Hello Folkrealms
I am happy to see you all here and this community building.
Though with building theres always hiccups, and those hiccups the past few days are the reports I've gotten that were for Hate Speech and Antisemitic content.
I would like to kindly ask, keep the politics, racism, volkish, and white supremacist things off of Folkrealms.
This is a place of spirituality, a place where all walks of life can share their journeys, connect and be one. Let's honor that and stick to what this site was for with our content.
FolkRealms – A thriving community for seekers of culture, stories, and traditions. Connect, share knowledge, and celebrate the ties that bind us all.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in Scandinavian/Norse history and culture. It received it during our Jolabokaflod and absolutley love it!

This maybe controversial but.....one of the main reasons over the last year or two i've really got stuck into Nordic/Viking/Germanic history/beliefs is to get in touch with my ancestral roots and cultural heritage. All i see around me is a constant diluting, sense of shame(?) and historical revisionism of my culture and history. Because of this i'm all the more determined to immerse myself in my roots before its lost. Why do other cultures get celebrated while mine is denigrated?

For those Heathens in the Northeast of the USA, if you are interested in Traditional Heathenry (basically Germanic tribal "religion" for people descended from the Germanic/Nordic tribes) please look into the Irminfolk Odinist Community and their annual Folkish Summer Hallowing events in the late summer. It is an event held in NE Pennsylvania with members travelling from all over the US and world to attend. The universalist pagans will label groups like this "Nazis," because they don't want us to know the Truth about our culture and they want you to stay away from connecting with our Ancestors and Old Gods, Old Ways of life. Instead, they want you to believe our Ancestors were shield maidens and rainbow Vikings, full of diversity and inclusion, and all that modern jazz we know to be garbage and BS. In 2025, for possibly the first time anywhere in the world, all three of our main Gods will be reunited in Idol form when the Irminfolk unveil Odin and Thor, finally joined by Freyr. These deities are nearly 6 ft. tall and gilded in gold. It will be amazing to be in Their presence. Join me, my friends! If anyone has questions or would like more info, just ask here or DM me.

folkishsummerhallowing.com

This may be a strange post, and I'm not sure how to categorize it exactly. Its about Norse Paganism, and Being Danish. My own weird thoughts, emotions and so forth. That maybe others may relate to, or maybe you'll be like, man why would you bother posting this?

I'll start though for the record I believe that anyone, from anywhere can choose to follow and be apart of Norse Paganism, follow and honor the spirituality and culture. However, I've never been able to accept this for myself. I've had thoughts that I don't hold any validity as a Norse Pagan, because I am not Danish enough or not Scandinavian enough to follow Norse Paganism, because I wasn't born in Denmark, my family moved away from there and came to America, so nationally I'm not a Dane, I'm only a Dane in my blood.
I'm not sure how to explain this in a concise manner, but I shall try. But for some reason my brain likes to directly correlate my own amount of being Danish with how much that makes me a Norse Pagan, despite the fact I know better, and acknowledge the fact that anyone can choose Norse Paganism. Some days I just feel like an imposter in both. Aside from my slight accent, I only knew a few words in Danish and a song growing up, and didn't start learning the language until I was an adult, and didn't start really following Norse Paganism until I was 21 (I'm 25 going on 26 now.), plus my family never really wanting much to do with me because of my spiritual followings, and now the few family members I do talk to once in a blue moon in Denmark and Sweden, I at this time can't keep up as well in conversations using their language, a language I should be fluent in and know well... It all just makes me feel like an imposter. Here I am a "Dane" if I really can call myself that, studying the old history and spirituality of my heritage, and I can't even connect with my own family and people in modern Nordic culture. And it sometimes makes me feel like maybe I don't belong. However there's also the whole factor, that my family would accept me and see me as one of them, if I ditched paganism and converted to Christianity which of course will never happen. I'm very much rooted in my ways of Forn Seð, and my overall exploration of esoteric and spiritual topics and paths on my quest for knowledge. But man sometimes my mind betrays me with these thoughts of invalidation. Maybe it is the winter time, the depression that hits, as much as I love winter, it is the time I spend the most alone, especially with my job working nights, by myself I get plenty of time be stuck in my head and contemplate everything.

