#mengloth

Today we have come to hail and honor the Healers that reside on the healing Mountain.

We honor Nine Holy Healing powers. Your powers, wisdom, and knowledge in the field of medicine are no match for any healing in Midgard.

Maids Nine of Lyfja, we hope You bless us with health and the knowing of taking care of ourselves.

Mengloth! Hail the greatest of Healers. You whose healing knowledge surpasses that of any mortal healer. Whose wisdom of herbs and techniques is endless. Goddess to the ill and desperate Your Hall is the destination for the hopeless, for You give them hope! Hail to You Mengloth!

Hlifthrasa! Hail the Help-Breather! You who help cleanse our lungs. Help to keep our lungs clean and healthy and help heal what is damaged. Expel the inner poison and bring in the regeneration of clean ond. Hail to You Hlifthrasa!

Hlif! Hail the Healer of Women! You who are wise and compassionate, helping the women who call upon You. You give aid to women in pain, women in despair, and women bringing life into the world. Hail to You Hlif!

Thjodvara! Hail to the Guardian of People! You who are wise in the ways of our bones and muscles. Your touch can set worn out bones and tame tense muscles. We call on You when our bodies are in need of rejuvenation and relief. You take the pains and pressures away. Hail to You Thjodvara!

Bjort! Hail to the Bright one! You who bring brightness to the ill and injured. Harnessing both the heat and the chill to help us heal. Laying low a fever or bringing warmth to frozen limbs. You who can balance the heat of Muspell and the cold of Nifilheim, and use them to heal our souls and illnesses and injuries. Hail to You Bjort!

Bleik! Hail to the Purifier! Healer who purifies all that is toxic to us. You who purges the poisons from the body. Help boost the organs that help cleanse our bodies of impurities and help protect those very same organs against diseases that would render them useless. Hail to You Bleik!

Blith! Hail to the Cheerful and Merry one! Healer whose benevolent words and touch heal and comfort those that battle their inner demons. You whose presence brings about a calm when all is chaos. Wherever You tread a light is left with those who need it most. You are sometimes the thread that guides, or that hand that helps one up, or the support when the dark takes over. Hail to You Blith!

Frith! Hail to the Mindful one! Healer who helps maintain balance in the body. You know how the body functions, know how our chemicals maintain and keep balance. Help us find and keep the balance in life, not just with our bodies but mind and spirit also. Hail to You Frith!

Hail Eir and Menglöð! Lady of Ásgarðr Lady of Lyfjaberg Whose hands heal, whose wisdom remedies, whose medicines recover Whose knowledge is peerless, whose expertise is matchless, whose experience is endless Hail to You, O Holy Ones! Healing Goddesses! Help us to heal! Help us find remedy! Help us recover! Bless us and those who care for us with care, compassion, and skill! Bless us and…

So we got to 100 followers!

So because I think that's super neat, and maybe it's not maybe it's lame. But I don't care i think it's neat.

So because that's neat I wanted to do a free give away as a thank you.

Now I know coronavirus has everyone trapped in their houses (offerings to Mengloth for healing at this time) so a free give away might take some time to recieve, but screw it I wanna do one anyway.

So what am I giving away?

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Dellinger - The Day Bringer

Happy Thorsday! - Here’s another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, Celtic) mythological characters. This week it’s Dellingr / Dellinger/ Delling. Whose name translates to the Dawn, the shining, the dayspring, or the day bringer. The personification of the shining first light of day. It’s said that he and his people and family were bright and beautiful. Possibly indicating he was part of a group of sun and sky gods.

Husband of Nott (The personification of night). Father of Dagr with Nott. Whose name translates to ‘day’. The personification of day and light. Dellingr is Nott’s third husband after Aud, and her second husband, Annar, with who Nott had a daughter named Jord (Earth), making Jord Dagr’s half sister.

