Inspired by the artist The Raven from the North and the designs of the video game Total War: Thrones of Britannia, our very first emblem was created by our singer Mattjö Haussy at the beginning of 2020. ⚔️🎨🔥 "Hrafngrímr" means "the one who wears a raven mask." #Emblem #Artwork #TotalWar #ThronesOfBritannia #VikingStyle #NuNordic

March 29 of 845AD was the start of the legendary viking attack on Paris. Several people use this day to honor Ragnar Lodbrok, myself among them. But there were thousands of vikings who fought and died, and I keep them in mind as well. No one likes their efforts ignored, and just because we don't know some of their names doesn't mean they should be forgotten. So raise a horn for Ragnar, and raise another horn for those who fought alongside him.

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

Well you guys assked for it, so here is the next review. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crossroads Ancient Sagas Rare Card Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Not many card types left to review, so what are your thoughts? Again thanks to [Danheim] for the creation of the game and music I am using on these reviews. Be sure to check out the game over at The Game Crafter, and search for Crossroads Ancient Sagas. #tcg #ccg #crossroads #ancientsagas #crossroadsancientsagas #newtcg #newccg #norsemythology #norsetcg #norseccg #vikings #danheim #danheimmusic

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crossroads Ancient Sagas Card Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️ What card review would you like to see next? #tcg #ccg #crossroads #ancientsagas #crossroadsancientsagas #newtcg #newccg #norsemythology #norsetcg #norseccg #vikings #danheim #danheimmusic

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Crossroads Ancient Sagas Update ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I had an email today from Royal Mail in the UK to say they are aware of my package coming from The Game Crafter innthe US for a delivery and once they have it I can track it. This means we are closer to a date for a box opening, pack opening and live review on Twitch. Until then, don't forgot to check out the Discord or my other posts for a review of each card type. https://discord.gg/qfsNypXr https://www.instagram.com/elemental_beard?igsh=MXZ2b3VsOHlsZ24ycw== #tcg #ccg #crossroads #ancientsagas #crossroadsancientsagas #newtcg #newccg #norsemythology #norsetcg #norseccg #vikings #danheim #danheimmusic

Attention Crossroads Ancient Sagas lovers and players. Did you know there is a discord server for this wonderful game? Well there is! Why not join it and have conversations about the game, the cards you have got and even look to trade with others. https://discord.gg/PM6u84gS #tcg #ccg #crossroads #ancientsagas #crossroadsancientsagas #newtcg #newccg #norsemythology #norsetcg #norseccg #vikings #danheim #danheimmusic

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.

So, I thought I should say what I have bought so that once its arrived I can do a pack opening and review. Maybe also talk about building a deck. Have you built a deck? Do you have any tips? Thanks to [Danheim] for letting me post my reviews from the website to here. #tcg #ccg #crossroads #ancientsagas #crossroadsancientsagas #newtcg #newccg #norsemythology #norsetcg #norseccg #vikings #danheim #danheimmusic

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