New here…. Found this group through Danheim, whom I’ve been a long time listener. I make my own music, though somewhat heavier, band name ‘Stone Lotus’, check out the album Comastone if you care to listen ☺️ I love anything old earth, paganism, grass roots wisdom and folklore. I’m on a journey of belonging, I know who I am, what I stand for and yet yearn connection. ‘The journey may be young and the path new, yet the ground is sodden with history that bare the scars from those who came before’ -something that came to mind while writing this intro….. Peace Love War and Ale 🤘

I thought its about time I showed my face and not just a logo made for me. I am Nathan, age 33, living innthe Wirral, UK I have loved and Norse Mythology since a young age but even more than that, live the history that it may bring. Sorryabout the pic. Was just out doing the school run for the little man.

28. März 845 Die Wikinger überfallen Paris Reginheri (Ragnar, ja genau der Ragnar) heißt der Befehlshaber, der mit seinen Nordmännern die Seine hinunterfährt. Angeblich bringt er 120 Schiffe und 5.000 Mann Besatzung mit, aber das sind Zahlen, die mit der Dämonisierung der barbarischen Wikinger in der christlichen Geschichtsschreibung der Mönche zu tun haben. Vermutlich sind es eher ein Dutzend Schiffe und Kämpfer im dreistelligen Bereich. Ihre wichtigste Waffe ist eigentlich das Langschiff mit geringem Tiefgang: extrem schnell und wendig. Und blitzschnell an Land gestrandet. Auf der Seine allerdings sind die Langschiffe eher langsam: Sie können nicht segeln, die Ruderer kämpfen gegen die Strömung an. In Paris weiß man längst, dass die Nordmänner kommen. Aber das Frankenreich ist durch eine Teilung wenige Jahre vorher geschwächt. Und König Karl II. („der Kahle“) macht einen taktischen Fehler: Er positioniert sein Heer an beiden Seiten des Flusses und halbiert die Stärke auf jeder Seite dadurch. Er muss zusehen, wie ein Teil seiner Armee geschlagen wird und die Wikinger - der Legende nach - 111 gefangene Franken auf einer Seine-Insel erhängen. 2,5 Tonnen Silber als Schutzgeld Karl ist geschlagen, und die Wikinger fahren ohne großes Aufhebens unermessliche Schätze ein. Denn der fränkische Herrscher bietet Reginheri zweieinhalb Tonnen Silber als Lösegeld für fast achteinhalb Tausend Menschen an. Fortan entwickelt sich die Schutzgeldzahlung zum Einkommensfaktor der Nordmänner - vor allem im angelsächsischen England. Durch den Schachzug wird Reginheri zur Vorlage für den mythischen dänischen König Ragnar der späteren altnordischen Saga-Literatur. Sein Kollege Rollo tut es ihm gleich und zieht genau 40 Jahre nach Reginheri mit 350 Kilo Silber aus Paris wieder ab. 911 belagert er die Stadt Chartres, wird dort aber vernichtend geschlagen und vertrieben. Karl III. bietet ihm trotzdem die Grafschaft Rouen im heutigen Nordfrankreich am Unterlauf der Seine an: So werden Rollos Plünderungen eingedämmt. Und ein Wikinger sorgt dafür, dass andere Wikinger an der Seine nicht mehr brandschatzen können. #wikinger #vikings #geschichte #history #ragnar #ragnarlothbrok

The past of my country is nearly closed. We have extreme lack of information. Currently there is a huge stream of history reconstruction. And we are like children with lost parts of puzzle, who even don"t have enough money for pencils to fix hypotheses. The main obstacle is the absence of key artifacts.. we couldn"t manage to keep in safe any grave of our ancient leaders. Here is the new expositions in Nation museum of History - "Ancient belief" and "Kyiv in 10-12th century". First presents artifacts of Scythians - their dishes, weapons, jewellery and second - artifacts concerning to the first huge christian church in Kyiv - Desyatynna(Tithe). As it was told in our "Povist vremenyh lit"(The Tale of Time) written by monks, this church was built on the place of some Warrior-Northman, who became a christian and who refused to sacrifice his son for the Ukrainian pagan god of thunder Perun. He was killed by anry pagans and then.. christians admitted him as saint and chose the place of his house for the church.. Several Princes including Volodymyr Velykyj were buried there according to the Tale. But there are no archeological proofs. In the end of 20th century there was found one origin wood sarcophagus with skeleton and weapon.. Very massive teeth.. Hope it could be studied thoroughly and may be reconstructed with scanning

