{"podcast":{"title":"Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide","slug":"norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323","podcast_index_feed_id":5485323,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/798ea82c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waelhraefn","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/20293923/20293923-1658030265583-4bb66d6449893.jpg","author":"Wælhræfn","episode_count":45,"summary":"What makes Norse mythology \"norse\"? Why does Thor kill giants? What do the myths tell us about Loki's gender identity? The world of popular media is always happy to provide a modernized re-telling of ancient stories with a heavy scoop of creative license, but on \"Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide\", we'll dive into the original tales directly from the sources and learn together from experts in the field about what these stories really mean and how they would have affected the lives of the ancient people of the pagan north. Contact me any time at waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 38 - Eating Hearts and Drinking Blood","slug":"episode-38-eating-hearts-and-drinking-blood","published_at":"2025-05-18T00:30:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323/episode-38-eating-hearts-and-drinking-blood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waelhraefn/episodes/Episode-38---Eating-Hearts-and-Drinking-Blood-e3302oi","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/798ea82c/podcast/play/102811858/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-18%2F98eaae1d-99e7-d747-b51b-7d6448119341.mp3","summary":"This time we dig into a rarely discussed aspect of Norse mythology: stealing your enemy's power by eating their heart or drinking their blood. But just who's power can be stolen by way of this gory ritual? Animals? Monsters? Humans? Let's find out together. Sources: “Heimskringla Volume 1, The Beginnings to Óláfr Tryggvason” transl. by Alison Finlay and Anthony Faulkes, 2011 “Gesta Danorum” transl. by Karsten Friis-Jensen and Peter Fisher, 2015 “The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki” transl. By Jesse Byock, 1998 “The Dating of Eddic Poetry: Evidence from Alliteration” by Haukur Þorgeirsson, 2016 “Dating the Old Norse Poetic Edda” by Christopher Sapp, 2022 "Eaten hearts and supernatural knowledge in Eiríks saga rauða" by Andrea Maraschi, 2018 “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Edward Pettit, 2023 “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995 Contact: Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com Join the Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","meta_description":"This time we dig into a rarely discussed aspect of Norse mythology: stealing your enemy's power by eating their heart or drinking their blood. But just wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323/episodes/episode-38-eating-hearts-and-drinking-blood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/norse-mythology-the-unofficial-guide-5485323/episode-38-eating-hearts-and-drinking-blood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}