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Hi! I’m a 18 year old afro latino who’s trying to save money to afford my moms urgent treatments.

COVID left my mom with a terrible cognitive deficit, whichs effects are similar to those of a stroke. Medical studies and therapy are expensive and although we are trying our best to save up money, I’m unable to find a job and she already was a chronically ill patient before covid hit, which only makes things worse for us, since she’s not able to work neither.

It’s just me and my mom, so if I’m not able to raise enough money to get us through these hard times on my own, chances are she might not get the help she needs neither. Locally, I’m selling everything I own, but Im really, really struggling to keep living like this and being unable to help her. I’m desperately asking for help.

Please, consider donating. ANYTHING helps us. Please boost!

#crowdfunding #emergency #medical #paypal #help #financial help #donate #signal boost #mutual aid #aid #lgbt #medical aid #charity

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Maybe it's just me but i have the feeling all these bisexual/pansexual/horses discourse is going to end up bugging Loki up. We had a little convo via pendulum because I wanted to confirm and... it isn't good.

I've never felt he doesn't like the whole Marvel thing; a few of us agree he's actually enjoying the series and being talked about, a lot of us "discovered" him as a deity thanks to marvel, too. But this whole thing going on?? People trying to label him with human made labels (bi/pan, genderfluid, etc) and talking about his child while doing so as a way to prove that he is said labels is just not something he's going to like.

Way too many people talking about myths they don't know nothing about and haven't even read. Way too many people saying that Loki is into bestiality or that he's weird. Way too many people talking about his child. Way too many people who don't understand that when you speak a gods name, they will listen; specially if you are speaking for them and over them. Theyre messing with a God of mischief they don't know a thing about...

#lokean #norse heathen #loki #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan #deity loki

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loki as a god of surrendering, of giving in, of letting down defenses in pursuit of something - who knows what, maybe the journey is more important than the destination. loki the deity of deciding that yes, i will eat that 3rd brownie after work because i deserve it, thank you my lord. loki the god of half-crazed, undefinable, maddening worship without caring what anyone else has to say about it because why does it matter what they think about us? loki the god of actually, let’s do this, let’s rock the boat, let’s see what they’ll think now, let’s say whatever we want to say because if truth is relative then so is this reality. loki the deity of loving yourself with absolute and total abandonment - loki the deity of loving him with absolute and total abandonment. loki the god of not caring about how or why, of not jumping through hoops of logic, because maybe at one time, everything needed to be explained between you but it doesn’t matter any more because he’s here and he loves like spontaneous combustion and at this point, you can’t imagine having it - of wanting to have it - any other way.

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The marvel fandom won't stop bringing up "Loki fucking a horse" and giving birth to Sleipnir as a way of justify that Loki is bisexual and genderfluid... I'm so tired.

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #deity loki #pagan

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#a bit of both

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just spamming my loki playlist on here because im actually pretty proud of it <3 feel free to follow!

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse paganism #norse loki #pagan #deity loki #Spotify

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So apparently this has going on. Disney’s copyright has gone extremely rigid regarding anything that has the Loki name on the title (be it redbubble products, for example) and are taking them down. This is actually sick, and something that they have done in the past too with Día de los muertos merch. Our community is sooner or later going to be prejudiced by this too, and we need to speak up. They’re copyrighting people's beliefs, religion and A LITERAL GOD as if they invented mythology or some shit.

As a side note, this tweet sparked some really interesting conversation on worshipping Loki too, go check that out that chaos too.

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan #deity loki

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sigh... this is literally so wrong of me to say but

@ tom hiddleston please hit me up i just want to know whether or not you ever had any weird experience (maybe dreams ?? literally anything) regarding deity loki and i want to know if and how you caught up on those please i don't want to be creepy nor im intending to push anything down your throat I JUST NEED TO KNOW ??? like there's no way throughout these years loki have done nothing to contact you 🧐🧐🧐

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan #deity loki

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Loki is having a field day w this

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan #deity loki

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‼️ This post contains spoilers from Marvels Loki

So... Loki's show dropped tonight. I won't go into detail nor try to start norse pagan/marvel discourse as on where Lokis character stands for us, since that is not the purpose of this post.

