This is my first time posting here and my question is on books ( Read more... )

There is a new website for Heathen's (Asatruar) in Ohio.

www.ohio-heathens.org

It has information on Kindreds in SW Ohio, including the Urhorn Kindred in Dayton, of which I am a member.

This weekend is Blogathon, and I will once more be blogging for 24 hours for DELTA Rescue, an animal rescue organization in California that rescues cats and dogs abandoned in wilderness areas and that I have supported for a long time. Unfortunately I am not listed on the official Blogathon list due to their technology refusing to let me, but it ( Read more... )

The site at www.voluspa.org now has the complete Elder Edda in parallel format, using Bellows for the English (rearranged where necessary to match the order of lines and stanzas in the Old Norse). It also has almost the complete Prose Edda--I'm still working on the Nafnaþulur--and essays on Lindisfarne and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the ( Read more... )

Wes ðu hal ( Read more... )

"A New Breastplate (and a Message for St. Patrick)"

Hello to all,

I am looking for an in-depth study of the Havamal, not just a
different translation. Something that goes verse-by-verse explaining
what it may possibly mean. I have been unsuccessful with google
searches. Any websites or books, or even your own personal notes will
be appreciated.

Thank you!
Kimberley

Hi all:

Those of you who read my own LJ will have already seen that I've acquired a webcam and have been shoving things up on YouTube (same name as on LJ, so the list of my videos is here). I'm currently reading Béowulf into it in Anglo-Saxon and modern English. I'm open to requests for Old Norse things to do after that ( Read more... )

Real/Given Name: Jess

Heathen Name: Don't have one... yet

Current residence in Miðgarð: Currently I'm still stuck in Central New York State

Patron Deity (if any): I feel close to Njord & Nerthus, though Odhinn & Thor insist upon stealing my attention more often than not, Odhinn in particular.

Religious/Spiritual Background: Protestant, rather loose. ( Read more... )

disclaimer : this is not an attempt at starting a thread about or against christianity. This is merely trying to track down a quote that I've seen around and can't recall who and where exactly ( Read more... )