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Yaruga is a Russian neo folk/dark folk band, their songs are distinguished by good development, deep lyrics, and original sound, conveying the atmosphere of ancient times, and the history of the song. One of their compositions "Суть" which translates as "Meaning", is my favorite song of the band. Write if you liked it too. https://youtu.be/oNwJB57s210?si=HJVmW9_jqHeWGqnR #folk #DarkFolk #RussianFolk #SlavicFolk

This is a skry I did, it's a version of Freyja. Standing at the front of a longship, coming into land. In her center is the rune Ingwaz. So these banners of pure vibrations are all around. Bifrost is present. To me, knowing the rune Ingwaz, it challenges the stereotypes that if you saw longships coming, you were about to get brutally raided, and nothing more intellectual ever happened in history. That's just not true. There's pretty much no other alphabet I know of where a letter is the symbol for bringing peace and harmony and uniting once conflicting peoples. Even the warrior rune Tiwaz is strongly linked with diplomacy. Those who could be trusted with the battles were those who knew this and lived it. Vikings are some of the most openly diplomatic open hearted people who know you're only as strong as your weakest person among you. When you are that way, you are betrayed so often. Vikings weren't just out to be aggressive plunderers. They took on such a sadness from being so betrayed over and over in history often warped. When you feel betrayed because you were being open, warm, inviting, vulnerable showing your joy among those who are cold and predatorial, remember this. It will give you spirit and strength to keep going without betraying who you are. P.S. sorry about the watermark. I have no need for them here. This was done before I found you here.

