Viking and Norse Culture, Mythology, Spiritualism and History
So, I found one of these that said "RUH" and I did some work on "Reka Upp Hlatr" as the original image had. Because I do not know how to have fun and leave shit alone, I had to research it. I found that Reka Upp Haltr is incorrect. Reka is specifically to crash onto... Continue Reading →
The first of the holiday series starts with Easter. (This isn't to offend anyone- I was presenting one side of this. No other sides were submitted so this is what I've got) The familiar story of Easter is held by many cultures due to it being spring, the time of rebirth or resurrection of the... Continue Reading →
Interestingly enough, I'm watching the Zack Snyder cut of Justice league. Right when Bruce Wayne goes to meet Auqaman, there is a walkway. Each arch has the Icelandic galdr stave, Veiðistafur. It's one we covered a while back that the Icelanders believed protected mariners from Rán and her Nine Daughters (fury of the sea and... Continue Reading →
All throughout Europe and Nordic regions, the same Gods exist. These names are all cognates, meaning, they are different names referring to the same thing. He's known as Thor in Norway, Sweden and Denmark (and Greenland, Iceland, Orkney isles, Shetland isles, Faroe isles etc etc etc). The proto Indo-Europeans knew him as Perkwunos nearly 5,000... Continue Reading →
Wisdom, Murder and Blood: The importance of Mead. The Story: It begins with the God Kvasir. Born of the essence of BOTH the Aesir and the Vanir Gods. He represented peace as he was made from the two different tribes of Gods, the Aesir, where we have the war like honor bound and philosophical branch... Continue Reading →
Winking originates in Nordic culture where winking at someone is a brief physical display between two or more people where it is understood that there is sharing of hidden knowledge between them. This is in relation to Odin and his missing eye that was sacrificed to obtain hidden knowledge.
Happy Ostara!(I need to point out after the fact that Ostara is cataloged as a possible Vanir and that is why I even bothered with this, well, that and I like Halloween. This "holiday" is popular in neopaganism and is absolutely NOT the name that the celebration was called- its the Spring Equinox and Freya... Continue Reading →
I have a few things to iron out as far as populating the menus to make things easier to access. I will get to that in a bit as well as dressing up some of the other options. Until I finish, you can use the search function for these categories: Elder Futhark, Younger Futhark, Norse... Continue Reading →
Short Clarifications: BaldurNorse culture is so wide and varied that its impossible not to run into something new every time you start digging. Thousands of years of history before the Viking age, and so much after.Baldur is a god I have always breezed passed. I never paid much attention because of how minor the character... Continue Reading →
Norse Days of the weekIf Monday's or any other day gets you down, remember that in Norse culture, there is a story for everything. Personally, I look forward to days like Tuesday, simply because Tyr has always been on my short lists for top God. These stories are a constant reminder to us that all... Continue Reading →
Odin's Insight 