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Acceptance and Duty
...if we view fate as a neutral force, and karma or urlag as an innate aspect of that force, then morality becomes something different altogether. There is cause and there is effect, you do something and there is a response to it. You either work alongside the powers of convergence or those of entropy. It is that simple.
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The Journey of the Dead
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...In the underworld, the common path of the dead first winds in a westerly direction through deep and dark dales. At one point, a mile-wide thorny heath with no path must be crossed. Then it is best to have Hel-shoes to protect the feet. Therefore, one must not neglect to strap Hel-shoes on the feet of a relative or a friend who has passed way, before they are buried. Admittedly, it is true that these shoes, like everything else the corpse carries to the grave — such as clothes, weapons and jewelry– remain in the grave; but everything in creation, including things made by man, have an inner material and an inner form, and it is the grave goods’ inner form that accompanies the dead to the underworld. The survivors’ care for the dead counts in their favor, and those who have Hel-shoes come through the thorn-heath with well-protected feet. If they do not have them, and if in their lifetime they were merciless to others who walked the thorny paths of mortal life, they do not come through without torn and bloody feet. But to the merciful who lack Hel-shoes, a pair is extended to them from a tree, growing at the beginning of the thorny-way.
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Jörmungrund
Jörmungrund is the most ancient land, which was inhabited and decorated long before the other worlds.(1)Originally it was divided by three realms, each separate from the other (2)
2. First, there is Niflheimr, which lies north of the Niđafjöll.(3)Here is the gloomy, muddy, and cold land of frost, which is shrouded by mist and fog.)4)Hvergelmir rests atop the Niðafjöll, the mountain region which serves as the boundary between it and the southern realms.
3. Next, there is that land which is owned by Mímir, called Glasisvellir or Ókolnir.(5)This is a place of indescribable magnificence, with flower fields and groves that are never ravaged by frost or winter.(6)Here is also where Mímir’s hall is located. That wonderful hall that the Æsir call Brimir’s hall, was owned by Mímir.(7)After his birth, Mímir became the guardian of the central well, Óðrœrir, or Mímisbrunnr, and the root of Yggdrasill borne out of it(.8)Because this well bore Yggdrasill’s seed, the great ash is called Mímameiðr as well.(9)Hidden in the glorious well of Mímir lies all knowledge,(10) and wisdom and intelligence are also hidden there.(11) He is full of wisdom because each morning he drinks of his mead from the Gjallarhorn.(12) It is from him and his well that the rúnar and Galdr have their origin.(13 )Glasisvellir is separated from the south by the river Gjöll.(14)
4. Finally, there is the southernmost region, called Helheimr.(15) There arose from the sea, Urðarbrunnr, which stands under the tree, three maidens who were fostered by Mímir and Bestla.
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Defining the Elements
Describing the four elements as we have may lead some to think that we are heading in some ‘New Age’ direction or something like that. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are simply defining these materials as they are explained in our creation story, and how they can be presented in both realistic and spiritual terms. Because these forces are natural, as are our Gods, and not ‘supernatural,’ we can explain them in reasonable, common sense ways. The elements in their materials forms, as Water, Fire, Air, and Earth, are easy to define, and are recognized as purely natural since we interact with them on a daily basis, are subject to them, and are a part of them. If you prefer, you can classify them in more scientific terms as Liquids, Energies, Gases, and Solids.
