Brute Norse

02/12/2023

Ever dream this man?

29/11/2023

The Changeling and Love Spells and Erotic Sorcery are now available at Farley's Bookshop in New Hope, PA!

16/11/2023

Pre-orders are open for my new zine: The Changeling, a harrowing retelling of a legend from Trøndelag, Norway. Featuring a meaty appendix of associated folklore.

Ships by December.

The changeling is one of the saddest figures of Scandinavian folklore. Ostensibly a child of the Hidden Folk that had been swapped for a healthy...

14/11/2023

For those intending to ditch all hope of an esteemed and reputable life, and to ruin the holidays for friends and family with morbid tales of peasant rusticity and grueling reminders of atavistic cultural features that most among us seem all too eager to charge away from, I present a positively subterranean holiday sale on all BNxTroll Cat titles. They say the mills of the gods grind slow, but the postal service isn’t much better this time of year, hence the early warning.

15% off on everything including the upcoming Changeling zine with the offer code YULETIDE on brutenorse.bigcartel.com

03/11/2023

Put steel in the crib, stick a knife in the door. The Changeling arrives from Troll Cat Press.
A haunting read for the Yuletide.

01/10/2023

Ever imagine what a Nordic tiki bar might look like? I sure have! Whaling spears on the walls? Ja for He***te! Aquavit long drinks? Visst faen! Surf rock renditions of Edvard Grieg? Javisst. Beaver castoreum martinis? Uff da. But this cod liver oil induced psychosis of visionary campiness remains a distant dream... for now. A design often inquired about by Brute Norse fans, finally recreated! Make a powermove: buy the damn shirt.

The other design is more understated. Something for the runatics among you! Great Christmas presents for the antiquarian jn your life.
Now live over at:
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11/08/2023

I can’t promise that if you go to historic Avaldsnes, that you will meet Odin as Olaf did, or see Thor cross the water as described in Grímnismál. But you’ll find my Scandifuturist lifestyle rag The Fool’s Mirror in the gift shop, and that’s better than nothing!

01/08/2023

Haugalendinger kan nå finne kopier av både The Fool’s Mirror og Love Spells and Erotic Sorcery in Norwegian Folk Magic på Den lille bokbutikken i Haraldsgata, samt Shabby Records!

30/07/2023

Visited some lifting stones and cup marks/elf-querns at today, about ten paces from each other! You can read about either in The Fool’s Mirror, of course! Https://brutenorse.bigcartel.com

29/07/2023

A «varp» (‘toss’) is a very obscure and special sort of monument consisting of a pile of twigs or a small cairn that’s created by people adding to it for protection or luck as they pass it. Often tied to a local event or legend. E.g. to keep troll folk and revenants at bay or because of some bad event.
While some may be recent, they are difficult to date, and the tradition is ancient. Typically smaller stones are placed around or on top of a boulder, but in some cases they are formed by chucking rocks on top of pre-established burials and cairns. This seems to have been the case in Verran in Nord-Trøndelag, where archaeologists removed two meters of rock next to an ancient holloway before they reached what they believe was the original mound! Grave robbers had valiantly attempted to dig in, but ultimately gave up when instead of a central chamber, only more rocks were found.
These pics were taken on a tractor road leading up towards Gygrastol («Ogress’ Chair»), a mountain in Kvinnherad. I didn’t dare to pass without adding to the pile!

Not to be mistaken for the horrendous rock balancing s**t people leave everywhere. Topple on sight like a Roman aqueduct!

17/07/2023

God dag, kullgnagere. Er det noen butikker, museer, kunstsenter osv. i Norigs land som kunne være interessert i å føre noen av publikasjonene mine? Henholdsvis da Love Spells and Erotic Sorcery in Norwegian Folk Magic, som nok selger bra hvor enn turister og anglofone ferdes. Ellers kan jeg tilby det skandifuturistiske livsstilsmagasinet The Fool's Mirror, som den ærverdige skalden Erlend O. Nødtvedt beskrev som "en blanding av Urd og Topp redigert av Laibach" eller noe i den dur, og Bergsveinn Birgisson sier nå at han lo. En faglig ørevarmer og buksevann for folkesjelen.

Sistnevnte tidsskrift kan forresten anskaffes gjennom de fleste bokhandleres bestillingssystemer, så man kan jo også gå over be**en etter vann hvis man vil. Skulle være mulig å terge det lokale biblioteket også, skulle jeg tro. Leseeksemplarer til barer og denslags er man også åpen for å forhandle om. Tar gjerne imot konkrete forslag til parter som kunne være interesserte i det overnevnte!

