A Study of the Soul (& its parts)
- Part 2
with OE-ON comparison
Hama - a natural covering, integument, membrane, skin, slough
Hamr - a skin, slough; shape, form
Part of our Gást (Ǫnd)
Used in compound words:
*Hamremme (Hamramr) - a term denoting one’s ability to change one’s shape, as in taking on the qualities of other beings, such as how the Bersyrcan (Berserkir), Wulfhednas (Úlfhéðnar), and Eoforas (Jöfurr) taking on the qualities of the bear, wolf, & boar. This change is perceptible to others
*Hamingġe (Hamingja) - our female ‘Guardian Spirit’ assigned to us at birth who witness for us at the Hellþing after death, represents the power of our ‘luck’, & can appear in the form of an animal. Our Hamingġe is connected to our hama, if not our hama itself. The name Hamingġe implies that our hama is the spiritual manifestation of our ‘Luck’, i.e. our orlæġ, or fate. Our deeds, as well as the collective inherited luck from our forebears, effect its strength
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
- Part 2
with OE-ON comparison
Hama - a natural covering, integument, membrane, skin, slough
Hamr - a skin, slough; shape, form
Part of our Gást (Ǫnd)
Used in compound words:
*Hamremme (Hamramr) - a term denoting one’s ability to change one’s shape, as in taking on the qualities of other beings, such as how the Bersyrcan (Berserkir), Wulfhednas (Úlfhéðnar), and Eoforas (Jöfurr) taking on the qualities of the bear, wolf, & boar. This change is perceptible to others
*Hamingġe (Hamingja) - our female ‘Guardian Spirit’ assigned to us at birth who witness for us at the Hellþing after death, represents the power of our ‘luck’, & can appear in the form of an animal. Our Hamingġe is connected to our hama, if not our hama itself. The name Hamingġe implies that our hama is the spiritual manifestation of our ‘Luck’, i.e. our orlæġ, or fate. Our deeds, as well as the collective inherited luck from our forebears, effect its strength
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts)
- Part 3
(With OE-ON comparison)
Our Soul is part of an interwoven tapestry of creation. The elements combine, creating Eormensýl (Yggdrasil), the great pillar, or tree of life. The gods gift us with life & we realize that our ‘soul’ is not singular, but manifold. After looking into the gifts given by the gods, our Hama (Hamr), & Haminge (Hamingja), the lesser norn who’s also known as our Fylġestre (Fylgja), or simply our ‘Follower’, let us now define a couple terms as we seek to gain deeper understandings into how we fit within the tapestry of creation.
Orlæġ (Örlög) is fate, represented as the threads in a Web, where each thread effects, & is effected by, other threads. Also known as wyrd and commonly spoken of as the ‘Web of Wyrd’.
Luck is the strength of our ability to change our environment, or at least our perception of "changing it". Our luck is the strength of each orlæġ thread (within the greater Web of Wyrd).
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
- Part 3
(With OE-ON comparison)
Our Soul is part of an interwoven tapestry of creation. The elements combine, creating Eormensýl (Yggdrasil), the great pillar, or tree of life. The gods gift us with life & we realize that our ‘soul’ is not singular, but manifold. After looking into the gifts given by the gods, our Hama (Hamr), & Haminge (Hamingja), the lesser norn who’s also known as our Fylġestre (Fylgja), or simply our ‘Follower’, let us now define a couple terms as we seek to gain deeper understandings into how we fit within the tapestry of creation.
Orlæġ (Örlög) is fate, represented as the threads in a Web, where each thread effects, & is effected by, other threads. Also known as wyrd and commonly spoken of as the ‘Web of Wyrd’.
Luck is the strength of our ability to change our environment, or at least our perception of "changing it". Our luck is the strength of each orlæġ thread (within the greater Web of Wyrd).
