MusingsOfHulda

Study of a photo by Norwegian photographer Solveig Lund, showing a woman dressed in the Hardanger costume holding daisies

Pictured is a Norwegian Kven sacrificing to the Finnish / Karelian God of the forest, #Tapio. Kvens are descendants of Finns who moved to Norway during the 1500s and 1600s. These Finns came primarily from the Savo region and they kept their beliefs and culture largely intact into modern times.

Illustration from Legends of the Kalevala by Albert Orso

You will never find the divine within the walls of a building or in the words of a text if you cannot find it here. “Nature is alive and talking to us. This is not a metaphor.” -Terence McKenna

Finnish people in the pre-christian era depicted in the book “Our Land” by Sakari Topelius

Transfiguration of the Bear by Nikkolainen

In Nordic Polytheism Skaði (sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of skalds. In all sources, Skaði is the daughter of the deceased Þjazi, and Skaði married the god Njörðr as part of the compensation provided by the gods for killing her father Þjazi. In Heimskringla, Skaði is described as having split up with Njörðr and as later having married the god Odin, and that the two produced many children together. In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Skaði is responsible for placing the serpent that drips venom onto the bound Loki. Skaði is alternately referred to as Öndurguð (Old Norse "ski god") and Öndurdís (Old Norse "ski dís", often translated as "lady"). Artwork is by Rim

Various Norse artifacts from Skaeling Island, Nunavut, Canada; a carpentry plane, a knife with an iron blade, a fragment of chainmail, a larger iron blade, and a piece of woollen cloth.

Haven’t posted about my embroidery projects in a while. This is a pair I’ve been working on. Othala/Ingwaz runes in a German Brick Stitch style of embroidery. This type of embroidery was popularized in medieval Northern Europe.

↟ You are the latest reflection of your ancestors and within you they live, just as you will live in your descendants ❄️ Native Scandinavian mother from Sweden 🇸🇪 Website: https://native-scandinavia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2R1Cb_NkkK/?igsh=ODYyMjJsdmhoc3V4

100+ year old farmstead in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway

Norse girl, going ice fishing down in the river valley

A Viking Feast by Vincent Pompetti

“One of the Latvian folk costume elements that brings with it an air of mystery and mysticism is the Lielvārde belt. An important part of the Lielvārde folk costume, it has legendary status because of the symbolism woven into it – reputedly the origin of the universe and human DNA is encoded in its red and white patterns and geometric ornaments, also providing the wearer with protective powers from evil.” A very interesting read on the Lielvārde belts, check it out!

Woven belts from Lielvārde, Latvia