Forwarded from Beowulfsmal
Hrafna-Cyning
Iċ béo án cínan of Wódene;
Héah-ġeboren
And þearlwís.
Tíwes-Hand
In þæs Wulfes Múðan
Is mín sweord.
From se blæc more
Mid wanfáh fuglas
Iċ ġewealde.
Iċ béo se Hrafna-Cyning
And Iċ sceal ábǽdan wælhréownes
Tó þǽm wælhréowliċum.
Translation:
Raven King
I am a scion of Woden;
High born
And relentless.
Tiw's Hand
In the Wolf's Mouth
Is my sword.
From the black moor
With ebony birds
I rule.
I am the Raven King
And I shall exact cruelty
Upon the cruel.
Iċ béo án cínan of Wódene;
Héah-ġeboren
And þearlwís.
Tíwes-Hand
In þæs Wulfes Múðan
Is mín sweord.
From se blæc more
Mid wanfáh fuglas
Iċ ġewealde.
Iċ béo se Hrafna-Cyning
And Iċ sceal ábǽdan wælhréownes
Tó þǽm wælhréowliċum.
Translation:
Raven King
I am a scion of Woden;
High born
And relentless.
Tiw's Hand
In the Wolf's Mouth
Is my sword.
From the black moor
With ebony birds
I rule.
I am the Raven King
And I shall exact cruelty
Upon the cruel.
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The Folcsida Ġerīmbōc: Observances (Part 46)
Following the Herlaþing, our forebears would celebrate Ġēol (Yule), when the birth of the light half of the year begins to show its face. Observing the moonly cycles, Ġēol is reckoned to fall on the first Full Moon after the New Moon after the Sunstead. The Sunstead being the marker that serves as the constant. This system easily fits within any timekeeping system, such as our modern Gregorian calendar. This moonly-sunly system allows reliability & predictability; placing Ġēol in the appropriate time of the year.
Following the Herlaþing, our forebears would celebrate Ġēol (Yule), when the birth of the light half of the year begins to show its face. Observing the moonly cycles, Ġēol is reckoned to fall on the first Full Moon after the New Moon after the Sunstead. The Sunstead being the marker that serves as the constant. This system easily fits within any timekeeping system, such as our modern Gregorian calendar. This moonly-sunly system allows reliability & predictability; placing Ġēol in the appropriate time of the year.
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The institution of the Priesthood
“The chief city in that land was called Ōsġeard. In that city was a chief called Wōden, and it was a great place for sacrifice. It was the custom there that twelve temple priests should both direct the sacrifices, and also judge the people. They were called Dryhtnas, and all the people served and obeyed them.”
“Wōden placed Nyord and Seaxnēat-Frēa as priests of the sacrifices, and they became Dryhtnas of the Ōsland people. Nyord’s daughter Frōwe was priestess of the sacrifices, and first taught the Ōsland people the magic art, as it was in use and fashion among the Wanaland people.”
~ Ynglinga Saga
(with Anglo-Saxon terms)
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“The chief city in that land was called Ōsġeard. In that city was a chief called Wōden, and it was a great place for sacrifice. It was the custom there that twelve temple priests should both direct the sacrifices, and also judge the people. They were called Dryhtnas, and all the people served and obeyed them.”
“Wōden placed Nyord and Seaxnēat-Frēa as priests of the sacrifices, and they became Dryhtnas of the Ōsland people. Nyord’s daughter Frōwe was priestess of the sacrifices, and first taught the Ōsland people the magic art, as it was in use and fashion among the Wanaland people.”
