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finnlongman · 10 months

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When you are used to the no-nonsense, no-context approach of medieval Irish stories, trying to read Old Norse saga literature does feel kind of like you're being told a medieval story by Uncle Colm from Derry Girls.

#why are there so many people and so many names and they have nothing to do with the story #old norse #abruptly remembering why i did not continue with old norse tbh

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kazenorth · 1 year

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Stamp Them Out 🐎

Symbols in this piece:

-Sleipnir: Eight-legged horse of Odin

-On the horse's muzzle: Eolhx, part of the runic alphabet. A slashed version is present on the snake

-In the background, Helm of Awe/terror, (Ægishjálmr): Symbolizes power, dominance, and strikes fear into the enemy.

EDIT: the rune on the horse and snake IS NOT a life rune, which is the appropriated n@zi symbol. Thank you to the person who pointed this out. Changes have been made to it's description.

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dancingwithfoxes · 5 months

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10 little subtle ways and things you could be doing that are witchy!

(esp if you're still in the broom closet) ❤️🦊

1. virtual and online altars

pinterest boards dedicated to your gods/goddesses; quotes and aesthetics.

tumblr dedication blogs.

social media page with your witchy alias.

discord server, a private place to organise channels and create categories for what you want, i.e., spellwork, candle magick, crystal associations, etc.

music playlists, for both manifesting and connecting with your deities, they love coming through music.

2. journal/book altars

similar to the idea of a book of shadows, this will be personal writings and thoughts for specific deities.

you can customise it and decorate it much like a physical altar! i.e., stickers, washi tapes, markers, sparkles.

custom spreads for whomever you work with, you can put prayers you've written for them, words you want to convey, and express.

3. the wooden box altar, also known as a travelling altar

a place to put all your trinkets and necessities.

if you're unable to have a physical space, having one that's portable will help you take your altar wherever you go.

you can carve/paint the box to be more personal for you, or to be ultra discreet about it you can just customise the inner part so it doesn't stick out to people you don't want knowing yet.

4. origami shapes

for manifesting, write out what you would like and fold it into a star to carry out the manifestation.

use the idea of symbolism to embed your intentions, for luck, a four leaf clover. for allowing new opportunities to find you and let go, a butterfly, to succeed in something you could make a bird; "soaring to new heights."

you could also use this time to connect with your deities, just being with them in the moment.

5. financial abundance

if you can't blow cinnamon on the first day of the new month, put a dash of it in your morning coffee or tea first thing.

use of coins in the soil of your plants welcomes in prosperity.

likewise with coins, frogs are symbolic of wealth.

a bay leaf where you keep your wallet/purse, the exchange of the money you give out you will receive back with a little extra.

6. kitchen magick/green witchery

add spices/herbs to help achieve something you want i.e.,

pancakes with vanilla and honey to bring in loving and warm energy.

adding pepper/salt/basil/rosemary to encourage protection.

for clarity and insight, chamomile tea.

to have peaceful and calm resolve, lemonade with fresh mint leaves.

7. clothing and jewellery

wearing items of clothing or jewellery in honour of your deities, i.e.

rings, bracelets, and necklaces that symbolise something of them for you.

shirts with quotes you feel resemble them; colour associations work plenty.

if you crochet or make your own items of clothing, knot magick or sewing in a symbol that means something for you can help you feel confident when wearing it.

8. self-care can be devotional

doing things that make you happy whilst doing it in honour of your deities allows them to be present in your simple joys.

writing, poetry, reading; feeling called to read something because it holds a message for you.

indulging a show or something you watched in your childhood years, deities take pleasure in watching something that means alot to you and will be grateful to share that moment.

treats and specific cravings, i.e., little upg, but loki loves sweet pastries.

taking a walk about in nature gives your deities more room to show you the beauty of the world. take them to your favourite bench, to your favourite coffee shop.

knot magick, if you crochet, make something in honour of your gods/goddesses. they will ensure it brings you comfort when you hold it.

painting your nails, you can charge your nail polish beneath the moon or mix in a little moon water to be energised and intuitively connected.

