What This Weeks Section Meant

Hail to all Heathens.

This is going to be a short blog post, like my altar one was yesterday. This really explains what some Norse Wiccans believe about Loki's sons, along with the other gods that will come back when Odin and the others are killed. It's just a theory but I like it.


Note: Loki's sons, according to some, do in-fact return after the final battle of the gods. Along with Baldr, his blind brother, and Thor's sons. I don't know if any other deities come back as well. It's a strange thing that, while some say that the gods completely die, they don't die. Those that have died, and are down in Hel, return. So the gods aren't actually dead. Just a new generation of gods come to rule.


HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

My Feast of Vali Altar

Hail to all Heathens,

This is going to be a short blog post. Just wanting to show off my altar for the Feast of Vali. It's not much but it's mine.

My Heathen altar

My offerings to Vali.

Enjoy and have a great day.

Reading Volispo 25-30

Hail to all Heathens,

Time for another section of saga. I hope that you enjoy it.

Voluspo 25-30

Note: We are at the half-way point of the first saga. As I've said before I will be done reading the Voluspo on Saturday and then I'm taking a day break and moving onto the next one. So enjoy the reading and I'll be back tomorrow.

25:  Necklaces had I and rings from Heerfather, Wise was my speech and my magic wisdom; Widely I saw over all the worlds.

( This is apparently the transitional stanza, in which the Volva, rewarded by Othin for her knowledge of the past (stanzas 1-29), is induced to proceed with her real prophecy (stanzas 31-66). Some editors turn the stanza into the third person, making it a narrative link. Bugge, on the other hand, puts it after stanza 28 as the third stanza of the poem. No lacuna is indicated in the manuscripts, and editors have attempted various emendations. Heerfather (“Father of the Host”): Othin.)

26: On all sides saw I Valkyries assemble, Ready to ride to the ranks of the gods; Skuld bore the shield, and Skogul rode next, Guth, Hild, Gondul, and Geirskogul. Of Herjan’s maidens the list have ye heard, Valkyries ready to ride o’er the earth.

( Valkyries: these “Choosers of the Slain” (cf. stanza 1, note) bring the bravest warriors killed in battle to Valhall, in order to re-enforce the gods for their final struggle. They are also called “Wish-Maidens,” as the fulfillers of Othin’s wishes. The conception of the supernatural warrior-maiden was presumably brought to Scandinavia in very early times from the South-Germanic races, and later it was interwoven with the likewise South-Germanic tradition of the swan-maiden. A third complication developed when the originally quite human women of the hero-legends were endowed with the qualities of both Valkyries and swan-maidens, as in the cases of Brynhild (cf. Gripisspo, introductory note), Svava (cf. Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after stanza 5 and note) and Sigrun (cf. Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I, 17 and note). The list of names here given may be an interpolation; a quite different list is given in Grimnismol, 36. Ranks of the gods: some editors regard the word thus translated as a specific place name. Herjan (“Leader of Hosts”) : Othin. It is worth noting that the name Hild (“Warrior”) is the basis of Bryn-hild (“Warrior in Mail-Coat”)).

27: I saw for Baldr, the bleeding god, The son of Othin, his destiny set: Famous and fair in the lofty fields, Full grown in strength the mistletoe stood.

( Baldr: The death of Baldr, the son of Othin and Frigg, was the first of the great disasters to the gods. The story is fully told by Snorri. Frigg had demanded of all created things, saving only the mistletoe, which she thought too weak to be worth troubling about, an oath that they would not harm Baldr. Thus it came to be a sport for the gods to hurl weapons at Baldr, who, of course, was totally unharmed thereby. Loki, the trouble-maker, brought the mistletoe to Baldr’s blind brother, Hoth, and guided his hand in hurling the twig. Baldr was slain, and grief came upon all the gods. Cf. Baldrs Draumar.)

28: From the branch which seemed so slender and fair Came a harmful shaft that Hoth should hurl; But the brother of Baldr was born ere long, And one night old fought Othin’s son.

( The lines in this and the following stanza have been combined in various ways by editors, lacunae having been freely conjectured, but the manuscript version seems clear enough. The brother of Baldr: Vali, whom Othin begot expressly to avenge Baldr’s death. The day after his birth he fought and slew Hoth.)

29: His hands he washed not,. his hair he combed not, Till he bore to the bale-blaze Baldr’s foe. But in Fensalir did Frigg weep sore For Valhall’s need: would you know yet more?

