Hringsverd [2023]:
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Kravik Lyre, talharpa made by Nicolae Rollin.
Video clip for the single “Hringsverd“ with folk instruments playing in the composition.
Музыкальное видео к синглу “Hringsverd“ с игрой на народных инструментах, звучащих в композиции.
A single dedicated to the most elegant, legendary and mysterious weapon of the Vendel era: “sword with a ring“ (“hringsverd“).
A unique feature of the weapon that distinguishes it from other Merovingian-type swords was the decorative element of the pommel of the handle in the form of two rings threaded into each other. The rings on the pommel are always arranged asymmetrically. The meaning and functionality of the rings are in question. Perhaps the decoration carries a ritual, oath motive.
“ Swords I know lying
in Sigarsholm,
Fifty there are
save only four;
One there is
that is best of all,
The