I'm just in love with this kind of music. So poetic ❣️

Blessings to our beloved and fallen Shield Maidens.

Gealdýr’s ﬁrst album “Sól’’ tells about the creation of this world, the end of it and the rebirth. The ongoing cycle of life. Nowadays most people think that life is very linear, but when we look into Norse mythology we can ﬁnd that even after Ragnarök (The fate of the Gods) life will continue. The old sun will die and a new one will be born. The old Gods die and after that the world is ready for a new cycle to start.

Sól

Helvegen

I use sound as a way to express my healing process, accept reality, and find beauty in life's unpredictability. In its raw and unfiltered form, sound serves as a powerful medium for conveying the complex emotions I experience while navigating life's chaos and uncertainty. By embracing disharmony and unexpected shifts in my music, I am not only accepting reality as it is, but also transforming it into something meaningful and intimate for me. This creates a space where vulnerability and acceptance coexist, allowing me to find love and beauty in the imperfect and even the disturbing.

Blizzard in April

Dystopian space noise jazz with some violin for additional arrogance. 

Superior Mind

L.E.A.F - Suurin

The first song of the EP is based on the Hymiskviða in the Poetic Edda. It’s a song about the famous story of the God Thor and the giant Hymir who went on a fishing trip and came across the Midgard Serpent Jörmungandr.


Jörmungandr is available on all digital outlets!

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Lyrics

Old Norse:

Dró djarfliga dáðrakkr Þórr 
orm eitrfáan upp at borði; 
hamri kníði háfjall skarar 
ofljótt ofan ulfs hnitbróður.

Hraungalkn hlumðu, en hölkn þutu, 
fór in forna fold öll saman; 
sökkðisk síðan sá fiskr í mar.

Óteitr jötunn, er aftr reru,
svá at ár Hymir ekki mælti,
veifði hann ræði veðrs annars til.

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English translation:

The warder of men, the worm's destroyer, 
Fixed on his hook, the head of the ox; 
There gaped at the bait, the foe of the gods, 
The girdler of all, the earth beneath.

The venomous serpent, swiftly up
To the boat did Thor, the bold one, pull;
With his hammer the loathly, hill of the hair
Of the brother of Fenrir | he smote from above.

The monsters roared, and the rocks resounded, 
And all the earth, so old was shaken;
Then sank the fish, in the sea forthwith.


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma 
Video and Artwork: Jiří Hájek

Sær

Jörmungandr

Track from the Album "Mille Anni Passi Sunt" (2000)

Mille Anni Passi Sunt

The God Loki is one of the most intriguing God’s in Norse mythology. There is a lot of debate how to depict Loki exactly, but one of the meanings of his name can be interpreted as ’The end’’


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Spotify:
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Lyrics (Old Norse)

Loftr, um langan veg ásu at biðja,
at mér einn gefi mæran drykk mjaðar.

x4
Loki laufeyjarson, Loki

Sessa ok staði velið mér sumbli at 
eða heitið mik heðan.

x4
Loki laufeyjarson, Loki

Heilir æsir, heilar ásynjur

x4
Loki laufeyjarson, Loki

x4
Loki laufeyjarson, Loki 
Loki laufeyjarson, Loki

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I, Lopt, from a journey long,
To ask of the gods, that one should give 
Fair mead for a drink to me

x4
Loki son of Laufey, Loki

At your feast a place and a seat prepare me 
Or bid me forth to fare.

x4
Loki son of Laufey, Loki

Hail the Gods, Hail the Goddesses

x4
Loki son of Laufey, Loki

x4
Loki son of Laufey, Loki 
Loki son of Laufey, Loki


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma
Tagelharpa by Jirka Hájek


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Loki

The Valkyrjur (Meaning Valkyries in Old Norse) where female figures who choose who may die in battle and who may live. The Valkyries bring the chosen to the afterlife. One half of the chosen goes to Valhalla where the God Odin feasts with his warriors till Ragnarök and the other half goes to the Goddess Freya in Fólkvangr.


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Lyrics (Old Norse)

Sá hon Valkyrjur vítt of komnar 
Görvar at ríða til goðþjóðar
Skuld helt skildi en Skögul önnur 
Gunnr, Hildr, Göndul ok Geirskögul 
Nú eru talðar nönnur Herjans 
Görvar at ríða grund Valkyrjur

x4
Görvar at ríða 
Görvar at ríða 
Valkyrjur

x4
Sá hon vítt ok of vítt of veröld hverja

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On all sides I saw Valkyries assemble 
Ready to ride to the ranks of the gods 
Skuld bore the shield and Skogul rode next 
Gunnr, Hildr, Gondul and Geirskogul
For they are named Herjan's maidens 
Valkyries ready to ride over the earth

x4
Ready to ride 
Ready to ride 
Valkyries

x4
Widely I saw over all the worlds


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma


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Valkyrjur

The song “Kauna’’ is based on the 6th rune of the Elder Futhark. Kauna, Kaunan, Kaun or Kenaz stands for the K sound. This rune can have multiple meanings. Kaun in Old Norse means wound or ulcer. It is also known as Kenaz (meaning torch) based on its Anglo-Saxon name. The deeper meaning of this rune symbolises warmth, enlightening and knowledge. Associated with ritual fires when celebrating the winter and summer solstice. Kauna, the great purifier, the torch and the wildfire, burns away the decay in the heart. The ulcer burns the body in sickness and Fire cleanses the soul, and lights the way. 


