Translation
Gaut of the spear, origin of the Goths,
high lord, of heaven-kingdom,
Ostrogotha, brother of Irmin and Ing,
lord of the dead, creation manifested:
shaman god, hung and gained power
when in Lagu, the long-suffering fell,
the shaman god died, but that was not in vain:
father of the Amals, was reborn,
with the well and with the tree, the ring-os became one.
Begetter of men, in Midgard,
god of nobles, golden harper,
morning star of the moon, Mathhild's savior
battle-god foremost, strife stirs up,
The Goths from the Huns, Gizurr brought victory,
by the holy sword. With wisdom saves us,
glory of priests, slayer of the wolves,
god over All, on Irminsul,
begetter of kings, we meditate on you,
Divine and Blessed Bounty of the Goths!
Herknungr is a project that explores ancient
culture but primarily norse aspects. It
was
formed over a love of ambient music, ritual
and folk music.
The aim of Herknungr is to provide a very rich
sound in coherence to viking era culture. To set
an authentic sound of the ancient nordic zeigeist.
Using instruments of our forebears over 1000 years
ago. With a modern twist in production....more