( Frigg: Othin’s wife. Some scholars have regarded her as a solar myth, calling her the sun-goddess, and pointing out that her home in Fensalir (“the sea-halls”) symbolizes the daily setting of the sun beneath the ocean horizon.)

30: One did I see in the wet woods bound, A lover of ill, and to Loki like; By his side does Sigyn sit, nor is glad To see her mate: would you know yet more?

( The translation here follows the Regius version. The Hauksbok has the same final two lines, but in place of the first pair has, “I know that Vali his brother gnawed, / With his bowels then was Loki bound.” Many editors have followed this version of the whole stanza or have included these two lines, often marking them as doubtful, with the four from Regius. After the murder of Baldr, the gods took Loki and bound him to a rock with the bowels of his son Narfi, who had just been torn to pieces by Loki’s other son, Vali. A serpent was fastened above Loki’s head, and the venom fell upon his face. Loki’s wife, Sigyn, sat by him with a basin to catch the venom, but whenever the basin was full, and she went away to empty it, then the venom fell on Loki again, till the earth shook with his struggles. “And there he lies bound till the end.” Cf. Lokasenna, concluding prose.)


I hope that you enjoyed this section and I'll see you tomorrow.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Feast of Vali (2015)

Hail to all Heathens,

Today is the Feast of Vali. This surrounds Vali, who avenged Baldr. It's got it's root in the word Valentine and is a time to celebrate the return of the light, of love,and of marriage. I'm going to post my Vali altar next week, which I hope that all of you like. Have a great remainder of your week.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

Late Post: What this Weeks Section Meant

Hail to all Heathens,

So this weeks explanation is late, which I'm sorry about. However I'm not doing an explanation. I'm just going to go with what I've already written.

Note: So now we're on track when it comes to these lines of the saga. The first one, and I made a note of this, is the oops moment. A moment that I think the gods end up regretting, even though I don't approve of what they did and they expecting us to be noble. I don't know if the Christians even caught onto this. Though I have a funny feeling that they did and used what the gods did to the giant to say 'hay our god won't do this to you, won't cause things to happen.' This is one of the many arguments that are given as each group converts others.

The reason that our god is better is because he doesn't make mistakes. He's honorable and good! But I also think that this is the fault of wisdom. You can be too wise and still make mistakes. The rest of it continues with the seeress talking about the mead and the sacrifice that Odin made to gain the knowledge of the runes.

I hope that this helps you all about and I hope that you enjoy the section.

See you all next week.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Late Post: Reading Volispo 21-24

Hail to all Heathens,

Sorry about this being a late post but I had a confusing week and so this didn't come out like it was supposed to. Enjoy and I'll see you tomorrow.

Voluspo 21-24

So today is another section of Voluspo and I really hope that your enjoying it. Reading the saga's is one of my sinful pleasures that I have. It's something that I find exciting, enriching, and rewarding. Each line will have notes when provided.

21: In swelling rage then rose up Thor,— Seldom he sits when he such things hears,— And the oaths were broken, the words and bonds, The mighty pledges between them made.

(My note: This is the 'I'm dumb and stupid' moment. This is the reason that Thor and the other gods end up having all their problems. This is why I really look at raciest Heathens and really wonder if they really read the saga's or just think they know. When a god makes a huge mistake, and it later on affects the end, then their at fault. It also proves that the gods are not perfect and they are the ones that should look to us to keep from making the fool mistake that they made.) ( Thor: the thunder-god, son of Othin and Jorth (Earth) ; cf. particularly Harbarthsljoth and Thrymskvitha, passim. Oaths, etc.: the gods, by violating their oaths to the giant who rebuilt Asgarth, aroused the undying hatred of the giants’ race, and thus the giants were among their enemies in the final battle.)

22:  I know of the horn of Heimdall, hidden Under the high-reaching holy tree; On it there pours from Valfather’s pledge A mighty stream: would you know yet more ?