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 4
Hanwer’s gift of Mód (Óðr), defined as our mind, wit, soul, & emotions, is comprised of two parts: Hyġe (Huginn) & Myne (Muninn)
The Hyġe is defined as the mind, heart, & soul. The Hyġe can be seen as the thinking, rational mind. The inclusion of heart and soul reminds us that our Celtic kinsmen believed that the mind was the seat of the soul. Our Teutonic forbears may have believed similarly, evidenced by Wóden’s counsel through Mimor’s severed head (Völuspá 46; Sigrdrífumál 14). Memory is a function of the Hyġe
The Myne is defined as mind, desire, & love. It’s the Myne where we have our longing to know & understand; to get answers to that which we seek. Our ability to feel love and affection. Grímnismál 20, Wóden says: “I dread about Huginn (Hyġ) lest he never return, yet I am more afraid for Muninn (Myne)”. Wóden fears the day his mind leaves him, but he more fears the day he loses his longing & love for life (and his memories of)
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Hanwer’s gift of Mód (Óðr), defined as our mind, wit, soul, & emotions, is comprised of two parts: Hyġe (Huginn) & Myne (Muninn)
The Hyġe is defined as the mind, heart, & soul. The Hyġe can be seen as the thinking, rational mind. The inclusion of heart and soul reminds us that our Celtic kinsmen believed that the mind was the seat of the soul. Our Teutonic forbears may have believed similarly, evidenced by Wóden’s counsel through Mimor’s severed head (Völuspá 46; Sigrdrífumál 14). Memory is a function of the Hyġe
The Myne is defined as mind, desire, & love. It’s the Myne where we have our longing to know & understand; to get answers to that which we seek. Our ability to feel love and affection. Grímnismál 20, Wóden says: “I dread about Huginn (Hyġ) lest he never return, yet I am more afraid for Muninn (Myne)”. Wóden fears the day his mind leaves him, but he more fears the day he loses his longing & love for life (and his memories of)
thefrithstead.com
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 5
Within sleep, the dreaming stage is called REM, or Rapid Eye Movement. In comparative Indo-European studies, the earliest Upanishads, written before 300 BCE, emphasize two meanings of dreams: expressions of inner desires & the belief of the soul leaving the body & being guided until awakened. In Germanic thought, dreams come from the Myne (Muninn), the part of our mind that longs for, desires, & loves. Science shows that without REM “Dreaming” sleep, symptoms include: lack of focus, memory loss, irritability, low attention span, lack of rational thought, lethargy, mental health disorders, increased physical pain, & immunodeficiencies. In other words, we slowly die, while losing our Hyġ (Hugr). Like Wóden, I would surely fear losing my Hyġ (Hugr), but fear more the loss of Myne (Muninn). Dreams are an extension of our Myne (Muninn), & can work with our Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences. Dreams are divine pieces of our very soul.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Within sleep, the dreaming stage is called REM, or Rapid Eye Movement. In comparative Indo-European studies, the earliest Upanishads, written before 300 BCE, emphasize two meanings of dreams: expressions of inner desires & the belief of the soul leaving the body & being guided until awakened. In Germanic thought, dreams come from the Myne (Muninn), the part of our mind that longs for, desires, & loves. Science shows that without REM “Dreaming” sleep, symptoms include: lack of focus, memory loss, irritability, low attention span, lack of rational thought, lethargy, mental health disorders, increased physical pain, & immunodeficiencies. In other words, we slowly die, while losing our Hyġ (Hugr). Like Wóden, I would surely fear losing my Hyġ (Hugr), but fear more the loss of Myne (Muninn). Dreams are an extension of our Myne (Muninn), & can work with our Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences. Dreams are divine pieces of our very soul.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Forwarded from ☀️The Sun Riders☀️ (O’Gravy)
I’ve been working on a blog for the last two years with the goal of making Celtic myth (and myths of other cultures) more clear and understandable.
Many people have asked me for a physical book version of the blog so they don’t have to read so much on a screen.
Today is the day.