Úlfhéðnar: The Óðinnic Wolf Cult To preface this, this won't be a historical post on the Úlfhéðnar. This is something from my personal practice, inspired by history and used for the current modern time of Norse Paganism. For me and my journey Wolves have been a staple of my practice, and my own personality. Something I have embraced fully this past year. My middle name being Ulfr, and from a very young age I knowing my Fylgja. She is a black wolf that watches over me, I have seen her in a few dreams, but mostly others who dream of me see this wolf. My aunt most notably when I was a young boy. And today, most often when my fylgja is seen by others, they see the wolf in distress, and this has alerted a few within my circle of hard times I am dealing with, as I am not generally one to openly speak on what I am dealing with. Anyways, for a long time I was lead to believe the wolf was just bad, untrustworthy, angry, and dangerous, a force of destruction. I've been told many negative things through my life about the wolf, but I looked to the positive aspects of the wolf, protection, loyalty, and one huge factors for me, the untamed primal spirit, Freedom. Now onto this whole "Úlfhéðnar" and "Óðinnic Wolf Cult" thing. In 2022, I started my organization, Úlfung (Wolf Tribe) for all those following the Norse spirituality in my area, and over this last year I've worked on a sort is side project within my organization, The Óðinnic Wolf Cult, something we know somewhat of as we know about the Berserkir, the Úlfhéðnar, and the phenomena of the Germanic Männerbund (Koryos), that became what these warriors were. In general it's been common through history, for many shaman, and warriors alike to wear the pelts of animals and take on their aspects in rituals and battle. So one day I really sat down and asked myself, how would the Óðinnic Wolf Cult today look like? (And of course can't be called Wolf Tribe without some wolf stuff going on 🤣). Now of course, we as Norse pagans, are not warriors like they were in the Viking Age, and before. And we certainly are not Vikings. But the spirit of this Wolf Cult doesn't just die off. So I got to writing, and doing far more research on the subject of the old Koryos, and the Úlfhéðnar in the Viking Age, looking at the phenomena. We know little of what was really practiced, but we can make educated guesses, and interpretations. This is a Faith after all, and we are reconstructing day by day, so long as we don't try and change/rewrite the history and properly acknowledge our Personal Gnosis and Interpretations and make the right distinctions then all is well. So in my interpretation, it looks something like this: To start, it is a Männerbund, or Koryos, a Brotherhood or Band of men, so the first requirement for our group is of course being a man. (Sorry ladies! We also have female only positions within our organization though!) Now as stated we aren't Vikings, and we arent the Úlfhéðnar of legend either. Its 2025, we aren't 'berserking' into battle. So on that, we won't just allow any would be dude with anger issues, who bought same faux fur shoulder pelt all the dudes from the Beard Struggle wear off of Etsy, claiming that he 'See's red when he's angry' and nothing can stop him! (You can see I've had some personal experience there...) And being in America... For Helvede... It seems there's a plethora of guys who know nothing about the spirituality, but they saw something about Berserkers once and it was super MANLY so they become BerserkerVikingKing9000. Now I won't say that fighting is off the table within this though, My inspiration aside from wolves of course, does come along from my profession in Private Contracting. Fighting is kind of a big deal, and being capable of handling yourself and protecting others is a key factor. So we do take a dedication to fitness, and training, and believe each person who chooses to follow this, should be very capable even if it is not exactly necessary. For me, there is no separation between my faith and my work life or anything else. My faith is with me always, and in everything. Infact, my wolf pelt is sitting out on the passenger seat of my car while I'm at work, it's never far from me! Within our 'Wolf Cult' one of the biggest aspects is further embracing the Animistic aspect of the old ways, digging deep into the primal elements of ourselves. Heavily embracing the spirit in all things, and taking it upon ourselves to join efforts in cleaning up parks, wildlife areas and more. While we encourage all of our members to do so, as this faith being Animistic should drive one to that, being conscious of the natural world greatly, it is a Requirement for those in the wolf Cult to do so with their brothers. The Dedication to Óðinn. It is an Óðinnic Wolf Cult after all, and with that we swear not only oaths of fealty, and Loyalty to one another, but we swear to Óðinn, we fight for, learn and follow Óðinn's path. We follow the god of fury and frenzy, acting as his howling winds in the wild. Embracing the wild and primal wolf spirits! Many of our practices involve Utiseta, and trance dancing. Going to sit out in the woods which are most sacred to us in just Wolf Skins, as we work to connect and learn from the ancestors before us, or dancing wildly by the fire howling out in the woods and embracing the primal and free spirit of the wolf. Among all the other practices of Forn Seð. To avoid writing a book here, I am condensing a lot, and keeping it simple, but overall being a part of our Wolf Cult takes a lot of dedication and an unwavering faith in the Animistic ways of Forn Seð. And in terms of dedication, we also require that those who want to be part of it have a genuine wolf pelt to wear. We have ethical sources the pelts must be obtained from, and it benefits Wolf Conservations and efforts. And on the off chance a member hunts and kills a wolf, so long as it isn't them just going out targeting and killing a wolf for the sake of its pelt, and they actually had a reason they had to defend themselves or another from the wolf, we allow them to have that kill be made into a pelt to wear. Anyways, this may all sound silly to some, be an inspiration to others, or something that some don't care much for, and that is okay! But if it inspires you somewhat, than I am glad! Enjoy this fun video in the Koryos for further inspiration and learning as well: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LbIwi1HxmpE Image from the Torslunda Plates