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#asatru #odinism #sedian #odisbook The Grotti-Mill Besides creating lands of pristine forests and majestic mountains for Gods and men to dwell in, the Aesir joined with the primeval Giants to build the first form of technology: the great mill known as Grotti. This too has a connection to the Water/Fire/Spirit concept, for the mill causes the ebb and flow of the sea (Water), is the origin of the sacred friction-fire (and consequently of its patron, Heimdall), and is also a wishing-mill (Spirit); providing luck, plenty, artistry, wisdom, gold, and peace for those who need it. But it also has a relation to the Earth element as well, for there are nine Giantesses who turn the mill, one of whom is named Eyrgjafa ‘She Who Creates Sand Banks’ and another named Angeyja ‘She Who Makes the Islands Closer,’ both of which reference the mills usage of Giants’ limbs to create land, as with Ymir. This relates to the different layers of soil, which the lore claims came from different Giants in different ages. Ymir was ground up in the earliest age, then this was done to his son (born from his feet), named Thrudgelmir, and finally, in this age, the soil is derived from the flesh of Thrudgelmir’s son, named Bergelmir. In another story there is a description of the lesser Grotti-Mill that grinds salt and makes the sea salty, and salt is considered the highest representation of the Earth element, for our ancestors viewed salt deposits as highly sacred and even fought wars over them. Because Grotti is the worlds’ first fire-auger, Lodur ‘the fire producer’ becomes its caretaker and guardian, though Frey later joins him in this position. One of the Giant-maids who turns the mill-handles has the name Imdr ‘Ember’ and the fact that there are nine relates to the nine-spoked fire-augers used in ancient times by nine young women to produce the holy friction or need-fire. Until this time, according to the lore, fire had only come from the primordial flames of Sokkdalir, but now, through Grotti and the fire- auger, it could be controlled and used throughout the worlds, and its beneficial properties made it a most holy device for all beings, mortal and divine. Grotti also turns the stars in the sky, and as such represents the mechanical motions of the universe. Our ancestors thus recognized the turning of the stars in the sky (which is actually the earth rotating on its axis) along with the motion of the cosmic order. The North Star was the pivot point of its central pillar, and was called Veraldar Nagli ‘The World-Nail.’ This is why in the lore Grotti’s foundation is situated in the northern part of Jormungrund, right over the Hvergelmir fountain. The Mill itself symbolizes the idea that behind the ordered workings of the universe is the driving force of the Gods, the beneficial representatives of the Spirit element. The Giants wish to bring the universe back to the chaotic (anti-matter) state, for this is what they are descended from, while the Gods came later from the ice that had stabilized and was licked away by Audhumla. Basically, the Gods represent looking forward, to the advancement of the cosmos and all those within it. ....( please follow the link below) https://norroena.org/the-grotti-mill/
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Tacitus says that seven northern nations worship Mother Earth, who is named Nerthus . Among the tribes that he says worship Nerthus are the Longobardi (Lombards).
In the History of the Lombards by Paul the Deacon c. 750, the now Christian Lombards have a legend among them, “a silly fable told by told men” about how Odin’s wife Frigg (called Godan and Frea) tricked Odin into giving them the name Longbards, and thus demanded that he also give them the victory. The trick involved Frigg telling the tribe to have their women come with them, their long hair arranged like beards, and assemble on the battlefield together. That evening, Frigg turned his bed around so that in the morning, Odin (called Godan) wakes and first sees this strange sight on the battlefield and asks, “Who are these Long-Beards?”.
This explains the statement in Tacitus Germania ch. 40 that the Lombards are a small but fierce tribe who can hold their own against more powerful neighbors. The Lombard Saga naturally explains why. Odin’s Wife Frigg secured victory for them and gave them a new name the Lombards (Longobards), prior to that, they were known as the Winnilli. In doing so, Odin sanctioned their women to fight alongside their men men on the battlefield.In Tacitus the Longobards worship Nerthus, and in their own history, recorded 600 years later, they say Frigg helped them acquire their name– the same one which Tacitus uses for them.
If these two histories can be connected, then Frigg (“the beloved”) is also known as Nerthus, “who is Mother Earth”. Her brother is the sea, Njord. They are the parents of Freyr and Freyja. In the temple of Uppsala the idol of Freyr is called Fricco, which is a masculine version of Fricca, Frekka, Frigga, Odin’s wife. In Skaldic poetry, “Odin’s wife” is a kenning for the Earth, Thor’s mother. Frigg is the mother of Baldur, her only child if you believe Snorri. So if Frigg is Nerthus, Mother Earth, then she is the mother of Thor and the Twins, Baldur and Hodr, by Odin; and the twins Freyr and Freyja by her own brother Njord. She is the Mother of the Gods. In the skaldic poem, the gods are said to be Frigg’s progeny..In Voluspa 4, the three sons of Borr, Odin and his brothers, lift Jord (earth) up from the sea, and they all three have relations with her (Lokasenna 24).
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Renewal
From every death comes life, and with the destruction of the world a new one shall arise. In the Ragnarok prophecy, after the conflagration has ended the Underworld, Jormungrund, will rise up out of the sea to become the new Earth.
This is likely based on the same observations that developed our creation myth, when islands are formed from volcanic activity in the sea and seem to pop up out of nowhere. In this new world Gods and humans will live together to forge a holy alliance that will keep peace for ages to come. Baldur, Nanna, and Hodur will organize the Gods and Goddesses who survived the battle within their new home of Idavoll.
