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Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
Family Tree
Knowing your cultural background and where you came from can help develop a strong sense of who you really are.
The way you relate to family stories and create narratives helps establish our unique, authentic cultural identity as People of the North.
But if we go even further back in time we realize that we are just part of an even older tree of life whose root is buried somewhere even deeper in the past and whose branches we as Hyperboreans share.
Our ancestors actually knew all this, or at least had some kind of awareness of its implications.
Knowing your cultural background and where you came from can help develop a strong sense of who you really are.
The way you relate to family stories and create narratives helps establish our unique, authentic cultural identity as People of the North.
But if we go even further back in time we realize that we are just part of an even older tree of life whose root is buried somewhere even deeper in the past and whose branches we as Hyperboreans share.
Our ancestors actually knew all this, or at least had some kind of awareness of its implications.
Seaxnéat is Fréa - Part 5
Within various accounts, we see the same three gods linked: Wóden, Þunor, and Fréa (each in their various spellings ).
In this temple, entirely decked out in gold, the people worship the statues of three gods in such wise that the mightiest of them, Thor, occupies a throne in the middle of the chamber; Wotan [Odin] and Frikko [Freyr] have places on either side
⁃ Adam of Bremen
Let the gods banish the king,
pay him for stealing my wealth,
let him incur the wrath
of Odin and the gods.
Make the tyrant flee his lands,
Frey and Njord; may Thor
the land-god be angered at this foe, the defiler of his holy place
⁃ Egil’s Saga
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- cont. in Part 6
Within various accounts, we see the same three gods linked: Wóden, Þunor, and Fréa (each in their various spellings ).
In this temple, entirely decked out in gold, the people worship the statues of three gods in such wise that the mightiest of them, Thor, occupies a throne in the middle of the chamber; Wotan [Odin] and Frikko [Freyr] have places on either side
⁃ Adam of Bremen
Let the gods banish the king,
pay him for stealing my wealth,
let him incur the wrath
of Odin and the gods.
Make the tyrant flee his lands,
Frey and Njord; may Thor
the land-god be angered at this foe, the defiler of his holy place
⁃ Egil’s Saga
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- cont. in Part 6
Seaxnéat is Fréa - part 6
Othin grows angry, | angered is the best of the gods (Thor),
Freyr shall be thy foe,
Most evil maid, | who the magic wrath
Of gods hast got for thyself.
⁃ Skírnismál
Let Freyr and Frey rage,
and Thor the hindered too;
let wretched worship Odin:
I forsook the folly of Njord
⁃ Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
The Skog tapestry possibly depicts Odin, Thor, and Freyr.
When we look again at the Abrenuntiatio Diaboli, “…and I forsake all the Devil's works and promises, Thunaer and Woden and Seaxnot…” does it not seem likely that Seaxnéat is Fréa? There clearly seems to be a patterned formula of linking these gods together.
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Othin grows angry, | angered is the best of the gods (Thor),
Freyr shall be thy foe,
Most evil maid, | who the magic wrath
Of gods hast got for thyself.
⁃ Skírnismál
Let Freyr and Frey rage,
and Thor the hindered too;
let wretched worship Odin:
I forsook the folly of Njord
⁃ Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld
The Skog tapestry possibly depicts Odin, Thor, and Freyr.
When we look again at the Abrenuntiatio Diaboli, “…and I forsake all the Devil's works and promises, Thunaer and Woden and Seaxnot…” does it not seem likely that Seaxnéat is Fréa? There clearly seems to be a patterned formula of linking these gods together.
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-The #WildHunt -
Probably the oldest attestation of the
Wild Hunt in Great Britain derives from
the 10th century “Wið færstice”, an
#OldEnglish medical text surviving in the
collection known now as #Lacnunga*
It starts with these words:
Hlūde wǣran hȳ lā hlūde
ðā hȳ ofer þone hlǣw ridan,
wǣran ānmōde ðā hȳ ofer land ridan
They were loud, yes, loud,
when they rode over the (burial) mound;
they were fierce when they rode across the land.