( Here the Volva turns from her memories of the past to a statement of some of Othin’s own secrets in his eternal search for knowledge (stanzas 27-29). Bugge puts this stanza after stanza 29. The horn of Heimdall: the Gjallarhorn (“Shrieking Horn”), with which Heimdall, watchman of the gods, will summon them to the last battle. Till that time the horn is buried under Yggdrasil. Valfather’s pledge: Othin’s eye (the sun?), which he gave to the water-spirit Mimir (or Mim) in exchange for the latter’s wisdom. It appears here and in stanza 29 as a drinking-vessel, from which Mimir drinks the magic mead, and from which he pours water on the ash Yggdrasil. Othin’s sacrifice of his eye in order to gain knowledge of his final doom is one of the series of disasters leading up to the destruction of the gods. There were several differing versions of the story of Othin’s relations with Mimir; another one, quite incompatible with this, appears in stanza 47. In the manuscripts I know and I see appear as “she knows” and “she sees” (cf. note on 21)).

23: Alone I sat when the Old One sought me, The terror of gods, and gazed in mine eyes: “What hast thou to ask? why comest thou hither? Othin, I know where thine eye is hidden.”

( The Hauksbok version omits all of stanzas 28-34, stanza 27 being there followed by stanzas 40 and 41. Regius indicates stanzas 28 and 29 as a single stanza. Bugge puts stanza 28 after stanza 22, as the second stanza of his reconstructed poem. The Volva here addresses Othin directly, intimating that, although he has not told her, she knows why he has come to her, and what he has already suffered in his search for knowledge regarding his doom. Her reiterated “would you know yet more?” seems to mean: “I have proved my wisdom by telling of the past and of your own secrets; is it your will that I tell likewise of the fate in store for you?” The Old One: Othin.)

24: I know where Othin’s eye is hidden, Deep in the wide-famed well of Mimir; Mead from the pledge of Othin each morn Does Mimir drink: would you know yet more?

( The first line, not in either manuscript, is a conjectural emendation based on Snorri’s paraphrase. Bugge puts this stanza after stanza 20.)


HAIL THOR!!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!!

What the Section Meant

Hail to all Heathens,

I'm here to give you what the section meant for this week. I hope that it makes some sense to you as it sort of made sense to me.

Breakdown of the sections: When we talk about the little things that are mentioned in this section. It's safe to say that those little things usually end up leading to larger things and larger problems. We read about the World Tree, the Three Fates, and the evil of gold. The most evil thing that the gods of the Norse world did was break their oath to the giant who was nice enough to build the walls back after the first war between the gods on both sides. By violating their oaths they caused their own destruction. Oaths are important and most likely a reminder of the screw up that the gods did.

If they hadn't broken their oath then the end of the cycle would never of happened. Or maybe it's yet to happen. Who knows. One thing is for certain. We must look at the whole picture and not just the parts that we want. And we must not blame one side for what they feel after we have seen the full picture.

I hope this helps and it also helps you better understand the gods.


HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Reading Volispo 15-20

Hail to all Heathens,

So we honor Odin today and thus we read a section of the Volispo. I hope that you enjoy it.

15: An ash I know, Yggdrasil its name, With water white is the great tree wet; Thence come the dews that fall in the dales, Green by Urth’s well does it ever grow.

(  Yggdrasil: cf. stanza 2 and note, and Grimnismol, 29-35 and notes. Urth (“The Past”) : one of the three great Norns. The world-ash is kept green by being sprinkled with the marvelous healing water from her well.)

16: Thence come the maidens mighty in wisdom, Three from the dwelling down ’neath the tree; Urth is one named, Verthandi the next,— On the wood they scored,—and Skuld the third. Laws they made there, and life allotted To the sons of men, and set their fates.

( The maidens: the three Norns; possibly this stanza should follow stanza 8. Dwelling: Regius has “sæ” (sea) instead of “sal” (hall, home), and many editors have followed this reading, although Snorri’s prose paraphrase indicates “sal.” Urth, Verthandi and Skuld: “Past,”“Present” and “Future.” Wood, etc.: the magic signs (runes) controlling the destinies of men were cut on pieces of wood. Lines 3-4 are probably interpolations from some other account of the Norns.)

17: The war I remember, the first in the world, When the gods with spears had smitten Gollveig, And in the hall of Hor had burned her,— Three times burned, and three times born, Oft and again, yet ever she lives.