Anyways, I apologize for this jumbled mess of thoughts and feelings? I like posting about my thinking on these things in my life experiences and journey as a follower of Forn Seð, as it's something real, even if it's a bit weird, awkward, sad even? Because maybe you relate to it, maybe you also experience times of depression, disconnection and not feeling like yourself. As we are all human, and have strange thoughts, and feelings, that put us in strange places, and I think out letting and sharing these at times helps us connect, heal, and gain greater understanding, especially in the strange complexities of the human mind.

Also here's a picture of some deer I came across :)

I am really upset today because of my colleagues. We´re social workers and we look after all sorts of young people. there are in fact loads of young people from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and so on. To not hurt their feelings/not offend them my colleagues started to rename our feasts. So now we have a Winterfest instead of a Weihnachtsfest (this term is NOT christian and it´s an evidence of our early heathen culture).

This is todays Germany. Not proud of anything, taking more care of foreigners than of our own people. I´m NOT a neo-nazi but I feel sad about losing our culture. I teach my children a lot of heathen culture, but I´m only one person facing people who don´t give a f*** about our culture.

Let's talk Laugardagr, being clean and having hygiene.
I'll start with, I apologize if this offends you for some reason, as unfortunately it has before.

I commonly see the days of the week posted quite regularly in Norse Pagan groups,
Sunnadagr
Manadagr
Tyrsdagr
Odinsdagr
Thorsdagr
Friggsdagr
And
Saturns Day.
Wait thats not right...
I see this all the time, everyone puts Saturns Day, and the entirety of Laugardagr is just tossed to the side.
So today, the reason i want to speak on it, of course is knowledge, since many people dont know of Laugardagr.

Laugardagr is Wash Day. The day to get clean, wash yourself, wash your clothes. And just be clean, because that was an important thing to the culture. The Norse people, Vikings ect, weren't dirty hobos. They valued their cleanliness. And so should you.
And this is why I prefaced the beginning with the sorry if this offends, because in my experience, going to events, Blóts, festivals ect. I see, and have met so many Norse Pagans that only have a fantasy concept of a Viking, being a barbarian, with unkempt hair and beard, covered in dirt, and is tbe ultimate man who doesn't need no baths! I've even met some who have directly told me "Im a Viking, Im a man so I don't need to do all that gay shit". While smelling like unwashed scrotum and feces.
Of course majority of this is men, but I've seen it with women too in all the Norse Pagan and Viking things I've attended. It's baffling.
So remember, Laugardagr (Saturday), the day to clean yourself and freshen up. Though in today's time most of us have the convenience to clean up each day and always be presentable. Comb your beard, brush your hair, throw on some deodorant, make yourself presentable, and "Be a Viking" and tackle your days everyone, and remember our ancestors valued their cleanliness.

Origins - Витоки
There was used different symbols from Ukrainian traditional pysankas - painted eggs. A lot of clay pysankas belongs to the period of Kyiv Rus, but the most early examples - it is period of Trypilska culture
https://youtu.be/SwVj-WFZZpM?si=vj-Pjjp_Zz-r3r6u
#music

What are songs about part 1

Wieszczba (Divination/Omen)

Probably I won't be wrong if I say that in every culture that is or was, divination and reading omens are common. Currently more as a game or part of some traditional feasts. In the medieval (and not only) times, reading omens was part of everyday life. Will the crops grow big? Will my children be healthy? Will my cattle be strong and give much milk?

And young adults had one more question... Who will be my beloved one?

This song is about that particular question. Till modern times some of divination practices survived, such as wax melting and reading from its shadow.

Here are the song lyrics and English translation:

(PL)
Mieszaj, mieszaj sny, pragnienia
Ta noc magią życie zmienia
Coś dla niego i coś dla niej
Ta noc niesie swe przesłanie

Mieszaj, mieszaj, ogień płonie
Szepcze o nim, szepcze o niej
Dusze tańczą, wosk przelewa
Mieszaj, mieszaj, tańcz i śpiewaj

Mieszaj, mieszaj, losu kole
Węzły splataj, poproś Dolę
Już Narecznic trwają tany
Któż wywróży ich zamiary?

(ENG)
Stir, stir the dreams, desire
This night changes lives with magic
Something for him, something for her
This night has its message

Stir, stir, the fire burns
Whispers about him, whispers about her
Souls dance, wax spills
Stir, stir, dance and sing

Stir, stir, wheel of fate
Weave knots, ask Dola
The Narecznice are already dancing
Who can tell their intentions?

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