~ Ynglinga Saga
(with Anglo-Saxon terms)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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The Beauty & Danger of a Double-Edged Sword, i.e. Men, Women, & Love 😉
A maiden's words no one ought to trust, nor what a woman says, because on a turning wheel their hearts were created, changeability placed in their breasts
v. 84
I now speak plain, because I know both, faithless are men's minds towards women; we speak fairest, where we think most false; that deceives the mind of the wise. v. 91
For his love, no one should blame another ever; ravishingly fair looks, when they do not capture the fool, often capture the wise man.
v. 93
Fault with another let no man find, to what happens to many a man. The wise become fools, are made by mighty love
V. 94
~ Sayings of the High One
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A maiden's words no one ought to trust, nor what a woman says, because on a turning wheel their hearts were created, changeability placed in their breasts
v. 84
I now speak plain, because I know both, faithless are men's minds towards women; we speak fairest, where we think most false; that deceives the mind of the wise. v. 91
For his love, no one should blame another ever; ravishingly fair looks, when they do not capture the fool, often capture the wise man.
v. 93
Fault with another let no man find, to what happens to many a man. The wise become fools, are made by mighty love
V. 94
~ Sayings of the High One
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Wynn
Bliss he enjoys who knows not suffering, sorrow nor anxiety,
and has prosperity and happiness and a good enough house.
We need to connect & awaken the awareness of the reality that lies deep within ourselves; to connect with our ancient forbears & gods. To breathe new life into our Folcsida; bringing forth what once was into the here & now. This world will be destroyed. Another created. Cycles of rebirth. We’re living in a world that one day will no longer be. We each need to prepare for the next cycle which could repetitively happen at any given moment. We need to learn ways and techniques to connect, so that we may carry this knowledge forward into the next cycle. We continue until we get it right. We continúe in order to help our future bloodlines. To help the future us. Connecting with the age old, in order to prepare for the age ahead. The gods await.
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Bliss he enjoys who knows not suffering, sorrow nor anxiety,
and has prosperity and happiness and a good enough house.
ᚹ Wynn bruceþ, ðe can weana lyt sares and sorge and him sylfa hæfþ blæd and blysse and eac byrga geniht. We need to connect & awaken the awareness of the reality that lies deep within ourselves; to connect with our ancient forbears & gods. To breathe new life into our Folcsida; bringing forth what once was into the here & now. This world will be destroyed. Another created. Cycles of rebirth. We’re living in a world that one day will no longer be. We each need to prepare for the next cycle which could repetitively happen at any given moment. We need to learn ways and techniques to connect, so that we may carry this knowledge forward into the next cycle. We continue until we get it right. We continúe in order to help our future bloodlines. To help the future us. Connecting with the age old, in order to prepare for the age ahead. The gods await.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Religious & Political Leaders
"Silence is then commanded by the priests, who on such occasions have power to enforce obedience. Then such hearing is given to the king or state-chief as his age, rank, military distinction, or eloquence can secure- more because his advice carries weight than because he has the power to command."
~ Germania, Tacitus
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"Silence is then commanded by the priests, who on such occasions have power to enforce obedience. Then such hearing is given to the king or state-chief as his age, rank, military distinction, or eloquence can secure- more because his advice carries weight than because he has the power to command."
~ Germania, Tacitus
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Forwarded from The Jolly Reiver
NEW VIDEO: 25 Creatures in English Folklore
Here is the first part of my overview of creatures from English folklore. Despite it only being part 1, you won’t find a longer list on YouTube!
The folklore and myths of other countries have huge numbers of videos and attention, with England’s myths being too often overlooked. Hopefully this video can remedy that problem.
https://youtu.be/L7CzeMH4f_w
Here is the first part of my overview of creatures from English folklore. Despite it only being part 1, you won’t find a longer list on YouTube!
The folklore and myths of other countries have huge numbers of videos and attention, with England’s myths being too often overlooked. Hopefully this video can remedy that problem.
https://youtu.be/L7CzeMH4f_w
YouTube
25 Creatures in English Folklore and Myth 🏴
What creatures and ghouls can be found in England's folklore and mythology? Black Dogs, Ghosts, Goblins, Faeries, Sprites and Big Cats lurk in our forests, marshes and hills and lakes. This list of 25 creatures will give you a good overview of what the English…
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Forwarded from The Jolly Reiver
Boggles/Boggarts (from which we get the term ‘bogeyman’) are a malevolent goblin-like creature that perplex farmers by hiding tools and souring milk. However the ones found living in holes or marshes are far more dangerous, doing things like abducting children and even murder.
