Will of Gaut

As Wōden cultists, we are concerned with studying the theophany and divine nature of our highest god, Wōden. By extension this also includes the marriage between Wōden and His wife, Frīg, and understanding the divine associations of His sons. I recommend following both Þórr Siðr and Holles Brauch for these reasons. Þórr Siðr is a Þunor cultist highlighting a lot of useful knowledge about Wōden's son, Þunor, primarily from a Norse perspective. Holles Brauch has shared interesting links between Holle and Frīg, developing our understanding of Her from a continental German outlook.

Our Gods never left us, we left them and must find our way back as a people. Simple as.

You know who did renounce love for power? Fáfnir. Wagner had Alberich more explicitly renounce love, which he inferred from the fact that with Fáfnir, his greed and pursuit of wealth for the sake of wealth ends with him perched on a heap of gold in a cave…alone. In the Hrómundar saga Gripssonar, king Þráinn spends his life pursuing wealth and power, and willingly becomes a draugr to protect it. Before he’s slain by the titular hero, he warns that no good came from his treasure, and this is where that path ends. Painting by Hermann Hendrich, 1906. ᚠ

Oðinn doesn't renounce or betray Frigga.

Is the Hárbarðr in the Hárbarðsljóð Odin or Loki in disguise? Hárbarðr accuses Sif of being unfaithful, as Loki does every Goddess in the Lokasenna, attempting to sow doubt and division amongst his enemies. Odin is attested as Hárbarðr in the Grímnismál; there could be a lesson there about Jötnar disguising themselves as Gods, evil disguising itself as good, to infiltrate society and spread degeneracy, perhaps he even seeks to keep Thor occupied and delay action through pointless debate. Now, if Hárbarðr is Odin, the purpose of this flyting match could be a test of Thor’s virtue. He wants to see if Thor has stooped to such lows, or remained noble and true in His battles and travels, and faithful to Sif, which He has. As Hárbarðr brags about his alleged sexual exploits, vile acts of rape and infidelity, Thor lists battles fought, Jötnar slain, before making His way around the sound to dispatch Hárbarðr. Art by W.G. Collingwood, 1908. 𐘾

Þeudanaburgz - Storoðyr (Teutoburg) https://youtube.com/watch?v=bpfybOcbd4s&si=uVe6SfU6zUKXNPH8

"Sembra quindi che l'Irminsul fosse associato a entrambi i concetti: quello dell'origine divina dell'antenato degli Irminoni, e quello più generale dell'elevato, del puro, del trascendente, dell'infinito. Qui sembra prevalere la concezione dell'unità di ogni essere vivente e della sua discendenza da una fonte divina, una delle caratteristiche fondamentali del pensiero germanico." - Hans Wilhelm Hammerbacher ( 1903 – 1980 ), 'Irminsul, il simbolo germanico dell'albero della vita.' www.comunitaodinista.org t.me/ComunitaOdinista https://www.facebook.com/comunitaodinista/

Joyous tidings! For those who do not know, Andy Serkis is, like any true man of culture, a great enthusiast of Tolkien’s work. Thus, his main aim is to present the mythology of Tolkien in the best way possible. In sharp contrast, the malicious people behind “The Rings of Power” are animated by a desire to subvert and tarnish the story (because they know it is dear to us).

“Tolkien himself was influenced a lot by Norse mythology, there’s a lot of that feeling. The Shire feels very, very much like a very, a very white, you know… They’re not very concerned about what goes on beyond the borders of The Shire, but they know they don’t want people coming in. Yes, there have been criticisms [about a lack of diversity]. This particular film is somewhat acknowledging that. But I don’t think we will be doing a politically correct just-casting-for-the sake-of-casting-and-ticking-boxes version of the film. So, it’s where relevant basically." (via BBC)

