Episode 35 - Hela with Sandi Carron
In this episode Sandi offers her thoughts on Hela with the assistance of Joe Mandato and, of course, Dave. Sandi discusses the lore and insights regarding Hela as well as research technique.
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You guys get into soul-matrix quite a bit-it in this one. It would be interesting if you guys could interview a seidrkona or seidrmahdr and she what they could offer about the heathen concept of the soul, I think many people would find it a thought provoking interview.
Svindsohn said this on July 3rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Woops, my bad. Sorry, I posted before I heard the end of the cast. Sandra is already familiar with Seidr. My apologies. Continue the good work. Waes thu hal!
Svindsohn said this on July 3rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
i was introduced into heathenry with a positive view of Hela. it was only after i started discussing the lore with the greater heathen community that i discovered that i was a minority of sorts. so it’s always refreshing to hear someone else with a similar attitude.
Sean said this on July 7th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Also Swindsohn, not all Seidhr-workers see things the same way, work in the same way or believe the same things so it wouldn’t really do any good. There is no definitive answer on this
Birika said this on July 20th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Dave and Sandi I was just turned onto Ravencast and did a cast marathon. All I can say is wow. Very informative, funny and smart. Keep up the good work.
Hail!
P.s. How about a show on adoption and the faith, as it pertains to honoring the ancestors of whom you no nothing (which is my case).
NIcholas Ferreri said this on August 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Wow Sandi! I am a periodic listener but i just now listened to your inteview on Hela. Honest. (You won’t believe me when you look at my blog post from 8/2 here http://www.iceandfire.us/blog/stavBlog/?p=27)
I actually wrote because I wanted to point out the importance of family and hospitality to the people of the viking and pre-viking eras. She would really have no option other than to supply her father with what he needed for Ragnarok, especially if he approached her as a guest. I’m pretty sure she’s neutral on the whole Ragnarok thing, but she is exposed to the opinions of and hurt by the injustice done to her family and blood ties and the rules of hospitality mean she must allow her father to recruit the maladjusted dead to sail in the ship, she must let him launch from her realm, and she must, regardless of her personal feeling, take part in avenging the injustice done to just about everybody ELSE in her family.
Oh, and just a note: I’ve found that if you refer to Jotuns as giants, you create an odd dichotomy in creative or visual people’s minds (i always see Odin or Balder, at about man height and Skadi or Hela towering over him at an extreme height). Calling them Jotuns makes them just another clan like the Aesir and Vanir that we know, like the MacDonalds, and the MacDugals. Of course, Your Mileage May Vary.
stavblog said this on September 4th, 2009 at 6:02 pm