( This follows stanza 20 in Regius; in the Hauksbok version stanzas 25, 26, 27, 40 and 41 come between stanzas 20 and 21. Editors have attempted all sorts of rearrangements. The war: the first war was that between the gods and the Wanes. The cult of the Wanes (Vanir) seems to have originated among the seafaring folk of the Baltic and the southern shores of the North Sea, and to have spread thence into Norway in opposition to the worship of the older gods; hence the “war.” Finally the two types of divinities were worshipped in common; hence the treaty which ended the war with the exchange of hostages. Chief among the Wanes were Njorth and his children, Freyr and Freyja, all of whom became conspicuous among the gods. Beyond this we know little of the Wanes, who seem originally to have been water-deities. I remember: the manuscripts have “she remembers,” but the Volva is apparently still speaking of her own memories, as in stanza 2. Gollveig (“Gold-Might”) : apparently the first of the Wanes to come among the gods, her ill-treatment being the immediate cause of the war. Müllenhoff maintains that Gollveig is another name for Freyja. Lines 5-6, one or both of them probably interpolated, seem to symbolize the refining of gold by fire. Hor (“The High One”) : Othin.)

18: Heith they named her who sought their home, The wide-seeing witch, in magic wise; Minds she bewitched that were moved by her magic, To evil women a joy she was.

( Heith (“Shining One”?) : a name often applied to wise-women and prophetesses. The application of this stanza to Gollveig is far from clear, though the reference may be to the magic and destructive power of gold. It is also possible that the stanza is an interpolation. Bugge maintains that it applies to the Volva who is reciting the poem, and makes it the opening stanza, following it with stanzas 28 and 30, and then going on with stanzas i ff. The text of line 2 is obscure, and has been variously emended.)

19: On the host his spear did Othin hurl, Then in the world did war first come; The wall that girdled the gods was broken, And the field by the warlike Wanes was trodden.

( This stanza and stanza 24 have been transposed from the order in the manuscripts, for the former describes the battle and the victory of the Wanes, after which the gods took council, debating whether to pay tribute to the victors, or to admit them, as was finally done, to equal rights of worship.)

24 (Note: Once again, not in order. Which I think makes any translation hard to understand.) Then sought the gods their assembly-seats, The holy ones, and council held, Whether the gods should tribute give, Or to all alike should worship belong.

20: Then sought the gods their assembly-seats, The holy ones, and council held, To find who with venom the air had filled, Or had given Oth’s bride to the giants’ brood.

( Possibly, as Finn Magnusen long ago suggested, there is something lost after stanza 24, but it was not the custom of the Eddic poets to supply transitions which their hearers could generally be counted on to understand. The story referred to in stanzas 25-26 (both quoted by Snorri) is that of the rebuilding of Asgarth after its destruction by the Wanes. The gods employed a giant as builder, who demanded as his reward the sun and moon, and the goddess Freyja for his wife. The gods, terrified by the rapid progress of the work, forced Loki, who had advised the bargain, to delay the giant by a trick, so that the work was not finished in the stipulated time (cf. Grimnismol, 44, note). The enraged giant then threatened the gods, whereupon Thor slew him. Oth’s bride: Freyja; of Oth little is known beyond the fact that Snorri refers to him as a man who “went away on long journeys.”)

I'll be back tomorrow.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

Charming the Plow, Feast of Barri, and Disablot (2015)

Hail to All,

So this is February 2nd and for most people this means celebrating Imbolc. However Imbolc is a Celtic holiday and we Heathens celebrate it but call it by a different name. That's holiday is called Charming the Plow. It's a time to bless the till and the plow, signalling the beginning of the spring festivals. It's a holiday that's centered around Mother Earth and the first furrow is cut. There's another holiday called the Feast of Barri, This is a time to celebrate that marriage of Freyr and Gerd and we plant our seeds in small cups and water them, feed them, and get them ready for our Spring gardens.

Now Disablot can happen today or it can happen on the 14. I chose today. Disablot, or Idis-thing, centers around women. If female ancestors were not honored at Winter's Night, they may be celebrated with their own feast when winter is beginning to give way to spring. So, either way, spring is just around the corner and soon all these cold days will be over and the warmth of spring will be here. I hope that you all have a good one and a wonderful multiple feasts and holidays.

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

What this weeks Volispo Meant

Hail to All,

This weeks was very hard to understand and even figure out what the meaning of what was being written. This passage does mention Loki taking Andvari's wealth. But that's more to explain what was written in another book and isn't mentioned in this saga. The whole mixing around of different sections of the Saga makes this even more confusing to even understand. There are several times when the flow didn't go like it did in earlier sections. This tells me that this is a very complicated tale and one that takes time to read and understand.

