🇬🇧 text + link further down. 🇸🇪 Bevarandet av vår Tro och Kultur. I hjärtat av de nordiska länderna, där de snöklädda fjällen möter de vidsträckta skogarna och de djupa sjöarna, finner vi en rikedom av kulturell och jordnära arv. Det är här, bland de dramatiska landskapen och de uråldriga traditionerna, som Nordiska Asa-samfundet tar sin plats som en bevarare och stöttepelare för vår tro, vårt arv, vårt ursprung och våra traditioner. Asatro, eller tillbedjan av de nordiska gudarna och gudinnorna, är en tro som har rotat sig djupt i den nordiska kulturen och historien. Den sträcker sig tillbaka till forntiden då våra förfäder, med sitt djupa band till naturen och kosmos, fann förankring i en tro på krafter som Oden, Tor, Freja och alla de andra makterna. Denna tro har överlevt århundraden av förändringar och utmaningar och lever idag vidare genom Nordiska Asa-samfundet. Läs hela artikeln på: https://asa-samfundet.se/bevarandet-av-var-tro-och-kultur/ 🇬🇧 The Preservation of our Trú and Culture. In the heart of the Nordic countries, where the snow-covered mountains meet the vast forests and deep lakes, we find a wealth of cultural and earthly heritage. It is here, among the dramatic landscapes and ancient traditions, that the Nordic Asa-Community takes its place as a guardian and pillar of our trú, our heritage, our origins, and our traditions. Asatru, or the worship of the Norse gods and goddesses, is a belief deeply rooted in Nordic culture and history. It dates back to ancient times when our ancestors, with their deep connection to nature and the cosmos, found anchorage in a faith in powers such as Odin, Thor, Freyja, and all the other mighty beings. This belief has survived centuries of changes and challenges and lives on today through the Nordic Asa-Community. Read the full article at: https://asa-samfundet.se/en/the-preservation-of-our-tru-and-culture/

I put far more stock in my family's genealogical records and my relatives still in the old world (Deutschland, Czechia and France) but it always amuses me, no end, how ancestry.com results constantly change so dramatically! Still interesting nonetheless. As a 4th generation American I'm lucky in that we still have some traditions from the old world connecting us to the cultures but still , being American and further removed than we should like from old traditions a lot of Americans feel that lack of deep rooted culture because of our "meltingpot" philosophy and as such we desperately cling to our European heritage and most just want to learn more about said heritage and how to pay homage to that. A lot of Europeans currently living in Europe don't understand this fascination a lot of Americans have and often ridicule Americans when they bring it up, but please see that this is, in a lot of cases, a plea to know more about their native culture to perhaps bring it back home and practice it there. I don't expect you to do anything yourselves unless perhaps they are your friend but perhaps the next time an American says to you "I'm __% whatever" ask "That's neat, would you like to learn more about the culture? " and give them the name of a heritage museum or something, then it's in their hands to learn something if they are serious. Like I say I'm lucky enough to have family and have visited the lands of my people so I can just message them whenever I feel like learning more than what we currently do but most are not so fortunate. Bah, just my thoughts, take them or leave them. Hail the gods and goddesses Hail the land wights Hail the ancestors

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