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Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma
Tagelharpa by Jirka Hájek


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Kauna

’’Baldr’’ tells the story how the Norse God Baldur (In Old Norse Baldr) came to die.


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Lyrics (Old Norse) 

Ek sá Baldri, blóðgum tívur 
Óðins barni, örlög folgin 
Stóð of vaxinn völlum hæri 
Mjór ok mjök fagr mistilteinn 
Fagr mistilteinn

Blóðgum tívur, blóðgum tívur 
örlög folgin, örlög folgin

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I saw Baldr, the bleeding god
The son of Odinn, his destiny set
Famous and fair, in the lofty fields
Full grown in strength, the mistletoe stood 
The mistletoe stood

The bleeding god, the bleeding god 
His destiny set, his destiny set


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma
Flute by Jirka Hájek

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Baldr

‘’Myrkviðr’’ meaning dark wood or black forest in Old Norse. Is based on the Völundarkviða poem from the Poetic Edda. 

J.R.R. Tolkien said the following about ‘’Myrkviðr’’

Mirkwood (Myrkviðr) is not an invention of mine, but a very ancient name, weighted with legendary associations. It was probably the Primitive Germanic name for the great mountainous forest regions that anciently formed a barrier to the south of the lands of Germanic expansion.


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Lyrics (Old Norse)

Meyjar flugu sunnan, 
Myrkviðr í gögnum, 
Alvitr unga, örlög drýgja;

En einn Völundr sat í Ulfdölum, 
Svá beið hann sinnar ljóssar kvánar

2x 
Myrkviðr


Ríða Myrkvið yfir, 
Meyjar flugu sunnan, 
Alvitr unga, örlög drýgja

En einn Völundr sat í Ulfdölum, 
Svá beið hann sinnar ljóssar kvánar

2x 
Myrkviðr


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Maids from the south,
Through Myrkwood flew,
Fair and young, their fate to follow

But Völundr alone stayed in Ulfdölum,  
So he waited for his shining wife

2x 
Myrkwood


Through Myrkwood ride,
Maids from the south,
Fair and young, their fate to follow

But Völundr alone stayed in Ulfdölum,  
So he waited for his shining wife

2x 
Myrkwood


Credits:

Vocals and lyrics by Jonathan Barendsma
Bouzouki by Jirka Hájek
Tagelharpa by Jirka Hájek
Drums by Jirka Hájek and Jonathan Barendsma
Keyboards by Jirka Hájek and Jonathan Barendsma


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Myrkvidr

The song ‘’Ginnungagap’’ tells the story of the creation of all living matter. Before the beginning there was only a big yawning void called Ginnungagap. In the northern part of Ginnungagap lays the cold Nilfheim and in the south the heat of Muspelheim. The process of life began when Nilfheim and Muspelheim met in the middle of Ginnungagap.


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Lyrics in Old Norse

Ár var alda þar er Ýmir bygði
Vara sandr né sær né svalar unnir
Jörð fannsk æva né upphiminn 
Gap var ginnunga, en gras hvergi

Sól varp sunnan, sinni mána
Hendi inni hœgri um himinjódyr
Sól þat ne vissi hvar hon sali átti
Máni þat ne vissi hvat hann megins átti 
Stjörnur þat ne vissu hvar þær staði áttu

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Of old was the age, when Ymir lived
Sea nor cool waves, nor sand there were
Earth had not been, nor heaven above 
But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere

The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south 
Her right hand cast over heaven's rim
No knowledge she had where her home should be 
The moon knew not what might was his
The stars knew not where their stations were


Credits:

Written and composed by Jonathan Barendsma


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Ginnungagap

The first Danheim & Gealdýr collaboration.
A Viking inspired song about Odin the Allfather.

Danheim & Gealdýr - Odinn

Fuimadane......in a feat? YES sir ! Vingnir asked me, if i could do some tweaks and twists to a theme of his, and i did :)
This is the result.  



Vingnir:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrModProPvp/videos


Fuimadane:
https://linktr.ee/Fuimadane


Soon on Spotify and other major platforms

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