“The same causes which tend to promote the belittling of men, also force the stronger and rarer individuals upwards to greatness.”

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power

From Creed of Iron: Wotansvolk Wisdom

1. Honor no Gods but those of your own Folk, as alien gods destroy you.

2. Nature’s laws evidence the divine plan, as the natural world is the work of AllFather Odin.

3. Act nobly and courageously, always carefully considering the consequences of your actions, as the effects of your deeds live on after you pass from Midgard.

4. Live within the reality of this life; fear not your fate, as fear is for fools and cowards; A valorous man boldly faces what the Norns decree.

5. Love, protect, reproduce and advance your Folk, as natural instinct prohibits miscegenation and self destruction.

6. Be honest, be disciplined, be productive and loyal to friends, as the Aryan spirit strives for excellence in all things.

7. Treasure your history, heritage and racial identity, as your ancestors have entrusted, it falls with you, it will rise with you.

8. Honor the memory of your kith and kin, especially those who have given their lives or freedom for the Folk, as your race lives on

(Continued)
9. Respect the wisdom of your elders, as every moment of your lives links the infinite past to the infinite future.

10. Honor your mate, provide for your children and carry no quarrel with family to sleeptime, as family is your purpose and fulfillment.

11. May your word to a kinsman be a bond of steel, as your troth is your dignity and strength of character.

12. Be cunning as a fox with enemies and Niflinngs, as their goal is your extinction, their motives are always detrimental to your wellbeing and that of the Folk’s!

13. Secure, defend and cherish your Othal lands, as nature’s territorial imperative demands.

14. Live in harmony with nature and the Folk and compromise not with evil, as racial survival is your perpetual struggle.
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Two ravens sit on his (Odin’s) shoulders and whisper all the news which they see and hear into his ear; they are called Huginn and Muninn. He sends them out in the morning to fly around the whole world, and by breakfast they are back again. Thus, he finds out many new things and this is why he is called ‘raven-god’ (hrafnaguð).

Hugin and Munin
Fly every day
Over all the world;
I worry for Hugin
That he might not return,
But I worry more for Munin

The connection between Odin and ravens is very old and very deep. Already in the sixth and seventh centuries AD – well before the beginning of the Viking Age in the late eighth century – visual depictions of Odin on helmets and jewelry frequently picture him accompanied by one or more ravens.

The skaldic poetry of the Viking Age often uses kennings involving ravens to refer to Odin, and vice versa. (A kenning is a common Old Norse literary device that uses images from a body of traditional lore to refer to something rather than calling it by its everyday name.) Odin is called the “raven-god” (Hrafnaguð or Hrafnáss), the “raven-tempter” (Hrafnfreistuðr), or “the priest of the raven sacrifice” (Hrafnblóts Goði; this is surely a poetic way of describing fallen warriors as “sacrifices” to the ravens and other carrion birds, with Odin as a decider of who lives and who dies in battle). In the same vein, ravens are called “the greedy hawks of Odin” (átfrekir Óðins haukar), or else his “swan” (Yggs svanr), his “seagull” (Yggjar már), or – showing how far the bird equivalencies could be stretched – his “cuckoo” (Gauts gaukr)

Furthermore, the sight of ravens immediately following a sacrifice to Odin was taken as a sign that the god had accepted the offering

Why was there such a longstanding and intense connection between Odin and the raven, of all species? As those kennings suggest, the answer largely has to do with Odin’s roles as a god of war and death. Ravens, as carrion birds, were present when a battle took place, and were some of its prime beneficiaries. To slay someone in battle was, in a sense, to give the ravens a gift. Countless kennings express this concept

t: to cite but two, the warrior is the “feeder of the raven” (hrafngrennir) and the “fattener of the battle-starling” (folkstara feitir). But the gift of a dead man also went to Odin, due to his role as the ruler of the dead in Valhalla and the common practice of symbolically sacrificing an enemy host to Odin before a battle. Thus, the association between the raven and Odin was only natural for the Norse.

Yet there’s still more to this connection. Ravens aren’t only birds of gore and carnage; they’re also exceptionally intellectual birds, and Odin is an exceptionally intellectual god.

This also explains why Odin fears that Hugin and Munin might not return to him. Whenever a practitioner of magic sent out a part of himself (or, more commonly, herself) on some quest or another, there was some risk that the parts would become separated from each other, or that injuries suffered by the emissary would also be in flicted upon the rest of the person who had sent it out Such magical powers certainly didn’t come without their dangers, and even a god like Odin wasn’t exempt from them.

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/others/hugin-and-munin/

The Celtic Beltane

Beltane, which means “the return of the sun”, is the Gaelic May Day festival. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Its festivities began on the night before May 1st. It fell out of practice in most areas around the 19th century, but was resurrected at one of the most popular Beltane celebrations, the annual fire festival which takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The ancient Celts believed the sun was held prisoner during winter months only to be released each spring to rule the summer sky and they celebrated this mythic release with fire ceremonies and a huge feast to mark the occasion. In this Celtic take on May Day, rituals were performed to protect the cattle, crops, and people, and to encourage growth. Beltane was a time to rejoice in the return of the land’s fertility and it was also the time when livestock would be out to pasture. It was a key moment in the Pagan Wheel of the Year .

"May Day is a-coming,
The busy bees are humming,
So bang the drums,
And fill thy cup,
For Nature is becoming."

- Freya Turrill

Wishing you all a very happy Beltane from Frith & Folk! 🜨ᛉ