Lif and Leifthrasir gather their children from Odainsacre, where they were preserved during the times of strife. An eagle flies over the beautiful waterfalls to signify the return of animal life. The history of the previous cycle will be discussed, then Hoenir will step forward once again to continue the faith of our forefathers. Vidar and Vali, Magni and Modi prepare themselves to take the next step towards building a new world, and the sun shall be carried by Sol’s daughter. The world is reborn, the wheel begins anew.
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Rider on the storm: Wodan, master of the Wild Hunt
... According to these legends, Odin hunts at the end of the year, especially in the time between Christmas and Twelfth-Night, when the winds blow their fiercest. As such, Júlnir or Jölnir, “Yule figure”, occurs among Odin’s names in Snorri’s Edda. The peasants were always careful to leave the last sheaf of grain out in the fields to serve as fodder for his horse, “for the pagans believed that this same diabolical huntsman made his presence known in the fields at harvest time,” according to Luthern clergyman Nicolaus Gryse, who first connected Odin’s name to the Wild Hunt in 1593.
The object of the hunt varies and was sometimes a spectral boar, a stag, a white-breasted maiden or some wood nymph. In the late Middle Ages, when the belief in Odin was largely forgotten, the leader of the Wild Hunt became Dietrich of Bern, Charlemagne, Frederick Barbarossa, King Arthur, King Waldemar of Denmark, or some Sabbath-breaker like Hans von Hackelberg, who, in punishment for his sin, was condemned to hunt in the air forever. In lower Germany, there are many such stories of one Hakkelberend, whose name points back to Odin....
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The Internal Struggle
The hedonist likely believes that their lifestyle is benign, that really we are making too big of a deal about this and we should not criticize them for their behavior. For this we must examine the paradigm of Loki. He began his campaign in Asgard as a benevolent deity, a light-hearted prankster who won the hearts of the Gods with his humor and wit. Who can forget the episode when he tied his testicles to a nanny-goat to make Skadi laugh? He was especially loved by Thor and Odin, becoming the latter’s blood-brother and joining both of them often on their many excursions. From the first day Loki displayed his hedonistic, bisexual tendencies, which gradually grew worse and worse the longer he stayed in Asgard. In fact, Loki’s temperament parallels the turning of the wheel, as the ages pass and the corruption of the worlds develops. At first, in the Golden Age, he is completely benevolent and his sexual pursuits are viewed as merely a part of his jovial nature. Then, as each age passes his inflamed passions become more cruel and sadistic. At first, he starts sabotaging the Gods only slightly, small infractions that the Gods demand he make recompense for. As his career continues he grows more and more corrupted, his innate desires fully taking over. Eventually he surrenders completely to them and begins outright committing crimes against the Gods, in secret to begin with, then blatantly. He becomes the ultimate enemy of divinity and creation, the leader of the forces of entropy at Ragnarok.
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Frigga
Odin’s wife and mother of the Aesir—Thor, Baldur, and Hodur with him; she also gave birth to Frey, Freya, Blik, Blid, Frid, Eir, Hlif, Hlifthrasa, Thjodvarta, and Bjart with her brother, Njord.
Such a close union is allowed among the Vanir (but not the Aesir), and we would see this as an aspect of divinity rather than a model to live by. All in all, Frigga has thirteen children known to us, more than any other Goddess, which is fitting since she is our matron of childbirth and marriage.
Her role in the fertility process, according to the lore, is in seeing to it that the Manna Mjotudr, the fruits of human destiny and life, are delivered to the right expectant mothers. Therefore, women pray to her when they wish to have children.
Besides being Goddess of childbirth and motherhood , Frigga is also identical to Nerthus , Jord , and Erde , our Mother Earth.
As such her first spiritual lesson for us is in maintaining our connection to the land...
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... Linear thinkers have been stalking hypothesis after hypothesis to justify their theories for centuries, seemingly out of reverence to the monotheist models that must have beginnings and endings as points of reference.
But once the lines are replaced with ovals or circles the problems are solved and the model becomes so much simpler. You cannot have motion without causation, meaning that something cannot be set into motion by something else that was not set into motion itself.
Any argument against this defies logic and reason, so cyclical existence is the only possible explanation for why things are and how they came to be.
Creation takes place all the time in the universe, and is a fundamental tendency within its matrix, just as destruction is, but the universe itself is eternal in the sense that it has always been, and infinite in that it never ends. Its constant is that it is always changing, always fluxuating, and always compensating for its continued development.
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Fate
... We are the culmination of our experiences and what has happened to us, coupled with our genetic background, leads us on the path we have taken.
This is fate, or in Odinism it is called wyrd, and it is the single greatest force in our religion.
