Something pagans hear a lot from Christians and other naysayers is that we have no direct line of succession to our ancestors.
Kashmiri Shaivism was revived from its sacred texts, when their Gurus were massacred in the many conquests of Kashmir. It can, and will be done again. ᛉ

A few more sources for an offering of alcohol (thanks Einheri) are the Guta Saga, Adam of Bremen, Ahmad ibn Fadlan’s account of the Rus.

Survive the Jive also did a great video on this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzjx4y…

An incomplete Anglo Saxon gilt sleeve gusset plate with a raven head, originally two. The inlaid stone could be a dark amber.

In Sæmundr Fróði’s Nóregs Konungatal (list of Norwegian kings), he refers to the earth as Odin’s wife multiple times when describing a king ruling over the land.
Kennings used;
Hárs Vífi: Hárr’s Wife
Þundar beðju: Þundr’s bedmate
Yggs mani/mani Yggjar: Yggr’s girl

Baldr, by Franz Stassen, 1910-15.

Remember to practice your ethnic faith today. ⴲ

Finds from an Old Saxon burial ground in Issendorf, Lower Saxony, 5th Century.

Germanic theology in the Eddas

I had a follower ask me which sections of Edda literature I thought contained the primary sources for general Germanic theology and belief. Here is a list I came up with. I know that others may disagree thinking there are other areas or text that…

Interesting find from Hornsherred, Zealand, Denmark; an Iron Age pendant depicting a head with a bird’s head sprouting from it. This may depict a type of helmet we have yet to find an intact example of, like unto the boar-crested helmets.
Or perhaps…Odin as Arnhöfði. ᚨ

An early Anglo Saxon necklace from the burial ground in Finglesham, Kent, featuring two sun crosses and a horned Woden pendant.

This Bronze Age petroglyph at Tanum is thought by many to be the oldest depiction of a maypole.
Happy May Day!