October 2010
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Do you prefer me to post only mythology, cult and...
After all, pre Christian religion was not separate from any other parts of culture and society, but just as much a part of it as eating or chopping wood.
I prefer accuracy to popularity. At the same time the posts should be interesting to those following the blog.
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Never walk
away from home
ahead of your axe and sword.
You can’t feel a...
– Havamal
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Ships and ship burials (detailed) →
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Reviving broken traditions (Recomended reading) →
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Ravenix: The Boar in Anglo-Saxon Culture →
Cute, ain’t he?
In Anglo-Saxon and indeed in all Germanic cultures, the boar was seen as a symbol of strength and fertility. The God Ing is represented by the boar, and his sister Freo rides a boar called Hildisvíni in Norse myth (when she’s not using her cat-drawn chariot). As wild boars…