Think of it this way—in an eternal universe with an infinite amount of stars, many of them surrounded by an array of planets, our Earth was formed on the exact spot it needed to be formed—just the right distance from our sun—in order for life to emerge. This included a process so vast and so complex that we may never fully understand it. From this process came all the flora and fauna within our natural environment, with all the right cells in place, all the right structures to form, and all of the delicate, balanced ecosystems to develop.
Then, at some point, beyond this there arose intelligent man, who stood above all the other animals because just the right events took place for his brain to evolve further. Then, man formed his own societies and tribes, which became nations and through just the right circumstances those of your ancestors came into being. The genetic line continued throughout the ages until today, when just the right events were brought about for your parents to meet and conceive you. What is all of this? Is it coincidence? Is it the will of the divine? We Odinists simply call it wyrd or fate.
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As the Aesir deal primarily with the defense of the cosmos, the Vanir deal with its mechanics, and the Disir deal with its proliferation through fertility,the Alfar are the ones who actually drive the natural forces and entities that make up our universe.
The sun is pulled by Sol in the lore, the moon by Mani, the Day is represented by Dag, the dawn by Delling, the dusk by Billing, and night is represented by Natt.
These are the Ljosalfar or Light-Elves who are involved with the movements of time and the rotation of heavenly bodies, under the supervision of the Gods, of course.
Their cousins, the Dokkalfar or Dark- Elves, are the artisans of nature who design the flowers in the fields, the jewels in the earth, and many more such things. The Gods created the worlds and the stars and moons, and gave them their most basic features—mountains, oceans, grass, trees, fauna, etc. but the Alfar filled in the details and helped to give the natural world its majestic beauty.
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The major literary sources of all of this must be taken into consideration when weighing the value Norse myth are of four kinds :
-eddic poems ,
-skaldic stanzas ,
-Snorri Sturluson’s
-Prose Edda ,
-and the sagas .
What unites this body of literature is that it provides us with a picture of the pre – Christian past , either , because the material itself originated in the pre – Christian period and was recorded later , or because its authors were recreating a pre – Christian past from their own contemporary understanding
Either way , the surviving representations of Norse myth almost entirely derive from literary texts written down in Iceland by Christians , long after the heathen era had passed .
These texts encompass different literary genres and vary widely in how authentically they transmit heathen material or convey reliable information concerning heathen beliefs and practices .
According to John McKinnell when we look for genuine heathen voices , there are three or perhaps four principle sources :
a ) Mythological eddic poems rectly and b ) Skaldic verse rewriting
c ) Viking Age Picture stones nies the d ) Contemporary Christian views of Norse heathenism
Dating the material is problematic .
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THE JOURNEY OF THE DEAD
PART 3 / 3
... A drink is also prepared for the damned, but it is blended with poison, painful to swallow and dreadful in its effect. With this drink, they die a second death, A drink is also prepared for the damned, but it is blended with poison, painful to swallow and dreadful in its effect. With this drink, they die a second death, which means that the spirit they received from Odin before their birth, the noblest component of mankind, flies away from them. With it escapes the inner body made of fine elements, which Lodur gave every human being– the body formed in the image of the gods, which provides the outer physical layer the form it bears in mortal life. Once this inner body leaves it, the doomed soul takes on another appearance reflecting its evil, which is always nasty, and often monstrously ugly, to behold.
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye , Hear Ye !!!
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For the very first time the full journey of the dead, the places of bliss and punis, as reconstructed by Viktor Rydberg in his “Our Fathers Godsaga”
THE JOURNEY OF THE DEAD - Part 1 / 3
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Urd, the dis of fate, is also the dis of death. Because she determines every human’s fortune and lifespan, she also determines their hour of death.
She who lays life’s lots, also lays death’s. She, who along with her sisters, presides over the past, present, and future, presides over and gathers under her kingdom’s scepter, the past, present and future of all generations. As the dis of death and ruler in the underworld, she is also called Hel. Hel, therefore, is the name of both the kingdom of bliss in the underworld and its queen.