In some tales Dellingr gives Nott and Dagr their horse and chariots to pull across the sky. Making him the original owner of the Horse Drasill (Skinfaxi) “Glad”, who draws day to mankind. Adorned with precious jewels. His mane illuminates the sky and earth in a blazing fire. Alternately it’s Odin that gives Dagr and Nott their chariots and horses. Though there’s a third option here Odin taks Dellingr to hand over his charge of the horses and chariots to Not and Dagr. Dellingr is said to be the one who throws open the Dellingr’s doors. Doors of the morning to let the light out. Meaning the dawn figuratively and possibly meaning releasing Skinfaxi and his chariot to run across the sky.

He’s also said to be one of the dwarves and god Loki mentioned in the love story of Svipdag and Mengloth in the Lay of Svipdagthat. As one who made the golden floor within the hall Lyr ”Heat Holding” / “Spear” / or “Pike”, that he travels to so high. Either meaning it was a suspended floor or a floor balanced on a singular column or spear. Or alternately it’s simply on a high pointy mountain top. Either way it’s a great hall on high, surrounded by flames. Though this mention of his name could be another dwarf with the same name given the subject of construction. The inclusion of Loki, and it’s placement in the sky indicates it could also be the Dellingr of the dawn who assisted in it’s building.

For a sketch and quick summary of Annar you can see my post here: https://jeffreystewart.tumblr.com/post/164029486294/happy-thorsday-annar-the-father-well-here-we-are

This month's Community Altar is dedicated to everyone who is dealing with health issues. So many people in my circles of friends have recently been confronted with significant health challenges (cancer, heart surgery, and the like) that creating an altar for healing was definitely this month's work.

The various colors of roses represent the love and support offered by family and friends.

The Ancestor Candle (scrollwork holder, front left) represents the love and support of the Ancestors.

The Community Candle (curved holder, back right) is the energy of the Community—family, friends, and the larger community around us.

The blue candle (back, left) is inscribed with healing words and dressed with rosemary (strength), mint (reviving), and lavender (soothing) oils.

The bindrune is the center of the altar, and focuses the healing energies. The bindrune is made of three runes: Uruz: physical strength, stamina, healing energies, to sustain you as you recuperate. Mannaz: the self, that you may be restored to yourself. Berkana: healing and growth, to support your energies as you heal.

This is a prayer you can recite when you are praying for someone else, or change it to the first person if you are praying for yourself. This was written for a female friend who uses she/her pronouns; adjust accordingly.

Prayer to Mengloth and Eir for Healing by Anastasia Haysler

Hail, Mengloth! Hail, Eir! Wise women, skilled healers, Jotun and Asynja, Friends and peers in your essential work, I call upon you for healing [name]!

Bless her as she heals;

If she burns with fever, and calls for relief from the fire; Cool her with your knowledge.

If she shakes with chill, and calls for relief from the cold; Warm her with your herbs.

If she aches in her body, and calls for relief from the pain; ease her aches with your charms.

If she struggles to breathe, and calls for relief from breathlessness; return the air to her lungs with your works.

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Happy Thorsday - Dorri, the Spearman Well here we are another Thor’s Day and another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic) mythological characters.  This week it’s Dorri / Dori the Dwarven (Dverg / Dvergr / Dwarf). One of the Dwarves mentioned in the Voluspa Names of Dwarves the Dvergatal.

His name has been translated to mean either ‘ the Spearman’ or ‘the Ram’ meaning the animal literally, but is used to indicate to ram or thrust (his spear most likely) in this case. 

Often considered the same as the Dwarf Spearman Darri. Though if would not be crazy for them to be thought of as separate, as Norse mythological naming conventions of peoples after their weapons was common.

Dorri if the same as Darri was one of the gods including Loki and Delingr and Dwarves mentioned in the in the Lay of Svipdag, the love story of Svipdag and Mengloth, where these Gods and Dwarves constructed a hall ringed by fire, on the point of a spear, on the of the point of a great mountain.

Not much else is know about him.

For an image and brief description of Darri you can see my post here: https://jeffreystewart.tumblr.com/post/613659875091857408/norsery-rhymes-from-a-to-z-happy-thorsday-darri

For Dellignr the Aesir you can go to my post here: https://jeffreystewart.tumblr.com/post/611793159161315328/norsery-rhymes-from-a-to-z-dellinger-the-day

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Happy Thorsday - Blid, The Friendly One