On Primordial Creation
ON PRIMORDIAL CREATION By Tristan Powers Many of the Faith often assume a very literal stance on many of the most sacred parts of Germanic Lore, and to a certain extent this may be a correct approach, but it’s also worth remembering that our forefathers, while likely not learned in formal philosophy until much later
On Odinic Spirituality…”The Odisbook”
“ The height of Odinic spirituality has always been the use and study of symbols and metaphors , which shall be explored throughout this book . The symbol , whether it be an actual pictograph such as a rune , or poetic phrasing in the lore , manifests itself on so many levels for the
Cyclical Existence
Because nothingness is an impossibility there can be no beginning and no end, though there are beginnings and endings as the cycle runs its course. Our universe has always been and always will be, and stretches into infinity. If one believes in the idea that time is linear, there arises serious questions as to the
Discord Among Gods
As stated many times , not only did Gullveig and Loki spread their corruptive ways among men, they also dwelt in Asgard, sowing discord among the Gods. In the Odinic faith even the divine, as part of nature, are subject to the forces of entropy. But this is not viewed as a weakness, for it
On the strong bonds resulting by Sharing Food and Drink
When King Magnus, perhaps a little by surprise, sought to bind Swein Estridson to subjection as his vassal, he did not only offer him a cloak, but added thereto a bowl of mead. Swein did not put on the cloak, and probably did not taste the mead either; he feared the latter no less than
THE CLIMAX OF THE FIMBUL – WINTER . THE MIGRATION OF TRIBES FROM THE NORTH . SKJÖLD BORGAR AND HALFDAN
Excerpts from” Our Fathers’ Godsaga”, by Viktor Rydberg , translated by William P Reeves After Baldur’s death, there was no power in Asgard that could check the whirlwinds, blizzards, and hailstorms sent by Völund from Jötunheim. The distinctions between summer and winter disappeared altogether, and it seemed as if winter would reign every month of the year. The land closest
Inheritance
….In modern times, inheritance is a question first and foremost of preventing the property from being left without an owner; the general endeavor concentrates upon the providing of a clear and legally defined way for the money to take, along which it can roll according to the law of gravity from man to man, until
OH MY GODDESS! FRIGG AS ALL-MOTHER.
That the gods form a family is self-evident in their leadership. Odin is the All-Father, as well as their ruler. The gods together are esteemed “Frigg’s progeny” (Friggjar niðja) in a skaldic kenning by Egill Skalla-grímsson in Sonatorrek 2. As previously demonstrated, numerous poetic references designate the Earth as Odin’s wife and Thor’s mother, and
JULA-GALT, THE YULE BOAR
“THE BOAR’S HEAD IN HAND BEAR I” . In a group of petroglyphs from Litsleby in West Sweden, one image depicts a man driving a plow pulled by two horned draught animals. In one hand he holds a budding branch or a small tree and in the other an undefined object which may be a
GONE TO THE DOGS: A CAUTIONARY YULETIDE TALE CONCERNING THE WILD HUNTMAN’S WIFE AND HER HOUNDS
Besides Woden, tradition also speaks of a woman riding at the head of the Furious Host. Holda, like Odin, can ride the wind clothed in terror. Like him, she belongs to the Wild Hunt. Sometimes she is portrayed as his wife, Frau Gode (Gauden, Wode, Woden), that is “Mrs. Odin.” According to one such legend