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An Overview of the Germanic Mythology’s Epic Order
... Germanic tribe after another converted to Christianity and the great Germanic mythic structure at last completely brought down in ruins, what do we find? The epic-synthesizing instinct again in full activity, since from the rubble, new epics joined together and were built up into one great whole. The ancient heathen heroic epic about Mannus and his descendants was sentenced to oblivion and dissolution; but the scattered pieces had life and with newly historic and quasi-historic support were tied in anew with legends about the Gothic King Hermanrich, about Odoacer, King Theoderich, and King Attila. Sigurd Fafnirsbane’s epic sprouted out of the soil of decaying myths, and an epic-synthetic need hastened to further nourish it with what could still be found close at hand of the remains of decomposing sagas, and which, more or less organically, became incorporated with the Dieterich epic. One ought to have realized a long time ago that the epic-building urge did not come with the baptism of the Teutons, but has its basis in human psychology and was active through the millennia. A contrary opinion is puerile.
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In the Odinic faith no act is more sacred than the sexual union between a man and a woman to beget a child. This is the ultimate manifestation of the creative Spirit within us, which draws us to our mates, then forms a bond between the two, which will culminate in their physical joining where the sperm will combine with the egg to create life. The desire to converge is innate within all of us, as we have seen, and here it allows us to continue our genetic line that was sanctified by the Gods of our people so long ago.
Our ancestors believed in having many offspring and spurned childlessness, and we should follow their example to further our families and folk today. We need to take this valuable lesson to heart as low birthrates continue to lead Europeans toward extinction...
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The Vanir Gods Njord and Nerthus
... Nerthus is most often identified as one of the Vanir. It has long been recognized that the name Nerthus is an etymon of Njörðr, the most senior of the named Vanir gods, and father of Freyr and Freyja. Grimm himself noted that the name Nerthus was identical to the later Old Norse name Njörðr, an “identity as obvious as that of Freyr to Freyja.” According to John McKinnell (2005), the development would be “Nerthus > *Njarðuz (breaking) > *Njörðuz (u-mutation) > Njörðr (synscope).” Much has been made of this apparent gender gap. Over the years, scholars have suggested that the deity described by Tacitus was actually male or had changed gender over time, reflecting the reduction in the status of women between the times of Tacitus and Saxo. The competing theory that Nerthus was a hermaphrodite received some attention when it was first proposed, but is now generally rejected.
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....The soul is called hugr, Anglo-Saxon hygi, thereby indicating it as desire and inclination, as courage and thought. It inspires a man’s behavior, his actions and his speech are characterised according to whether they proceed out of whole hugr, bold hugr, or downcast hugr.
“My hugr urged me to it.” It sits within, giving counsel or warning; “my hugr tells me,” is a weighty argument, for when the hugr has told a thing, the matter is pretty well settled.
When a man has followed the good counsel from within, and attained his
end, then there rises from his soul a shout of triumph, it is his hugr laughing in his breast.
Finally, we encounter the soul as mód, as the Anglo-Saxons have it. A man’s mod is his mind, the will and strength of him, the
long-remembering, that which keeps both injury and friendship alive in the foreground of his consciousness, and the boldness, which will not suffer will and memory to consume each other in indecision. Mód is quite properly the soul in its fully awakened state.
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Ragnarok
Our cycle ( of Ages ) concludes with the return to Chaos, with the breaking down of the Order so that all must either defend the light of the Gods or succumb to the darkness within and join the forces of corruption. Our lore is quite explicit in its telling of the end of this cycle, of the last age on our wheel of existence, The Varg Age (vargr meaning ‘wolf’ or ‘outlaw’), or Ragnarok.
It is the time when Gods and heroes stand together for a final stand, when the worlds have fallen apart and they are the only hope for salvation. Men no longer obey the divine decrees and care nothing for their social bonds. Monsters ravage the worlds, the World-Tree quakes and groans, and all prepare for the ominous Twilight of the Gods.
The fact is, we know almost for a certainty that this world will end, for at some point our sun must burn out. However, ......
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Luck, specially in Kings and Chieftains
Besides honour, man needs something which in the ancient language is called luck; The associations of the modern term, stressing the sense of chance or fortune, all run counter to the spirit of ancient Teutonic culture....
Whichever way we turn, we find the power of luck. It determines all progress. Where it fails, life sickens. It seems to be the strongest power, the vital principle indeed, of the world.
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Acceptance and Duty
... if we view fate as a neutral force, and karma or urlag as an innate aspect of that force, then morality becomes something different altogether. There is cause and there is effect, you do something and there is a response to it. You either work alongside the powers of convergence or those of entropy. It is that simple. The Gods are there to show us the way, to inspire us in following a higher path, and to teach us the laws of faith and morality; but in the end fate will have its final decree. This is why it is said that Urd and her sisters “established laws, allotted life to the sons of men, and pronounced urlag” (LIII.45).