Hávamál 161 uses the epithet hvítarmri, white-armed; the same epithet used for Helen and Penelope in Homeric poetry, leukōlenos in Ancient Greek, likely sharing an older, common root.  “A sixteenth I know, if I seek delight To win from a maiden wise; The mind I turn of the white-armed maid, And thus change all her thoughts.” ~Hávamál 161, Bellows “Þat kann ek it sextánda: ef ek vil ins svinna mans hafa geð allt ok gaman, hugi ek hverfi hvítarmri konu, ok sný ek hennar öllum sefa.” The stanza is written in galdralag, and evidently, this is the galdr Odin uses to win Rindr, setting in motion His revenge; the Svipdagsmál specifies that Odin won Rindr through galdr, “þann gól Rindi Rani”, as opposed to crossdressing in Saxo’s later version. Painting by Johannes Gehrts, 1888. 𐘾

"Suecia antiqua et hodierna - Insigne Comitatus Lapponiæ" Coat of arms of Laponia in Suecia antiqua et hodierna -1714 Laponia is Lapland Sweden and this illustration is considered to depict Sámi shamanic rituals. (Though it could just as very well he Swedish Germanics). However, it is very apparent from the Hercules like image on the code of arms and the idol being venerated on the altar that Þórr / Donar / Thor as a hammer is attached to the figure and it is in a grove of sorts. The Sámi's thunder God is usually called Horagalles whose name means Thor-man. However, he has many epithets with another name being Baján / Pajǟn which is thought to have been a loan name from the Finnish epithets for their equivalent Thunder God Ukko who also was called Pajainen. Hail Thor! ⚡️

The Seeland II bracteate has a runic inscription reading “hariuha haitika : farauisa : gibu auja”; “Hariuha (Hárr/Harri?) I am called, travel-wise, I give luck”, and a stacked Tiwaz rune. Similarly, in the Háleygjatal, Odin is called Farmagnuðr, travel-furtherer. ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚢᚺᚨ ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚲᚨ : ᚠᚨᚱᚨᚢᛁᛊᚨ : ᚷᛁᛒᚢ ᚨᚢᛃᚨ : ᛏᛏᛏ

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Aswynn aging gracefully and still telling it as it is.

Reconstructing a West-Germanic Anthropogonic Myth from Medieval Ecclesiastical Sources This proposed anthropogony is based on Old English and Middle High German additions to the Biblical creation of Adam. These fragments are so remarkably similar and provide a non-Christian folkloric background to the creation of Adam that we may propose a reconstructed mythic narrative as follows: "When Weden shaped Man, he made him whole from eight things - the bones from the stone, the flesh from the earth, the blood from the sea, the sweat from the dew, the tears from the salt, the hair from the grass, the mood from the clouds, the eyes from the sun. Then he gave him his breath, so that he may keep it for him." During this reconstruction, choices naturally had to be made, for example the Biblical deity was exchanged for Weden, whom we know shaped Man as attested in other Germanic sources and also details peculiar to each of the sources that weren't shared in common had to be omitted, as we believe these are additions by their respective authors. What is presented here is a very basic version of the narrative that preserves the physical and cosmological beliefs particular to the high Middle Ages. Note that the total number of things that Man is shaped from is nine. You can find the sources for the fragments that are compiled here in the comments of this post.

“Sithhott, Sithskegg, Sigfather, Hnikuth, Allfather, Valfather, Atrith, Farmatyr: A single name have I never had Since first among men I fared.” ~Grímnismál 48, Bellows Painting by Hans Thoma, 1910.

An amazing example from Nijman of how to modernly celebrate while keeping traditional elements. Glad Midsummer to all! Hail Sunna - Sława Słońcu!

This Iron Age statue from Wildberg, near Stuttgart, has been proposed to depict a Germanic priest, or a Celtic Druid, as the uniform is very similar to those of the priestesses at the Acropolis, with the long tunic and sash. Or, perhaps a deity; the asymmetrical eyes and open mouth are reminiscent of later images of Odin. ᚨ