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Notes: - Updates will be beyond infrequent. - Feel free to pop into my ask box requesting resource recommendations at any moment. - Resources do not reflect my personal beliefs or practice. I may include otherwise great resources that include theories and ideologies I do not support (such as the 'sign of the Hammer'), because I make extensive use of cross-referencing, reflection, etc to determine everything I incorporate into my craft. - I will never consciously add resources written by (Neo-)Nazis and the like. If you spot them, feel free to let me know.

Ancient and Medieval Sources

Beowulf Religion and Spirituality

Germanic Spirituality - Bil Linzie

The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England - Pollington

Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda, and the Cult of the Matrons - Shaw

Spirits and Animism

Elves in Anglo-Saxon England : Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity - Hall

Glosses, Gaps and Gender: The Rise of Female Elves in Anglo-Saxon Culture - Hall

The Evidence for maran, the Anglo-Saxon "Nightmares" - Hall

Folk-healing, Fairies and Witchcraft: The Trial of Stein Maltman, Stirling 1628 - Hall

Historical Magic and Praxis

The Anglo-Saxon Charms - Grendon

Anglo-Saxon Magic - Storms

The Nine Herbs Charm

Contemporary and Folk Magic in England

The Black Toad - Gary

The Devil's Dozen - Gary

Secrets of East Anglian Magic - Pennick

Digital Libraries, Blogs, Organizations

Please engage with all of the following with extreme caution. Nazism and folkism are rampant in the Anglo-Saxon Polytheist community, and none of these libraries, blogs, et cetera are peer reviewed. They are meant to act as jumping off points, and nothing more!

Lārhūs Fyrnsida

Fyrnsidu.faith

Wind in the World Tree

Wednesbury Shire

There’s a couple of popular TikTok videos going around Pagan and Heathen spaces at the moment. In it, the author states that the Gods do not know you exist. I have also seen a variation on this where the author states that the Gods don’t know we exist unless it is within a group setting from a powerful person. They then propose that what is actually calling of given person to Heathenry are their…

Théodish Belief, also known as Þéodisc Geléafa or Theodism, is a rekindling of the manygodded troth that was held by our Anglo-Saxon heathen forebears before the coming of Christianity. As Théodsmen, we are given to the mystery of sacral kingship and to worship of such gods and goddesses as Tíw, Wóden, Fríg, Þunor, and Éastre who are remembered still today in the names for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Easter. Théodish Belief was founded by Gárman Lord in 1976 so that the manygodded Elder Trow of our Anglo-Saxon Heathen forebears might, after more than a thousand winters, be truly and fully rekindled amongst the men of Middangeard. Indeed, we believe that the gods and ghosts of our fore-elders are worthy of no less. To that end, we Théodsmen look to the wisdom of our elder-fathers, embodied in their thew (customs, traditions), that we might rightly be guided in our dealings with the gods. Thus, we turn to godlore, to sagas, to histories, and to ancient kingly dooms so that we might seek rede from the wisest of our kind, that being our heathen fore-elders.

Frequently Asked Question: Why do some American heathens hate Loki?

My Answer: Most Loki-haters hate him because other people taught them to. Of course that begs the question, how did the original teachers of Loki-hate decide to hate Loki? Some of them had bad experiences with Loki or Lokeans, some of them based their opinions of Loki on lore, some of them based their opinions of Loki on a mistaken impression that every pantheon has a Satan figure in it, and some have other reasons. Recently at least some hatred toward Loki and his followers is because of a perception that they are Marvel fangirls and therefore are not serious about Heathenry.

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