#nordicpaganism

[frannky21]

🐍🐍🐍 ¡Nunca nos fuimos! 🐍🐍🐍 ¡Bendit@s seamos las serpientes! En unas horas comienzan los festejos por "San Patricio". La realidad, es que los que somos paganos no lo festejamos por el el transfondo de persecución, discriminación, ignorancia y violencia. En su lugar, usamos una serpiente en este día, para recordarle al mundo que "aquí seguimos, no desaparecimos". 🐍🐍🐍 Tu también demuestra tu orgullo pagano, utilizando una serpiente ya sea que la pintes o la portes en tu cuello. #paganandproud #serpentsareback #serpentsarerising #paganosyorgullosos #stpatricksday #stpatricks #BlessedAreTheSerpents #sanpatricio #stpatricksday #stpatrick #asatru #odinism #odinismo #fenordica #pagan #nordicpaganism #heathensofinstagram #pagansofinstagram #brujaargentina #paganismo #wiccamexico #wicca #wiccahemisferiosur #southernhemispherewitch https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4J1w8M7Og/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lokabrenna13]

I mentioned in my previous post that Loki was creating forms in the incense smoke this morning. Lucifer was too. Loki has been doing this for years.

This isn't a full smoke scry, but I wanted to post this because what was happening here this morning was absolutely amazing. Much of this is personal. However, Loki was very excited about sharing the video. The camera didn't pick up all the details, but...

Lucifer appears in the smoke as a winged being/angel ❤️, but since the camera wasn't picking up the details, He looks a bit like a dragon here. The trident also appears a few times. Loki appears as a hooded figure looking into the candle flame during the last few moments of the video ❤️. He has appeared in this form before. The camera wasn't picking up His face very fully at all. And there are hearts ❤️😁.

Birds, a few snakes, and dragons appear here as well. I'm also seeing the runes Perthro, Eihwaz, and Sowilo. I understand what this means for me, but this may resonate with some of you as well. A risk taken or a venture into the unknown will lead to transformation (snakes and Eihwaz) and success. Eihwaz could also be indicating some resistance to your efforts, but ultimately, you have the strength to be victorious. The birds could imply a message about a transformative opportunity. The implications are spiritual, but this can apply in other areas of life as well.

Hail Loki! I love You!

Hail Lucifer! I love You!

#pagan #midsummer #sowilo #summersolstice #solstice #paganholiday #northerntraditionpagan #nordicpaganism #loki #lokabrenna #hailloki #godspouse #lucifer #morningstar #haillucifer #candle #incense #smokescrying

[balticpsalteries]

The kantele has a distinctive bell-like sound. The Finnish kantele generally has a diatonic tuning, though small kanteles with between 5 and 15 strings are often tuned to a gapped mode, missing a seventh and with the lowest pitched strings tuned to a fourth below the tonic, as a drone. Players hold the kantele in their laps or on a small table. There are two main playing techniques, either plucking the strings with the fingers or strumming unstopped strings (sometimes with a matchstick). Small kanteles and concert kanteles have different, though related, repertoires. #balticpsalteries #balticpsaltery #kantele #kalevala #nordicpagan #nordic #musicalinstrument #playmysic #music #education #learnmusic #brainexercise #kantele #gusli #kokle #kannel #lankles #zither #lyre #harp #dulcemer #koto #guzheng #guitar #ukulele (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGTezX2Ap4R/?igshid=3jt89t6ajeyo

[noxsanguius]

Altar hints🖤🌲 Sapmi art, heart wax, rose quartz, tiny jars for spellwork, pewter wolf, cinnamon broom, wolf fur and charm with lupine hanging which isn’t pictured .