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02/07/2023

The troll stickers are recently in stock again so all book orders can expect some configuration of the below along with each order.

26/06/2023

Tomorrow at ! Hear me yack about the disgusting and ill-advised things people did to bag a partner in pre-industrial Norway! Remedies against trolls in your tallywhacker! Poison your crush!

23/06/2023

EP. 46: "He is Odin's man" on the Vindelev inscriptions with Krister Vasshus
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> In 2021 in Denmark, a metal detectorist chanced upon twenty-something Migration Era gold objects weighing almost a kilogram in total. Several of these were so-called bracteates, medallions bearing runic inscriptions and strange iconography. One of these stated "... he is Odin's man". That makes it the oldest, direct, by-name reference to the deity ever recorded. What the hell did they mean by this? Who was Odin's man, and which other messages were recorded upon these enigmatic objects? One of the world's luckiest scholars, Krister Vasshus, joins us once again to discuss the find he could not talk about last time.

Find it wherever podcasts dwell!
https://soundcloud.com/brutenorse/ep-46-he-is-odins-man-on-the-vindelev-inscriptions-with-krister-vasshus

15/06/2023

If you're going to Cascadian Midsummer, be sure to stop by my friends from Hyldyr. They'll have some cool stuff for sale, and will also be carrying a couple copies of The Fool's Mirror and Love Spells.

04/06/2023

“I was saddened to hear of the passing of Harry Nordskog. One of Norway's ur-punks and a hometown hero in my parts. Hence a sort of elegy, focusing on one of the only Norwegian bands to use the term "neofolk".”

04/06/2023

Friends in European timezones! This month I will be doing a special talk at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History. Virtually, alas, but I am none the less happy to be able to present the subject of my little book, and honored to join the esteemed lineup of presenters!
Get your tickets at:
https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/old-norse-erotic-sorcery-erik-storesund/

22/05/2023

Når du våkner fra middagsluren to timer etter

1986. From wiki:"Draumkvedet" ("The Dream-Poem") is a Norwegian visionary poem, probably dated from the late medieval age. It is one of the best known mediev...

11/05/2023

WITH APOLOGIES TO THE SCANDINAVIANLY IMPAIRED: EPISODE 45: [Norwegian] Snuskete runesteiner fra det ytre rom (Kjettersk Kjeller August 2023)

De uopplyste tror at runene vi finner på steiner rundt om i Skandinavia er etterlatenskaper fra våre germanske forfedre. Andre (f. eks Kjell Aartun) vet at dette et komplott fra jantelåvens lange, skolastiske arm som søker å dekke over at alt egentlig semittisk erotikk som trosser tid og rom. Men vi har også den profilerte mikrobloggeren Varg Vikernes, som jevnlig har sitt å si om litt av hvert, såpass mye faktisk at vi foretar dugnad for å grave opp noen av hans ellers glemte UFO-relaterte ideer. Ellers har man den den østerrikske ariosofen Guido von List, som trass å være ganske tørr selv banet vei for nasjonal-erotiske sidespor som ble for mye selv for nazistene (selv om de ikke gikk av banen for å ta nytte av mysteriene), og kanskje spesielt Jörg Lanz von Liebenfelz, hvis apedverger fra Sodoma fortsetter å ødelegge alt som er godt og hellig. Alle sammen har de et oppheng i god gammeldags puling. Det er duket for DE MYSTERIIS DOM PULERUNAS!

De uopplyste tror at runene vi finner på steiner rundt om i Skandinavia er etterlatenskaper fra våre germanske forfedre. Andre vet at dette et komplott fra jantelåvens lange, skolastiske arm som søker

10/05/2023

«But their customs are crude and their food, though good in itself, is badly prepared. Most is salted but badly and smells awful when it reaches the table, but they don’t mind. Their bread is as thin as paper, on which they spread without a knife a finger’s thickness of butter, so that it is hard to stomach for one who comes from elsewhere and is accustomed to fresh food.»
– Anonymous, Die Nordtsche Saw («The Norwegian Sow»), 1584

01/05/2023

Beast nor devil will harm folk nor livestock as far as valborg’s eve’s flame can be seen. Not very far in my case I’m afraid, as the flames fight against the open skies like the amoral heroes of old, certain of death! Happy valborg!

