The Nine Realms of Yggdrasil

Nordic dark folk, spoken-word, cinematic orchestral

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Hear us sing for the Gods, high up in the sky!
Ruling fire, ruling ice, where the ravens fly!
One day we will all gather home in their sight,
Free from the battle, in the house of light!
Then we’ll feast and rejoice in the golden hall,
Eating and drinking, together as all!

High above mortals, great Asgard arose
The realm of the Aesir, where war-magic flows
Where Odin, god Thor, and Heimdall hold the line
While in green Vanaheim, the Vanir roots entwine
A hostage exchange brought their battles to cease
Njord, Frey, and Freya found asylum and peace.

Deep under earth, in the shadows of stone
The dwarves forged their gold in Svartalfheim’s throne
In luminous Alfheim, light elves floated free
While far in the frozen, harsh lands by the sea
In dark Jotunheim, frost giants walked the snow
Descendants of Bergelmir, from long ago.

For those who died softly, Hel’s shadow was cast
In distant Helheim, where no punishment lasted past
The monstrous hound Garm stands to guard at the gate
No living soul dares to challenge his weight
A resting place only, for souls in the shade
Far from the glory and the wars that were made.

But if you died fighting, with steel in your hand
Valkyries carried you to the Aesir’s high land
To mighty Valhalla, where heroes belong
To battle all day in an endless combat, fierce and strong
To train for Ragnarok, the end of all time
Then feasting as brothers in evening’s sublime.

We have a good life... and afterlife... 
nothing rises above our Norse gods…

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In the beginning, there was emptiness and frost Where Niflheim’s mists held the freezing cold lost Until Muspelheim’s heat broke the ice with its flame Where Surt and Muspel ruled, giants of fame From Ymir’s vast body, the world was then bound And Midgard arose where mankind was found. Hear us sing for the Gods, high up in the sky! Ruling fire, ruling ice, where the ravens fly! One day we will all gather home in their sight, Free from the battle, in the house of light! Then we’ll feast and rejoice in the golden hall, Eating and drinking, together as all! High above mortals, great Asgard arose The realm of the Aesir, where war-magic flows Where Odin, god Thor, and Heimdall hold the line While in green Vanaheim, the Vanir roots entwine A hostage exchange brought their battles to cease Njord, Frey, and Freya found asylum and peace. Deep under earth, in the shadows of stone The dwarves forged their gold in Svartalfheim’s throne In luminous Alfheim, light elves floated free While far in the frozen, harsh lands by the sea In dark Jotunheim, frost giants walked the snow Descendants of Bergelmir, from long ago. Hear us sing for the Gods, high up in the sky! Ruling fire, ruling ice, where the ravens fly! One day we will all gather home in their sight, Free from the battle, in the house of light! Then we’ll feast and rejoice in the golden hall, Eating and drinking, together as all! For those who died softly, Hel’s shadow was cast In distant Helheim, where no punishment lasted past The monstrous hound Garm stands to guard at the gate No living soul dares to challenge his weight A resting place only, for souls in the shade Far from the glory and the wars that were made. But if you died fighting, with steel in your hand Valkyries carried you to the Aesir’s high land To mighty Valhalla, where heroes belong To battle all day in an endless combat, fierce and strong To train for Ragnarok, the end of all time Then feasting as brothers in evening’s sublime. Hear us sing for the Gods, high up in the sky! Ruling fire, ruling ice, where the ravens fly! One day we will all gather home in their sight, Free from the battle, in the house of light! Then we’ll feast and rejoice in the golden hall, Eating and drinking, together as all! We have a good life... and afterlife... nothing rises above our Norse gods…

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