"I Ask for Silence": The Seeress's Prophecy from the Poetic Edda

Описание: A dramatic reading of the opening verses from the Völuspá (The Prophecy of the Seeress), the most famous poem of the Norse Poetic Edda. Preserved in 13th-century Iceland, this text channels the voice of a völva (seeress) who remembers the creation of the world, the gods, and foretells their doom at Ragnarök.

Full Original Text (Old Norse):
Hljóðs bið ek allar
helgar kindir,
meiri ok minni
mögu Heimdallar;
viltu at ek, Valföðr,
vel fyrtelia
forn spjöll fira,
þau er fremst um man.

Ek man jötna
ár um borna,
þá er forðum mik
fædda höfðu;
níu man ek heima,
níu íviðjur,
mjötvið mæran
fyr mold neðan.

Ár var alda
þat er Ymir byggði...
Hverfa fyr hallar
Dóttur Mims,
en aldrnari
leikr of ljósum;

Geyr nú Garmr mjök
fyr Gnipahelli...

Leika Míms synir,
en mjötuðr kyndisk
at inu gamla
Gjallarhorni.

Full Transliteration:
Hljóðs bið ek allar
helgar kindir,
meiri ok minni
mögu Heimdallar;
viltu at ek, Valföðr,
vel fyrtelia
forn spjöll fira,
þau er fremst um man.

Ek man jötna
ár um borna,
þá er forðum mik
fædda höfðu;
níu man ek heima,
níu íviðjur,
mjötvið mæran
fyr mold neðan.

Ár var alda
þat er Ymir byggði...
Hverfa fyr hallar
Dóttur Mims,
en aldrnari
leikr of ljósum;

Geyr nú Garmr mjök
fyr Gnipahelli...

Leika Míms synir,
en mjötuðr kyndisk
at inu gamla
Gjallarhorni.

Full Translation:
Hearing I ask from all the holy races,
Greater and lesser, children of Heimdallr;
You wish, Father of the Slain, that I should rightly
Tell of ancient lore, the oldest I remember.

I remember giants born in time past,
Those who long ago fostered me;
I remember nine worlds, nine wood-ogresses,
The famous Measuring-Tree beneath the earth.

It was in early times when Ymir made his home...
The bright kettle turns before the hall
Of the Daughter of Mimir, and the life-nourisher
Plays over the pale ones;

Now Garmr bays loud before Gnipahellir...

The sons of Mimir play, but the Measure of Fate is kindled
At the ancient Gjallarhorn.

Explanation:
This is the foundational voice of Norse mythology. The poem begins with the völva (seeress) demanding silence (Hljóðs bið ek) from all divine beings, establishing her supreme, timeless authority. She addresses both the "children of Heimdallr" (a kenning for all humans) and Odin himself (Valföðr, Father of the Slain). Her prophecy is a memory of cosmic origins: the primeval giant Ymir, the nine worlds, and the world-tree Yggdrasil (mjötviðr mæran). The excerpt ends with ominous signs of the approaching end-times (Ragnarök): the hound Garmr barking, and the horn of Heimdallr (Gjallarhorn) being readied. This text, preserved by Icelandic scholars, is our most crucial source for the entire Norse cosmic cycle, from creation to destruction.

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