> [[shell]]. Video. "The Old Saxon Soul-Complex". [YouTube](https://youtu.be/23aaWeTwnuU) ## Description (Edited) In this video, I discuss the pluralistic idea of the Saxon soul. All words below can be found throughout the Heliand. [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=0s) - Intro [1:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=116s) - ferah [4:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=279s) - hamo [6:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=392s) - gest [8:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=502s) - seola [13:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=785s) - mod [15:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=914s) - seƀo [16:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=984s) - hugi [18:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=1106s) - uuod [20:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaWeTwnuU&t=1211s) - end The example of the ferah enclosing the seola is in lines 3350-3353. In this passage, a wretched man's ferah is taken by the angels, and his seola is set in Abraham's bosom, implying that the ferah, departing from the body, encloses the seola. Admittedly, I became more influenced by my decision to say "protect" after I looked at the Old Norse cognates. Nevertheless, I think the example with ferah/seola above could be taken to mean that the ferah is that which houses the seola. But again, all of this is difficult to deal with. For follow-up research, I recommend checking out [[flowers-s1983-toward]] Credit for the bindrune design in the thumbnail and throughout the video goes to Šárka C.S.