Eostre linocut print by respected artist Becca Thorne.

Art: "Wodenist Altar Cloth" by C.N.J. Cornwell, 2022.

It is imperative that we as Heathens make an argument against AI.
My friend Þorr Siðr makes a great point.

“The Gods are artisans. They shaped and prepared this realm for us, which required struggle and a great deal of violence to do. That was not an easy thing for them to do; what they made for us, was not easy to make. It took time and effort to do so. So, when someone uses this generative art and all its imperfections and imitation of reality, they don’t respect that struggle for creation that the Gods underwent at the beginning. In fact, it mocks their work, and that is why we must reject AI art.”

Each runestone is roughly the diameter of a quarter, made from natural clay, hand carved with an elder futhark rune, and hand painted with watercolour before being sealed with a semi gloss finishing. The stones are durable and withstand being dropped, even onto hard surfaces. I make the occasional one-off set, but would love to start making custom sets in the near future. Please contact me if you are interested in something like this! 🥰🌻🌾🌼

All three of us are deeply against AI. I refuse to accept AI generated content as art. It's not. Art comes from human beings, end of.

Hrafna 🌸

AI generated images are dishonest theft.
AI generated images can only be generated after they have downloaded and copied images from artists. No artists were even given a choice as to whether they wanted to be a part of the amalgamation or not. AI companies intentionally used living artists on social media in relative secret while rejecting the use of public domain art.

In the Landnámabók, king Harald decreed that no man should claim more land in Iceland than he and his ship’s crew could carry fire across in one day.
The resulting land claiming ritual was described as such: at sunrise, a fire was to be made that would burn until nightfall, and everyone was to carry fire from it until sunset, at which point they’d use it to make new fires which formed the bounds of their new estate.
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Working on some statues for a hypothetical sanctuary. This is Taranis. Used Roquepertuse as main reference. Cathal is drawing something similar, which inspired me.

Dorset, England [1654x2068] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://ift.tt/HbodFCW

Around 800 CE, Ireland had many small kingdoms, tuatha, under a Gaelic system with no central state.

Over 100 existed, each led by a rí túaithe, varying from 80–150 due to shifting borders.

Above them, rí ruirech ruled clusters, with dynasties like Uí Néill (north) or Eóganachta (Munster) as rí cóicid.

The ard rí at Tara was symbolic, per texts like the Annals of Ulster. Uí Néill (split into Cenél Conaill and Cenél nEógain), Connachta (west), Laigin (east), and Munster’s Eóganachta were key, with Dál Riata linking to Scotland.

Kings used cattle wealth and Brehon Law, while monasteries like Armagh grew powerful.

Norse raids hit coasts by 800, but inland kingdoms held.

This kin-based system lasted until Viking and Norman shifts.

The famous Viking Egill Skallagrimsson was gifted by Odin with a poetic skill that was evident by the time he was three years old when he composed his first public verses.

He was still a child when he composed the above prophetic verse for his Mother about his future as a Viking. It is the basis for the 'my mother told me' Viking song.

This art of Egill was created by Ryan Murray for my coming film about the heroes of the Icelandic sagas.

A little plant dedicated to Thunor. This flower is called Bugle, a common plant found across Britain. It's believed that the old English name for Bugle was Ðunorclæfre or Thunor's Clover. In English folklore the Bugle was also known as 'Thunder-and-Lightning' which certainly makes the connection with the thunder God Thunor.

There are supernatural “physical” entities that “inspire” or “breathe” emotions, feelings, thoughts into the heroes, in addition to the “air” strictly speaking that we breathe in order to survive. Homer and Hesiod could thus understand the verses as being “breathed” into their thumos or phren by the Muse (or Muses) via a material substance. This is in fact explicitly implied at Theogony when Hesiod states that the Muses breathed a divine voice into him and Homer implies the same thing at Odyssey when we are informed that the gods planted the pathways of song into the singer Phemius’ lungs before he began his song.

G.Naddaf

“Frey”, he said, “you have long been my patron, and have received many gifts from me and have rewarded them well: here I give you this ox, in order that Glúm may leave Thverá no less willingly than I leave it now. Let me have some sign whether or not you accept my gift.”
~Víga-Glúms saga
Art by Alexander Zick, 1901.
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“Freyr”, sagði hann, “er lengi hefir fulltrúi minn verið og margar gjafar að mér þegið og vel launað, nú gef eg þér uxa þenna til þess að Glúmur fari eigi ónauðgari af Þverárlandi en eg fer nú. Og láttu sjá nokkurar jartegnir hvortú þiggur eða eigi.”

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Hail Sigtýr!
One of Oðinn's epithets is that of Sigtýr.
Sig ᛊ = Victory
Týr ᛏ = God / Divine
Thereby God of Victory.
The Völsung Saga has the heroes in the line of Oðinn / Blessed by Oðinn having names usually starting with Sig.
Sigi
Sigurd
Sigmund
Anglo-Saxon: Sigemund
Frankish : Sigibert
German: Siegfried

Thereby not only are these Dragon slaying heroes and grand kings (despite their harships and troubles) semi demigods to look up to or learn from (both their mistakes and their glorious efforts), but one can pull from this that Oðinn is a God to praise and turn to for Victory.
In times line these prayers and devotion to him for strength and victory are essential.

Indeed, he welcomes those who put forth the effort.

In Valhalla, upon Eirik's arrival:
"Sigmund and Sinfjotli, rise up with speed and go to greet the warrior. Invite him in, if it be Eirik; I await his arrival."
- Oðinn

Hail Sigtýr!

The Hákonardrápa, a poem by Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld, refers to the earth as Odin’s wife, when describing Hákon Sigurðarson ruling over the land; a recurring theme in skaldic poetry.
It contains a few evocative kennings for Frigg/Jörð; the foliage-haired waiting wife of Þriði, and the broad-faced bride of Báleygr. Beautiful imagery.
 
6. “The swift receiver of the horse of the breeze draws under himself the foliage-haired waiting wife of Þriði by means of true words of swords.”

“Sannyrðum spenr sverða
snarr þiggjandi viggjar
barrhaddaða byrjar
biðkvôn und sik Þriðja.”
 
8. “The steerer of the Hrafnar of the harbour managed to allure to himself the broad-faced bride of Báleygr with sovereign speeches of swords.”

“Breiðleita gat brúði
Báleygs at sér teygja
stefnir stǫðvar Hrafna
stála ríkismôlum.”

Painting by Josephine Wall. 𐃏

Artemis depicted in stained glass by Géza Maróti

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