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If you’re a new pagan/polytheist,

there’s something I absolutely need you to know as someone who’s been practicing for about 7 years and who has only recently become involved in the online community. As you start your journey, you might come across a particular type of speech that’s going around a lot. You may read stuff like “please get your deities’ approval before doing [that]”, “talk it out with your deities before doing [this]”, or “make sure to know your deities’ boundaries!”

If you are, like myself, someone who’s got neither the time nor the right tools to invest themselves in divination or the development of a clairsense, you may at that point ask yourself “how the heck am I supposed to understand my deities THAT clearly?!”, and that’s a very legitimate question, in my humble opinion. I’ve noticed loads of influencial pagans write posts like they assumed their entire following had a clairsense. This type of post makes it look like it’s natural for a pagan to hold two-sided, actual conversations with their Gods like they would a flesh and blood human being, and that it’s part of the “normal” pagan experience. However that’s not the case: not everyone can perceive their deities or receive their messages easily, and not everyone has the financial means to dedicate themselves to their spirituality full time. And that’s okay. Your Gods won’t get mad if you’re unsure what they want from you. They know your individual circumstances and they see your devotion either way. When it comes to polytheism, there’s no wrong way to believe. Belief happens in your mind and faith happens in your heart. As long as you love and respect your deities, they won’t turn their backs to you. Even if you don’t get their explicit approval for something, even if you don’t hear their voices or see their faces, even if you don’t buy fancy statues of them or hangout with them like they’re your human bff. Paganism is faith at its very core, that’s all there is to it. Your simple belief is what makes you pagan.

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I've been wanting to do my interpretation of Loki for a WHILE. And by a while, I mean years. So, here he is. Hope ya like him :)

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Another piece I finished tonight. It's my interpretation of Tyr and I hope people like him. This one was fun to do because I could let go of the finer details and focus on the details that mattered.

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Idun.

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Ägir and Ran.

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Njärd/Nerthus.

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May Loki break the boundaries of our struggles, shattering the prolonged suffering. May he bring about change. May he bring about our success in overcoming the greed, malice, and funds of our oppressors. May he take the powers of the corporations and shatter it, scatter it to the winds. For us all to have a chance at wealth.

Loki, we call you in our moment of need. In our desperate attempts to live and flourish. Bring about the change, bring to us power we haven't felt or had in an age! Hail O Thee Son of Laufey! Breaker of Locks, Change Bringer!

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Idunn in Skáldskaparmál:

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Ägir.

Lord of storms.

Brother of the wild wind and the wild fire.

Husband of Ran and father of the waves.

He who gathers the sunken tressures, friend of the gods and he who holds the great feast of the gods.

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Been playing around in GIMP. Had been inspired by the Pride Heathen/Pagan/Lokean symbols. All the images were found online. Used the updated Disability Flag and tried to keep the muted colors for the obvious safety reasons. I wanted to post these during Disability Pride Month but oh, well. Better late than never I guess.

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working with norse deities

óðinn: "don't worry, i'll get it done. just don't ask me how."

frigg: "secrets are worth gold. yours are diamond. share with discretion."

loki: "i'll break your bone so it'll heal right this time."

sigyn: "would you rather be right or be loved?"

angrboða: "you are the only god you have to live with."

freyja: "go loud. we'll deal with the consequences."

freyr: "...we gotta? okay. baby, hold my beer."

njǫrðr: "can i interest you in some chill the fuck out in this trying time?"

hel: "i'll hold you through it—and you still have to do this."

fenrir: "...can we bite them? we could, in fact, bite them."

jǫrmungandr: "this too shall pass."

gullveig: "fuck around. find out. remember."

þórr: "not everything is a nail, but a screw still bows to a hammer."

sif: "everything is a little more possible with a belly full of warm food."

skaði: "there is always an opportune moment. find it."

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'Kill them with kindness.' Of course. Just make sure you do kill them.

—Freyja, probably.

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Odin, Huginn, and Muninn by Anna Hodyrevskaya

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An oldie but a goodie!

(Image description to come when I am back on desktop)