Stiðen Āc Heorð
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The Stiðen Āc Heorð is my family-hearth.
The Hearth of the Strong Oak.
Germanic English Heathen.
The Stiðen Āc Heorð is my family-hearth.
The Hearth of the Strong Oak.
Germanic English Heathen.
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19.04.202508:39
Ydun by Herman Wilhelm Bissen (13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868).
Ydun is an alternative spelling of the name Iðunn. John Lindow theorised that Iðunn meant 'ever young' owing to her being the keeper of apples which granted eternal youth. Whilst her name is not attested in Old English (many English heathens use the name Edunne for her) Iðunn is believed to be the origin of the English name Idonea.
Ydun is an alternative spelling of the name Iðunn. John Lindow theorised that Iðunn meant 'ever young' owing to her being the keeper of apples which granted eternal youth. Whilst her name is not attested in Old English (many English heathens use the name Edunne for her) Iðunn is believed to be the origin of the English name Idonea.
18.04.202516:58
Tolkien had Woden in mind when he created Gandalf. In a letter to Sir Stanley Unwin in 1946 he discussed the subject of the German edition of The Hobbit and described his idea of Gandalf as being an Odinic Wanderer.
17.04.202519:00
Hymn to Woden
- William Lisle Bowles (24 September 1762 – 7 April 1850).
God of the battle, hear our prayer!
By the lifted falchion's glare;
By the uncouth fane sublime,
Marked with many a Runic rhyme;
By the 'weird sisters' dread,
That, posting through the battle red,
Choose the slain, and with them go
To Valhalla's halls below,
Where the phantom-chiefs prolong
Their echoing feast, a giant throng,
And their dreadful beverage drain
From the skulls of warriors slain:
God of the battle, hear our prayer;
And may we thy banquet share!
Save us, god, from slow disease;
From pains that the brave spirit freeze;
From the burning fever's rage;
From wailings of unhonoured age,
Drawing painful his last breath;
Give us in the battle death!
Let us lift our glittering shield,
And perish, perish in the field!
Now o'er Cumri's hills of snow
To death, or victory, we go;
Hark! the chiefs their cars prepare;
See! they bind their yellow hair;
Frenzy flashes from their eye,
They fly--our foes before them fly!
Woden, in thy empire drear,
Thou the groans of death dost hear,
And welcome to thy dusky hall
Those that for their country fall!
Hail, all hail the godlike train,
That with thee the goblet drain;
Or with many a huge compeer,
Lift, as erst, the shadowy spear!
Whilst Hela's inmost caverns dread
Echo to their giant tread,
And ten thousand thousand shields
Flash lightning o'er the glimmering fields!
Hark! the battle-shouts begin--
Louder sounds the glorious din:
Louder than the ice's roar,
Bursting on the thawing shore;
Or crashing pines that strew the plain,
When the whirlwinds hurl the main!
Riding through the death-field red,
And singling fast the destined dead,
See the fatal sisters fly!
Now my throbbing breast beats high--
Now I urge my panting steed,
Where the foemen thickest bleed.
Soon exulting I shall go,
Woden, to thy halls below;
Or o'er the victims, as they die,
Chant the song of Victory!
- William Lisle Bowles (24 September 1762 – 7 April 1850).
God of the battle, hear our prayer!
By the lifted falchion's glare;
By the uncouth fane sublime,
Marked with many a Runic rhyme;
By the 'weird sisters' dread,
That, posting through the battle red,
Choose the slain, and with them go
To Valhalla's halls below,
Where the phantom-chiefs prolong
Their echoing feast, a giant throng,
And their dreadful beverage drain
From the skulls of warriors slain:
God of the battle, hear our prayer;
And may we thy banquet share!
Save us, god, from slow disease;
From pains that the brave spirit freeze;
From the burning fever's rage;
From wailings of unhonoured age,
Drawing painful his last breath;
Give us in the battle death!
Let us lift our glittering shield,
And perish, perish in the field!
Now o'er Cumri's hills of snow
To death, or victory, we go;
Hark! the chiefs their cars prepare;
See! they bind their yellow hair;
Frenzy flashes from their eye,
They fly--our foes before them fly!
Woden, in thy empire drear,
Thou the groans of death dost hear,
And welcome to thy dusky hall
Those that for their country fall!
