Antiquus Scriptum - Procemium - A Viking Belief Lyrics


In the midst of the fog wanders the misanthropic spirits of the ancient times

It’s filled of prowess, it’s filled of pride, it’s filled of hate...

A long time ago in Scandinavia there was a Viking belief

About Valhalla – The golden hall in the skies, destiny that all man pleaded

Besieged in Asgard, had five hundred and forty doors

Protected with an unending roof of shields, was the home for a warriors core

Odin – The paramount god, master of Berserks and father of all

Tor – The mighty one, Mjollnir’s owner, killer of giants

Valkyries – Choosers of death, horsewomen armed with Gungnirs

Freyr – God of fertility, the son of Nord – Lord of the seas (Adage # I)

Then arrived the Ragnarok – The twilight of the gods

A cataclysm that after three winters, left the world absorded to the evil lords

The Muspell bonfires wasted all the creation. Odin and Tor thus died

only their sons survived to extermination

Loky – Naughty and fickle, free from chains at the final battle

Nidhogg – Dragon of Niflheim, men’s devouring, tormentor of Yggdrasil

Jormundgand – The world’s serpent, poison and damn of Midgard

Fenrir – The feral wolf, released from Gleipnir, swallowed the sun (Adage # II)

”Three roots opened three ways below the ash Yggdrasil

Hel is under the first one, the giants of cold are under the second one

And mankind is under the last“ – The lay of Grimnir

”Amongst the forest’s singing trees, ferocious flames lick the funeral pyre

Their song makes bones freeze, a pale face stares against the moon...

...The golden hall in the skies, in Valhalla Odin and Tor are waiting.

Blood runs red across the sword, before the Armageddon, forever, the Goblins’ song...

Amongst the forest’s singing trees, ferocious flames lick the funeral pyre

blood runs red across the sword, before the Armageddon, forever the Goblins’ song”

[Words of Istar]

A heritage remain, in the northern winds of tragedies

The vagrant spirit of Normand Drakkars, shall forever terrify the seas

Bygone amazement, permanent on folklore and mythology

They fought for pagan prosperity...

(Adage # I/II)