The introduction to zhe audiobook "EDDA II" with a polska after Fredrik Wilhelm Larsson, Hälleforsnäs, Sörmland, Sweden.

Hälleforsnäsarn

From the audiobook "EDDA II". trad. Schweden efter Hjort Anders Olsson, Bingsjö, Schweden.

Pekkos Pers Brudmarsch

Silent nights / produced by JUHAX  
2021 november 30

Old Norse religion was polytheistic, entailing a belief in various gods and goddesses. By the twelfth century Old Norse religion had succumbed to Christianity.
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stars in a clear night sky
silent nights 
comfort me
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stars in a clear night sky
silent nights 
comfort me
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stars in a clear night sky
silent nights 
comfort me
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Inside Thrymheim’s walls our forebearers cold bones shelter us from the elements

Forged in strife and molded by frost,
the Jötnar of ice, rime and blistering bite

Our bold voices boom over boreal mountains of old
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silent nights 
comfort me
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Our bold voices boom over boreal mountains of old
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Freja rules over her heavenly field, Fólkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla. 

Freja (1905) by John Bauer (1882–1918)
Source: Wikipedia.org

* Old Norse Religion
It was replaced by Christianity and forgotten during the Christianization of Scandinavia.

* Jötnar of ice (god giant/Frost giant)
Jötnar, entities in Norse mythology, which are often translated as "giants".

* Thrymheim
In Old Norse the name Þrymheimr is sometimes transliterated as Thrymheim in English; it means something like "crash-home","Thunder Home","noisy-home"

Silentnights

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Poeta Magica was founded in 1992 and is one of the leading medieval folk and world music bands in Europe. Poeta Magica stands for a wide range of popular and independent music, expressive interpretations of traditional Scandinavian and Bretonic music, contemporary interpretations of medieval music from all over Europe and original compositions inspired by Nordic mythology, such as the Icelandic saga “Edda”.
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