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The Fate of All
......the fate of all things is to die, but with that death comes renewal and even advancement...
Perhaps this is a reason why we strive so hard to be creators—our life is a perpetual state of entropy as we age and get closer to death. However, death is not an end, but an evolutionary step forward into the next realm of existence. We all have to die, and our death is as inevitable as our next breath, thus it is the most common expression of fate still found in our vernacular. We say that someone ‘met their fate,’ meaning that they died, while the word ‘doom’ actually means ‘judgement,’ ‘decree’ (ON dóm), referring to the judgment of the Norns and Gods over the dead. Everything must die, and everything must end, including the natural order which will one day delve into chaos. But then there will come renewal. The universe is eternal, and its constant state of flux is what never changes: it never changes the fact that it is always changing.
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Idun
She is the daughter of Ivaldi and mother of Skadi with her brother, Volund. She later became the wife of Bragi. Idun is more widely known as the keeper of the Ellilyf Asa ‘The Gods’ Remedy Against Old Age,”which is the same as the Manna Mjotudr only here the fruits are consecrated for a different purpose—to keep the Gods and Goddesses young. In both instances we see the fruits as containing the essence of youth, for in the one instance this quality is bestowed upon our divinities, and in the other it is the force that brings children into the world.
Idun was granted the ability to consecrate and distribute the apples by Volund, who discovered the formula for this and would only give it to his sister/lover. Volund later turned against the Gods for what he felt were injustices committed against his works of craftsmanship, and for a spell Idun and her sister swan-maids, joined Auda and Sif, joined Volund, Egil, and Slagfin in the Wolfdales where they plotted their revenge on Asgard. But the maids were not happy there, for they grieved the loss of their divine status, exchanged their swan-guises for wolf-skins to keep warm, and transformed their demeanors so that they delighted in guile and harm for the worlds. But after eight years of this they began to long for their former lives, and on the ninth they left the Wolfdales to return to Asgard. But Idun’s love for Volund was great, and she later made her way back to him, only to then be captured by Loki and brought back to the Gods, whence Volund died chasing after what had been taken from him.
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For the absolute first time an excerpt from Viktor Rydberg’s “Our Fathers’ Godsaga”translated by William P. Reaves, from Chapter XXXII, based on the poem Fjölsvinnsmál and Svipdag
“ Heimdall, Bifröst's watchman, saw a youth, clad in armor with a sun-glistening sword at his side, advancing up the bridge that no one walks without the force of Urd's resolve. His approach was announced to the Aesir, and there was joy in the city of the gods because this meant that Svipdag had come and most certainly on a benevolent mission, for he resembled a bright spring day.
Asgard's drawbridge was lowered over the river that flowed rapidly, yet clear and sparkling, around the enormous city wall.
As Svipdagadvanced up Bifröst, he saw Glasir's golden grove and the gods' broad playing fields and Valaskjalf's silver roof and Hlidskjalf's tower glistening in the morning light. He climbed up onto the rampart that stood before the drawbridge. From there, he could view the city of the gods behind the wall, through the artistic gate. A watchman stood before it. Directly inside its grate lay one of Odin's wolfhounds, asleep; the other was awake and began to bark. Opposite Svipdag, a hall, decorated with gold, rose from behind a pleasure-garden, whose trees shaded a flower-strewn hill. On the hill sat a group of dises. One was foremost; the others sat in a circle around her knees. Svipdagrecognized Freyja. Like a statue, she sat motionless, as if sunken in dreams. The dises that sat closest to her were Bright, Friend, Peace, Gentle, Help, and Eir, the Asynje of healing. Another was named Aurboda.
Amazed, Svipdag saw the world-tree, which is invisible in Midgard; its crown spread out over Asgard and the whole of heaven, its fruits shimmering in the ethereal foliage. High up in the branches, glittered the golden cock Vidofnir-Goldcomb.
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... one statement in Gylfaginning stands in the sharpest and most irreconcilable contrast: the statement that Hödur, the warrior, dragonslayer, archer, and sportsman was blind! ...
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Gullveig
Since we have already discussed the first Giants or Etins in the creation story, it is now time to progress to the role of these creatures of Chaos after civilization has been established.
Heimdall taught the humans all sorts of skills to help them create a culture, giving them the holy fire as well as the sacred Galdur.
But now the Giantess named Gullveig comes with her evil Seidr to turn the hearts of men and women towards those practices that would tear their civilization apart.
Heimdall binds them with law and faith and community and folk, while Gullveig separates them with avarice, perversion, narcissism, and hate.
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