I'm going to go back and read the section again to understand what was being written so that I can move on.

Volispo 11-14

Hail to All,

So it's time for me to honor Odin with another reading from the saga's. As I've done last week, tomorrow I will blog about what I believe that it means. This is one of the ways that I practice my religion. Understanding the source materials and what our ancestors believed. Hope that you enjoy it and let me know what you think and how I'm doing.

11: Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri, Austri and Vestri,
Althjof, Dvalin, Nar and Nain, Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bofur,
Bombur, Nori, An and Onar, Ai, Mjothvitnir.

12: Vigg and Gandalf, Vindalf, Thrain, Thekk and Thorin,
Thror, Vit and Lit, Nyr and Nyrath,—now have I told—
Regin and Rathsvith—the list aright.

Note: This is actually listed as 10 in the Kindle Edition. Hence why I'm getting the physical copy myself to see if it's the same. It most likely is. This is what makes this copy hard to understand. Their sometimes not in order like they should be.

13: Fili, Kili, Fundin, Nali, Heptifili, Hannar, Sviur, Frar,
Hombori, Fræg and Loni, Aurvang, Jari, Eikinskjaldi.



(These are the other ones that are not in-order. I really chew on my lip on this. 11: The race of the dwarfs in Dvalin’s throng Down to Lofar the list must I tell; The rocks they left, and through wet lands They sought a home in the fields of sand. 12: There were Draupnir and Dolgthrasir, Hor, Haugspori, Hlevang, Gloin, Dori, Ori, Duf, Andvari, Skirfir, Virfir, Skafith, Ai. 16: Alf and Yngvi, Eikinskjaldi, Fjalar and Frosti, Fith and Ginnar; So for all time shall the tale be known, The list of all the forbears of Lofar.)

Continuing with 13: Then from the throng did three come forth,
From the home of the gods, the mighty and gracious; Two without fate on the land they found, Ask and Embla, empty of might.

14: Soul they had not, sense they had not, Heat nor motion, nor goodly hue ;
Soul gave Othin, sense gave Hönir, Heat gave Lothur and goodly hue.

Thorrablot Over

Hail to All,

So Thorrablot is over, which I was sad to see it go. I did celebrate it yesterday and it wasn't that big of an affair. I don't have a ton of money to spend on feasts and this was no different. Also, being the only heathen in the family really determines what your going to be dining on. I did offer ale to Thor and thanked him for his protection. I burned incense and poured libation of drink. I gave a portion of my food to Thor and asked for his protection for another year.

I hope that you all had a good Thorrablot and I'll be back later this week.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

What This weeks Volispo and Last means

Hail to All,

So yesterday I wrote down last weeks section of the Volispo and this weeks. The first 1-4 deals with the creation of the universe and the nine worlds. Odin raised the seerer from the grave, indicating that Odin is very strong in magic, and she is telling how the universe was like before it was fashioned how it was fashioned. The next section 5-10 deals with the gods, and the fact that they lived in an age before all the trouble began. Before the battles that they would fight against the giants and other creatures that would try and bring them down.

Everything was peachy, sweet, and innocent. No greed, problems, or troubles. And then the three giant sisters came from their realm and that's where I stopped. I will be back next week with 11-14 and I look forward in talking about it.

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

Honoring Thor

Hail to All,

Today we honor Thor, the god that protects the realm of humans. Us! Last week I dedicated my exercise to Thor. The site that I was using only pointed it for men. But I believe that women can use some of Thor's presence and power in their lives. I exercise three days a week, but I also put one of the days for my exercise to be in honor of Thor. It gives me a connection to the gods and to my ancestors.

So I hope that all of you will have a good day and may Thor give you strength.

HAIL THOR!!!!

Why I'm an Independent Heathen

Hail to All,

I want to talk a bit about why I'm an Independent Heathen and not apart of any said 'heathen' community. It isn't that I'm against associating with others. If I was then I wouldn't be here or I wouldn't be on Facebook. The reason that I'm not apart of a heathen community is because there are two kinds and the first kind is the one that burned me. The kind that burned me are the kind that are so full of themselves that they will travel with you where ever you go and not listen to reason.

I can't stand them. They think that they know you, they think that they know how you practice, when they don't. They attack you because you use to be Wiccan and they don't think that maybe it's taking time to get away from the 'doing what makes you feel right' mode. Yes, I do things that other Heathens might not like. Including Tarot cards, libations when it's not a Blot, and so on. But this is my practice, this is my path, and these are the gifts to the gods that I give them.