During episode one we meet Mobius (who we later find out was tracking a variant of Loki down). He comes across a little kid who Loki apparently crossed paths with (and gifted them some blueberry candy, too). He ask the kid who has caused x thing to happen; the kid then pointed to, quite literally, Satan. Mobius goes on calling Loki "the devil" a couple of times after that.

I'm a huge marvel fan, and I've been particularly loving Lokis character for almost half of my life. Still, I have to say that as a Lokean, knowing how much of a struggle we face pretty much every single day when it comes to misinformation regarding Loki, having them straight up call him The Devil didn't sit right with me at all.

This might be me over reading the scene, and maybe people won't pay it as much mind as I might think. I can't shake the feeling that those lines weren't necessary tho, specially if you happen to know how much weight they carry when learning about Loki and having to be able to form your own thoughts regarding the way he was portrayed post-christianization. We barely have any Loki being portrayed into modern media, and once we do they compare him to the Devil when there was no need to and furthering all misconceptions about him. It felt like we were taking 2 steps forward with this, and suddenly took 10 septs back

I'm interested in knowing what y'all think!

#lokean #norse heathen #loki #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan

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How do the Norse Gods and how did the Norse people view disability?

Hávamál 71 reads:

Haltr ríðr hrossi, hjörð rekr handar vanr, daufr vegr ok dugir, blindr er betri en brenndr séi, nýtr manngi nás.

A halt (unable to walk) person rides a horse, a person with one hand wields a sword, a deaf person fights and succeeds, to be blind is better than to be burnt, nobody has use of a corpse.

In those days it was probably somewhat more likely than it is today to become disabled as a result of an injury, and there were fewer ways to increase accessibility to people whether it was the result of an injury or not. It was important for everyone to see to it that everyone was well-cared for, because they would have been very keenly aware that they would possibly, maybe even likely, find themselves with a different set of capabilities than the ones they once had. To some extent, this applies to everyone who lives long enough for age to affect them; Egils saga shows Egill struggling with the loss of his strength and vision. Because Norse people lived in a society where an individual’s wellbeing was more clearly tied to the wellbeing of others, especially in the household (which was often much bigger than a modern nuclear family-type household), disabled people usually would have been surrounded by others in relations that are already defined by reciprocal interdependence, no matter the ability of the people involved.

When discussing or depicting disability, Norse literature such as the Hávamál quote above does have the unfortunate tendency to show that disabled people are valuable because they are still able to do something or other, or because of respect owed them for former accomplishments. For example, Ívarr the boneless is described as physically disabled, but so intelligent that he has incredible accomplishments by means other than those that apply to strong warriors. I don’t know of a clear example where it comes out and says point-blank that everyone is valuable no matter what, whether they are producing something or not. However, I believe that’s for two reasons. One is that most of the evidence depicting disabled people is found in the Icelandic sagas, where they are often part of the story in a way that what they do is a mover of the story in question, so it will tend to involve people with an active public life. The other reason is that it may not have been considered something that needed to be specified. The laws, at least the ones we have record of, made it clear that everyone was to be cared for -- to the extent possible for the law to describe, it was always clear where someone landed in the legally-mandated networks of relations of support.

I don’t want to sugar-coat. The Norse world was probably very hard on many disabled people, and many individual Norse people likely treated them inhumanely. That wasn’t okay, any more than it is when it happens now.

But the main point that I think the Hávamál quote is trying to make is that all people have a place, and in a society based more on networks of mutual support than on the individualism that pervades western society, it’s up to everyone collectively to find the best place and role for others in those networks, whether their needs and capabilities are shaped by what we would consider a disability or not. Perhaps there’s a way to research this, and I haven’t done it, but I suspect that they didn’t really have a clear image of a “default” person with an archetypal set of abilities anyway, and when heroes are kings are described in terms of their many abilities and attributes this is always treated as some sort of exception.

As regards the gods, it’s worth reminding that some of the gods are themselves disabled. Óðinn has lost an eye and also pertains to mental illness in a way that is difficult for us to pinpoint exactly; Þórr has chronic pain as a result of the piece of stone shrapnel lodged in his head; Týr of course famously lost a hand. Hǫðr’s blindness is depicted tragically, unfortunately, although there is an argument to be made that that particular story was heavily amended shortly before becoming the version that we have, so the story of Loki taking advantage of his blindness to kill Baldr may not be representative of a deep stratum of Norse myth.

