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Nordic Animism

Nordic Animism

By: Rune Rasmussen
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NORDIC ANIMISM IS A PODCAST and PROJECT HELMED BY RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN. Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is an historian of religion, Ph.d., educated from the Universities of Uppsala and Copenhagen.Rune has lived in many countries and done fieldwork in a number of contemporary (primarily Afro-descendant) religions, but since childhood he has been strongly interested in Nordic religion.


Today Rune is working on applying contemporary developments in anthropology to rethink the way we address Nordic religion, both in terms of scholarship, and also as a reservoir of cultural knowledge for environmental activism.


Follow Rune's work and buy products including the Nordic Animist Calendar at https://nordicanimism.com. Support Rune's work and gain access to exclusive content and previews at https://www.patreon.com › nordicanimism. Much, but not all, of this content consists of the audio of Rune's youtube videos, found at https://www.youtube.com/user/Runehr. Rune is planning to produce more podcast specific content going forwards.

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Episodes
  • The Nordic Wheel Cross

    The Nordic Wheel Cross
    Jun 19 2025
    Rune discusses the Nordic Wheel Cross proposing a reading of the symbol as a map of the cosmos. Many references are made to visual symbols in this episode, so be sure to check out Rune's Youtube channel for the images, or use your search engine of choice to view the images discussed.

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    10 mins
  • Loki, Trump, and the Pope

    Loki, Trump, and the Pope
    Jun 4 2025
    Rune responds to the recent AI generated image of Trump as the Pope, building on his previous analysis of the Trickster.

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    20 mins
  • Right Story& Mythic Serpents with Tyson Yunkaporta

    Right Story& Mythic Serpents with Tyson Yunkaporta
    May 20 2025

    Rune talks with Professor Tyson Yunkaporta, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Deakin University.



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An engaging thought experiment! Humans need ritual and meaningful narrative to enable healing of our personal and societal hurts. Most of us are not getting this from our immediate family traditions. Rune shows an impressively broad knowledge of world culture and societal illness, and suggests some practical approaches.

Can we find useful tales in our (authentic) Nordic past to guide us today? Can we work together to create new meaningful rituals to sustain us in our troubled times? The answer is Yes. His analysis is engaging and open-minded. No ranting, no propaganda. Inclusive, not extremist, views.

Fascinating! Practical & thought-provoking

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