Wardruna - Himinndotter (Sky-Daughter)

Here it is again , another song lyric competition!

The latest Wardruna song Himinndotter tells about the connection between the land and our ancestors, in this case ancestors are the ancestors of place, of the land and in a more spiritual matter. In relationship to trees, earth, the sky, as for the bear references it might be related to early times where the bear was seen as a mystical being. In parts of Siberian and  Shamanic Sami belief the bear takes a special seat both for its fierce nature, as protector of the forests, as a celestial being, as an ancestor.



https://youtu.be/P0cDf4t7094

lyrics in English

Sky-Daughter
Bear-sister, bear-brother
I'm searching steadily, finding only tracks
The forest's chieftain-seat is abandoned
The forest's mother chased away
The pathless forest of the mind
Pulled me deep within
Surrounded by aging trees of memory
You are always near

Sky-daughter!
My sister in the forest
Show me where I'll find, where it grows
Show me who I was and am


Birna

Show me who I wast
When you hunted freely
Before the forests disappeared
Before the river was tamed
And mankind changed its mind
Tell me what you were called before
When the night-sky was your home

Sky-daughter!
My sister in the forest
Hold my hand, let us wander
Step by step through
Darkness and light

Dear sister
Will you come back home?
Without breath
Life is short
The forest is bound to die
Without its shepards



filmed in Rondane national park, the landscape has been written about by
Henrik Ibsen in 1867

Act 2, Scene lV
(Among the Ronde mountains. Sunset. Shining snowpeaks all around.
Peer Gynt enters, dizzy and bewildered.)
Peer
Tower over tower arises!
Hei, what a glittering gate!
Stand! Will you stand! It's drifting
further and further away!


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one month
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minimum of 70 words
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