I just visited the Boggle Hole on the Yorkshire coast, where one of these creatures was once known to live. I also slipped in the sea and spent the rest of the day wet and cold. No doubt this was down to the Boggle.
I just visited the Boggle Hole on the Yorkshire coast, where one of these creatures was once known to live. I also slipped in the sea and spent the rest of the day wet and cold. No doubt this was down to the Boggle.
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Thorbjorn Hornklofe, 9th-century Norwegian skald & court poet of King Harald Fairhair, speaks on Ingwine-Frēa as a sun-god.
Snorri Sturluson writes in Harald Fairhair's saga that Harald Fairhair disputed the Swedish king Eric Eymundsson's hegemony in what is today southern Norway. He attacked and forced Viken to accept his rule and then plundered and burnt in Rånrike. Because of this the Norwegian skald Þorbjörn hornklofi boasted that the Swedes stayed indoors whereas the Norwegians were out on the sea.
The Norseman's king is on the sea,
Tho' bitter wintry cold it be.—
On the wild waves his Yule keeps he.
When our brisk king can get his way,
He'll no more by the fireside stay
Than the young sun; he makes us play
The game of the bright sun-god Frēa.
But the soft Swede loves well the fire
The well-stuffed couch, the doway glove,
And from the hearth-seat will not move.
ING by @thesaxonstoryteller (on Instagram)
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Snorri Sturluson writes in Harald Fairhair's saga that Harald Fairhair disputed the Swedish king Eric Eymundsson's hegemony in what is today southern Norway. He attacked and forced Viken to accept his rule and then plundered and burnt in Rånrike. Because of this the Norwegian skald Þorbjörn hornklofi boasted that the Swedes stayed indoors whereas the Norwegians were out on the sea.
The Norseman's king is on the sea,
Tho' bitter wintry cold it be.—
On the wild waves his Yule keeps he.
When our brisk king can get his way,
He'll no more by the fireside stay
Than the young sun; he makes us play
The game of the bright sun-god Frēa.
But the soft Swede loves well the fire
The well-stuffed couch, the doway glove,
And from the hearth-seat will not move.
ING by @thesaxonstoryteller (on Instagram)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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On Having a Patron God
Then began Thorhall, and said, "Has it not been that the Redbeard has proved a better friend than your Christ? this was my gift for the poetry which I composed about Thor, my patron; seldom has he failed me." Now, when the men knew that, none of them would eat of it, and they threw it down from the rocks, and turned with their supplications to God’s mercy.
Erik's Saga Rauda ch. 8
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Then began Thorhall, and said, "Has it not been that the Redbeard has proved a better friend than your Christ? this was my gift for the poetry which I composed about Thor, my patron; seldom has he failed me." Now, when the men knew that, none of them would eat of it, and they threw it down from the rocks, and turned with their supplications to God’s mercy.
Erik's Saga Rauda ch. 8
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On Coming Together
Heathendom is in an interesting era. We are still new, so we still hold baggage from other ideologies, yet we’ve been around for multiple generations & have formed traditions that might be hard to break. We are a small fraction within the whole of our folk; therefore, we just come together, even if the only bonds that tie are similar ideas & opinions. That said however, this alone won’t cut it & this foundation will cause eventual fracturing, as ideas & opinions are weak bonds; given their changing nature over time. Our forebears had time-tested & entrenched clans & tribes that held them together, often overriding potentially fractious debates. They knew their survival was at stake. Today, we know ours is as well, but our actions say otherwise. The best thing we can do is work toward the development of heathen bonds that’s more substantial than ideas & opinions. We need to form our Houses & re-establish the clan system; building our tribes.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Heathendom is in an interesting era. We are still new, so we still hold baggage from other ideologies, yet we’ve been around for multiple generations & have formed traditions that might be hard to break. We are a small fraction within the whole of our folk; therefore, we just come together, even if the only bonds that tie are similar ideas & opinions. That said however, this alone won’t cut it & this foundation will cause eventual fracturing, as ideas & opinions are weak bonds; given their changing nature over time. Our forebears had time-tested & entrenched clans & tribes that held them together, often overriding potentially fractious debates. They knew their survival was at stake. Today, we know ours is as well, but our actions say otherwise. The best thing we can do is work toward the development of heathen bonds that’s more substantial than ideas & opinions. We need to form our Houses & re-establish the clan system; building our tribes.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Quiet Reflection