[northmanworld]

Repost @hugin_ok_munin ... How do you imagine Týr? Týr is a god from Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, which provide most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, Týr sacrifices his hand to the monstrous wolf Fenrir, who bites it off when he realizes the gods have bound him. Týr is foretold of being consumed by the similarly monstrous dog Garmr, during the events of Ragnarök. In Old Norse sources, T��r is alternately described as the son of the jötunn Hymir (in Hymiskviða) or of the god Odin (in Skáldskaparmál). Lokasenna makes reference to an unnamed and otherwise unknown consort, perhaps also reflected in the continental Germanic record (see Zisa). Due to the etymology of the god's name and the shadowy presence of the god in the extant Germanic corpus, some scholars propose that Týr may have once held a more central place among the deities of early Germanic mythology. While Týr's etymological heritage reaches back to the Proto-Indo-European period, very few direct references to the god survive prior to the Old Norse period. Like many other non-Roman deities, Týr receives mention in Latin texts by way of the process of interpretatio romana, in which Latin texts refer to the god by way of a perceived counterpart in Roman mythology. Latin inscriptions and texts frequently refer to Týr as Mars. But that doesn't mean they are the same deities. In fact Latin authors only did this so the Roman people would understand the context better. Thank you for reading🧑‍��Follow if you liked it🔥 @hugin_ok_munin #norsepolytheism #nordicpagan #norsepagan #norsepagan #norsemythology #norsegods #heathen #greekpolytheism #hellenism #slavicmythology #slavicpaganism #gods #goddesses #flowers #minerals #stones #wood #woodworking #wooddesign #hugin #munin #asatru #asatrú #ásatrú #copticpaganism #pagan #paganism #bard #skald #germanicpagan #floki https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSIuMCD7xf/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hel-awaits]

Very first time making a wire wrapped pendant. I grabbed an old rune stone to practice on with my late grandmother's copper wire. It looks awful but I can practice. #heathen #pagan #nordicpagan #nordicheathen https://www.instagram.com/p/CSlRw42r1JU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[paganwiccawizar]

Sunday 🖤☀️ #sunday #june #photography #photographyblackandwhite #blackandwhite #gothic #gothicman #gothicstyle #githic2020 #wizard #wizarstyle #pagan #pagannordic #nordicpagan #paganlonely #colonial #colonialstructure #antioquia #belloantioquia #dark #darkart (en Bello Antioquia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbB_-oDT4d/?igshid=10ihpd5yotaj3

[gayskalle]

My Mjölnir necklace #pagan #nordicpagan #mjölnir

[alan-ulv-andreson]

Un día perfecto para sentarse a comer frutas al aire libre y disfrutar del ☀. Comenta si el día está perfecto 👌 🔻🔻🔻 #midsummer #yule #midgardvikings #midgardart #modernviking #food #sun #vikingart #vikingoargento #arteescandinavo #argentviking #horns #drinkinghorn #hornmug #horntankard #mugs #tankard #vikingDrinkinghorn #VIKINGHORN #pagannorse #norsepagan #nordicpagan #norsewolfcraft #heathenhorde #aceaemprendedoresavellaneda #santafeemprende #emprendedores @aceaemprendedoresavellaneda @santafe.emprende @santafe_emprende @the_heathen_horde @midgardvikings (en Midsummer Nights) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEHBWPnj49/?igshid=1efijhpbql59z

[daughterz-of-odin]

Odin’s Greatest Enemy, Depression in a Heathen Context

December 3, 2015 by Alyxander Folmer

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, every other week here on Agora!

I love this community. I love the open tolerance of the broader Pagan umbrella as well as the well-grounded strength and practicality of Heathenry. There’s a reason I’m a still Heathen. It’s far from perfect, but it never claims to be. Part of that strength come from acknowledging our own shortcomings and working to improve them, both as individuals and as a community. Which is why I chose to write today about something our community doesn’t like to talk about.

The Heathen community doesn’t deal well with mental illness or depression. There. I said it. I’ve written before about how our community puts such a powerful emphasis on the value of self-reliance (not to mention a certain amount of machismo) that asking for help can be a real struggle. As a Heathen I’ve often felt like talking about depression was more likely to get me judged than to help me. For a group that’s normally all about Frith and supporting ones fellows, Heathens can be remarkably unhelpful when it comes to mental or emotional struggles. You’re more likely to get a brusque ‘Man Up’ than a friendly ear or constructive advice.

One’s faith-based community should be a balm, not a burden. If we can’t turn to Kindred or Clergy for support, then what’s the point of either? If we shun those among us who are most in need of our help, how can we hope to build real and lasting organizations? Perhaps even more frustrating is the fact that our Lore DOES address these issues, but that’s often overlooked. If you want to see how even the strongest and most devoted Heathen can still struggle with depression, you need look no further than The Allfather himself.

