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this is my first year in a while that I’ve missed/will miss all the king tide events, say hi to the starfish for me 🥲

Yesterday was a lovely day admiring nature. It's always so awesome to live on the coast and experience the King tides. Hail to Njord, Ægir, and Rán for such lovely ocean views!

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Tonight’s prayer to Skadi

(In my silly little format)

Hello Skadi,

I brought this offering to share with you tonight, please accept it as an invitation to grow closer to you.

Thank you for coming to my home, I am reaching out to focus on your presence and your personhood.

Thank you for always making your presence known, especially on this solstice night.

I ask for your blessing for the year ahead, to be grounded in this world and to live in line with the rhythms of Nature.

I also offer my willingness to serve in humanity’s efforts to mitigate the climate change we caused.

I ask that you aid those who need it in seeing the truth of the crisis we are in, and that you guide those invested in this battle to victory.

May humanity not forget the magnitude of our own power, both to create and to destroy.

May humanity not forget the power of natural forces, or our reliance on them.

I ask that you have faith in us to change our ways.

I thank you for your resilience, for your willingness to always return to the places familiar to you.

I hope they never become unfamiliar to you.

Your presence in my home is noticed, honored, and appreciated.

*pause*

Thank you for being here with me tonight.

Takk.

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If the world were truly a bad place the sea would not crash against the shore in such a mesmerizing display of untamable power and indescribable beauty

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in love with this threatening yet promising sentence from some random sports post. yes. step into the water and grieve for your maker for you will become unrecognisable. submit yourself to the reckoning of the depth. abandon hope

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the unstoppable force of desire to have my own BCD and embroider prayers in runes on it and put pagan patches on the shoulders and wrap gold wire around the d-rings for protection

vs

the immovable object of being broke and also never diving locally so it does not make logical sense to buy a BCD and lug it around on planes for the rest of my life

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idk if it has anything to do with my faith or if it’s just the way it is but HOLY CRAP salty cocktails are SO GOOD

I don’t like the taste of alcohol and salt is the only thing that balances it out right for me

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I found two in Cozumel many years ago!!

Not a lot of discussion of Sea beans on this website

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🥹they really really are

Ægir and Rán truly are wonderful and I’m so thankful they are with me.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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me reblogging pics of powerful waves

(Except it heals me)

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Sea Slugs Heart Lockets For Your Sea Slugs Heart Lockets Needs

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This is a painting of Rán I'm working on based on a photo by Yoshiyuki Iwase. I've been trying to keep WIP stuff on Ko-Fi but I've gotten stuck at this point. It feels like something is missing—jewelry maybe?

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Anon. Anon. Listen to me anon. When I first started out in my practice I didn’t know Ægir’s name. I just kinda knew they were there and that we both wanted a connection with each other. When I finally did learn it, I pronounced it with a long G sound (which doesn’t even really exist in the Norse language I’m told) for FOUR. FLIPPING. YEARS. It did not harm our relationship at all. In my experience, a lot of religious practices in Heathenry are an “A for effort” kind of deal. Not that you shouldn’t do your research or anything, but the gods can absolutely tell when you’re trying to be respectful, and they appreciate that. I just wanted to come on here and say that whatever pronunciation errors you make, mine was probably worse.

Okay this is so dumb but… a big reason why I haven’t gotten much into norse heathenry is because I don’t know how to pronounce anything… but Freyja has reached out and I really want to work with her but I feel like such a fake🫣

Hi there! I'm so sorry you've been so worried about that. I hope I can put your mind at ease a bit:

Names certainly have power, especially when invoked collectively, but what truly matters is your intent. Many cultures/languages have different names (and different pronunciations) for the gods' names so for example, I say "Fray-yuh" but someone from another culture might pronounce it as "Fridge-uh" or "Free-yuh," etc.

Something you may also want to look into are epithets. These are essentially "nicknames" for lack of a better word. They're typically found in the Eddas and myths and represent something about the god metaphorically (if you know Lord of the Rings, think of all the names Gandalf and Aragorn are called). The great thing about epithets is that they are constantly evolving. I, and many other heathens, have come up with our own epithets for gods based on what aspect(s) of the god tends to make themselves known in our practice or based on recurring imagery or themes the gods tend to evoke during prayer/mediation.

Just like meeting a new friend, you're not going to know everything immediately. If you pronounce her name in a way you feel doesn't fit, you can check out videos of other folks talking about her to find inspiration or you can ask her directly to inspire an epithet you can use between the two of you.

I hope this was helpful x0x

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this is correct and you should pick up trash on the beach because that way you can brush her hair and be her friend :)

The ocean is sentient and she’s a pretty lady with water hair! Trust me, I went to science school.

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Never written out a prayer but I have a predive prayer that I’ve just memorized and recite pretty similarly each time. Sometimes I write down notes of what I want to pray but I don’t really put the actual prayers on paper. Idk why but it just doesn’t feel right.

Please reblog, thank you! 🧡

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sharks being called a hai in german is so funny to me cause that is definitely how sharks would spell hi

just look at them

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The hull of the Draken Harald Hårfagre, a viking longship replica. It seems to glide through the waves on bubbles. An effect that the hull creates due to its clinker construction and provides speed and buoyancy.