Taliesin’s Map: The Comparative Guide to Celtic Mythology
Amazon USA link: https://tinyurl.com/3dmra3kx
Amazon UK: https://tinyurl.com/525vnavd
Amazon Canada: https://tinyurl.com/bdcmedxf
(please search the noscript and author in your country’s Amazon site if not listed)
The paperback edition is OUT NOW and a hardcover version (with an alternate cover design) will be available in 3 weeks.
What you see on the blog is what you will get in print, with a few added footnotes (and no index). It is the size of a textbook at 540 pages 7 x 10 in.
I make a lot of claims that this book has the most accurate interpretation of Celtic myth yet produced, digging down to the ancient theology underneath the myths, and I am aware that the information in it must, with great urgency, be spread among Celts and other Europeans interested in Indo-European religion. I am making this format available for those who would like a hard copy they can sit with, study, and teach others with.
The greater purpose of this book is to provide the one book people will need to begin accurately understanding the Celtic gods and seeing them in their proper relations to the gods of the other pantheons of Europe and India. Having all of this information in one place can provide a single clear entry point for practitioners of Celtic paganism and a shared understanding that can be built upon together.
This book furthermore sheds light on Germanic and Greek myths in turn. When properly understood, Celtic myth again and again provides missing pieces to the puzzles of these related branches.
Some of these puzzles will ONLY ever be solved by looking to what Celtic myth has preserved, just as most of Celtic myth can only be understood by looking at the other Indo-European branches. And so I urge people to hear what I am telling you, and to become familiar with the solutions I have made easily available here.
Although spending time studying this material is one of the most purely enjoyable things I’ve ever done, I don’t only do it for fun, but am driven by a burning obsession to improve the practical and theoretical understanding available to Celtic pagans.
The Celts are a sleeping giant. We must awaken to an understanding of our sacred lore at last and begin to do justice once again to what was the most prized possession of our ancestors.
⁃ O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
Many people have asked me for a physical book version of the blog so they don’t have to read so much on a screen.
Today is the day.
Taliesin’s Map: The Comparative Guide to Celtic Mythology
Amazon USA link: https://tinyurl.com/3dmra3kx
Amazon UK: https://tinyurl.com/525vnavd
Amazon Canada: https://tinyurl.com/bdcmedxf
(please search the noscript and author in your country’s Amazon site if not listed)
The paperback edition is OUT NOW and a hardcover version (with an alternate cover design) will be available in 3 weeks.
What you see on the blog is what you will get in print, with a few added footnotes (and no index). It is the size of a textbook at 540 pages 7 x 10 in.
I make a lot of claims that this book has the most accurate interpretation of Celtic myth yet produced, digging down to the ancient theology underneath the myths, and I am aware that the information in it must, with great urgency, be spread among Celts and other Europeans interested in Indo-European religion. I am making this format available for those who would like a hard copy they can sit with, study, and teach others with.
The greater purpose of this book is to provide the one book people will need to begin accurately understanding the Celtic gods and seeing them in their proper relations to the gods of the other pantheons of Europe and India. Having all of this information in one place can provide a single clear entry point for practitioners of Celtic paganism and a shared understanding that can be built upon together.
This book furthermore sheds light on Germanic and Greek myths in turn. When properly understood, Celtic myth again and again provides missing pieces to the puzzles of these related branches.
Some of these puzzles will ONLY ever be solved by looking to what Celtic myth has preserved, just as most of Celtic myth can only be understood by looking at the other Indo-European branches. And so I urge people to hear what I am telling you, and to become familiar with the solutions I have made easily available here.
Although spending time studying this material is one of the most purely enjoyable things I’ve ever done, I don’t only do it for fun, but am driven by a burning obsession to improve the practical and theoretical understanding available to Celtic pagans.
The Celts are a sleeping giant. We must awaken to an understanding of our sacred lore at last and begin to do justice once again to what was the most prized possession of our ancestors.