(From the #IndoEuropeanHeathenGroup)
*#FornThreifa
Probably the oldest attestation of the
Wild Hunt in Great Britain derives from
the 10th century “Wið færstice”, an
#OldEnglish medical text surviving in the
collection known now as #Lacnunga*
It starts with these words:
Hlūde wǣran hȳ lā hlūde
ðā hȳ ofer þone hlǣw ridan,
wǣran ānmōde ðā hȳ ofer land ridan
They were loud, yes, loud,
when they rode over the (burial) mound;
they were fierce when they rode across the land.
(From the #IndoEuropeanHeathenGroup)
*#FornThreifa
Seaxnéat is Fréa - Part 7
Seaxnéat can mean “Seax-Companion” & Ingwine "friends of Ing", but let’s look at another possible connection. In Old Saxon, -nód means “Need”, and in time, the language saw what’s called Final Consonant Devoicing, where the final “d” becoming a “t”; thus becoming -nót, as in Saxnót. Now, in looking at Snorri’s account of Fréa, he sees Ġearde (ON Gerðr) from afar and falls in love. his servant Sċira (ON Skírnir) travels to Eotenhám to win her love. Ġearde initially refuses, but eventually yields. In this wooing process, Fréa gains Ġearde as his wife, but loses his sword. Perhaps Saxnót, is referring to this account. “Sax-Need”, as in “Sword-Need”, as in the God who lost his sword and needs his weapon* (given that ultimately, he’s killed from this loss).
*credit to https://news.1rj.ru/str/AEHTEMEN for the linguistic lead
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Seaxnéat can mean “Seax-Companion” & Ingwine "friends of Ing", but let’s look at another possible connection. In Old Saxon, -nód means “Need”, and in time, the language saw what’s called Final Consonant Devoicing, where the final “d” becoming a “t”; thus becoming -nót, as in Saxnót. Now, in looking at Snorri’s account of Fréa, he sees Ġearde (ON Gerðr) from afar and falls in love. his servant Sċira (ON Skírnir) travels to Eotenhám to win her love. Ġearde initially refuses, but eventually yields. In this wooing process, Fréa gains Ġearde as his wife, but loses his sword. Perhaps Saxnót, is referring to this account. “Sax-Need”, as in “Sword-Need”, as in the God who lost his sword and needs his weapon* (given that ultimately, he’s killed from this loss).
*credit to https://news.1rj.ru/str/AEHTEMEN for the linguistic lead
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Word
Word was spelled the same in Old English as in today’s English.
Here are some Old English words which were made with ‘word’:
wordcræft, wordful, wordhord, wordloc, wordlár
These are not hard to work out in today’s spellings:
wordcraft, wordful, wordhoard, wordlock, wordlore
We can use these words today to say meaningful things, such as:
The argument was made well and with great wordcraft
The rules were long-winded and hard to understand – the whole thing was too wordful
It makes sense what you’re saying – there is real wordlock
Wordlore gives background information about words – where they came form
In today’s English, folk tend to use a lot of Latin and other loanwords, but these older English words (above) are easier to learn than words like eloquence, verbose, vocabulary, logic and etymology!
(These words and many more can be found in How We’d Talk if the English had Won in 1066 (2020 Edition))
- David Cowley
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Word was spelled the same in Old English as in today’s English.
Here are some Old English words which were made with ‘word’:
wordcræft, wordful, wordhord, wordloc, wordlár
These are not hard to work out in today’s spellings:
wordcraft, wordful, wordhoard, wordlock, wordlore
We can use these words today to say meaningful things, such as:
The argument was made well and with great wordcraft
The rules were long-winded and hard to understand – the whole thing was too wordful
It makes sense what you’re saying – there is real wordlock
Wordlore gives background information about words – where they came form
In today’s English, folk tend to use a lot of Latin and other loanwords, but these older English words (above) are easier to learn than words like eloquence, verbose, vocabulary, logic and etymology!
(These words and many more can be found in How We’d Talk if the English had Won in 1066 (2020 Edition))
- David Cowley
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Sunday, February 2, 1902 - Page 4, column 8, middle
Battle Prayer of the Old Saxons
Most interesting is the prayer of the Saxons of the time of Charlemagne in their war against him. The mighty leader, whom we call "Karl the Great," they called "Karl the Butcher." In the archives at Goslar one finds the following prayer to their god of thunder in the Old Saxon language: "Great and Holy Wotan, help us and our field general Wittekind and the captains to defeat Karl the Butcher. I give you an aurochs [an extinct European bison], two sheep and a beehive. I slaughter all your prisoners in your holy mountain realm.