Oh and don't even get me started on prayers. Yeah, well I guess that you'll hear me rant about that. The fundies are against praying. Why? Because they state that the gods don't want to be bothered all the time. Excuse me, but when did you become the spokesmen for the gods? I don't bother them all the time. Only when I feel the need to 'communicate' with them. Nothing that I do is good enough for them and nothing that I do will prove that I'm a 'real' heathen.

To them I'm doing nothing but Wicca and they are burned up about that. Excuse me, but I don't put a pentacle on my altar, I don't call Odin and Frigga 'the lord and lady' and I don't believe in the Maiden, Mother, and Crone aspects. I believe that the gods are separate and distinct entities that demand our respect. This isn't a taking a hat off the shelf religion and I really wish the Wiccans would stop treating the gods as such.

Of course I'm not about to bash Wiccans and that's what these people were doing. So that's why I'm an independent heathen and I will only call myself an independent Asatruer when I've been doing this for a full year without breaks. I'm going to practice my path, read my cards, drink tea, and walk the path of the ancients. Don't like it, then get the hell out of my damn face. I'm not here to get your approval and I don't want it. I will let my actions speak to the gods, not the desire to conform to your views.

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

Honoring Odin

Hail to All,

Today we honor Odin, the Allfather. And as I did before I'm doing a small section of saga as my offering to him. This one is from last week, on my Wordpress blog, so I'm going to post it. Then I'll space it and add this weeks.

1: Hearing I ask from the holy races,
From Heimdall’s sons, both high and low;
Thou wilt, Valfather, that well I relate
Old tales I remember of men long ago.

2: I remember yet of the giants of yore,
Who gave me breads in days gone by;
Nine worlds I knew, the nine in the tree
With mighty roots beneath the mold.

3: Of old was the age when Ymir lived;
Sea nor cool waves nor sand there were;
Earth had not been, nor heavens above,
But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere.

4: Then Bur’s sons lifted the level land,
Mithguard the mighty there they made;
The sun from the south earth, warmed the stones of
And green was the ground with growing leeks.

(Space)

5: The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south. Her right hand cast over heaven's rim;
    No knowledge she had where her home should be,
    The moon knew not what might was his,

6: Then sought the gods their assembly seats,
    The holy ones, and council held;
    Names then they gave to noon and twilight,
    Morning they named, and the waning moon,
    Night and evening, the years to number.

7: At Ithavoll met the mighty gods,
    Shrines and temples they timbered high;
    Forges they set, and they smithied ore
    Tongues they wrought, and tools they fashioned.

8: In their dwellings at peace they played at tables,
    Of gold no lack did the gods then know,-
    Till thither came up giant-maids three,
    Huge of might , out of Jotunheim.

9: Then sought the gods their assembly-seats,
    The holy ones, and council held,
    To find who should raise the race of dwarfs
    Out of Brimir's blood and the legs of Blain.


10: There was Motsognir the mightiest made
      Of all the dwarfs, and Durin next;
     Many of likeness of men they made,
     The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said.


I'll be back tomorrow to explain what I think that both sections are talking about. Thanks for reading.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

New Moon (January 2015)

Hail to All,

This is not Heathen but what I do. Tonight I'm going to be honoring Hella. She's the dark goddess, the one that controls the dead and the land of the dead. I don't have any Hella 'incense' but I do have incense to Hecate. I'm going to burn that and give it as an offering to Hella. I personally don't think that she minds. I going to also give offerings of anything that's 'dark' to her. That could be chocolate milk, chocolate, and even some fruit.

I'm not sure yet. All I know is that it's going to be great. I hope that you all have a good New Moon and I'll see you around.

HAIL HELLA!!!!

Honoring Tyr

Hail to All,

Today we honor Tyr and I did it by playing a game with my brother. Tyr is connected to sports of all kinds and competition of all kinds. I didn't win, but I had a good time. My brother is far more better at this then I am, but I was willing to do this so that my brother wouldn't feel as though he was the only one that was doing anything. I thanked Tyr for the battle and I thanked him for allowing me to be humble in losing.