⁃ O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts)
- Part 6
Our Myne (Muninn) can work with our Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences. There is an Old Norse term, Hamfǫr (Hamfaru in OE); a name given for one who travels in the shape of an animal.
Wóden could transform his shape: his body would lie as dead or asleep, but he would be in the shape of a fish, worm, bird, or beast & be off to distant lands on his own or other folk’s business - Ynglinga Saga, ch. 7
King Harald told a warlock to go to Iceland in some altered shape, & to learn what he could there to tell him. He set out in the shape of a whale - Olaf Trygvason’s Saga, ch. 37
The two brothers, near their ship, uprose a walrus. Cormac hurled at it a pole-staff, striking the beast, so that it sank, but the men aboard thought that they knew its eyes as Thorveig the witch. That walrus came up no more, but of Thorveig it was heard that she lay sick to death; and indeed folk say that this was the end of her - Kormáks saga, ch. 18
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
- Part 6
Our Myne (Muninn) can work with our Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences. There is an Old Norse term, Hamfǫr (Hamfaru in OE); a name given for one who travels in the shape of an animal.
Wóden could transform his shape: his body would lie as dead or asleep, but he would be in the shape of a fish, worm, bird, or beast & be off to distant lands on his own or other folk’s business - Ynglinga Saga, ch. 7
King Harald told a warlock to go to Iceland in some altered shape, & to learn what he could there to tell him. He set out in the shape of a whale - Olaf Trygvason’s Saga, ch. 37
The two brothers, near their ship, uprose a walrus. Cormac hurled at it a pole-staff, striking the beast, so that it sank, but the men aboard thought that they knew its eyes as Thorveig the witch. That walrus came up no more, but of Thorveig it was heard that she lay sick to death; and indeed folk say that this was the end of her - Kormáks saga, ch. 18
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
Men, never let the fire die out, and give your boys a courageous life to aspire to, as well as showing your daughters what to look for in a husband.
Show them by becoming a living example of honor and noble virtue.
Show them by becoming a living example of honor and noble virtue.
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The Sacred Stew- Episode 2
Finding Identity In Tradition
James and Anthony discuss how traditionalism connects us to our past and how it can help us build modern heathen communities. We examine piety, morals, community building, the lore and identity. Join us for a deep dive into authentic germanic theology for the modern pagan.
https://anchor.fm/the-sacred-stew/episodes/Finding-Identity-In-Tradition-e1d6o15/a-a790pjq
Finding Identity In Tradition
James and Anthony discuss how traditionalism connects us to our past and how it can help us build modern heathen communities. We examine piety, morals, community building, the lore and identity. Join us for a deep dive into authentic germanic theology for the modern pagan.
https://anchor.fm/the-sacred-stew/episodes/Finding-Identity-In-Tradition-e1d6o15/a-a790pjq
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James and Anthony discuss how traditionalism connects us to our past and how it can help us build modern heathen communities. We examine piety, morals, community building, the lore and identity. Join us for a deep dive into authentic germanic theology for…
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 7
The Hamfaru (Hamfǫr) can access their Myne (Muninn), akin to lucid dreaming, while empowering the Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences
A Saami sorceress tells a wealthy landowner that he will emigrate from Norway to Iceland, and that an amulet of his is missing & is waiting for him there. The landowner hires three Saami sorcerers to travel to Iceland and find his amulet, & bring it back. The Saami tell him that the journey is very dangerous. They must be shut together in a shed for three days, & their names must not be revealed while they are out of their bodies - Vatnsdaela Saga
Queen Gunhild takes the form of a twittering bird outside Egil’s window to thwart his attempts to write a poem on which his life depends - Egil’s Saga
Bjorn lay in the hall as if asleep during a battle, while a huge bear joined the fight. When someone woke Bjorn, the bear disappeared & the battle was lost - Hrolf’s Saga Kraki
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
The Hamfaru (Hamfǫr) can access their Myne (Muninn), akin to lucid dreaming, while empowering the Hama (Hamr) for out of body experiences
