as a modern day Saga01:08:14 - Dr. Crawford's current projects and upcoming books01:13:35 - Closing and Acknowledgements

Referenced sources (signup required to download from academia.edu):In Prayer and Laughter - Anatoly LibermanContradictory cosmology in Old Norse myth and religion – but still a system? - Eldar Heide

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