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The Gesta Herewardi Saxonis, the early 12th century translation of an older (and lost) Old English text on the English outlaw Hereward the Wake contains within a description of a pagan practise, normally performed by women, called ‘wylle-weorðung’ or well-weirding, also recorded as ‘waking the well’. The ritual involved asking the spirit or guardian of a sacred well or spring questions to which the spirit would provide the answer.
...In the middle of the night Hereward saw them go out in silence to a spring; of water that flowed to- wards the east near the garden of the house, so he followed them immediately, and heard them at a distance conversing, questioning, and getting replies from some unknown guardian of the spring...
| 2 | Closely related with the Plough constellation is the figure of Boötes. Boötes is himself a ploughman, his name connected to the Greek bootein meaning ‘to plough’. He is also described as a herdsman, hunter and the ox-driver. The Old English and Norse academic Marijane Osborn (born 1934) makes a case that the Boötes constellation represented the god Ing. If so the OE rune poem describes Ing pulling the wagon constellation across the sea -
Ing wæs ærest mid East-Denum - gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan est
ofer wæg gewat; wæn æfter ran - ðus Heardingas ðone hæle nemdun
Ing was first among the East-Danes seen by men, until he later eastwards went across the waves, his wagon sped behind. Thus the Heardingas named the hero. | 344 |
| 3 |  Woden is ever watchful and an awakener of the folk. In Gylfaginning, Woden is called Vakr which means both ‘to be watchful’ and ‘to be wakeful’ and is cognate with the OE Wacor, and is from where we get the title 'wake' (as in Hereward the Wake). A runic inscription on the Reistad Stone includes this line- 'ek Wakraʀ unnam wraita' or ‘I, Wakraʀ, understand writing’. | 282 |
| 4 | Many authors, including the respected Kathleen Herbert suggest the English folk-figure John Barleycorn is an aspect of the Anglo Saxon god Bēowa, pictured above. Also known as Bēow, Beo or Bedwig. Bēowa, the barley god is a servant of Frēa. His death, as sung in the song ‘John Barleycorn must die’ represents the reaping of the harvest.
Wes þū Bēowa hāl! | 460 |
| 5 |  No text... | 242 |
| 6 |  The Giant’s Stone, commonly called the Hoar’s Stone in the village of Enstone. Enstone comes from the OE Entestan, also recorded as Ennestan. This combines the OE word Ent ‘giant’ and Stan ‘stone’. Tolkiens name for his race of talking trees came from the OE Ent or Entas, But unlike Tolkiens tree-Ents these Anglo Saxon giants were associated with stone and stonework.
More pictures here | 856 |
| 7 |  An idol of the god Lytir was said to be placed in a wagon and when the goðar were sure that the spirit of the god had inhabited the woeh, it was paraded around parts of central Sweden. It was reckoned that the weoh would increase in weight when it had become possessed. Afterwards it was presented to the king who sought answers from the weoh by asking it questions.
It is thought that Lytir may well be another name for Freyr. Freyr like our English Frēa are connected with the wagon. Author A Liberman claims the Icelandic term Litr meant ‘phallic’ and as we know Freyr is symbolised in such manner. Others suggest Lytir comes from liuta, meaning casting lots or divination. Whoever Lytir is they must have been important as there are place names in Sweden once named after him, Lytisberg and Lytislunda for example.
Image - Weoh of Freyr | 417 |
| 8 |  Anglo Saxon inspired stone carving by Finn McCallum Stone Carving. | 351 |
| 9 | I’m unlikely to see the lunar eclipse / full moon tomorrow morning unless the sky clears because at the moment the sky is heavy with rain. However my family hearth still did a ritual to honour Thunor. We had heavy rain, hailstones the size of marbles, and a rumble of continuous unbroken thunder that lasted about half an hour, something I’ve never experienced before.
Wæs þū, Þunor, hāl! | 307 |
| 10 |  Wōdenes Wægn - Woden's Wagon. | 2 279 |
| 11 |  Wisdom of the Saxon Wanderer:
'So this Middle-Earth,
A bit each day,
Droops and decays -
Therefore man
Cannot call himself wise, before he has
A share of winters in the world.
A wise man must be patient,
He must never be too impulsive,
Nor too hasty of speech,
Nor too weak a warrior,
Nor too reckless,
Nor too fearful, nor too cheerful,
Nor too greedy for goods,
Nor ever too eager for boasts,
Before he sees clearly.
A man must wait,
When he speaks oaths,
Until the proud hearted one
Sees clearly,
Whither the intent of his heart will turn.
- The Wandere, lines 62b-72b.
Painting - 'Knight at the Crossroads', by Viktor Vasnetsoz. | 324 |
| 12 | Following the solar eclipse we had back on the 12th, the next full moon (5.18am August 28th) will include a lunar eclipse. As the Earths shadow passes over the moon it often appears red, giving the moon the name ‘blood-moon’. September is approaching and was known as the holy-month or Hāliġmōnaþ in OE. Other Germanic names for the month include barley-month and harvest-month. | 425 |
| 13 |  +1Víðarr (OE *Widhere) appearing in this part of the Gosforth Cross can be seen ripping apart the jaws of the Fenris wolf, depicted here with a serpent body. For this he uses a shoe he makes from scraps of leather which he has collected over time. | 1 747 |
| 14 |  +1A second scene from the Gosforth Cross. This time Heimdallr (OE Hama) holds back two terrible beasts which have wolf like heads but serpent bodies. Heimdallr can be seen with a spear in one hand and the Gjallarhorn or Yelling-horn in the other. | 388 |
| 15 |  +1Scene from the Gosforth Cross widely accepted as depicting Sigyn as she holds out a bowl over the face of her husband Loki to catch venom from a snake as it drips on his face. Loki is seen in this carving with his hands bound. Above this scene and appearing upside down is a figure on horseback, possibly Woden. | 318 |
| 16 | In regards to my post above, the OE bǽl was the fire of a funeral pile, the cremation fire, whilst Woden is the Báleygr, the bǽl-eyed. | 361 |
| 17 |  Many of the Anglo Saxon burial urns contain the fylfot design. I usually read that this is because the swastika was used to honour Thunor. This may be true in Scandinavia and Baltic lands where the swastika is known as the 'thunder-cross', however in Saxon England the swastika became associated with Woden. I've no doubt the inclusion of swastikas on burial urns were to honour Woden.
Photo by Hāmasson. | 725 |
| 18 |  +1One of the many Anglo Saxon burial urns (buckelurne) decorated with swastikas. This one was found in North Elmham, Norfolk. If we look at the swastika design we can see that the arms are not connected, in fact it's formed by four rotating kenaz runes, a rune associated with fire, whilst the swastika itself is symbolic of the fire-whisk or need-fire (nēodfȳr). | 663 |
| 19 | Real pagans research their family tree. | 322 |
| 20 |  The light thou beholdest
Stream through the heavens,
In flashes of crimson,
Is but my red beard
Blown by the night-wind,
Affrighting the nations!
Lines from The Challenge of Thor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The photo is of 'red sprites' (or transient luminous events) which can occur during thunderstorms. I think Thunor's Beard is a fitting name for this phenomenon. | 330 |
