Let’s talk calendars
Let’s talk calendars. We have as a community developed research and concepts that help us to reconstruct a fully heathen calendar. Some camps choose to follow a lunisolar system, while others focus on the Misseri calendar that is based on the earlier weekly system. Both of these are perfectly valid, and both have […]
War
War differs from peace in many ways. Most of the laws we have considered address peacetime and deal with wrongdoings at home. Yet war requires its own principles. There must be rules of conduct to keep soldiers disciplined and to govern how disputes are settled in combat. Humanity has long recognized the frenzy of battle, […]
Rétta
The Old Norse term rétt signified a right or a claim to something. When a wrong or harm had been done, the aggrieved party could make a claim (rétt) against the wrongdoer. The offender, in turn, was obligated to perform rétta, literally “to make right” or “to straighten out” the situation. In practical terms, this […]
Mythic Literalism Vs Allegorical Interpretation
Did the Ancient People Believe Myths Were Real? An interesting debate has taken place since the earliest days of philosophical thought, raising the question: Are myths meant to be viewed literally? This seemingly simple question has sparked countless debates and interpretations among academics from various schools of thought. While most of these schools aim to […]
Goðorð
The priesthood of our faith Within every religion there exists a group of people dedicated to its practice and furtherance. These are men and women who devote their lives to the study and worship of their notions of divinity. From performing holy rites to advising the laity, it is a mission that some are called […]
Lore and Loki: A Live Panel Discussion
@ Dave Martel YouTube channel Date & Time: February 10th, 6:00 PM EST Featured Speakers: Join us for an enlightening evening of discussion as these esteemed authors and researchers delve into the captivating world of our lore and the non-God Loki! Highlights: This is a discussion you won’t want to miss! How to Tune In: […]
Old Norse Cosmology in the Poetic Edda: nine “homes” spread across three levels, and three wells for three roots
In Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, what we should be viewing as the first scholarly interpretation of the poetic passages from the manuscripts known as the Codex Regius and the Hauksbók, we often see modern heathens and scholars use this account of the “9 worlds” in Norse mythology. The word used here is “heima” which more accurately means
Úrarhorn
The Úrarhorn or “Aurochs-Horn” connects to our sacred cow, Auðhumla. She is the provider of sustenance who licked the rime to create the first God, Buri. Her milk then became saturated with this substance and thus became the holy Aurr by way of Ymir. When he drank of her milk he became so fertile that he sweated children out of his body. When the Gods killed him his flesh became the fertile soil through this act of drinking. This is a very important event in our lore and is
Heita and Biðja
It is important in our practice to examine and understand the nature of ritual and how its fundamental mechanics work, in order for us to be able to effectively establish a foundational basis for what we are doing. The idea here is that we use source material to develop both actions and words so that we create a sacred tradition linked to our ancestral ways, while giving us a proper spiritual course for today. The idea is not to simply recreate actions from books,
The Nine Square Grid
Now that we have examined the gates themselves, it is important for us to look at why a Nine Square Grid was used and what purpose it serves. We know that the number nine is the holiest of numbers in Teutonic Polytheism, and many believe that this is due to it being the number of months in a pregnancy. If we consider the connection this may have to the Nornir and to the Underworld, this may very well be the case. But before we look into the nature of birth