9. cleansing and clearing of old energy

water

will help the bad flow out and let the good flow in.

showers/baths are good for self-cleansing.

holding a glass of water before drinking it and wish your intentions.

crying, allowing yourself to feel what it is you're trying to process in order for it to be released. can't release something you haven't finished going through yet.

moon water, I recommend this during a new moon as that's more symbolic to starting anew, planting seeds and encouragement toward growth.

sun water, can help with energising you and bringing in positive energy, also a confidence boost.

earth

holding onto a crystal for a few moments, just breathing in and out.

crystals can be used for cleansing, smoky quartz, clear quartz. there is a crystal for all your needs.

plants! plants are great for protection and for taking in bad energy. they will listen to what you have to say, and will love you as much as you love them.

food, especially grown from the earth can help you feel refreshed and buzzing with energy.

fire

burning, writing out your hardships, struggles, anger and burning them (safely please).

lighting a candle while you work on something, very therapeutic, and you can visualise the bad energy being burnt out and released.

incense, the smoke is a natural cleanser and will do wonders. you aren't restricted to using sage to cleanse; others you could use are myrrh, sandalwood, lavender, or cedar. it's completely up to what your preferences are.

air

breathing in and out during meditation, as you take in some air and release it, upon release visualise what you're letting go of.

bells, the frequency of dinging bells helps to disperse bad energy.

sound cleansing through soft music, and intentional frequencies. you'll find alot of these up on youtube.

10. divination methods (aside from tarot/pendulums that i know of)

clouds, observing what you see and the shapes you recognise, what you need to know will be reflected in nature.

ceromancy, candle wax, burning a candle after asking for some clarity or an answer and having the wax form a shape for you to interpret.

numerology, angel numbers, and the significance of the numbers.

automatic writing, done in your personal journal, it's unconscious writing that can help channel messages you may need.

bibliomancy, randomly selecting a passage or words from a book.

capnomancy, the use of smoke from candles or incense, and reading the shapes and forms casted by the smoke

conchomancy, divination through seashells, shapes, and the type of shell.

casting a set of charms on a cloth and divinating the meaning of where they landed.

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yvanspijk · 18 days

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Old as sīn

In certain dialects of Old English, there were two ways to express 'his' and 'her'. Beside his and hire, there was sīn (pronounced ‘seen’), but this pronoun was reflexive: it could only refer to the subject of the sentence. My new infographic and the article below tell you the whole story.

On my Patreon, everyone – including free members – can read a detailed explanation (1200 words) of this system, which also compares it to Latin. If you subscribe to tier 2, you can listen to the reconstructed pronunciation of the phrase and all historic words.

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renegade-hierophant · 2 months

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ᚼᚢᛆᚱᛋ ᚦᚢ ᛒᚰᛚ ᚴᛆᚿᚿᛐ ᚴᚢᛂᚧ ᚦᚢ ᚦᛂᚱ ᛒᚰᛚᚢᛁ ᛆᛐ ᚮᚴ ᚵᛂᚠᛆᛐ ᚦᛁᚿᚢᛘ ᚠᛁᛆᚿᛑᚢᛘ ᚠᚱᛁᚧ

Hvars þú bǫl kannt, kveð þú þér bǫlvi at ok gefat þínum fjándum frið.

When you recognize evil, say it is evil and give your enemies no peace.

Hávamál 127

#runes #runic #old norse #norse #pagan #heathen #havamal #odin #wisdom #proverb

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illustratus · 1 year

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Odin, the Northern God of War by Valentine Cameron Prinsep

#odin #wotan #art #valentine cameron prinsep #norse mythology #old norse #norse #northern #europe #european #mythology #mythological #gods #war #northern europe #germanic #harper's weekly

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woahhhgwendolyn · 2 months

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Being Married To Bjorn Would Include...

