Odin and poetry

Poetry was a prized skill to our Germanic ancestors. Having the ability to compose poetry today is equally as useful for Germanic Pagans who want to create hymns to the Gods and ancestors that can be used in worship.

In the Norse literature, poetry is referred to as something intrinsically connected to Óðinn (Woden). The following list contains some kennings for poetry which feature Óðinn:

líð Hôars
"Drink of Hôars"
Hôars = Óðinn

hverlǫgr farms galga
"Cauldron-liquid of the burden of the gallows"
Burden of the gallows = Óðinn

líð Yggs
"Terrifier's drink"
Terrifier = Óðinn

Gjalfr Gauts
"Hollering sea of Gautr"
Gautr = Óðinn

hrannir saltunnu Hárs
"Waves of Hárr's hall-barrell"
Hárr = Óðinn

vágr Rǫgnis
"Wave of Rǫgnir"
Rǫgnir = Óðinn

And a personal favourite of mine:

Mjǫðr burar Bors
"Mead of Bor's son"
Bor's son = Óðinn

Poetry is tied to Óðinn because the traditional understanding of our ancestors is that He stole the mead of poetry from Suttungr's hall after transforming into an eagle and spitting the mead into the drinking vessels of the Gods. This knowledge is preserved in the poem Skáldskaparmál in the Prose Edda, along with the origin of Kvasir and his transformation into the mead of poetry after his death.

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I never understood what the point of being a metaphorical pagan was. It is Atheism with extra steps. If you can’t fully commit to the supernatural being a reality then don’t call yourself a Pagan. If I had issues fully admitting Yahweh was real and Jesus I wouldn’t be calling myself a Christian and saying it’s metaphorical 💀 who does that?
It’s like psyoping yourself into being a part of something that you don’t even believe in.

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Indo-European Syncretists like Hammer & Vajra be like:

According to Aristotle, a quarter of the state's land should be dedicated to religious use:

"The expense of religious worship should likewise be a public charge. The land must therefore be divided into two parts, one public and the other private, and each part should be subdivided, part of the public land being appropriated to the service of the Gods ..."

Aristotle, Politics 1330a

Remember when you didn’t have to think about the world falling apart?

Pagan Revivalism strikes fear into the hearts of our enemies. The true good news is spreading, that we have returned during the darkest hour for our folk. But after the darkest of nights comes the sun, glistening over the horizon. It is inevitable that the light of the Gods will return and the age of our enemies shall be no more

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