In a live Instagram interview arranged by the publishers of The Seed of Yggdrasill, Norwegian author and Old Norse historian Maria Kvilhaug, answered questions about her books and about Old Norse mythology and comparative mythologies. The interview was her very first livestreaming lecutre and was also recorded on a webcam - here it is!
Biography
Maria Kvilhaug (1975-) is the author of The Seed of Yggdrasill, The Maiden With The Mead and the Blade Honer series, as well as other books, articles and lecture videos on the LadyoftheLabyrinth YouTube Channel and her website [ Ссылка ]
Want more videos? Podcasts? Audio readings from her books? Check out her new Patreon page: [ Ссылка ]
Support the author and get exclusive content! Most of her works stem from her academic background in the historical, cultural, linguistic and religious aspects of pre-Christian Scandinavia. A Norwegian, born and bred, she writes most of her stuff in English in order to best reach an international audience. In order to earn more from her work so that she may finish book projects and make more videos and audio recordings of her books, she opened a Patreon account on Winter Solstice 2020.
INFORMATION ABOUT BOOKS, PROJECTS, AND LINKS FREE STUFF:
The last twelve years (and ongoing) of free labour for your benefit in the form of videos and articles, The Maiden with the Mead in PDF, as well as social media rants and randoms may be found on:
• FREE VIDEOS (2008-2019): LadyoftheLabyrinth YouTube Channel: [ Ссылка ] (may also be seen for free at my Patreon)
• FREE ARTICLES (OLD AND NEW): Maria Kvilhaug´s Website/Blog: [ Ссылка ]
• FREE UNIVERSITY THESIS: The Maiden with the Mead (University of Oslo Online Library Link) [ Ссылка ] SOCIAL MEDIA:
• LadyoftheLabyrinth Facebook Page: [ Ссылка ] • BLADE HONER: [ Ссылка ]
• Instagram Updates and photos: [ Ссылка ]
• The Hammer of Greatness (Blade Honer Book One): [ Ссылка ]
BUY MY BOOKS! 😊 (Links directly to publisher, although you can try other online bookstores such as Needfire, Amazon etc if that suits your location better)
• The Seed of Yggdrasill: [ Ссылка ]
• BLADE HONER BOOKS: [ Ссылка ]
• The Poetic Edda – Six Cosmology Poems (to be re-published)
• The Trickster and the Thunder God – Thor and Loki in Old Norse Myths (to be republished)

MORE ON PATREON AND WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A PATRON:
• Have you been missing more videos from the Lady of the Labyrinth YouTube page?
• Are you among those who have asked me to make more lecture videos, as I did so much back in 2009-2014? Or more art-based mythology videos?
• Are you among those eagerly waiting for the next Blade Honer book?
• Are you among those who wish me to publish my books in audio or video?
• Are you among those who want to see those promised publications about Seidr, about Idunn, and about Initiation Stories, and so on?
• Would you have liked me to have more livestream lectures?
• Would you like to see recordings of live lectures/livestream lectures?
• Do you just like my work in general, such as my website/blog, my Facebook page, and want to see more articles published there?
If so, you might want to help me out by sponsoring my Patreon page so that I might get the time and energy I need to offer up all that - in great abundance!
Themes I currently plan to cover in series of talks on Patreon:
• Traditional Norwegian Folksongs – Themes, Origins and Performances • Norwegian Folklore Stories
• Stories of Seid & Magic in the Sagas • Norse Mythology Stuff
• Readings from the Ynglinga saga
• Skaldskap – Our Oldest Literary Sources to Norse Mythology
• Readings from my books (fiction and non-fiction) – like Audio Book chapters, beginning with audio recordings chapter by chapter of the whole Blade Honer series – I pledge to publish some chapters every week – the intensity of which, however, depends on how much support and interest I get.
PRIMARY PUBLISHER: The Three Little Sisters [ Ссылка ]
LIST OF BOOKS • The Seed of Yggdrasill
• The Maiden with the Mead – A Goddess of Initiation in Old Norse Myths?
• The Trickster and the Thundergod – Thor and Loki in Old Norse Myths • The Hammer of Greatness (Blade Honer I)
• My Enemy´s Head (Blade Honer II)
• The Hel Rune´s Claim (Blade Honer III)
• A Twisted Mirror (Blade Honer IV)
• The Poetic Edda – Six Cosmology Poems
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