A Saami sorceress tells a wealthy landowner that he will emigrate from Norway to Iceland, and that an amulet of his is missing & is waiting for him there. The landowner hires three Saami sorcerers to travel to Iceland and find his amulet, & bring it back. The Saami tell him that the journey is very dangerous. They must be shut together in a shed for three days, & their names must not be revealed while they are out of their bodies - Vatnsdaela Saga
Queen Gunhild takes the form of a twittering bird outside Egil’s window to thwart his attempts to write a poem on which his life depends - Egil’s Saga
Bjorn lay in the hall as if asleep during a battle, while a huge bear joined the fight. When someone woke Bjorn, the bear disappeared & the battle was lost - Hrolf’s Saga Kraki
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 8
It’s indicated that after death, our soul is viewed as if still physical, with great care being placed on our body (Líċ, Lík)
Gisli Surson's Saga ch. 24 mentions the practice of binding Hell-shoes on the dead’s feet - “It’s custom to bind hel-shoes to men, so they walk to Valhöll" (Wælheall)
Sólarljóð 44, tells us that our
tongues become “like wood”, losing the ability to speak
In studying the ‘Soul’, Vilhelm Grønbech’s words in his ‘Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1’ rings with an heir of accuracy:
“The soul is more than the body, as it’s seen & felt in space-filling reality, but it’s not outside the material. When we cannot find the boundary between the inner & outer, there is nothing to be done but give truth the credit, & say that the body is a part of the soul, or even the soul itself”
Our forebears didn’t separate the aspects of self. ‘Body’ and ‘Soul’ were not viewed as independent entities, but parts of a greater whole
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
It’s indicated that after death, our soul is viewed as if still physical, with great care being placed on our body (Líċ, Lík)
Gisli Surson's Saga ch. 24 mentions the practice of binding Hell-shoes on the dead’s feet - “It’s custom to bind hel-shoes to men, so they walk to Valhöll" (Wælheall)
Sólarljóð 44, tells us that our
tongues become “like wood”, losing the ability to speak
In studying the ‘Soul’, Vilhelm Grønbech’s words in his ‘Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1’ rings with an heir of accuracy:
“The soul is more than the body, as it’s seen & felt in space-filling reality, but it’s not outside the material. When we cannot find the boundary between the inner & outer, there is nothing to be done but give truth the credit, & say that the body is a part of the soul, or even the soul itself”
Our forebears didn’t separate the aspects of self. ‘Body’ and ‘Soul’ were not viewed as independent entities, but parts of a greater whole
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 9
In looking at the soul and it’s parts, we turn our attention to the word soul itself. The Anglo-Saxon sáwol traces back to Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European times; stemming from two words, meaning “sea, ocean” & “self, will”. The Norse didn’t continue its use, but in later times, borrowed its usage in the form of Sál, and reincorporated it back into their lexicon. The Anglo-Saxon use of sáwol could refer to our physical life, corresponding to Wóden’s (Óðinn’s) gift of gást (ǫnd), our breath & life, but mostly referred to the intellectual and immortal principle of the self, corresponding to Hanwer’s (Hœnir’s) gift of mód (óðr), our mind, wit, emotions, and sense, with its hyġe & myne (huginn & muninn). The Anglo-Saxons continued to use the ancient term, as a general term for the “Spiritual” aspects of who we are, which served as an umbrella term comprising both gást (ǫnd) and mód (óðr)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
In looking at the soul and it’s parts, we turn our attention to the word soul itself. The Anglo-Saxon sáwol traces back to Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European times; stemming from two words, meaning “sea, ocean” & “self, will”. The Norse didn’t continue its use, but in later times, borrowed its usage in the form of Sál, and reincorporated it back into their lexicon. The Anglo-Saxon use of sáwol could refer to our physical life, corresponding to Wóden’s (Óðinn’s) gift of gást (ǫnd), our breath & life, but mostly referred to the intellectual and immortal principle of the self, corresponding to Hanwer’s (Hœnir’s) gift of mód (óðr), our mind, wit, emotions, and sense, with its hyġe & myne (huginn & muninn). The Anglo-Saxons continued to use the ancient term, as a general term for the “Spiritual” aspects of who we are, which served as an umbrella term comprising both gást (ǫnd) and mód (óðr)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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https://news.1rj.ru/str/THEOLDWAYS
