Myths – Odin's Aett

Shameless Plugs

A few of the things we’ve been doing during the lockdown

Gifts and Reciprocality

A look a gifts from the Elder Futhark and Havamal

They say that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” and while that’s usually seen as a reminder that we should all eat more fruit and veg than we often manage, the gods of the Vikings would have taken it far more literally. They were able to stay at the peak of youth andContinue reading “Apples of Immortality”

Hodur’s Song

Lament that I listened – To Loki’s teasing words“Honour our beloved brother BalderYou cannot harm him – Hurl the twigPromise to protect him has been won from all things No-one could know – None could BlameFair Frigg fetched oaths from all bar oneToo small to swear – Sweet mistletoeIt’s hardened heart became hates barb GoadedContinue reading “Hodur’s Song”

Diversity

The news is currently full of horrific stories of racism and prejudice, and it is very easy for Viking groups to appear on the wrong side of this debate as historically a lot of Viking symbolism has been used by far-right groups and sadly there are still people today who use them this way, manyContinue reading “Diversity”

The Mead of Poetry

One of the many pleasures of Viking life was drinking mead, it was used in religious ceremonies and social gatherings. Every king and jarl would have a meadhall where they lived and where they entertained guests. There are records of new meadhalls being built for royal visits – and even stories of meadhalls being burnedContinue reading “The Mead of Poetry”

Myths – In the beginning

Far back in time, before history, before the world even existed, there was nothing but a vast yawning abyss, Ginungagap. To the North the abyss was bitterly cold, here there grew ice and fog, where the cold gathered we call Niflheim. Within the ice glaciers stirred and icy water flowed, the source of these watersContinue reading “Myths – In the beginning”