30/04/2023

«Norwegian sushi» on messy desk. Sour cream, dill and salmon lefse rolls. Accompanied with a sahti inspired juniper ale from

18/04/2023

Bridge Troll Drinking Club

16/04/2023

Something for those up around the river towns. On April 25th we’re getting pneumatic with a lecture on one of the more overlooked but well attested continuities from the pre-Christian world! Bring your own yawns and sneezes and visit strange aeons without even leaving your bed!

06/04/2023

PE**ER, ARISE! On June 27th I’ll be cybering with The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History and our topic will be the art of love and sorcery in pre-industrial Norway. I can promise many grueling examples of what not to do to bag a spouse, and some that aren’t half bad. Probatum est!

Event link here: https://facebook.com/events/s/love-fornication-in-norwegian-/157153603877781/

01/04/2023

Þe Fool’s Mirror is just as good with a brown, rustic root veg and beef stew as it is with other dishes. But the Aquavit chaser helps!

29/03/2023

Blood is thicker than Aqua Vitae 🩸

29/03/2023

Come and get ‘er! By population demand, another batch of flags is back in the store.

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28/03/2023

Hello fellow Brutes! Did you know Norwegians eat about 450 million hot dogs in a year? That’s roughly 100 hot dogs per capita! Many of these are ceremoniously munched on May 17th, our national holiday. BRUTE NORSE will be celebrating Norwegian constitution day a little early this year by hosting a pre-show hot dog potluck pop-pup! Underground legend David E. Williams is playing in Lambertville May 13th and I’ll be there serving up hot dogs alongside a bunch of other swell people in the hours leading up to the event. This will be one for the history books, a real ride or die event!

18/03/2023

Been a bit slow with the orders this week. But mostly because I hoped these would show up a bit sooner to stuff the envelopes with.

08/03/2023

Gledelig Disting

06/03/2023

OPEN CALL! ÞE FOOL’S MIRROR is a Scandifuturist lifestyle magazine dwelling in the trollish wilderness somewhere between Teen Vogue and Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, now taking content proposals for future issues. Scholars, artists, professionals encouraged, but no such background necessary. Acceptance subject to interest and fit.

Please be patient, the mills of the gods grind slow and space is limited. Next issue will be on fermentation and libations. Deadline for pitches for that is five minutes ago. The rest has no specific deadline.

05/03/2023

Trol + i + lønhole + log + unde + roten
stak + vor + here + iesus + i + foten +

«Troll in the hideyhole
Lay under root
Stung our lord
Jesus in the foot»
🐍🐍🐍

01/03/2023

Þe Fool’s Mirror goes very well with a side of… vintage pickled herring, onions and mustard on a potato lefse!

12/02/2023

We’re the subterranean cyber gnomes your friends warned you about. And you can be one too.

Or else.

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11/02/2023

It is with great sadness that I received news of Stefan Lakatos' passing. I am very grateful for having had the opportunity to correspond with him, and I extend my deepest condolences to his family.

Stefan came on the podcast to talk about his friend Thomas Louis Hardin aka. Moondog. As Moondog's protege, Stefan knew Moondog better than almost anyone else and was full of stories about "The Viking of 6th Avenue". As a massive Moondog fan myself, I found his perspectives revelatory. Stefan played the trimba, an instrument of Moondog's invention. He had no students, as far as I know, and might have been the only person alive who maintained this small tradition established by his teacher.

I knew for a long time that Stefan was seriously ill. He was diagnosed with cancer around the time when our communications began. This concerned him, of course. But in spite of being "s**t-scared" as he put it,
Stefan maintained a cheerful and optimistic disposition. He expected to do some shows after chemo, and he did. I was very proud to extend his contact info for a booking in Stavanger, Norway, which I dearly wish I could have witnessed myself. Safe travels, Stefan.

Deyr fé,
deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
en orðstírr
deyr aldregi,
hveim er sér góðan getr.

You can listen to Stefan tell about himself and Moondog in the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/brutenorse/40-moondog-with-stefan-lakatos

03/02/2023

Hallo Leute! Ich habe gerade einige Exemplare der Zeitschrift Allerleirauh erhalten. Sehr cooles "teutofuturistisches" Magazin über Musik, Vorgeschichte, Kultur und Natur. Darin finden Sie auch ein zwölfseitiges Interview, in dem ich über allerhand schwadronieren durfte. Tusen takk an Andreas / für die Möglichkeit den Wahnsinn zu verbreiten!

20/01/2023

Reject modernity
Embrace tradition