Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Music: Duivelspack - Mythos Hildebrandslied - 09 Völuspá - Die Weissagung Aus Der Lieder - Edda
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A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, particularly on May Day, or Pentecost (Whitsun) although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer. In some cases the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again.
Primarily found within the nations of Germanic Europe and the neighbouring areas which they have influenced, its origins remain unknown, although it has been speculated that it originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had.
The Maypole is probably the symbol for Yggdrasil in the Germanic Asatro.
Lyrics:
Ask veitk standa,
heitir Yggdrasill
hár baðmr, ausinn
hvíta auri;
þaðan koma döggvar
þærs í dala falla;
stendr æ of grænn
Urðar brunni
English lyrics:
An ash I know there stands,
Yggdrasill is its name,
a tall tree, showered
with shining loam.
From there come the dews
that drop in the valleys.
It stands forever green over
Urðr's well
Music: Duivelspack - Mythos Hildebrandslied - 09 Völuspá - Die Weissagung Aus Der Lieder - Edda
Buy their album: amazon.com/Mythos-Hildebrandslied-Die-Musik-Germanen/dp/B003MV0RB6
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, particularly on May Day, or Pentecost (Whitsun) although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer. In some cases the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again.
Primarily found within the nations of Germanic Europe and the neighbouring areas which they have influenced, its origins remain unknown, although it has been speculated that it originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had.
The Maypole is probably the symbol for Yggdrasil in the Germanic Asatro.
Lyrics:
Ask veitk standa,
heitir Yggdrasill
hár baðmr, ausinn
hvíta auri;
þaðan koma döggvar
þærs í dala falla;
stendr æ of grænn
Urðar brunni
English lyrics:
An ash I know there stands,
Yggdrasill is its name,
a tall tree, showered
with shining loam.
From there come the dews
that drop in the valleys.
It stands forever green over
Urðr's well
