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Earliest known runic inscription of Odin found on amulet in Danish gold hoard
Danish runologists have interpreted a bracteate from the Vindelev Hoard as the oldest known inscription that mentions the god Odin. Continue reading Earliest known runic inscription of Odin found on...
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Returning to Mythical Times in Ringerike
“What is this?” I ask the receptionist. “Oh," she replies, "we just opened the exhibit earlier today. It is the world’s oldest runestone.” Continue reading Returning to Mythical Times in Ringerike at...
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Ásatrú and Hinduism: Art and Practice
Here is the lesson. Without positive action, comparative mythology is (at best) a dry academic amusement and (at worst) an exercise in colonialist cultural appropriation. Rather than taking from...
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Of Elder Woods and Erudite Wisdom: The Hyldyr Publishing House
Lyonel Perabo interviews Joseph Hopkins and Lauren Fountain of the experimental publishing house Hyldyr, which produces new books and translations of interest to Heathens that seek to bridge the gap...
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To Honor the Gods
If we really believe in practicing world-affirming religions, then we should affirm the world we live in by working for the good of the planet and all that live upon it. Continue reading To Honor the...
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The Heathenry Preservation Society
Sometimes, the Mead of Poetry works indirectly. An old rock ‘n’ roll song is stuck on repeat in my head, spinning unceasingly between my ears. Actually, it’s not even an entire song. It’s just a verse...
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Opinion: Twilight of the Boomers
Over the past week, Democrats have giddily celebrated the ascension of Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket. That’s great, but it doesn’t deal with the issue of elderly leaders in this nation of...
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Heathen imagery appears during video of fatal shooting of a Black woman
Earlier this month, Sonya Massey, a Black woman living near Springfield, Illinois, was killed in her home by a sheriff's deputy after she called for assistance. The body camera footage shows another...
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Study suggests Viking Age Denmark and Norway had distinct relationships to...
A new study uses skeletal trauma, grave goods, runestones, and infrastructure to argue that Viking Age Denmark and Norway had markedly different relationships to interpersonal violence. Continue...
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Týr, Ásatrú Ethics, and the Mists of Night
Týr guides us, keeps faith with us, stays the course us, and never fails us. In the sometimes-wild world of the Norse deities, that stability and faithfulness can bring great comfort to those who seek...
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