Hail, all hail the godlike train,
That with thee the goblet drain;
Or with many a huge compeer,
Lift, as erst, the shadowy spear!
Whilst Hela's inmost caverns dread
Echo to their giant tread,
And ten thousand thousand shields
Flash lightning o'er the glimmering fields!
Hark! the battle-shouts begin--
Louder sounds the glorious din:
Louder than the ice's roar,
Bursting on the thawing shore;
Or crashing pines that strew the plain,
When the whirlwinds hurl the main!
Riding through the death-field red,
And singling fast the destined dead,
See the fatal sisters fly!
Now my throbbing breast beats high--
Now I urge my panting steed,
Where the foemen thickest bleed.
Soon exulting I shall go,
Woden, to thy halls below;
Or o'er the victims, as they die,
Chant the song of Victory!
17.04.202518:54
The name Herne is a byname of Woden, used in his role as Hunter or Warrior-leader. The name is believed to come from the OE Herian (Warrior-leader) which is connected with the German term Haranni, Herne the Hunter still haunts the Windsor Forest and the Great Park in Berkshire.
Herne Protect Us!
Image - Herne the Hunter by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878)
Herne Protect Us!
Image - Herne the Hunter by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878)
15.04.202516:41
The word ‘giddy’ has an interesting origin. From the OE gydiġ the word essentially means ‘to be possessed by a god’, Gyd meaning the same as god.
Another OE word which seems to have a similar meaning is Ylfig or being possessed or controlled by an ælf (elf). In English lore seiðr was also considered an elvish practise. The word is attested in the OE ælfsīden meaning elf magic.
Another OE word which seems to have a similar meaning is Ylfig or being possessed or controlled by an ælf (elf). In English lore seiðr was also considered an elvish practise. The word is attested in the OE ælfsīden meaning elf magic.
14.04.202517:00
Details from Andrew Edward's 'The Staffordshire Saxon' sculpted 2012.
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ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
14.04.202505:24
A clay tablet was found in Hohenstein, Lower Saxony, in the 16th Century with a likely depiction of Ostara. Hohenstein was an important cult site since the early Iron Age, and the use of the Younger Futhark suggests an age of around the 8th Century. She is depicted with horns, a drinking horn or cornucopia, and what may be a bird. The location of the original is unknown, only sketches survive. The incomplete inscription reads;
“You go out, that’s Osta, loosen icy frosts…
You good Osta, from your face shines…”
“thu ga ut thatr os ta louse isin frosta
dhu gautar osta, ous il sin grosta”
ᚦᚢ × ᚴᛅ × ᚢᛏ × ᚦᛅᛏᚱ × ᚬᛋ ᛏ × ᛚᚬᚢᛋᛁ × ᛁᛋᛁᚾ × ᚠᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
ᛏᚼᚢ × ᚴᛅᚢᛏᛅᚱ × ᚬᛋᛏᛅ × ᚬᚢᛋ × ᛁᛚ × ᛋᛁᚾ × ᚴᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
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“You go out, that’s Osta, loosen icy frosts…
You good Osta, from your face shines…”
“thu ga ut thatr os ta louse isin frosta
dhu gautar osta, ous il sin grosta”
ᚦᚢ × ᚴᛅ × ᚢᛏ × ᚦᛅᛏᚱ × ᚬᛋ ᛏ × ᛚᚬᚢᛋᛁ × ᛁᛋᛁᚾ × ᚠᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
ᛏᚼᚢ × ᚴᛅᚢᛏᛅᚱ × ᚬᛋᛏᛅ × ᚬᚢᛋ × ᛁᛚ × ᛋᛁᚾ × ᚴᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
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12.04.202513:51
Wayland Kista (chest) carving by the talented Wayland at BushcraftUSA. The carving is based on the famous Hylestad Stave Church carvings, Norway.
11.04.202518:59
A Saxon Song
-Victoria Sackville-West (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962)
Tools with the comely names,
Mattock and scythe and spade,
Couth and bitter as flames,
Clean, and bowed in the blade,--
A man and his tools make a man and his trade.
Breadth of the English shires,
Hummock and kame and mead,
Tang of the reeking byres,
Land of the English breed,--
A man and his land make a man and his creed.
Leisurely flocks and herds,
Cool-eyed cattle that come
Mildly to wonted words,
Swine that in orchards roam,--
A man and his beasts make a man and his home.