-Him knowing he loved you the first time he had ever seen you. He was so in love with you he knew that he would do anything and everything for you and wanted to marry you too.

-He loves to give you gifts and give you lots of love and affection. He thinks that you deserve it all. He also loves to see your happy self once he gives you all these things.

-He loves to travel with you always. He is always worried about you traveling though. He hates the idea of you getting hurt because of some type of violence while out. That is why he keeps you very close to him while you both are traveling.

-He loves to keep you close at all times possible. Like I said before he would hate for you to get any type of hurt. He would take it very personally and think that it was his fault for not keeping you close.

-He is always so protective over you it sometimes makes you a bit crazy. But in his defense, he cannot help it.

-He sometimes will follow you around the village and make sure you do not know about it because he knows you will get mad if he follows you a lot.

-Being married to him would have some perks. Some including that you have lots of respect from not just him but from the rest of the village as well.

-He is a very jealous man, so if he sees any man with you he has to automatically include himself in the situation because he does not trust any other man in the village.

-He would want to get a tattoo signifying your marriage. He would also like it if you got one too. Most likely matching to his tattoo.

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astridlovessigyn · 1 month

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Praise be to Loki. ❤️

#norse #norse aesthetic #norse deities #norse history #norse loki #norse polytheism #norse runes #norse witch #old norse #loki laufeyson #loki #norse paganism #norse gods #norse heathen #norse mythology #norse pantheon #Norse pagan

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barefoot-a-pregnant · 4 months

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It's supposed to be a tudor fanart... ...but sorry. I'm seeing Loki and Sigyn here. So sweet!

#loki #sigyn #old norse #fanart #norse heathen #norse pagan #asatru #vanatru #loki x sigyn

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eagle-longing-for-siwa · 5 months

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I know much wisdom, I see deep in the future, all the way to Ragnarök, a dark day for the gods…

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rune-folk · 2 months

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Jackson Crawford, old norse specialist who shares his knowledge about the old norse language, myths, poems, literature and much more for free on youtube, has recently made a post, explaining that soon he will have to stop and look for a different job.

if you like his stuff and can afford it in this economy, now would be a great time to consider supporting someone who wants to share his knowledge and make it accessible for people outside of academia!

#myposts #norse #norse aesthetic #norse paganism #norse heathen #norse heathenry #old norse #norse myth #norse mythology #norse gods #norse runes #jackson crawford

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dancingwithfoxes · 5 months

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on the list of many things Loki has taught me so far:

"some of the hardest hurdles are the ones we have to go through; to bloom into something more. It's harsh like the freezing winters but i will be the raging fire to welcome you into safe arms" — loki

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yvanspijk · 6 months

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Shirt and skirt are doublets: they both stem from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn. Shirt was inherited. It underwent the sound changes that turned Proto-Germanic into English. Skirt was borrowed from another Germanic language: Old Norse. Here's the finale of my doublets series: Germanic doublets in English.

#historical linguistics #linguistics #language #etymology #english #french #dutch #german #old norse #proto-germanic #lingblr #etymological doublets #old frankish #lombardic #old french

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renegade-hierophant · 1 month

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Rune Garden

Hávamál, Rúnatal

138. Veit ek at ek hekk vindga meiði á nætr allar níu, geiri undaðr ok gefinn Óðni, sjálfr sjálfum mér, á þeim meiði er mangi veit hvers hann af rótum renn.

I know that I hung on a windy tree for all of nine nights, wounded by a spear and given to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no one knows the kind of roots it runs from.

139. Við hleifi mik sældu né við hornigi, nýsta ek niðr, nam ek upp rúnar, œpandi nam; fell ek aptr þaðan.

They blessed me with neither bread nor horn, I peered down, I took up runes, screaming I took them; I fell back from there.

#runes #runic #old norse #norse #calligraphy #book art #odin #heathen #pagan #norse paganism #norse polytheism

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