Episode 37 - Dead Women in Black

<p>After a nice, long break, NMTUG is back to cover a relatively obscure topic in Norse mythology: the dísir. What makes the dísir distinct from valkyries, norns, and other death-entangled women? Let&#39;s find out.</p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><ul><li><p>“The Merseburg Spells” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2023</p></li><li><p>“Dísir” by John Lindow in Pre-Christian Religions of the North volume III, 2020 </p></li><li><p>“Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007</p></li><li><p>“Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs”, by John Lindow, 2002</p></li><li><p>“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014</p></li><li><p>“The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995</p></li></ul><p><strong>Contact:</strong></p><ul><li>Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com</li><li>Join the Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><p><strong>Music:</strong></p><p>Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>