Kersti Ståbi: Vǫluspá – Performing Poems from the Poetic Edda #22

Vǫluspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress from the Poetic Edda is one of the most well known texts from Norse mythology. But how could this oral poem have been performed? Kersti Ståbi, Swedish folk singer and oral storyteller explored this question in her master's degree. Searching for a way to be a tale-singer in her own mythological tradition, she looked to living practices in Korea, India and Kyrgyzstan. In this episode she discusses this process with us, the interplay between copying and creating, and the paradox of trying to recreate something that's not possible to recreate. Kersti Ståbihttp://kerstistabi.com/The Vǫluspá projecthttp://kerstistabi.com/voluspa Vǫluspá Pansori first listener: Göran HembergVǫluspá Pandvani first listener: Mikael ÖbergVǫluspá Pandvani freebass accordionist: Leif Ottosson Pandvani storytelling tradition clip: Ritu Verma with ragi (first listener) Uday Ram Gandharvahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdPPuTaWagManas storytelling tradition clip: Nazarkul Seidahmanovhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtAcZvcgk4Pansori storytelling tradition clip: Jen Shyuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnKg7_gqV-4 PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESVǫluspáhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VöluspáManashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_ManasPansorihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PansoriPandvani/Pandavani/Pandwanihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PandavaniBifrǫst festivalhttps://www.bifrostfestival.comFornyrðislaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_verse#FornyrðislagHexameterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HexameterOld Norsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_NorseWalter Ong (Orality and Literacy - book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_J._OngThe Singer of Tales (Book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singer_of_TalesHomeric Questionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question