It’s important to take time to think. It’s through deep reflection we can recall the past, learn in the moment, & carry ourselves forward. We live through the cycles of rebirth & have a connection with all that was, but we today move forward. Rād is easy while indoors, but courageous to he who traverses the high-roads on the back of a reliable ride. We journey through the web, carrying & manifesting our thoughts into new life. We are duty bound to help guide the future of our folcsida; just as our forebears have guided us to where we are today. Our forebears speak to us from within. Old thoughts & old memories; alive in our Hyġ & Myne, as guides along the way. Knowledge, wisdom & ancestral ties. When we connect, we have peace. Through this, connection is made. Old knowledge is regained & a connection for the future of our bloodlines begins.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
It’s important to take time to think. It’s through deep reflection we can recall the past, learn in the moment, & carry ourselves forward. We live through the cycles of rebirth & have a connection with all that was, but we today move forward. Rād is easy while indoors, but courageous to he who traverses the high-roads on the back of a reliable ride. We journey through the web, carrying & manifesting our thoughts into new life. We are duty bound to help guide the future of our folcsida; just as our forebears have guided us to where we are today. Our forebears speak to us from within. Old thoughts & old memories; alive in our Hyġ & Myne, as guides along the way. Knowledge, wisdom & ancestral ties. When we connect, we have peace. Through this, connection is made. Old knowledge is regained & a connection for the future of our bloodlines begins.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
Only three Thor’s hammer pendants have been found in Lincolnshire, an area that came under Scandinavian rule in the late 9th and early 10th centuries.
This includes this gold one, discovered in Toynton near Spilsby - one of only two found so far in Britain.
Now in the Usher Collection, Lincoln
This includes this gold one, discovered in Toynton near Spilsby - one of only two found so far in Britain.
Now in the Usher Collection, Lincoln
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Hope
In a time of need, Bældæġ is a shining example of hope & goodness; calling unto our folk. There is much to fear, much to cause anger, & much to think about. The future of our folk stands on a precipice of the unknown. Time’s are hard & getting harder, but all that is good, right, & just, Bældæġ exuded, & even in death, he rises to become more. He is our white pill, for even when the odds are against us, we will survive, for Wyrd decreed it; however, if we do not, who knows what glory awaits us? Either way, we continue on. There is no better day than today to smile, look to the heavens, and proclaim, “I am here and I will embrace the day. Whatever comes, I will handle it. Hail the Day! Hail Bældæġ & the gods! With my intention pure, I go forward”.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
In a time of need, Bældæġ is a shining example of hope & goodness; calling unto our folk. There is much to fear, much to cause anger, & much to think about. The future of our folk stands on a precipice of the unknown. Time’s are hard & getting harder, but all that is good, right, & just, Bældæġ exuded, & even in death, he rises to become more. He is our white pill, for even when the odds are against us, we will survive, for Wyrd decreed it; however, if we do not, who knows what glory awaits us? Either way, we continue on. There is no better day than today to smile, look to the heavens, and proclaim, “I am here and I will embrace the day. Whatever comes, I will handle it. Hail the Day! Hail Bældæġ & the gods! With my intention pure, I go forward”.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Words have intent; therefore, power
The path of morality is not sprung from preconceived notions of right and wrong, but rather from the end result of its purpose and action.
Opinions work in the same way, especially when it comes to broader concepts that have the potential of influencing others. It's sort of like working a magic spell upon others minds, enchanting their minds.
~ Draupnir
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The path of morality is not sprung from preconceived notions of right and wrong, but rather from the end result of its purpose and action.
Opinions work in the same way, especially when it comes to broader concepts that have the potential of influencing others. It's sort of like working a magic spell upon others minds, enchanting their minds.
~ Draupnir
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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