Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
In 421 AD, as many Saxons were migrating to Britain, a Saxon chieftain was buried at Fallward near the river Weser, in a boat shaped coffin.
Conditions of the soil allowed for excellent preservation of wooden items including a chair and foot stool (mentioned in my swastika video) with a runic innoscription saying what may be the chief's nick name Alguskathi "elk -harmer".
He was cremated, like others in the same cemetery, and the urns there are the same as kind the early English used. Elk harmer's people also moved to England shortly after he died.
Very few graves preserve so much carpentry so beautifully. Pictured are the table, boat, a box in the shape of a waterfowl, and a block chair with a footstool. It reveals much about our ancestors and their skill. The swastika motifs on the chair and stool pertain to the cult of Woden.
Conditions of the soil allowed for excellent preservation of wooden items including a chair and foot stool (mentioned in my swastika video) with a runic innoscription saying what may be the chief's nick name Alguskathi "elk -harmer".
He was cremated, like others in the same cemetery, and the urns there are the same as kind the early English used. Elk harmer's people also moved to England shortly after he died.
Very few graves preserve so much carpentry so beautifully. Pictured are the table, boat, a box in the shape of a waterfowl, and a block chair with a footstool. It reveals much about our ancestors and their skill. The swastika motifs on the chair and stool pertain to the cult of Woden.
It’s the full moon tonight, and as usual my family-hearth will hold a rite and give libations to gods and ancestors.
Today is the 9th, so we will honour Woden. As it’s the harvest season we will also honour Thunor who brings fertility to the soil. Finally, to complete the tripartite, we will honour Frēa. Snorri called Frēa ‘Árguð’ which means the Ár-God. Ár being a productive year or season, whilst Lennart Elmevik of the Uppsala University explored the idea that his name could be rooted in *fraiwijaz (fertile) from *fraiwą (seed).
Painting - The Harvest Moon by George Hemming Mason (11 March 1818 – 22 October 1872).
Today is the 9th, so we will honour Woden. As it’s the harvest season we will also honour Thunor who brings fertility to the soil. Finally, to complete the tripartite, we will honour Frēa. Snorri called Frēa ‘Árguð’ which means the Ár-God. Ár being a productive year or season, whilst Lennart Elmevik of the Uppsala University explored the idea that his name could be rooted in *fraiwijaz (fertile) from *fraiwą (seed).
Painting - The Harvest Moon by George Hemming Mason (11 March 1818 – 22 October 1872).
Heill dagr!
Heilir dags synir!
Heil nótt ok nift!
Hail, day!
Hail, sons of day!
Hail Night and her daughter!
Lines from the Sigrdrífumál referring to Nótt (Night) and her daughter. The term nift comes from ON *niftiz which actually means female relative, hence some translations write Night and her sister, though they both refer to Jörð. Nótt was wed three times. With her first husband Naglfari they had a son called Aud meaning wealth or riches (the OE cognate Ead). From her second marriage to Annar, she has a daughter called Jörð, in English Eorþ, the Earth goddess. From her final marriage to Dellingr she has a son named Dagr (Day).
Painting - Nótt rides her horse by Peter Nicolai Arbo
Heilir dags synir!
Heil nótt ok nift!
Hail, day!
Hail, sons of day!
Hail Night and her daughter!
Lines from the Sigrdrífumál referring to Nótt (Night) and her daughter. The term nift comes from ON *niftiz which actually means female relative, hence some translations write Night and her sister, though they both refer to Jörð. Nótt was wed three times. With her first husband Naglfari they had a son called Aud meaning wealth or riches (the OE cognate Ead). From her second marriage to Annar, she has a daughter called Jörð, in English Eorþ, the Earth goddess. From her final marriage to Dellingr she has a son named Dagr (Day).
Painting - Nótt rides her horse by Peter Nicolai Arbo
Forwarded from ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
Abbot Ælfric of Eynsham’s homily provides insights into Anglo Saxon land wight worship, plantlore, and healing.