Children sturdy and flaxen
Shouting in brotherly strife,
Like the land they are Saxon,
Sons of a man and his wife,--
For a man and his loves make a man and his life.
-Victoria Sackville-West (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962)
Tools with the comely names,
Mattock and scythe and spade,
Couth and bitter as flames,
Clean, and bowed in the blade,--
A man and his tools make a man and his trade.
Breadth of the English shires,
Hummock and kame and mead,
Tang of the reeking byres,
Land of the English breed,--
A man and his land make a man and his creed.
Leisurely flocks and herds,
Cool-eyed cattle that come
Mildly to wonted words,
Swine that in orchards roam,--
A man and his beasts make a man and his home.
Children sturdy and flaxen
Shouting in brotherly strife,
Like the land they are Saxon,
Sons of a man and his wife,--
For a man and his loves make a man and his life.
10.04.202518:22
The goddess Freya is married to Óðr (perhaps a name used by Odin) who himself is a wanderer. In Óðr’s absence Freya cries tears of amber. Her necklace Brísingamen (OE Brosings-men) is also said to be made from amber, itself symbolic of ‘fire made solid’. Freya and Óðr have two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi and their names link back to Freya’s tears and the jewels she collects as Hnoss means ‘ornament’ and Gersemi means ‘treasure’ (OE gærsum).
09.04.202516:23
Hāl wes þū, Woden!
Woden (Os rune) by Brian Partridge.
Woden (Os rune) by Brian Partridge.
09.04.202516:19
J M Kemble, in his 1876 book The Saxons in England suggests the name Hacleberend for Woden. Hacle from the word Hackle was a style of cloak and Hacleberend means the cloak-bearer. In the Story of Norna-Gest (Nornagests þáttr) a man with a spear and green cloak is described as a heklumaðrinn (the cloaked man). This heklumaðr (man in the cloak) is later revealed to be Woden himself.
Art - Odin, Huginn and Muninn by Loïc Canavaggia
Art - Odin, Huginn and Muninn by Loïc Canavaggia
08.04.202517:12
This widely recognised Anglo-Saxon pendant shows the face of Woden, but is formed from the shapes of two ravens. It was found in Ousden (OE for Valley of the Owls) West Suffolk in England. The impressive embroidery of the same design is by Alva Weaves.
08.04.202506:13
Eostre wreath, ink drawing by Hāmasson.
06.04.202515:47
Polytrichum aureum moss was called Haddr Sifjar (Sif's hair) in Old Norse. The OE cognate of Sif is Sibb which gives us the name Sibbe, wife of Thunor.
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25.03.202517:54
The spider spinning a web and the Wyrd Sisters weaving our fate – it's easy to see how some superstitions regarding spiders invoke luck or involve fate – or even foretell a gift of clothing!
The words 'spider' and 'spinner' both come from the same root - *(s)pen – 'to spin' and the words 'web' and 'weave' also share the same origin - *(h)uebh- 'to weave'. So its no wonder how the two overlap.
But there is another element to the web – another beast who has eight legs! Sleipnir! Fathered by Loga (Loki) as Loki himself has a connection with the spider. According to Hilding Celander, writing in 1911, the name Locke meant 'spider'. This may be the meaning behind the name Loki.
The Faroese word Lokkanet (Lokke's web) meant cobweb, just as the Swedish word lokkanät does, from the Germanic root word *luk meaning locked, looped or knotted. Loki the tangler indeed.
The words 'spider' and 'spinner' both come from the same root - *(s)pen – 'to spin' and the words 'web' and 'weave' also share the same origin - *(h)uebh- 'to weave'. So its no wonder how the two overlap.
But there is another element to the web – another beast who has eight legs! Sleipnir! Fathered by Loga (Loki) as Loki himself has a connection with the spider. According to Hilding Celander, writing in 1911, the name Locke meant 'spider'. This may be the meaning behind the name Loki.
The Faroese word Lokkanet (Lokke's web) meant cobweb, just as the Swedish word lokkanät does, from the Germanic root word *luk meaning locked, looped or knotted. Loki the tangler indeed.
