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Classical Stuff You Should Know

129: The Poetic Edda: "Odin's Pickled Head"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5696 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The Poetic Edda are the primary source for most of our information on Norse Mythology. They also happen to be the most heavy-metal myths you've ever heard. Half-corpse god of Hell named "Hel"? Yes, please.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to classical stuff you should know a podcast about old stuff and books and music and art and

0:14.7

and uh Blade Runner every once in a while and sometimes yeah I mean it's a classic right no i think i said it was

0:21.7

classic cinema oh interesting i think i said it was bad two episodes ago so sorry about that uh and

0:26.7

whatever we feel like talking about so my name is thomas magby i am joined as always by mr a j handenberg

0:31.8

that's me and mr graham donaldson that's me are you working on your of like, did you put a little stank on it?

0:38.8

Yeah, what was that?

0:39.3

You'd outdo me just because I came first?

0:42.5

I was just, listeners who are listening only so they can differentiate with the sound of our voice.

0:49.7

Yours is the stankier one.

0:51.1

Oh, stanky.

0:51.9

What a description to have.

0:53.9

Yeah, more northern inflections.

0:56.1

Although you're pretty north.

0:57.2

Actually, Spokane may be further north in Toronto.

0:59.0

I say bag and flage.

1:00.9

Do you actually?

1:01.6

I've never noticed that before.

1:02.6

I don't need more.

1:03.4

I used to when I was a kid.

1:04.2

I got to grab my bag.

1:05.3

Yeah. to like give her and get her and all that kind of stuff and pitter patter like pertin here so i'm

1:11.5

like the southerner here is that what this is about okay 90 instead of 90th Toronto so

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