In it, he says no Christian man should “fetch his health from any stone nor tree”, referring to land wights.
He said it isn’t perilous to eat medicinal herbs, so long as it’s not “enchanted with magic” but rather God’s words, which likely refers to metrical charms such as the Nine Herbs Charm, imbuing already medicinal herbs with spiritual properties.
He also condemns “binding” herbs on oneself; referring to amulets containing herbs with medicinal uses and religious significance. Herbal amulets, carrying herbs to keep evil spirits and illness away, are mentioned in Bald’s Leechbook and the Lacnunga.
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In it, he says no Christian man should “fetch his health from any stone nor tree”, referring to land wights.
He said it isn’t perilous to eat medicinal herbs, so long as it’s not “enchanted with magic” but rather God’s words, which likely refers to metrical charms such as the Nine Herbs Charm, imbuing already medicinal herbs with spiritual properties.
He also condemns “binding” herbs on oneself; referring to amulets containing herbs with medicinal uses and religious significance. Herbal amulets, carrying herbs to keep evil spirits and illness away, are mentioned in Bald’s Leechbook and the Lacnunga.
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The light thou beholdest
Stream through the heavens,
In flashes of crimson,
Is but my red beard
Blown by the night-wind,
Affrighting the nations!
Lines from The Challenge of Thor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The photo is of 'red sprites' (or transient luminous events) which can occur during thunderstorms. I think Thunor's Beard is a fitting name for this phenomenon.
Stream through the heavens,
In flashes of crimson,
Is but my red beard
Blown by the night-wind,
Affrighting the nations!
Lines from The Challenge of Thor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The photo is of 'red sprites' (or transient luminous events) which can occur during thunderstorms. I think Thunor's Beard is a fitting name for this phenomenon.
In the entire Sutton Hoo find, there is
one exception to the use of gold foils with cloisonné garnets: the helmet. The 23 garnets of the proper right eyebrow are all backed with foils, but the 25 garnets of the left eyebrow are not...
The effect is replicated on the face of the animal above his brows. When seen indoors by the flickering light of the fire, the wearer of the Sutton Hoo helmet was one-eyed.
Text from An Eye for Odin? Paul Mortimer, Neil Price
one exception to the use of gold foils with cloisonné garnets: the helmet. The 23 garnets of the proper right eyebrow are all backed with foils, but the 25 garnets of the left eyebrow are not...
The effect is replicated on the face of the animal above his brows. When seen indoors by the flickering light of the fire, the wearer of the Sutton Hoo helmet was one-eyed.
Text from An Eye for Odin? Paul Mortimer, Neil Price
Another ink drawing of Woden by Hāmasson. My first Woden drawing here.
Forwarded from ᛉ Sagnamaðr Stark ᛉ
Carl Emil Doepler believed Scēafa to be a name of Ing. In Beowulf, the legendary progenitor of the Danish royal line, Scyld (/Skjöldr) is called Scēfing; son of Scēf, and the Anglo Saxon Rune Poem describes Ing as first seen among the East Danes.
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“Ing was first seen by men among the East-Danes,
till, followed by his chariot,
he departed eastwards over the waves.
So the Heardingas named the hero.”
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“Ing wæs ærest mid East-Denum
gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan est
ofer wæg gewat; wæn æfter ran;
ðus Heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.”
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“Ing was first seen by men among the East-Danes,
till, followed by his chariot,
he departed eastwards over the waves.
So the Heardingas named the hero.”
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“Ing wæs ærest mid East-Denum
gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan est
ofer wæg gewat; wæn æfter ran;
ðus Heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.”
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Forwarded from Stiðen Āc Heorð
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.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us"
Remembering JRR Tolkien,
3rd January 1892 - 2nd September 1973.
image source
Remembering JRR Tolkien,
3rd January 1892 - 2nd September 1973.
image source
Forwarded from Stiðen Āc Heorð
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
My most recent Woden lino-prints. I plan to give some of these to friends.