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On the Tree That None May Ever Know

from Alban Arthan

October 2nd, 2020
9 tracks
55:11
Alban Arthan
Alban Arthan
On the Tree That None May Ever Know
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On the Tree That None May Ever Know
Malfet
“I ween that I hung on the windy tree, Hung there for nights full nine; With the spear I was wounded, and offered I was To Othin, myself to myself, On the tree that none may ever know What root beneath it runs.” Anon. “Hávamál,” v. CXXXIX. Codex Regius, MCCC. Trans. Henry A. Bellows, MCMXXXVI. Adapted from: Murk Rider. “Return.” Exile of Shadows, MMXIX Morrowdim. “Of Wandering II.” Wandering Songs, MMXIX
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Dreams and death.

Credits

Art and music by Malfet

Tracks 3, 5, and 8 adapted from Morrowdim, "Wandering Songs," MMXIX

https://morrowdim.bandcamp.com/

Track 5 also adapted from Murk Rider, "Exile of Shadows," MMXIX.

https://murk-rider.bandcamp.com

Layout by Andrew Ross Fritts & Malfet

LP & CS editions mastered by Mammoth Sound

Dedicated to the stalwart berserker Nick Darway: a big man with a big heart and, most importantly, a big friend to us; and to the eternal shield-maiden warrior-Queen who once was, Queen who shall be: Maria Rice - a voice of astonishing innocence, a sublime and inspired poet of darkness and light, and the creator of Morrowdim.

I like to imagine that Nick and Maria are sharing great plentiful horns of cheer today in that land where the fae mead flows and the hearth glows everlasting.

Agápe, Éros, Philía, Storgē!