Farya Faraji - Þrymskviða

Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Þrymskviða is a poem from the Poetic Edda, an especially comedic one dealing with the disappearance of Thor’s hammer, and his quest with Loki to find it, which leads him to dressing up as a bride with the latter to infiltrate the assembly of Jötnar who stole his hammer. See Jackson Crawford’s excellent summary and translation of the poem here: I used the reconstructed Old Norse pronunciation as described by Jackson Crawford—please note that this means it will sound unlike most readings of the poem which use modern Icelandic pronunciation. It’s a common convention to use the latter since it’s phonology changed the least from Old Norse, however it isn’t the same. Whilst the Norse (more specifically the Vikings) are more popular than ever in pop culture, and Norse-themed music is everywhere, almost all of that music is creative in nature and doesn’t seek to be historically accurate--the current audience is therefore i