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https://news.1rj.ru/str/folkwisdom
https://news.1rj.ru/str/Ravn_Brann
https://news.1rj.ru/str/TheWildFolk
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https://news.1rj.ru/str/EuroPagan
https://news.1rj.ru/str/positiveresistance
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https://news.1rj.ru/str/wheelofkindred
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A Study of the Soul (& its parts) - Part 10
OE Feorh - life; soul; spirit; a living being
ON Fjǫr - life; body; vigor, spirit, energy
Feorh (Fjǫr) appears to not only to have been used, like sáwol, as a general term for the “Spiritual” aspects of who we are, namely our gást (ǫnd) and mód (óðr), with its hyġe & myne (huginn & muninn), but it incorporated the physical body, which corresponds to Léod’s (Lóðurr’s) gifts of blód and gód wlite (lá and litu góða). This reinforces the Germanic belief that the ‘Body’ and ‘Soul’ were not viewed as separate entities, but rather parts of a greater whole
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
OE Feorh - life; soul; spirit; a living being
ON Fjǫr - life; body; vigor, spirit, energy
Feorh (Fjǫr) appears to not only to have been used, like sáwol, as a general term for the “Spiritual” aspects of who we are, namely our gást (ǫnd) and mód (óðr), with its hyġe & myne (huginn & muninn), but it incorporated the physical body, which corresponds to Léod’s (Lóðurr’s) gifts of blód and gód wlite (lá and litu góða). This reinforces the Germanic belief that the ‘Body’ and ‘Soul’ were not viewed as separate entities, but rather parts of a greater whole
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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How it all began - The Ur Alda
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How it all began - The Ur Alda
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Forwarded from ᛉᛟ Viðr ᛟᛉ
“The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk--
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.
The men of my own stock,
They may do ill or well,
But they tell the lies I am wanted to,
They are used to the lies I tell;
And we do not need interpreters
When we go to buy or sell.
The Stranger within my gates,
He may be evil or good,
But I cannot tell what powers control--
What reasons sway his mood;
Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
Shall repossess his blood.
The men of my own stock,
Bitter bad they may be,
But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
And see the things I see;
And whatever I think of them and their likes
They think of the likes of me.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.”
Rudyard Kipling
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk--
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.
The men of my own stock,
They may do ill or well,
But they tell the lies I am wanted to,
They are used to the lies I tell;
And we do not need interpreters
When we go to buy or sell.
The Stranger within my gates,
He may be evil or good,
But I cannot tell what powers control--
What reasons sway his mood;
Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
Shall repossess his blood.
The men of my own stock,
Bitter bad they may be,
But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
And see the things I see;
And whatever I think of them and their likes
They think of the likes of me.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.”
Rudyard Kipling
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Forwarded from Æhtemen
The excellent channel Hyperborean Radio has been posting some great articles on bees and beekeeping - if you are interested please take a look here. Survive the Jive also produced an excellent video on Bees here.
There was a charm written in Old English which was meant to prevent bees from swarming. The bees were referred to as the victory-women or sīgewīf and Jacob Grimm even suggested an association with the wælcyrian - the sting of the bee and the sword of the wælcyrian. Indeed the buzzing of a swarm indicated that the goddess Frowe (Freya) is nearby! The charm (below) is similar to an Old Saxon bee charm from the Lorsch Bee Blessing, found in Germany.
Sitte ge, sīgewīf, sīgað tō eorðan,
næfre ge wilde tō wuda fleogan,
beō ge swā gemindige, mīnes gōdes,
swā bið manna gehwilc, metes and ēðeles.
