SUURIN

About 25 years ago I became interested in the Nordic myths. I had studied some of the Greek and Roman stories in both high school and college, picked up a bit the Indian Upanishads along the way, and had also gotten a bit of the stories from some of native North Americans somewhere along the way, but I had never studied the Norse legends. (Marvel comics, notwithstanding.)

So while searching for something else, I had stumbled across a whole new world of music, which I listen to in fits and starts. I find it interesting, but not always engrossing enough to displace what I usually turn to. One of the artists I found from that path is Kati Rán. Here is how her Bandcamp page describes her work.

Nordic Music

Kati Rán creates song with historical folk instruments and composes her music with poetry reflecting our connection with nature.

I do like the idea of Midgardsblot. Midgard is the Norse term for the realm of Earth. Blot is a meeting of some significance. Midgardsblot is a music event that combines "extreme metal" with folk. Sounds like an interesting time. (More below the embedded video.) Midgardsblot is held every summer in Borre, Norway.

This song is "SUURIN" by Kati Rán. It was originally released as part of a 2012 EP Leaf. This version was recorded live at Midgardsblot 2016. You can find the lyrics and their English translation at this link. The lyrics are in Karelian, a Finnic language spoken mainly by the Karelian people in the Russian Republic of Karelia.

Here's a link to the "after movie" for Midgardsblot 2016. "And a good time was had by all."