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northwestheathensu
Jan 5, 202418 min read
Hann vá vÃg à véum ok varð útlægr - religious taboos against violence in early medieval heathenry
Popular depictions of heathen Germanic peoples are often rife with gore, aggression and violence. The "vikings" are often presented as...
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northwestheathensu
Sep 3, 202311 min read
Over hill and under hill - towards understanding heathen cosmologies
Our world. In Old English it is called Middangeard and in Old Norse it is Miðgarð - the Middle Yard or Middle Enclosure. Our old lore...
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northwestheathensu
Jul 9, 202314 min read
The Wælsing and the worm – living tradition and the tale of Sigurð Fáfnir's bane
An often overlooked assumption is that once something is written down, that account becomes the pure, correct form and that if anything...
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northwestheathensu
Dec 10, 20227 min read
Ƿið Dƿeorgas: dwarf fighting in Anglo-Scandinavian medical practice
In 2015, a small lead plaque was unearthed near Fakenham in Norfolk in the east of England dating to the Early Medieval Period with a...
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northwestheathensu
Jan 18, 20223 min read
Yule Blot
*Image taken from Grimfrost.com where you can purchase this beautiful Yule Goat for yourself Officiant 1 : “Welcome one and all to North...
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northwestheathensu
Jan 18, 20221 min read
An Invocation to Loki
Loki, son of Farbauti and Laufey, We call to you, Loki, father of Hel, Jorgmungandr, Fenrir & Nari, Mother to Sleipnir, We call to you,...
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northwestheathensu
Jan 18, 20225 min read
Our idea for a Handfasting Ceremony
Create an altar to the North (Fill 1st cup with Mead, 2nd cup, or bowl, with salt water, 2 sprigs of evergreen, red ribbon), members of...
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