Settle down, victory-women, sink to earth,
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
There was a charm written in Old English which was meant to prevent bees from swarming. The bees were referred to as the victory-women or sīgewīf and Jacob Grimm even suggested an association with the wælcyrian - the sting of the bee and the sword of the wælcyrian. Indeed the buzzing of a swarm indicated that the goddess Frowe (Freya) is nearby! The charm (below) is similar to an Old Saxon bee charm from the Lorsch Bee Blessing, found in Germany.
Sitte ge, sīgewīf, sīgað tō eorðan,
næfre ge wilde tō wuda fleogan,
beō ge swā gemindige, mīnes gōdes,
swā bið manna gehwilc, metes and ēðeles.
Settle down, victory-women, sink to earth,
never be wild and fly to the woods.
Be as mindful of my welfare,
as is each man of border and of home.
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The poem Lokesenna mentions a bee goddess - Beyla, who Loki names as the wife of Byggvir. They are both servants of Freyr. Though it has been suggested her name can also mean bean or even cow - it is often anglicised to Béole (Bee) - her husband's name becoming Béowa (Barley).
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Some OE bee related words-
Pollen collected by bees was known as beebread or bēobrēad – whilst the queen bee was the bee-mother or bēomōdor. A swarm of bees was known as a bēogang – a gang of bees! They were all looked after by the beoceorl or beekeeper.
The name Beowulf can mean Bee-Wulf, perhaps a kenning for Bear.
And finally, Beoley (pronounced Beeley), an English village near Birmingham was recorded in the Domesday book as Beoleahe - a name which in OE means 'bee meadow'.
Pollen collected by bees was known as beebread or bēobrēad – whilst the queen bee was the bee-mother or bēomōdor. A swarm of bees was known as a bēogang – a gang of bees! They were all looked after by the beoceorl or beekeeper.
The name Beowulf can mean Bee-Wulf, perhaps a kenning for Bear.
And finally, Beoley (pronounced Beeley), an English village near Birmingham was recorded in the Domesday book as Beoleahe - a name which in OE means 'bee meadow'.
Norse Timekeeping
How did the Norse measure time without a clock? The simplest way was to follow the path of the Sun across the sky and measure how long it takes the Sun to move. The Scandinavians divided each sun-cycle (sólarhringr, "sun-ring") into eight sections, called an átt or eykt: north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, and northwest. A place on the horizon that lay center in any of these eight directions was called a Dagsmǫrk (Daymark). Midday was the most important daymark, since it divided the Sun's path in half. Most lived in isolated farms or villages, so they used geographical features on the horizon (as viewed from near their homes) as guides to the Dagsmarkar.
The Norse Eight Day Stundir:
Náttmál (9pm to midnight)
Miðnætti (midnight to 3am)
Ótta (3am to 6am)
Rismál (6am to 9am)
Dagmál (9am to noon)
Hádegi (noon to 3pm)
Eykt (3pm to 6pm)
Miðaftann (6pm to 9pm)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
How did the Norse measure time without a clock? The simplest way was to follow the path of the Sun across the sky and measure how long it takes the Sun to move. The Scandinavians divided each sun-cycle (sólarhringr, "sun-ring") into eight sections, called an átt or eykt: north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, and northwest. A place on the horizon that lay center in any of these eight directions was called a Dagsmǫrk (Daymark). Midday was the most important daymark, since it divided the Sun's path in half. Most lived in isolated farms or villages, so they used geographical features on the horizon (as viewed from near their homes) as guides to the Dagsmarkar.
The Norse Eight Day Stundir:
Náttmál (9pm to midnight)
Miðnætti (midnight to 3am)
Ótta (3am to 6am)
Rismál (6am to 9am)
Dagmál (9am to noon)
Hádegi (noon to 3pm)
Eykt (3pm to 6pm)
Miðaftann (6pm to 9pm)
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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