I think that to modern people the idea of gods who are disabled might be a little strange to think about. We’re used to the idea that a god can just “do anything,” and certainly we can pray to these disabled gods about things that are completely outside of what any human can do. But I think that if nothing else, the Norse gods affirm that there is no such thing as a “default” human being which disabled people are unable to live up to; we all have unique abilities and it shouldn’t be the job of disabled people to force themselves into conformity with the expectations of a society that idealizes a particular set of abilities. And needless to say, they would have no patience for ableism.

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Hello! <3

It's definitely been a while since I last edited, but after binge watching Ragnaroks s2 I knew I needed to get this done as soon as I could.

Yes, this is a mashup of my favorite Loki-inspired characters. I'm a norse pagan who has been working with Loki for almost 5 years now, and I really wanted to make him a little gift, so this is what I came up with

We have had a difficult history with norse related characters for too many years, and finally see these type of storylines come to life again through media brings me nothing but joy; it was only fair for me to bring all of these characters together to a 2 minutes hang out

I tried to make all of the scenes as myth centered as I could make them seem; to do this I had to skip some major plot lines for most of these tv shows and movies (y'know the whole... Thor and Loki thing)

I hope y'all enjoy this vid as much as I enjoyed working on it. I realize this might not be your regular fan edit video; this is a devotional piece of work we've decided to share to the world.

Characters used:

Ragnarok; Laurits

Vikings; Floki

Marvel; Loki

Marvels Knights; Loki

American Gods; Mr world

+ Jormungandr:

Ragnarok

God of War 4

Vikings

(If I'm being honest, this ended up being a lot more Laurits centered than I initially excepted it to be, but he totally deserves it!!)

Please enjoy!

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #marvel loki #norse pagan #ragnarok #ragnarok netflix #laurits ragnarok #floki #vikings #god of war 4 #american gods #neil gaiman #Youtube

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Hello! I’ve been desperately looking for a Loki statue for my altar for years, but being from Argentina i haven’t had any luck yet. I thought having a figure 3D printed would be a good idea, but even tho I have been able to find files for almost every other norse deity, I have yet to find a Loki one that isn’t marvel related. Does anyone know where I can find them?

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism

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Reminder that norse pagans and norse paganism are anti-fascist and anti-racism. it’s a culture of acceptance; nazis aren’t welcome here.

It makes my heart ache and my blood boil to see our symbols being, once again, misused and mocked by. Please, do not mistake our believes with white supremacy.

We have a hard time already fighting misconceptions about out culture, beliefs and gods; it seems like there is always someone who wants to make it even harder for the pagan community to fight the appropriation of our symbols. The mjolnir, valknut, the yggdrasil, the runes, nor any norse and celtic symbols are "nazi symbols". I've come as far as reading that the valknut is a pedo symbol. What the fuck.

People are afraid of embracing their ancestors, their culture or their chosen faith out of fair of being labeled as a nazi. We need to stand stronger than ever today. Don't let them ridiculize us anymore.

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Rebloging again because I feel like we need it

This is not news, but it is an important read, especially for people who were previously unaware of the trend of neo-Nazis stealing pagan symbols for their own.

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist pagan, keep doing what you are doing, you are keeping the fight alive

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist person who is not a pagan, help us spread the word of this, stand in solidarity with us as we kick the fascists out of our communities

If you are a fascist pagan, fuck off, this faith is a peaceful one

No platforms for fascists.

~ Max

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Reminder that norse pagans and norse paganism are anti-fascist and anti-racism. it’s a culture of acceptance; nazis aren’t welcome here.

It makes my heart ache and my blood boil to see our symbols being, once again, misused and mocked by. Please, do not mistake our believes with white supremacy.

We have a hard time already fighting misconceptions about out culture, beliefs and gods; it seems like there is always someone who wants to make it even harder for the pagan community to fight the appropriation of our symbols. The mjolnir, valknut, the yggdrasil, the runes, nor any norse and celtic symbols are "nazi symbols". I've come as far as reading that the valknut is a pedo symbol. What the fuck.

People are afraid of embracing their ancestors, their culture or their chosen faith out of fair of being labeled as a nazi. We need to stand stronger than ever today. Don't let them ridiculize us anymore.

#lokean #loki #norse heathen #norse loki #norse paganism #pagan #loki norse mythology #asatru #heathen #norse pagan witch #paganism #odinism #odinist