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Norse goddess Freya Experimenting with wood species and painting options. This and other my stuff you can find on my Etsy store

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new york freakin university baby

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cool idea- bind all controls of a game to the same key and see what happens when you press it

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GODDESS GERD

The goddess Gerd, the mistress of the fertility god Frey.

Gerd is a giantess who Frey deeply desires and eventually persuades to meet with him in a barley field.

A number of meanings have been applied to the myth. Gerd's name means 'fenced enclosure' and is related to the modern English word 'garden'. She is shown her representing the transition from hunter-gatherer living to agriculture.

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Taken: 2009-05-17

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Megan Thee Stallion reads stephen king shes a real ass black horror fan I wanna know her favs so bad 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧

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🧚🌙💐Scandinavian Fairies💐🧚🌙

🌙 The legends of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark describe a plethora of fairies and otherworldly beings- some also turn up in the folklore of other religions and some are unique to Scandinavia. Trolls, especially, get a lot more attention in these Northern European countries than in other parts of the world, whereas tiny winged beings barely warrant a mention.

1.🌙 🧚  Trolls🌙 🧚- Large,ugly,dull-witted, lumbering, and hairy, trolls don’t get the good parts in fairy tales, which might contribute to their dislike of humans. Even in the contemporary role-playing fantasy games, they appear as horrible and heartless monsters. However, trolls can change shape and appear quite handsome when they want to charm humans- especially women, whom they capture as wives. If you leave them alone they’re usually not dangerous, but they can become ferocious if you taunt them. Rich trolls make their homes in the mountains, where they stash great stores of gold and silver, the poor ones live in the forest or under bridges, as you’ll recall from the Norwegian tale “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.” Extremely sensitive to sunlight,trolls turn to stone when exposed to the light of day.

2.🌙 🧚 Bergresar🌙 🧚- Ancestors of trolls, these ancient, huge, and powerful beings represent chaos. They dislike just about everybody, including humans, elves, and deities. Churches and bells annoy them too, and they hurl boulders to destroy church buildings.

3.🌙 🧚 Alver🌙 🧚-These Swedish elves come in two varieties; ljósálfar (light elves) and dokkálfar (dark elves). The beautiful,fair skinned light elves live in the sky- they’re the good alver. The coal-black dark elves- the bad guys- live in the earth.

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4. 🌙 🧚Havman And Havfrue 🌙 🧚- These beautiful blue-skinned water spirits resemble merfolk and are generally benevolent creatures. They guide seafarers safely through Scandinavia’s waterways and sometimes come ashore to find mortal mates.

5. 🌙 🧚The Tradandar 🌙 🧚- The spirits of trees, these deities live among the branches and communicate by rustling the leaves. They can shapeshift into owls, women, or tiny fairies who dance in the treetops. Legends say that when people die their souls become tree spirits.

6. 🌙 🧚Dvargar 🌙 🧚- Known as master craftsmen who fashioned Odin’s spear, Thor’s hammer, and Frey’s ship, these small, ugly male spirits live in cliffs and abhor people. When they don magic cloaks or hats they become invisible.

7. 🌙 🧚Gardstomte 🌙 🧚- This hard-working spirits helps farmers by caring for livestock and doing chores around the homestead. Usuallly depicted as an old man with a long,white beard and peasant’s clothing, he likes porridge and gets angry if people don’t take good care of their property and animals.

8. 🌙 🧚 The Valkyries🌙 🧚- One of the better-known Scandinavian spirits, these female entities decide which warriors survive  and which die on the battlefield. They ride into the fray on flying horses, then ferry half the dead to Odin’s Valhalla and half to Folkvangr, home of the goddess Freya. As they cross into the world of deities, they cause the Northern Lights to illuminate the sky.

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If I was JFK I would have just dodged the bullet

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In light of Etika’s suicide, i never EVER want to hear people say shit about people doing things for attention. If someone is doing erratic and dangerous things for attention, they need your fucking help, not your ridicule

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Happy Midsummer, here’s a new poem.

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Reading List (English)

Here is a list with some books that I like and would recommend to others who have an interest in Forn Sed, Ásatrú, Norse Heathenry, Scandinavian folk belief and the written history of the viking era.

The Myths & Sagas

Andy Orchard - The Elder Edda Ursula Dronke - The Poetic Edda Carolyne Larrington - The Poetic Edda (Revised 2014 Edition) Kevin Crossley-Holland - Norse Myths Jane Smiley - The Sagas Of The Icelanders Lise Lunge-Larson - The Adventures Of Thor The Thunder God

Academic

Vägar Till Midgård 8 - Old Norse Religion in Long Term Perspectives Vägar Till Midgård 14 - Animals & Humans in Old Norse Religion Vägar Till Midgård 16 - Tracing Old Norse Cosmology Rudolph Simek - Dictionary of Northern Mythology

Forn Sed

Lars Magnar Enoksen - Heathen Rites Of Ancient Nordic Chronicles Lars Magnar Enoksen - Galdrs Of The Edda Pete Jennings - Heathen Paths Maria Kvilhaug - The Seed Of Yggdrasil Daniel Serra & Hanna Tunberg - An Early Meal (Viking Age Cookbook)

Runes

Lars Magnar Enoksen - The History Of Runic Lore Björn Jónasson - A Little Book About The Runes

Folk Belief

Reimund Kvideland & Henning Sehmsdorf - Scandinavian Folk Belief And Legend Joanne Asala - Norwegian Troll Tales Polly Lawson & John Bauer - Swedish Folk Tales (Green cover NOT red) William Craigie - Scandinavian Folk-Lore Jacqueline Simpson - Scandinavian Folktales

Trolldom

Magnús Rafnsson - Two Icelandic Books Of Magic Magnús Rafnsson - Rún Ögmundur Helgason & Anna Yates - Galdrakver Mary S. Rustad - The Black Books Of Elverum Kathleen Stokker - Remedies And Rituals

Make sure to check out my other posts on free resources and my Norwegian reading list if they are suitable for you.

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@fyeahmyths myth event — Day 3: Northern or Eastern European Deity

Idunn — Goddess of Spring |  She is the keeper of the magic apples of immortality, which the gods must eat to preserve their youth.

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I want to follow some more pagan blogs/Norse gods blogs. Reblog or respond so I can follow you!

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“The Golden Lord Wrapped in gauzy rays of Sun Walks the Earth in the sowing months Where his feet land, flowers bloom Where his hands brush, dead plants burst to life Golden god, I call to you I call you Extending my love My reverence They are yours Your name is spelled in the sun Beating down on my shoulders Glinting off of green-blue lakes Breaking through the clouds while rain yet falls Warm with joyous laughter Your name is spelled in spring showers Laying gentle kisses on newborn leaves Swelling the levees Bringing new vitality to old soil Sprouting forth new life Your name is spelled in the Earth’s skin Rich fields of wheat waving in the wind Bright patches of wildflowers, bouquets for children to pass on Rich dark soil and emerald tree-tops Berries staining fingertips, lips, tongues In these and a thousand things more Your name echoes in the air Bringing warmth, light, love Bringing bounty Bringing faith”

— Hymn to the Golden God