Category: Editorials

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

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 forms it should take. Not one for quiet repose, I, all too often, expound on my own insights regarding the way I see […]

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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

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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

Oaths and Dedication

By Sae Lokason

In Vegvísir

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 promise or a guarantee of future behavior. “Oath” is Germanic in origin, and goes […]

Modern Heathenry

Maintaining Relationships With The Gods: It Takes Work

By Cara Freyasdaughter

On June 11, 2018

Among the many things I do, I’m a member of a 12-step program. My 12-step program helped me get my life back on track many years ago when things were out of control. One of the things I’ve realize

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Fitting Memorial

By John Mainer

On May 28, 2018

(Author’s Note: This article is by John Mainer, HHH contributor.) For those in the United States, this is Memorial Day weekend. This is the time the US gathers to remember those who gave their l

Think Like a Heathen, Part 2: The Experience

By Cara Freyasdaughter

In Editorials , Heathen How To's! , Modern Heathenry

On April 17, 2018

There are a lot of challenges inherent in bringing any part of a past culture into the modern world. Things as intangible as religious and spiritual beliefs are especially challenging because while historians and archaeologists can dig up some information about a culture, much of what they find is limited and very open to interpretation.

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Think Like a Heathen, Part 1: Lore

By Cara Freyasdaughter

On March 12, 2018

Know’st how to write, know’st how to read Know’st how to stain, know’st how to understand Know’st how to ask, know’st how to offer knows’t how to supplicate, know’st how to sacrifice?

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A Personal Encounter with History and Spirit

By Tahni Nikitins

On March 9, 2018

Much of what is “known” about the temple at Uppsala is almost exclusively based on the writings of Adam of Bremen, a Christian chronicler who wrote about the cultic activity at Uppsala without eve

From Canter to Trot

By Xander

In A Pair of Goats

On February 12, 2018

Sometimes nature sends you a reminder to slow down and conserve your energy. It is a small kindness, this permission, and it took me years to accept it.

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