Spirits of the dead appear in many forms across Europe. One such creature, especially, features prominently into those tales, appearing in Norse mythology and folklore: the draugr.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Someone needs to move house. They call up dozens of their closest friends, family members, coworkers, and far-flung acquaintances begging for help with the packing
Heathenry is not a practice of the individual. It is the practice of your family, kindred, and the larger community. Heathen, if it were a verb, could be defined as: To practice what is best for one's
The Troth has established the Red Hammer committee to collect online donations for victims of hurricane Harvey.
There's a theory that some of the diversity found within the Lore is a type of mythological rendering of the subversion and assimilation of earlier religious elements. This theory is based on an under
In a previous article, we talked about the relationship that was just starting to be established between the Yggdrasil Ásatrú Association of Costa Rica and the Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost of Norway.
Today I want to take a step back, both from modern practice and belief and in time: today, let’s look at what archaeological evidence has been found of pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia.
The stories of giants and spirits, like Rübezahl, continue to flourish in modern hearths and ancient folklore accounts alike. With their continued presence, early perspectives can be formulated into
En un artículo anterior habíamos hablado sobre las relaciones que habían iniciado a establecerse entre la Asociación Ásatrú Yggdrasil de Costa Rica y la Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost de Noruega a
In Snorri Sturulson’s Prose Edda, the jötnar are portrayed as amoral at best and dangerous, destructive, and immoral at worst. In our decidedly Christianized modern society, these things feel very bad and frightening and the knee-jerk reaction is to recoil from and demonize them. This is what has happened with the jötnar, despite their integral role in the Norse pantheon; including the lineage of most of the gods and their frequent romantic interludes with the Vanir and Æsir.