#norsesw

I couldn’t find an Odin Facebook page that I felt was a safe place to be openly queer and biracial, or that didn’t give off faintly folkish vibes, and so I made one myself!

A group for all people of all paths, faiths, cultures, races and sexualities who work with and follow Odin to discuss their practice and their experiences. If you’re here to be racist, folkish or transphobic, this is not the page for you.

Were you involved in the Lokean Spongecake Fiasco of 2012? Do you feel that, at the time, you had an experience involving Loki that you are willing to briefly talk about? Are you willing to take part in a study between @beamagical and myself about astrology and the Norse Gods? We need YOU.

Participation (and signal boosting!) is super easy and super appreciated. Simply click on the link over “take part in a study” to find out a little bit more about the survey and where you can have your say. Would you rather not take part, but still want to tell your story? Simply reblog this post with whatever you’d like to share!

Day 18: More research! Today, research the deities that are either related to or close to your deity. Include family, friends, lovers, and enemies. Who is your deity closest to?

Well, Odin is enthusiastically nodding his head at this one, so... it’s gonna be in-depth. Probably best that I write a list. [weary laugh] These’ll be in no particular order...

* = links I didn’t know before

Alfadhirhaiti

, or ᚨᛚᚠᚨᛞᚺᛁᚱᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁ (n.)

Translates loosely to "names of the Allfather". In traditional Scandinavian writing and  sagas, a 'haiti' (sometimes spelled 'heiti', and also known as a 'kenning') is a poetic synonym used in place of something else. For example, one might use the word "steed" to refer to a horse, or "smile" to refer to the sharpened edge of an axe. It is often used in place of names for people.

A few months ago, I woke up to the overwhelming sense of Odin going "hey, do you fancy a challenge?" That challenge, as it turned out, was to hand-write all of the names of his that I could find, and as it turned out, translate a couple that I often see on tumblr/use around my house or with my partner into modern Icelandic. Since that's not a resource I see around very often - and I learned quite a few things about the Allfather while compiling the list - I got the feeling that the Old Man would like me to share it with my Patreons as my first booklet on Norse Polytheism.

For those looking at the booklet and going 'what is a Geat, and why was Odin so into them?'... well, Beowulf was from Geatland, which is a part of what we now know of as Sweden. And Odin has always been fond of heroes, especially ones he had a hand in the creation of.  As to any other questions that arise while reading through this booklet, please feel free to raise them in the comments section! I'd be happy to help.

All translation errors are mine, or in some cases, the internet's. Bear with me.

 Were you involved in the Deerpocalypse of 2015? Do you feel that, at the time, you had an experience involving Odin or Freyr that you are willing to briefly talk about? Are you willing to take part in a study between @beamagical and myself about astrology and the Norse Gods? We need YOU.

Participation (and signal boosting!) is super easy and super appreciated. Simply click on the link over “take part in a study” to find out a little bit more about the survey and where you can have your say. Would you rather not take part, but still want to tell your story? Simply reblog this post with whatever you’d like to share!