Uploading first photo. My latest work. There's so much to say about it and I don't know if there is a character limit. I can start you off exploring. In the upper right corner under the disc of light is a hare. If you've got good eyes you can see the eye is sort of red. Reflective of the light above, somewhat softer. Spring tones. I start with extremely dark disturbing layers and continually work with it like a metal. All the elements are involved. This one presents more earth and air. The hare is important as, of course an ultimate springtime fertility fylgja. I work with many. I stay surrounded by a party of guardians at all times. The works could be thought of as hyperspatial knotwork and Interdimensional runes. My work with the runes began when I was a teenager. As you can see, the hare is in motion. Great quickness, leaping through the air. It is harder to see, you may need to stare a while but almost subliminal and silhouette is a tiny wide eyed baby underneath the hare. If I was going to call this one thing, it might be The Hardest Lesson. For the serpent rising along the right side of the canvas. See the gridding pattern like DNA. This is something we all have to face. The serpent wants to take the hare. Rises to the throat to lunge and feed. Yet, now the wild-eyed infant hare, see that eye now as an insanely menacing grin on a face that is facing you, lunging at the serpent. It might be better if I upload videos at some point and zoom into parts and highlight things. The hare is one of the most important associates of the goddess, with feminine divine overall. In the upper left of the canvas one might get a sense of wings being spread and flapping and a bird ready to descend on either the serpent or the hare. Curved back and descending upon, talons extending to snatch up. To sum it up quickly, the lower left of the canvas is the tree trunk of the world tree. Where one can get a sense of the goddess shape, the feminine divinity, If you see the sky beside the tree as her back into her side and where the roots begin as her hips. I travel the world tree and have protected it. The tree we call Yggdrasil. Now my work is more intensive than ever after my findings and after the beginning of the war. My part in the war has been dealing specifically with a corruption that has taken root in it. A great offense. One I seek to purge, actively. I do not speak of it to get others involved or recruit. I've been a man of the world, but the vikings taking me in after the fallout has meant so much to me. It was Odin who spoke highly of me at the Thing. It was the High One who said, 'he is one of us'. Since most here interact with All Father, look into it for yourself. I have solid Germanic roots but my ancestry is also cosmic. I wouldn't be considered a 'pure blood'. I could have chosen from many paths. I said I would rather burn in Hel as a viking. It wasn't then that it was decided. The values are my own. I am always in love with Brigid. That never changes. This is skrying, it's also the cauldron or the Well of Wyrd. It also is Seiðr, only nonsexual. I know the history of that, and many other things. I am by no means an expert, and wish I spent more time learning earlier on. I tend to be like the berserker, more than the sage. I post this here as I will intentionally be bringing all of my work here from now on. As much as I can. Please understand that I work multiple jobs. These are for this community to become stronger in magics and meditations, to be inspired. For a long time, I gave it freely to the wrong people. Those who are like that serpent, if in this case, we would be that hare. In that regard, it also offers knowledge of the sometimes frightening and terrific masks shamans don. To protect. Not to use their magic to go around preying on the light of others. You will see endless of these faces and voices of ancestors revisited in my work. Truly, this is amazing being here with you, and something that I honor. This went way over over what I was going to write here. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to upload. Social medias are not really my thing lol

Today, on International Women's Day, we honor women – those who have borne, shaped, and guided our world throughout history. But to fully understand and appreciate the strength and role of women, we must look back to the societies of our ancestors. In the Old Norse countries, women were not a shadow in the men’s world – they were a force, creators, and decision-makers. Their voices carried weight, their hands governed the farm and household, and their will shaped the future of the clan. Our foremothers held a position that, in many respects, was stronger than in many contemporary societies in Europe. They could own land, engage in trade, and even negotiate and participate in legal disputes. Widows or single women could assume full responsibility and manage their own affairs without a guardian. In the legal compilation Grágás, clear provisions exist regarding women's rights to own property and seek divorce. Women who were housewives ruled the household and were responsible for the finances within the home. They held the keys to the storerooms, a symbol of their authority. But women were not just household managers – they could, for example, be warriors, gyðja, and experienced traders. Stories of women like Freydís Eiríksdóttir, who, according to the Greenland Saga, took up arms and defended her people, or Lagertha, the sharp-witted and feared shield-maiden mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus, show that women were not confined to the home. Archaeological finds, such as the graves in Birka, testify to female warriors and women in trade. This shows that women not only possibly participated in warfare but likely held high military ranks. Saga literature, such as the saga of Egil Skallagrimsson, mentions strong and decisive women like Egil's grandfather Myrkjartan and his sister Thorgerd, who did not hesitate to make their own decisions and put men in their place. But then came Christianity. With missionaries and swords, the new faith spread across the Nordic countries, and with it, the position of women changed. The old customs, where women had influence and could exercise power, were deemed heathen and should be replaced by the church's order. The Catholic Church brought laws that restricted women's freedoms, such as making them legally subordinate to their husbands and limiting their rights to own land. Women lost the right to be leaders in spiritual life – the völvas disappeared into the shadows. With Christian legislation, such as the Norwegian Kristinréttir laws from the 1200s, it was established that women must submit to their husbands, and their previous rights were curtailed. But the strength of women can never be suppressed. Our strong foremothers live on in today’s women – in those who dare, in those who fight, in those who refuse to be silenced. Every woman who raises her voice for justice, every woman who refuses to be chained by norms, is an heir to the pagan women who once ruled, defended, and shaped their own destiny. So, on this day, International Women's Day, let us honor the women who came before us and the women who today carry forward the legacy of strength, wisdom, and courage. Let us remember the völvas who whispered the words of fate, the housewives who ruled with a firm hand, the shield-maidens who lifted the sword, and the women who refused to bow to a world that sought to make them small. Hail our foremothers! Hail the women of today! May your strength never fade, may your voices never be silenced!