Blog | North West Heathens

Jan 517 min read

Hann vá víg í 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...