Yes Odin, king of Asgard, glorious lord of battle, and master of poets, wrestles with those same inner demons. Throughout the Lore, Odin regularly struggles with issues that those of us who’ve had to cope with depression can all recognize. The Allfather is not a happy person by nature. Time and again we see him weighed down by regret, and burdened by the weight of fates he cannot control. As his story progresses, this constant struggle changes him as a person. He becomes more and more cynical, eying the world with less hope and more skepticism.

That is what Depression looks like. Or at the very least what it CAN look like. Imagine that your mind is an internal combustion engine, and you only have so much fuel to get you through the day. Each task, or interaction, costs you so much fuel until at the end of the day you run out of gas and go to bed. Your average person can choose to devote their resources as they see fit and ration them out to make sure they last until they can ‘refuel’. Now imagine that you can’t turn off the engine. Now you have to spend resources to get things done, but in-between tasks your engine is still idling, burning fuel. Even more distressing is the fact that you can’t even properly ‘refuel’. You can never top off the tank, because your engine never stops.

Everything you want to try and complete must be done through the constant background noise of doubt, regret, worry, and fear. Every molehill might as well be a mountain because you have to carry all of that with you. During the hardest points of depression just mustering the energy required to express emotion can be daunting. How can you possibly spare that kind of energy, when you start the day on half a tank and it takes you twice as much energy to accomplish even essential tasks? It doesn’t matter if you are aware of it, if you can rationally tell yourself what’s happening. There is no magical ‘off switch’ that you can hit to fix the problem. No amount of willpower will make it disappear. So what does the Allfather teach us about coping with these issues? It’s sure as Hel not that we need to just ‘Man up and get over it’. Odin never lacked for strength of will. Depression isn’t a symptom of weakness. When just convincing yourself to get out of bed in the morning is a feat, and every interaction with your peers feels like a trial by fire, but you still have to get up and do it anyway, there is no part of that that is WEAK. No, Odin shows us how to find a different kind of strength. I’ve said many times before that Heathenry is, above all else, practical. Odin doesn’t find some kind of miraculous magical cure, because there isn’t one. Instead he fights a war on two fronts every day, battling both the enemies without and within. So where does he get the strength to confront this?

Kith and Kin It is always easier to fight for those we love than it is to fight for ourselves. We’ve all seen it. How often have we all let an insult roll off our back only to find that ‘last straw’ when we hear our loved ones attacked? Even when it would be such a simple thing to just give up because we don’t have the energy spare on giving a crap, when family calls (blood or otherwise) we find a way. We all have people who rely on us. Spouses who deserve a functional partner. Children who depend on us for life. Parents who gave everything they had so that we could flourish. Friends who need to know they can call on us when times are hard, because they would do the same for us.

That’s why it is so especially heinous to see these people being berated and belittled by those who should be their source of strength and inspiration. These people mustered up the strength of will to face the world, and then the courage to ask for help from their fellows, only to be called weak by the very thing that should be helping them to carry on. When we see those among our community asking for help, the last thing they need to hear is ‘Get over it’. The proper answer is right there in our own tradition. 

“You are wanted, you are needed, and you are accepted as you are.”

Pillaged From

[lokabrenna13]

Solstice Blessings! Happy Midsummer/Summer Solstice for those in the Northern Hemisphere!

The candle was anointed with my Sowilo infusion oil for Midsummer. I'll post a short video later since Loki was having quite a bit of fun creating forms/shapes in the smoke.

I'll some sweet peas I photographed, because they are beautiful...

Hail Loki! I love You!

Hail Lucifer! I love You!

#pagan #midsummer #sowilo #summersolstice #solstice #paganholiday #northerntraditionpagan #nordicpaganism #loki #lokabrenna #hailloki #godspouse #lucifer #morningstar #haillucifer

[northmanworld]

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[northmanworld]

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[northmanworld]

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[northmanworld]

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[hel-awaits]

A set of Younger futhark runes. #youngerfuthark #runes #nordicheathen #neopagan #heathen #Nordicheathen #handmade #bindrunes #elderfuthark #talisman #pagan #nordicpagan #odin #art #runestones #Thor #tyr #frey #loki #bindrune https://www.instagram.com/p/CRw7jrPr907/?utm_medium=tumblr