The place: Jötunheimr. The time: lost and legendary. The situation: that guy at a bar that just won’t leave you alone.
Freyr is in a slump: he loves a girl he’s never met. However, all is not lost! Skírnír is the ultimate wingman. Give him a sword, a horse, and eleven golden apples and he can win her over – but what begins as a story of masculine comradery quickly descends into an all-too-familiar situation of misogyny and coercion.
In a new translation of the Old Norse poem, Skírnismál draws a line from Viking honour culture straight to the rhetoric of the modern alt-right.
Translated by Amber Williams Co directed by James Christensen and Amber Williams
