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Trauma Through a Heathen Lens

By Tahni Nikitins

In Editorials

On October 5, 2018

I’ve worked extensively with people who’ve suffered trauma, especially those who are still working through its aftermath. I myself am a survivor of rape, and have supported friends who have survived sexual traumas and abuse. More recently, I was exposed to so much secondary trauma through my work, with so little support from the organization I […]

Editorials , Kurt Hoogstraat

So You Think You Can Be a Vitki, Part 1

By Letter to the Editor

On September 20, 2018

New HHH author and full-time Vitki Kurt Hoogstraat describes the path he took to become a Vitki, or Heathen priest. There have been people in my life that have asked me the question “How dare you ca

Community Service, the Sigyn Connection, and Heathen Values

By Tahni Nikitins

In Contributing Authors , Editorials , Tahni Nikitins

On September 12, 2018

Though I’ve always been community service minded, my relationship to service has changed over the years. The biggest changes have happened when my relationship to my gods changed. I first started volunteering with Sexual Assault Support Services, which came out of my psychological studies and coincided with my personal values. It had little to nothing […]

Contributing Authors , Editorials , Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven

Of Roots and Branches: Balancing Tradition and Innovation in Modern Heathenry

By Letter to the Editor

On September 6, 2018

(Written by new HHH contributing author Eric Word-Weaver Sjerven, Gođi of the Hridgar Folk.) Throughout my short years on Midgard, I have seen Heathens debate on the nature of Heathenry and what form

Editorials

Honoring our Ancestral Ties: Othala

By Letter to the Editor

On July 29, 2018

By Jan Tjeerd The “Othala” Connection to Where we Call Home Othala is the rune of inheritance and most connected to our ancestors.* It is either the final rune of the futhark or the second

In Memoriam: Dianne Marjory (Luark) Ross

By Cara Freyasdaughter

In News

On July 25, 2018

With permission from Dianne’s daughter, Lara. Dianne Marjory (Luark) Ross left Midgard on June 27th, 2018 at her home in San Antonio, Texas. Dianne honored the Germanic gods and goddesses of Northern Europe as was the practice of her ancient ancestors. She was the heart and soul of the Ring of Troth (now known as The […]

Editorials , John T Mainer

Toxic Masculinity in Heathenry

By John Mainer

On July 13, 2018

I am one of those people that set some feminists off because I do pull back chairs, hold doors, and ma’am ladies that I pass. I also hold the doors for children, men, and anything except draugr, bec

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Oaths and Dedication

By Sae Lokason

On July 6, 2018

I recently came across a question about swearing an oath to a god. Before we get into that, let’s take a look at what an oath is. If you go with the dictionary definition of an oath, it is a solemn

Opinion: The Havamal and the US Immigration Crisis

By Ryan Smith

In Opinion , Ryan Smith

On June 26, 2018

“Hail to the giver! a guest has come; Where shall the stranger sit?” Havamal 2, Bellows translation The days we are living, without a doubt, are the sort that test the integrity of every Heathen. The true essence of all is being revealed as the crucible of conflict, testing values like honor and hospitality we […]

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