Asatru a la Deoridhe

[Taliah]

Thank you very much ^^

Also, you mentioned the bit about the curses, though I'm not quite sure what you mean. What sort of role do the curses have in Asatru?  

[Deoridhe]

Taliah

Thank you very much ^^

Also, you mentioned the bit about the curses, though I'm not quite sure what you mean. What sort of role do the curses have in Asatru?

The role of something people do when they're pissed off!

My favorite is the curse which makes the target FART.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

My favorite is the curse which makes the target FART.

See- I wonder about this... how is that a curse?  

[Nomad of Nowhere]

What about a curse that keeps you from farting, even when you need to? xp

I recall that the Nidstang was the first or second kind of curse I ever read about. I was pretty impressed with it's use, or what I read of it. I also read about a curse against the ones who profane the symbols of Asatru- namely the Neo-Nazis. I think I was in eighth grade, before I fully knew what I was looking up, but I couldn't help but wonder if that applied to all of the uses of Runes in horror movies by Hollywood. Maybe you should set one up there.  

[Deoridhe]

TeaDidikai

Deoridhe

My favorite is the curse which makes the target FART.

See- I wonder about this... how is that a curse?

It's constant for the rest of their life, extremely smelly. ^^  

[Deoridhe]

Teague the Druid

I recall that the Nidstang was the first or second kind of curse I ever read about. I was pretty impressed with it's use, or what I read of it. I also read about a curse against the ones who profane the symbols of Asatru- namely the Neo-Nazis. I think I was in eighth grade, before I fully knew what I was looking up, but I couldn't help but wonder if that applied to all of the uses of Runes in horror movies by Hollywood. Maybe you should set one up there.

Nah, the Runes are both for creation and destruction. Their use in fiction isn't a problem, and certainly doesn't profane anything.

The Nidstang is a very serious, longstanding curse by the people. It doesn't have anything to do with profanation per se; it's a declaring of people as outsiders.

IMO, the Runes are part of the basic makeup of the universe, so they aren't limited to the worshipers of the Aesir alone. Besides, sometimes the results are hysterical - like Ingwas as a symbol of creativity. I wonder how many children are the result of female neo-pagans picking up that rune! rofl  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

IMO, the Runes are part of the basic makeup of the universe, so they aren't limited to the worshipers of the Aesir alone. Besides, sometimes the results are hysterical - like Ingwas as a symbol of creativity. I wonder how many children are the result of female neo-pagans picking up that rune! rofl

~snerk~

Is there a method for "awakening/charging" the rune that before then, it is simply a collection of lines? Or does the rune go "live" the moment it is drawn?  

[Nomad of Nowhere]

TeaDidikai

Deoridhe

IMO, the Runes are part of the basic makeup of the universe, so they aren't limited to the worshipers of the Aesir alone. Besides, sometimes the results are hysterical - like Ingwas as a symbol of creativity. I wonder how many children are the result of female neo-pagans picking up that rune! rofl

~snerk~

Is there a method for "awakening/charging" the rune that before then, it is simply a collection of lines? Or does the rune go "live" the moment it is drawn?

I certainly hope not, or else virtually every cut or scrape is an isa engraved in your skin, and every coincidental pattern has an unforseen effect on our lives. eek
I've read conflicting things about it myself. I've heard that some people speak the rune while they're carving it. I've also heard of pouring libation for the rune as well, and coloring it with ochre, etc. I don't know how prevalent that is though.  

[Deoridhe]

TeaDidikai

Deoridhe

IMO, the Runes are part of the basic makeup of the universe, so they aren't limited to the worshipers of the Aesir alone. Besides, sometimes the results are hysterical - like Ingwas as a symbol of creativity. I wonder how many children are the result of female neo-pagans picking up that rune! rofl

~snerk~

Is there a method for "awakening/charging" the rune that before then, it is simply a collection of lines? Or does the rune go "live" the moment it is drawn?

They are supposed to go active when blooded - reddened - either with blood or with a tint of some sort (often ochre).

My experience has been that they go live the moment they're drawn. I've done rune readings with black pen on index cards. My first bindrune was red pen on an index card and it did the job. I often weave runes into my shielding, too, which is a situation where they can't easily be reddened.

That effect might be because I've been an erstwhile vitki for so long, though, or that I'm fooling myself.

Teague: The tradition that lines on our body mean things is a longstanding one, encompassing things like palm and skull reading. They are unlikely to make up runes, though, except for Isa and Isa often just holds things stable.

I have considered getting a tattoo of my bindrune, though; the one which represents me.  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

What characteristics does a Fluffy Asatru have that makes him/her fluffy?  

[Deoridhe]

Ultraviolett1127

What characteristics does a Fluffy Asatru have that makes him/her fluffy?

Difficult to say, since at the moment we are in the early ages of Asatru.

I am suspicious of people who seem to be drawing from non-Norse sources, like people who refer to any of the goddesses as moon goddesses, or claim Frey and Freya as a "god and goddess" pair a la neo-paganism; incest is a pretty general taboo, after all. There is a sense of "out of touch" based on ignorance which tends to twinge my alerts, such as people who consider the sun male and the moon female, or who start going on about the three-fold-law or karma indiscriminately. A lot of the time, I will tend to give other peoples' UPG at least a hearing in regards to Asatru, as I know some of my UPG is pretty far out there and I hope to have the courtesy returned, and I may learn something.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

Ultraviolett1127

What characteristics does a Fluffy Asatru have that makes him/her fluffy?

Difficult to say, since at the moment we are in the early ages of Asatru.

I am suspicious of people who seem to be drawing from non-Norse sources, like people who refer to any of the goddesses as moon goddesses, or claim Frey and Freya as a "god and goddess" pair a la neo-paganism; incest is a pretty general taboo, after all. There is a sense of "out of touch" based on ignorance which tends to twinge my alerts, such as people who consider the sun male and the moon female, or who start going on about the three-fold-law or karma indiscriminately. A lot of the time, I will tend to give other peoples' UPG at least a hearing in regards to Asatru, as I know some of my UPG is pretty far out there and I hope to have the courtesy returned, and I may learn something.

Hey Deo? Did you know that Freya is a Moon Goddess of Cats and all her Priestesses have cats as familiars?

~dives behind Ultraviolet for cover~  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

*laughs and protects Tea* xd

Are the sun and moon considered deities? I didn't think they were.  

[Deoridhe]

TeaDidikai

Hey Deo? Did you know that Freya is a Moon Goddess of Cats and all her Priestesses have cats as familiars?

~dives behind Ultraviolet for cover~

*breathes FIRE!!!!!!!*

*adds a breathing fire emote to her "emotes to make" list*

Ultraviolett1127

*laughs and protects Tea* xd

*singes Ultra's eyebrows* wink

Ultraviolett1127

Are the sun and moon considered deities? I didn't think they were.

Not deities... I usually think of them as "the big spirits who don't much care about or for humanity". Sunna is the sun (female) and Mani is the moon (male).  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

Ah okay. I had stumbled upon a few places on the 'net that sort of talked about them like they were deities, and I didn't think that was right so I just thought I'd ask.

Also, are the Norns considered to be Disir? I saw it on Wiki a bit ago (yea I know...it's Wiki... xd ).

*pencils in bald spots in eyebrows*