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.
Support heathen artists and credit them if you use their work.
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.
A detailed study and photo of the Sigurd's Cross from Andreas, Isle of Man. The cross shows Loki, his hands bound.
The stone is one of four crosses which can all be found at Andreas, Jurby, Malew and Maughold.
The stone is one of four crosses which can all be found at Andreas, Jurby, Malew and Maughold.
Mugwort is named as the first herb in the Nine Herbs Charm. Also called Una which means ‘one’ or ‘the first’. It’s commonly thought that the name comes from mug-wort, as a herb used to flavour ales or used to brew ale in its own right. But for those who use mugwort in their rituals, you’ll know it can be burnt as an incense (like sage) and has a pungent but pleasant smell. Nowadays the herb has another name, ‘dreamweed’ because of the association mugwort has with inducing vivid dreams. An eleventh century Anglo-Saxon herb blessing reads this about mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris is the Latin name) -
‘The root, Worn as an amulet bestowed health and strength.
Artemisia is mighty among herbs!
If you fear magic, hang four bundles
In your room, and demons or other bad things will not harm you
Your children or the cattle...’
‘The root, Worn as an amulet bestowed health and strength.
Artemisia is mighty among herbs!
If you fear magic, hang four bundles
In your room, and demons or other bad things will not harm you
Your children or the cattle...’