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Battle Prayer of the Old Saxons
Most interesting is the prayer of the Saxons of the time of Charlemagne in their war against him. The mighty leader, whom we call "Karl the Great," they called "Karl the Butcher." In the archives at Goslar one finds the following prayer to their god of thunder in the Old Saxon language: "Great and Holy Wotan, help us and our field general Wittekind and the captains to defeat Karl the Butcher. I give you an aurochs [an extinct European bison], two sheep and a beehive. I slaughter all your prisoners in your holy mountain realm.
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Áren - an Old English form of Aryan?
Although we Germanics are not Aryans, as that’s been proven to be the name of those who traveled east, with our forebears being those who traveled west, the name itself should give us pause to think on how we view our forebears, kin, ourselves, & what we teach our descendants.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂ ~ fear, reverence, honor
↓
Proto-Germanic *aizó ~ fear, reverence, honor
↓
Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu ~ honor, respect, reverence
↓
Old English Ár ~ honor, glory, rank, dignity, magnificence, respect, reverence
***
In OE, when adding the adjective suffix -en, it denotes a sense of belonging to or characterised by
Old English: Ár + -en = Áren,
/ɑːɾ.en/, (are-en)
Modern English : Aren, /ɛɹen/, (air-en)
The name of our folk, meaning ‘one who is upright’ or ‘of the upright folk’
In honor of our forebears & holy gods, let us live a life of uprightness, standing proud of where we come from & mettlesome in where we’re headed
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Although we Germanics are not Aryans, as that’s been proven to be the name of those who traveled east, with our forebears being those who traveled west, the name itself should give us pause to think on how we view our forebears, kin, ourselves, & what we teach our descendants.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂ ~ fear, reverence, honor
↓
Proto-Germanic *aizó ~ fear, reverence, honor
↓
Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu ~ honor, respect, reverence
↓
Old English Ár ~ honor, glory, rank, dignity, magnificence, respect, reverence
***
In OE, when adding the adjective suffix -en, it denotes a sense of belonging to or characterised by
Old English: Ár + -en = Áren,
/ɑːɾ.en/, (are-en)
Modern English : Aren, /ɛɹen/, (air-en)
The name of our folk, meaning ‘one who is upright’ or ‘of the upright folk’
In honor of our forebears & holy gods, let us live a life of uprightness, standing proud of where we come from & mettlesome in where we’re headed
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Forwarded from Irminfolk Odinist Community (Michael S)
A freshly cast Thor's hammer in solid gold. Straight out of the flask.
Whenever I make these kinds of pieces I like to wonder if they will still be around in a thousand years and wind up in a museum.
Whenever I make these kinds of pieces I like to wonder if they will still be around in a thousand years and wind up in a museum.
Folcsida, an Anglo-Saxon term for Anglo-Saxon Belief:
Folcsida = [The] Folk-Ways, or Religion, of the folk.
Folcsidisċ = one who follows the Folk-Ways, or religion, of one’s folk, i.e. (a) Believer(s) in the (Anglo-Saxon expression of) Germanic Heathen faith
“(I am) (We are) Folcsidisċ because (I) (we) practice Folcsida” (both sg. & pl.)
Folcsidom = the ‘Collective body of Folcsida’ or the ‘World of Folcsida’
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Folcsida = [The] Folk-Ways, or Religion, of the folk.
Folcsidisċ = one who follows the Folk-Ways, or religion, of one’s folk, i.e. (a) Believer(s) in the (Anglo-Saxon expression of) Germanic Heathen faith
“(I am) (We are) Folcsidisċ because (I) (we) practice Folcsida” (both sg. & pl.)