25.03.202517:05
Naenigne ic under swegle
selran hyrde
hordmaththum haeletha,
sithan Hama aetwaeg
to thaere byrhtan byrig
Brosingamene,
sigle ond sincfaet;
I have heard tell of
no better treasure fit
for princes
Since Hama carried back
to the Shining Citadel
Brisingamen
that ornament and Gem
There is very little reference to Freya in Old English, but in Beowulf there is reference to Freya's necklace Brísingamen or Brosingamene. It was returned by Hama, an OE name for Heimdallr, who in the Skáldskaparmal is called 'Seeker of Freyja's Necklace'.
selran hyrde
hordmaththum haeletha,
sithan Hama aetwaeg
to thaere byrhtan byrig
Brosingamene,
sigle ond sincfaet;
I have heard tell of
no better treasure fit
for princes
Since Hama carried back
to the Shining Citadel
Brisingamen
that ornament and Gem
There is very little reference to Freya in Old English, but in Beowulf there is reference to Freya's necklace Brísingamen or Brosingamene. It was returned by Hama, an OE name for Heimdallr, who in the Skáldskaparmal is called 'Seeker of Freyja's Necklace'.
25.03.202517:00
Your fate is woven,
Your life-thread is spun.
Your wyrd is a song-
That will now be sung.
By Urd, who knows;
How your path begun.
By Verðandi, who chooses;
How your worth is won.
By Skuld who decides,
How your death will come.
poem by Hāmasson
Your life-thread is spun.
Your wyrd is a song-
That will now be sung.
By Urd, who knows;
How your path begun.
By Verðandi, who chooses;
How your worth is won.
By Skuld who decides,
How your death will come.
poem by Hāmasson
Reposted from:ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
05.04.202507:25
A remnant of Ostara worship in Germany, recorded by Helene Guerber in 1895…
“In various parts of Germany, stone altars can still be seen, which are known as Easter-stones, because they were dedicated to the fair goddess Ostara. They were crowned with flowers by the young people, who danced gaily around them by the light of great bonfires, a species of popular games kept up until the middle of the present century, in spite of the priests' denunciations and of the repeatedly published edicts against them.”
Painting by Josephine Wall.
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“In various parts of Germany, stone altars can still be seen, which are known as Easter-stones, because they were dedicated to the fair goddess Ostara. They were crowned with flowers by the young people, who danced gaily around them by the light of great bonfires, a species of popular games kept up until the middle of the present century, in spite of the priests' denunciations and of the repeatedly published edicts against them.”
Painting by Josephine Wall.
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18.04.202516:58
Tolkien had Woden in mind when he created Gandalf. In a letter to Sir Stanley Unwin in 1946 he discussed the subject of the German edition of The Hobbit and described his idea of Gandalf as being an Odinic Wanderer.
Reposted from:ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
06.04.202512:51
The 7th Century Reiterstein stone from Hornhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, appears to depict the rider wearing a mask-or perhaps a full-face helmet, like unto the Sutton Hoo helmet and Broa helmet. It may have been a more widespread style.
12.04.202513:51
Wayland Kista (chest) carving by the talented Wayland at BushcraftUSA. The carving is based on the famous Hylestad Stave Church carvings, Norway.
10.04.202518:22
The goddess Freya is married to Óðr (perhaps a name used by Odin) who himself is a wanderer. In Óðr’s absence Freya cries tears of amber. Her necklace Brísingamen (OE Brosings-men) is also said to be made from amber, itself symbolic of ‘fire made solid’. Freya and Óðr have two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi and their names link back to Freya’s tears and the jewels she collects as Hnoss means ‘ornament’ and Gersemi means ‘treasure’ (OE gærsum).
28.03.202507:43
Wyrd, Scyld and Weorðende. Three OE names that correspond with Urðr, Skuld and Verðandi, the Norns (OE Wyrd) who determine our fate. They weave a single thread called the Weft (our life-thread) back and forth between the Warps, all the folk, places and events we will ever encounter, which is probably why the OE word needle (nædl) was used as a kenning for the soul.
06.04.202511:04
This is the Coat of Arms of the Lower Saxony village of Woltershausen, Germany. The figure is clearly Woden and legend claims he haunted an ancient road between Winzenburg and Hildesheim called the Rennstieg which run just north of the village Woltershausen. Locals called him the Wodansreiter (Woden rider) and he was known to be able to change his form into a raven and a ghost who inhabited the nearby castle of Hödecken.
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