#roma folklore

When I took a class by Melissa Paige Eggstaff on Romani spiritual words and ideas, it amazed me how many similarities there are between Asatru and Romani concepts. This was the first time I had encountered any other culture besides the heathen cultures that had the idea of the multipartite soul. I kept thinking, hey, that’s just like us! And so is that! So I wrote up this comparison. For the heathen words, I use the word most commonly used in Asatru, my sect of heathenry; some of these words are in Modern English and some are in Old Icelandic. The Romani words are from Melissa's class.