Folcsidom = the ‘Collective body of Folcsida’ or the ‘World of Folcsida’
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The Nine Homes translated into Old English:
1. Ósġeard or Godhám (Home of the Gods)
2. Middanġeard or Mannhám (Home of Men)
3. Ylfhám (Home of the Elves)
4. Eotenhám (Home of the Eotens)
5. Wanahám (Home of the Wanas)
6. Hell (Home of Wyrd and the Blessed Dead)
7. Sweartes Sincdalu or Útġeard (Southern World of Fire)
8. Hordmimores Holt (Home of Mimor and the Dwarves)
9. Misthell or Misthám (Northern World of Ice, Realm of the Damned
OE-ON comparison:
Ósġeard - Ásgarðr
Godhám - Goðheim
Middanġeard - Miðgarðr
Mannhám - Mannheimr
Ylfhám - Álfheimr
Eotenhám - Jǫtunheimr
Wanahám - Vanaheimr
Hell - Hel
Sweartes Sincdalu - Surts Sökkdalir
Útġeard - Útgarðr
Hordmimores Holt - Hoddmímis Holt
Misthell - Niflhel
Misthám - Niflheimr
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1. Ósġeard or Godhám (Home of the Gods)
2. Middanġeard or Mannhám (Home of Men)
3. Ylfhám (Home of the Elves)
4. Eotenhám (Home of the Eotens)
5. Wanahám (Home of the Wanas)
6. Hell (Home of Wyrd and the Blessed Dead)
7. Sweartes Sincdalu or Útġeard (Southern World of Fire)
8. Hordmimores Holt (Home of Mimor and the Dwarves)
9. Misthell or Misthám (Northern World of Ice, Realm of the Damned
OE-ON comparison:
Ósġeard - Ásgarðr
Godhám - Goðheim
Middanġeard - Miðgarðr
Mannhám - Mannheimr
Ylfhám - Álfheimr
Eotenhám - Jǫtunheimr
Wanahám - Vanaheimr
Hell - Hel
Sweartes Sincdalu - Surts Sökkdalir
Útġeard - Útgarðr
Hordmimores Holt - Hoddmímis Holt
Misthell - Niflhel
Misthám - Niflheimr
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Indiculus Superstitionum Et Paganiarum:
30 ordinances condemning Heathen practices
Part 1
1. Sacrilege at graves of the dead
2. Sacrilege on top of the dead
3. Pagan Februari feast
4. Small houses/huts dedicated to the Gods
5. Sacrilege in churches
6. Sacred trees called Nimidas
7. Things pagan do on top of rocks
8. Sacrifices to Wodan or Donar
9. Rites for saints
10. Amulets and bindings
11. Sacrifices at wells/springs
12. Galdr
13. Divination with farm animal dung
14. Rune divination
15. Nodfyr
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30 ordinances condemning Heathen practices
Part 1
1. Sacrilege at graves of the dead
2. Sacrilege on top of the dead
3. Pagan Februari feast
4. Small houses/huts dedicated to the Gods
5. Sacrilege in churches
6. Sacred trees called Nimidas
7. Things pagan do on top of rocks
8. Sacrifices to Wodan or Donar
9. Rites for saints
10. Amulets and bindings
11. Sacrifices at wells/springs
12. Galdr
13. Divination with farm animal dung
14. Rune divination
15. Nodfyr
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Indiculus Superstitionum Et Paganiarum:
30 ordinances condemning Heathen practices
Part 2
16. Animal brains
17. Premonitions seen in fire
18. Sacred places in nature
19. Call of a saint who’s seen as Mary
20. Feasts held in honour for Wodan or Donar
21. Vinceluna lunar eclipse
22. On storms: cow horns & snails
23. Grooves surrounding houses to ward off evil spirits
24. Yria pagan run
25. Making a beloved dead into a saint
26. Harvest dolls e.g. leaving on a field to thank Frey for harvest
27. Rag statues
28. Carrying god statues over fields
29. Wooden feet & hands in ritual
30. Seidr women
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30 ordinances condemning Heathen practices
Part 2
16. Animal brains
17. Premonitions seen in fire
18. Sacred places in nature
19. Call of a saint who’s seen as Mary
20. Feasts held in honour for Wodan or Donar
21. Vinceluna lunar eclipse
22. On storms: cow horns & snails
23. Grooves surrounding houses to ward off evil spirits
24. Yria pagan run
25. Making a beloved dead into a saint
26. Harvest dolls e.g. leaving on a field to thank Frey for harvest
27. Rag statues
28. Carrying god statues over fields
29. Wooden feet & hands in ritual
30. Seidr women
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Forwarded from Sigmund's Metaphysical Männerbund 🜨
Finding the North Star
The quickest and easiest way to get your bearings on a clear night within the northern hemisphere is to find the North Star, or Polaris. This can be vital in a survival situation but it's also just good to know.
