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Eir

Eir, the Norse goddess of healing, is a mysterious and powerful figure in mythology. Known for her compassion and wisdom, she is often listed among the handmaidens of Frigg, Odin’s wife, and Menglod, a benevolent giantess from Jotunheim. Some traditions also name her as a Valkyrie, suggesting that she not only chose who lived and died in battle but also provided invaluable healing to wounded warriors.

Eir was revered as a protector of those in need, particularly in childbirth, where her divine intervention was sought for safe deliveries. Some scholars believe she was also one of the spirits of the home, watching over those who prayed to her. She is associated with Lyfjaberg, the “hill of healing,” where seekers would go in search of her aid. Many compare her to Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health, as both symbolize divine care and the preservation of life.

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Providence is, simply, the goodness of the Gods emanating outward, flowing out naturally from them to all corners of the world to each according to their individual ability to receive it. Providence is a spring that overflows and reaches all indiscriminately, unlimited and eternal.

The key here is our individual ability to receive it. If you don't notice the water flowing all around you, you go thirsty, and if you don't have a sufficient vessel for collecting it, you will only get tiny handfuls of water at a time. Blessings are received when we make ourselves a suitable vessel for them: We make ourselves more receptive to their goodness by improving ourselves through piety and cultivating virtue.

This is an attitude that I don't find very often in Neopagan spaces: Far too many people are preoccupied with offending the Gods, as if such a thing were possible, and being "cursed" or "abandoned" by them, when in reality the Gods are everywhere: There is nowhere that they cannot be, no corner of the universe that they do not reach. To fret about whether the Gods will curse or punish you is to wonder if the water from that spring won't like you: The question is silly, just drink when you're thirsty.

2. they're going to favor their sighted side, obviously, but it doesn't always manifest in the way you think. when I walk down a hall I walk much closer to the wall on my sighted side than on my blind side. which is the opposite of how it might seem logical to do that bc it means the world at large is on your bad side, but the reason is I can't fucking See the wall if it's right next to me in the blind side and I end up knocking into it.

3. door frames and poles are my enemy. If your character is smart this will not be a problem but for me it is. I am King of walking into shit I could absolutely see but couldn't tell how far away from me it was. on this note, their blind side hand is getting bashed into every jutting out thing in a 5 mile radius.

4. having 0 depth perception is less of a big deal than you'd think it is. Especially with driving. I've become a Much safer and more wary driver because I can't tell how far the other cars are from me. however I fucking suck at parking now. because I can't tell how far the lines are from me either.

5. you know how people who lose limbs get phantom pains? that happens with eyes too but like. phantom sights. for me it's like. a lot of bugs. like every so often my brain will just put something suddenly skittering beside me there. hate that.

6. it is completely possible to "get stuck" somewhere because your ability to tell how wide a space is is just Gone. shopping isles especially where bumping something or Someone is matter of embarrassment or potentially breaking something. it can be legitimately paralyzing and also irritate everyone around you because they can tell there is Plenty of space for you to get your cart through even if you can't.

Tyr is best known from the story about the Fenrir wolf. Just to refreshen everybody’s memory, Fenrir was one of Loki’s many bizarre children. He started out as a cute pup but as he grew bigger the gods started fearing him. Not even Loki dared go near his own child. Only Tyr was brave enough/loved Fenrir enough to keep playing with him.

Eventually the gods decided that it would be safest to tie Fenrir up but no chains could hold him so they got a magic rope that was impossible to beak. Fenrir suspected trickery was afoot and said he’d only put it on if someone put their hand in his mouth. If he couldn’t break the rope he’d bite the person’s hand off. Again only Tyr stepped forward, put his hand willingly in the wolf’s mouth and lost it as a consequence.

Tyr appears again in Lokasenna where he defends the god of peace, Frey, from Loki’s insults.

Tyr is one of my favorite Norse gods. As a child I had a very surface level view of the Fenrir story. I thought Fenrir was stupid because he knew the gods were tricking him but let them put the rope on him anyway, but I also thought Tyr was mean for being part of it.

It does explain Tyr’s role through. He’s a god of war, but also law and fairness. When he put his hand in Fenrir’s mouth he knew he was going to lose it. He accepted that he would have to make that huge sacrifice for tricking his friend. Losing his hand was fair. He knew he deserved it.

And as a god of war I think it’s endlessly interesting that he’s the person who defends Frey, god of peace, defender of women and freer of the imprisoned. Thor is god of mindless war, Odin is god of smart warfare, but Tyr is god of fair, righteous battle. He doesn’t want war for war’s sake, he only wants war to right wrongs. He’s the god who’s on the side of the downtrodden and abused. Basically, even though he’s a god of law, if the police isn’t fair he’d be one of the people on the ground throwing shit at the police.

He’s the god you pray to if you want things to be fair, but there’s a risk you might not be the wronged part even if you see it that way. Tyr was willing to lose his own hand in the name of fairness so if your prayers to him backfire on you you’ll know you were the real asshole in that situation.

Woke: Loki, God of Nothing in Particular

This excerpt from The Law Codes Of King Cnut, written by Archbishop Wulfstan (on behalf of King Cnut) in approximately 1020, serves as a fantastic outline for exactly what constituted “heathen” practices, from the time at which they were trying to ban such practices.

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The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.

"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.