Aldsidu (Old Saxon Heathenry)

If one were to do a Google search on "Heathen Prayer" or "Viking Prayer", one would find a lot of prayers composed by modern Asatruar,...

I am always happy to take requests for a blog. Here is one by request: Heathen baby dedication ceremonies. Let me state off the bat...

No one should come to Heathenry out of a disdain towards Christianity. Many history books need to be re-written, showing "both sides" of...

These two TV shows have brought droves of people into Asatru, like it or not. Therefore, those involved in the path of Asatru and/or...

Believe it or not, the oldest Mjolnir ever found, was found in Old Saxon lands. I learned this from a Heathen archaeologist I met on...

The Saxons lost the "Saxon Wars". The Saxon Wars were a 33 year war which the Franks attacked and conquered Heathen Saxony. The Saxon...

Aldsidu is an Old Saxon word meaning "Old Customs." This word occurs in 8th through 12th century Old Saxon poetry. Aldsidu is a word...

All Germanic tribes venerated Uuoden (Odin) and the Aesir, but not all Germanic tribes shared "all" the Gods. The Saxons had Sahsnoth...

I am "stealing" the title of this blog from this YouTube video, that I would ask you to watch before reading this blog, and this blog is...

As a history student I have come to realize that many modern scholars do not have the ability to think outside of their own biases to see...

Redbad is a famous Heathen. He is known for denying baptism because the monks told him that his forefathers are in hell, and will never...

Concepts of the afterlife in Heathenry did evolve or change over time and geography. Old Saxon poems, composed in the 8th, 9th, and 10th...

We have two historical references to the Nine-Year Sacrifice: Thietmar of Merseburg circa 1000 AD, and Adam of Bremen writing in the...

How much can we trust Snorri? In terms of being accurate? Dr. Jackson Crawford correctly calls Snorri a secondary source, while he calls...

The importance of Runes for Heathens cannot be understated. The Old Saxon Heliand, the most important source on the Historical Heathenry...

Beowulf is an Old English poem, and is the oldest writing in Old English extant. Beowulf's story is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf's tribe...

What is Sigrblot? What is Ostara? There are only two historical references to Eostre or Ostar in the historical record. Both of these...

Old Saxon scholar Dr. Prisca Augustyn of Berkeley states in her book The Semiotics of Fate, Death, and the Soul in Germanic Culture: The...

I will quote the sources, many saga references, three historical Heathen calendars to survive from the 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries, and...

Why do so many celebrate a holy day named after a saint who persecuted Heathenry? Background: Richard the Pilgrim is also known as “St....