Aldsidu (Old Saxon Heathenry)

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....

In the age of the History channel making an entertaining TV show that is far from historically accurate, few Heathens have spent time...

I do not believe the Heathen Saxons (in Saxony) were aware of Hellea or "Hel" (Old Norse) as a personified deity or being. And I would...

I thought for a long time about whether or not to write this post. I am a Saxon Heathen (most Saxons remained in Saxony, and did not...

Charlemagne is remembered as a ruler who brought peace, order, and civilization to Europe. As a Frankish king, he is described as a hero...

The Irminsul was a Saxon holy site destroyed by the Franks during the Saxon Wars. The Saxon Wars were a thirty-three year war between...

The Germanic tribes had far more similarities than differences. Despite the fact that all Germanic Tribes venerated the "Aesir," they...

Saxon Heathens did not have a "seven day week." Germanic Heathens did not have a seven day week. Yes, modern names like Wednesday...

A Thing (Old Norse “þing”) was a government assembly of early Germanic society. It was made up of the freemen was and presided over by...

Snorri gets accused by many for "adapting" Norse Lore to fit his own Christian agenda. Most argue this in Snorri's Prose Edda story of...

Disclaimer upfront: Whether you like Loki or dislike Loki, you can't win with Loki. Loki divides. I bet talking about Loki in a blog...

Restoring the original pre-christian understanding of Yule will allow us to have a truly Heathen understanding of mid-winter, or Yule....

We have two Eddas, and over 700 Sagas & Poems to survive, as well as a calendar recorded in the 10th century by the Icelandic Althing. The Eddas, over 700 sagas, and the Norse Calendar recorded by the Althing have ZERO mentions of "Eostre." Why? Eostre is not a Norse Goddess . Three Historical Heathen Calendars survived from Antiquity: 1. The Iceland Althing Calendar, circa 980 AD. (Known as the Misseri Calendar). 2. Einhard recorded the Frankish Calendar circa 830 AD in

1. Hakon the Good Saga, chapter 15, is about Hakon the Good being the Christian King of all Norway, and turning on Heathenry to make...

The Saxon Soothsayers told the future so well, the Franks passed a law that stated that these Soothsayers were to be given into the...

This post will show first the Saxon Heathen Calendar, followed by the Anglish Calendar, and then the Scandinavian Heathen Calendar. ...

Funerals as a rite are preserved well in the Eddas, Sagas, Poems, and historical sources. Ibn Fadlan wrote of a Norse funeral amongst the...

Here is a sample ritual that I have taught to our Chicago Area Saxon Heathen Community, and our Chicago Area Historical Norse Heathen...