Next time, I'm going to win.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

Honoring Mani

So today we honor Mani, the God of the moon. Since it's still cold out then I'm not going to be out and about. I will be looking at the moon through the window and ponder him. I will be thanking him for the gift of the moon. Now one of the things that I have noticed about Norse religion. In respect to both Sunna and Mani. Is that Sunna is the goddess connected to the Sun and Mani is the god connected to the moon. There is no god and goddess in Norse mythology. No moon goddess and no sun god. I will be meditating on the moon and thanking him with offering and libation.

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

Honoring Sunna

Hail to All,

Today we honor Sunna and the warmth that she will be bringing as the warm weather starts getting closer. As today is Sunday and next to last Sunday of January, I give thanks to Sunna and I know that soon it will be warm out. I can feel the weather changing and I can feel it being a little bit less cold. Sunna brings the warmth. She's the sun in many ways. I did a ritual to her, said a prayer, offered libation and burned incense.

I gave her a gift of thanks and the hopes that this weeks weather will be good.

HAIL TO ODIN!!!! HAIL TO THOR!!!!

Bath Day

Hail to All,

Now this one is a very unusual one and I think that it might be connected to fact. On Saturday we really get down and scrub off our bodies. Baths seem to be something that all cultures did until it was declared evil and wrong by the conquering Christians. So today I added some bath salts and soaked in the tub, feeling all the stress of the week vanishing. I also washed my body and felt ready to take on the world. This is a ritual that I will be doing more often and making one bath, a week, special then the others.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Thorrablot (2015)

Hail to All,

Today is the first day of Thorrablot. Since we really don't know when these rituals started, I'm going to assume that they were done during the day. Thorrablot is a Icelandic holiday and is from today till the 25th of this month and is in honor of Thor. That makes 9 days of celebrating. However I'm only going to be celebrating the first and last day of Thorrablot. I hope that all of you have a good one and may Thor watch over you.

HAIL THOR!!!! HAIL ODIN!!!!

Honoring Freya and Frey

Hail to All,

Today is Friday and thus we honor Frey and Freya, both connected to fertility. Freya is also the goddess of war and leader of the Valkyries. So while both siblings do have the same roles, Freya has a bit more and a lot more responsibility. She's also considered a sorceress and seerer. So I'm going to do a one card reading in honor of her. Another deity that was most likely honored on this day is Frigga, wife of Odin. Now the site that I use stated that she wasn't an important goddess.

I snort at that. I believe that Frigga was a very important goddess and thus deserves to be honored. This morning I did a small ritual in honor of these three gods. I added Odin, since he's my Patron god. So I honored Odin, Frigga, Freya and Frey. I burned incense and I poured libation. I'm sure some fundie is going to come on and say, "That's not how it's done." I stick my tongue out at them. The gods know that what I'm doing comes from the heart and I believe that my gift is just as good.

I hope that you all have a good one and I'll be back tomorrow.

HAIL ODIN!!!! HAIL THOR!!!!

Boy, I Haven't Been On

Hail to All,

Dear Gods, I haven't been on in over a year. Sigh, I really need to fix that. So I'm back on Blogspot, mainly because a friend of mine told me that Wordpress is getting hacked into. Sorry, I'm not interested in getting hacked and I don't like it when people get into my private information. So I'm using this until they fix the problem. So I'm still keeping this blog up and running and I'm sorry about the huge gap between this past and my last post.

A lot of things have happened since I was last on this blog. For one: I've been a Heathen for over a year, two: I was bullied to the point that I had to take down one of my Youtube channels, which sucked, three: I'm starting to get my hands on some books that will go into my Heathen library, and four: I really haven't been practicing my religion like I'm suppose to. I'm not happy and I'm not proud of that. But I'm back and I'm determined to practice it. I'm not about to let some fundies cause me to lose heart.

Personally that's the problem with the fundies in Heathenism. They attack you to the point that you don't want to be a heathen anymore. This doesn't help our numbers and this doesn't help our religion. Yes, I know it's to weed out those that consider this a 'hat' religion. And what I mean by that is just taking a religion down and wearing it like a hat. However there are those out there that are serious about their religion and don't appreciate others putting them down.

I had to put up with the drama in High School and I think that we should all consider ourselves old enough to not take part in such things. I'm going to be getting back to the sagas and I might end up doing the same post that I did two years ago, though I will be focusing on 1-4 and then next Wednesday do 5-10. I look forward in continuing post and I'll be around.

HAIL TO THOR!!!! HAIL TO ODIN!!!!