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"I think disregarding American culture (for US heathens too) would be a huge mistake. People lived in America (all kinds of people) and did things that makes a lot of what is today taken for granted possible. Ignoring that would be a disservice as far as ancestral veneration and gratitude goes."
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Me (from Facebook).
My comment: Everything you/ me take for granted, someone did bleed for.
You dont have to go “Viking” to find your heroes.
Show some respect, pour a “Jack Daniels” for them and remember.
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An attempt at translation from Swedish:
“Vanirs lord and king of Elves,Sap is rising in the tree trunk, Frey stands proud and spring time young, Hail thou warm time, Lust and life from Sunnas light,Sap is rising in the tree trunk, Gifts of Gods to mankinds homes, Hail thou warm time, Song of birds and mankinds choirs, Sap is rising in the tree trunk, Born is that which never dies, Hail thou warm time, Hail to Aering Hail to Frith, Sap is rising in the tree trunk, Hail to this our custom is, Hail thou warm time, “
Needs some tweeking to fit better with the melody, but..
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Wishing those who celebrate it a great Yggdrasil blót! Til ars ok frithar!
This holliday is not (genarally) part of Scandinavian customs (as far as i know) and not from historical sources. It is however often celebrated among Heathens today as part of their custom and a great idea. A day to contemplate your place in the bigger scope of things.
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Kneeling Before the Gods
“We stand before our Gods, we do not kneel before them.” I do not know how many times I have heard something like that stated in Heathen circles. And most accept it as fact. The truth is, its history goes no farther back than the Viking Brotherhood in the early ’70s. If we were to go by the lore, we would see it is quite a different story.
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![Out of curiosity.
Do you have some special blóts or celebrations/rituals/traditions that you think might be special to you, your region, your kindred, your family, your circumstances or whatever the case might be?
It is always interesting to see how the Heathen ways take form and adapt in ways that fit Heathens in very diverse living conditions and circumstances (as it always did).
The Heathen in a small student dorm with a bookshelf altar.
The Heathen on a farm with access to a hoegr and who takes animal husbandry for granted.
A Heathen in Alaska vs a Heathen in New South Wales.
Well, you get the picture.
After all, not all traditions, Nordic or otherwise, are a 1000 years old, and even when they are there are regional differences.
The Icelandic Thorrablót is from the 19th century ,and more and more Heathen Swedes are putting Thursday apart for “Thors Hallow”, a time for contemplation and family (a bit like the Jewish Shabbat/Shabbos).
I know there are US traditions uniquely their own (actually they might be spreading if people elsewhere find a need for them) that fills a function for them (such as Vali´s Blót?).
In Sweden Midsummer and Christmas have very Heathen elements even for those who are secular or Christian.
I think one of the strengths of Heathenry is that it is for the Heathen, not the other way around (among Swedish Heathens i sometimes hear “What is your Sed [Custom]”).
A language with many dialects, mutually intelligible, but all the way of communication with the mights that works where, when and for whom it works in any specific time and place.
I would love to hear about the times and ways that are meaningful to you and makes your Heathen identity grow.
What is your Sed?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmxvlocmS1qer9b0o1_500.png)
Out of curiosity.
Do you have some special blóts or celebrations/rituals/traditions that you think might be special to you, your region, your kindred, your family, your circumstances or whatever the case might be?
It is always interesting to see how the Heathen ways take form and adapt in ways that fit Heathens in very diverse living conditions and circumstances (as it always did).
The Heathen in a small student dorm with a bookshelf altar.
The Heathen on a farm with access to a hoegr and who takes animal husbandry for granted.
A Heathen in Alaska vs a Heathen in New South Wales.
Well, you get the picture.
After all, not all traditions, Nordic or otherwise, are a 1000 years old, and even when they are there are regional differences.
The Icelandic Thorrablót is from the 19th century ,and more and more Heathen Swedes are putting Thursday apart for “Thors Hallow”, a time for contemplation and family (a bit like the Jewish Shabbat/Shabbos).
I know there are US traditions uniquely their own (actually they might be spreading if people elsewhere find a need for them) that fills a function for them (such as Vali´s Blót?).
In Sweden Midsummer and Christmas have very Heathen elements even for those who are secular or Christian.
I think one of the strengths of Heathenry is that it is for the Heathen, not the other way around (among Swedish Heathens i sometimes hear “What is your Sed [Custom]”).
A language with many dialects, mutually intelligible, but all the way of communication with the mights that works where, when and for whom it works in any specific time and place.
I would love to hear about the times and ways that are meaningful to you and makes your Heathen identity grow.
What is your Sed?
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Plough Charming Ceremony by ~Thorskegga
Photo of a Chiltern Kindred ‘Plough Charming’ ceremony marking the start of the agricultural year.