Contrary to popular belief, the North star is not the brightest. That honour belongs to Sirius, the dog star, and is actually located to the south within Canis Major, one of Orion's hunting dogs, and can be seen throughout the winter months.
To find the north star you need to first locate the Plough (also known as the Big Dipper or saucepan.)
Viewing it as a saucepan, find the outermost two stars of the pan, opposite to where the handle is, and eye a line through them (upwards relative to the saucepan, bear in mind it might be upside down depending on time of year). The first star you see is the North Star, about 5 times the distance between the two pan stars.
The Anglo Saxons called the North Star "Scipsteorra", or Ship Star, because of its use in navigation. As I mentioned it earlier, they also called Sirius "sē hār steorra", meaning the grey/old star.
Get outside tonight and if it's not too cloudy see if you can find them both.
🜨
The quickest and easiest way to get your bearings on a clear night within the northern hemisphere is to find the North Star, or Polaris. This can be vital in a survival situation but it's also just good to know.
Contrary to popular belief, the North star is not the brightest. That honour belongs to Sirius, the dog star, and is actually located to the south within Canis Major, one of Orion's hunting dogs, and can be seen throughout the winter months.
To find the north star you need to first locate the Plough (also known as the Big Dipper or saucepan.)
Viewing it as a saucepan, find the outermost two stars of the pan, opposite to where the handle is, and eye a line through them (upwards relative to the saucepan, bear in mind it might be upside down depending on time of year). The first star you see is the North Star, about 5 times the distance between the two pan stars.
The Anglo Saxons called the North Star "Scipsteorra", or Ship Star, because of its use in navigation. As I mentioned it earlier, they also called Sirius "sē hār steorra", meaning the grey/old star.
Get outside tonight and if it's not too cloudy see if you can find them both.
🜨
The ‘-ly’ Suffix
‘ly’ is from Old English ‘liċ’ which was an adjective-forming suffix meaning 'like' or 'relating to' & was added to many words. Today, we have words like: great > greatly, friend > friendly, blithe > blithely, one > only, etc.
Let’s look at the following OE words: monliċ lahliċ plihtliċ sæliċ sunliċ scipliċ wæterliċ leasliċ. These are: moonly, lawly, plightly, sealy, sunly, shiply, waterly, lessly, which can be used today, instead of the Latin-based versions.
The tides ebb and flow twice daily, due to moonly gravity
The uneducated are in a more plightly situation than the educated
Although Polar Bears live on land, they are sealy animals
Folks at the beach enjoy the sunly weather
You want to sail? - you’ll need to learn some shiply jargon to understand orders
Tadpoles are waterly, but frogs live on land.
Last year we worried greatly, this year lessly.
⁃ (Adapted from) David Crowley
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‘ly’ is from Old English ‘liċ’ which was an adjective-forming suffix meaning 'like' or 'relating to' & was added to many words. Today, we have words like: great > greatly, friend > friendly, blithe > blithely, one > only, etc.
Let’s look at the following OE words: monliċ lahliċ plihtliċ sæliċ sunliċ scipliċ wæterliċ leasliċ. These are: moonly, lawly, plightly, sealy, sunly, shiply, waterly, lessly, which can be used today, instead of the Latin-based versions.
The tides ebb and flow twice daily, due to moonly gravity
The uneducated are in a more plightly situation than the educated
Although Polar Bears live on land, they are sealy animals
Folks at the beach enjoy the sunly weather
You want to sail? - you’ll need to learn some shiply jargon to understand orders
Tadpoles are waterly, but frogs live on land.
Last year we worried greatly, this year lessly.
⁃ (Adapted from) David Crowley
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