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How the Aesir Learned the Mantras

How the Aesir Learned the Mantras

Update: 2025-05-20
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What if Buddhism, rather than Christianity, had become the dominant religion of Europe? Let’s us explore a folktale from such a world. A world where Buddhist temples in Scandinavia and Frankland also host images of gods such as Thor, Odin, and even Loki. We shall hear the story of a monk called Ketil, and how he helped spread Buddhism to Northern Europe. But more than that, he also drew the attention of the gods of Asgard themselves.


Written and produced by Sam McDonald


Scott R. McKinley as The Narrator


Patrick Heinzen as Thor


Sam McDonald as Ketil


Faye Holliday as Sif


Tim Stephenson as Odin


Juan Cruz III as Loki


Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11_6WVs1Hpy9Cs_sCfnPZ_Dk801ZclqNHb49IA4ZVIIY/edit


Record Scratch provided by Freesound.org: https://freesound.org/people/luffy/sounds/3536/


Addtional sounds provided by Apple Loops, Epidemic Sounds, and Jason Steele


Opening and Closing Music: Desert City by Kevin MacLeod


Additional Music:


Knight’s Templar by Adriel Fair


Entering Kathmandu by Sights of Wonder


Stollin’ & Rollin’ by Mike Franklyn


River Walk by Philip Ayers


Mural Legends by Adriel Fair

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How the Aesir Learned the Mantras

How the Aesir Learned the Mantras

Sam McDonald