The OE name Sinnihte meant ‘Ever night’ and came from PGmc *sinnahtī. The name looks like it could be related to the largely unknown goddess Sinhtgunt who is mentioned in the Merseburg Incantation. The meaning of her name is disputed and many translations are suggested, though nearly all associate her with either a star or the night sky. The element -gunt is connected with the idea of birth (from the proto Germanic kuntǭ). If Sinhtgunt’s name is rooted in *sinnahtī it may mean she is Nott (OE *Niht) the Night Goddess herself, which is why she is paired with Sunne in the Merseburg Incantation. This would suggest Sinhtgunt and Sunne are the twin-goddesses of night and day.
It’s the Sunstede today and my family-hearth have travelled to a Wodenist folk-moot this weekend, where we will be holding our Susntede-Blot in honour of (amongst others) Sunne and Bældæg. The word Sunstede comes from the OE Sunne 'sun' and stede meaning ‘in its position’. This is the OE word for the solstice. There was also the OE word midsumor meaning midsummer (which traditionally falls around the 24th).
Glæd sunstede!
Art by Elin Manon
Glæd sunstede!
Art by Elin Manon
Forwarded from The Lady Trēowwyrhta
Wayland’s Smithy
I’ve dreamt of visiting this place for a long time and finally got there!!
It goes without saying an offering was left, it seems fitting that I drew Woden from the bag.
My husband made a troll cross for me to leave somewhere on our travel and what better place than the smithy!
I’ve dreamt of visiting this place for a long time and finally got there!!
It goes without saying an offering was left, it seems fitting that I drew Woden from the bag.
My husband made a troll cross for me to leave somewhere on our travel and what better place than the smithy!
ᚠᛁᛋᚳ ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ ᚪᚻᚩᚠᚩᚾᚠᛖᚱᚷ ᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ ᚹᚪᚱᚦᚷᚪ ᛋᚱᛁᚳᚷᚱᚩᚱᚾᚦᚫᚱᚻᛖᚩᚾᚷᚱᛖᚢᛏᚷᛁᛋᚹᚩᛗ ᚻᚱᚩᚾᚫᛋᛒᚪᚾ
fisc flodu ahofonferg enberig warþga sricgrornþærheongreutgiswom hronæsban
The flood cast up the fish on the mountain-cliff. The terror-king became sad where he swam on the shingle. Whale's bone.
The Franks Casket contains a denoscription that tells of where the whale-bone used to make the casket came from.
Photos by Hāmasson.
fisc flodu ahofonferg enberig warþga sricgrornþærheongreutgiswom hronæsban
The flood cast up the fish on the mountain-cliff. The terror-king became sad where he swam on the shingle. Whale's bone.
The Franks Casket contains a denoscription that tells of where the whale-bone used to make the casket came from.
Photos by Hāmasson.
The image above is believed to be Vidar ripping open the jaws of the Fenris wolf, taken from the Gosforth Cross, St Mary’s church in Cumbria England. It’s suggested his name comes from the Proto-Norse *Wīdagaizaz (wide-spear, OE Wīdgār). ‘Wide-spear’ from *wida "wide" (víð) + *gaizaz or *gaiRaR meaning ‘spear’ where *widugaiRaR can result in víðgeirr but as a single name contracted as víð’arr. This is the most common explanation for his name.
Another possible idea is from the root *wīdaz that can mean ‘set apart or separate into two’. Vidar is known for his role of splitting or separating the jaws of Fenris apart, whilst a third idea gives us the reconstructed English name *Wīdhere coming from the root víðr/wīd (wide) and herr/here (army).
Another possible idea is from the root *wīdaz that can mean ‘set apart or separate into two’. Vidar is known for his role of splitting or separating the jaws of Fenris apart, whilst a third idea gives us the reconstructed English name *Wīdhere coming from the root víðr/wīd (wide) and herr/here (army).
Other scenes from the Gosforth cross include Thor (Thunor) and Hymir fishing for Jormungan. the World Serpent. Heimdallr (Hāma) with a spear and the Gjallarhorn and a bound Loki (Loga) with his wife Sigyn who catches the venom from the serpent that drips poison onto his face.
In OE the moon was called Mōna, brother to Sunne the sun. Mōna is a measurer of time, the root of the word moon being *meh meaning ‘to measure’. Mōna’s name is found within the OE word for month or mōnaþ. The word ‘week’ is also moon related. There are roughly four weeks in a lunar month and each week sees a change in the phase of the moon. The word ‘week’ comes from the proto-Germanic *wikǭ meaning ‘to change, turn, succession’.
Of the soul -
OE Lic (ON Lík) – the physical body
OE Hama (ON Hamr) – our spiritual membrane
OE Hyge (ON Hugr) – our thought and will
OE Myne (ON Minni) – our memory and mind
OE Fæccan (ON Fylgja) – our Fetch (a name used in both English and Irish lore) – a spiritual being tied to our fate. They act as a witness to our life’s judgement after death.
OE Ealdor / Æþm / Gâst – (ON Önd) – Breath. Both Ealdor and Æþm mean breath. Gâst also means breath, from this word we get ghost.
OE Ferþ / Feorþ (or Mod) – our soul
OE Lic (ON Lík) – the physical body
OE Hama (ON Hamr) – our spiritual membrane
OE Hyge (ON Hugr) – our thought and will
OE Myne (ON Minni) – our memory and mind
OE Fæccan (ON Fylgja) – our Fetch (a name used in both English and Irish lore) – a spiritual being tied to our fate. They act as a witness to our life’s judgement after death.
OE Ealdor / Æþm / Gâst – (ON Önd) – Breath. Both Ealdor and Æþm mean breath. Gâst also means breath, from this word we get ghost.
OE Ferþ / Feorþ (or Mod) – our soul
I will always use original art (not AI) on this channel and I will always credit the artist, if the image is not already in the public domain, where I can. Sometimes AI looks very real and its bound to sneak through occasionally.
However recently I found some interesting art on a heathen channel, sadly it was an AI copy of an original piece a good friend of mine had done. Personally I think it's really unfair to take art from fellow heathens, only to change it using AI and pass it off as new.
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However recently I found some interesting art on a heathen channel, sadly it was an AI copy of an original piece a good friend of mine had done. Personally I think it's really unfair to take art from fellow heathens, only to change it using AI and pass it off as new.
Support heathen artists and credit them if you use their work.