Asatru a la Deoridhe

[Deoridhe]

Vailor Kusanagi

Takk Deo! I shall give them a read tomorrow when my eyes arn't so tired haha.

I'm going to purchase some reading material soon and was wondering what you would recommend reading first, the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, or Njalls Saga?

Poetic Edda, then the Sagas. The Eddas have to do with the gods; the Sagas with the people (by and large). The Prose Edda is a later amalgam written and compiled by a Christian and there's some evidence he distorted stories to make them all work together.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

Vailor Kusanagi

Takk Deo! I shall give them a read tomorrow when my eyes arn't so tired haha.

I'm going to purchase some reading material soon and was wondering what you would recommend reading first, the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, or Njalls Saga?

Poetic Edda, then the Sagas. The Eddas have to do with the gods; the Sagas with the people (by and large). The Prose Edda is a later amalgam written and compiled by a Christian and there's some evidence he distorted stories to make them all work together.

For those of us playing along at home, What Evidence?  

[Taliah]

My Mythology teacher at my Community college picked out the Prose Edda for us to read up on the Norse specifically. I can't remember his reasoning behind it though.  

[Deoridhe]

TeaDidikai

Deoridhe

Vailor Kusanagi

Takk Deo! I shall give them a read tomorrow when my eyes arn't so tired haha.

I'm going to purchase some reading material soon and was wondering what you would recommend reading first, the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, or Njalls Saga?

Poetic Edda, then the Sagas. The Eddas have to do with the gods; the Sagas with the people (by and large). The Prose Edda is a later amalgam written and compiled by a Christian and there's some evidence he distorted stories to make them all work together.

For those of us playing along at home, What Evidence?

Snorri's stated goals of compiling old stories for historical purposes, the ending after Ragnorak being one of a single god of light rising (Hmm, wonder who that could be....), and differences between the prose Eddas and various versions of the Poetic Eddas. Also, a lot of the stuff condemning Loki as a demonic figure is from Snorri.

Taliah

My Mythology teacher at my Community college picked out the Prose Edda for us to read up on the Norse specifically. I can't remember his reasoning behind it though.

It's the most organized. The other Eddas are bits and pieces of poems; stuff is missing, some of it seemingly conflicts, etc... The Prose Edda was specifically created as a single document, so it reads the way we expect stories to.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

Snorri's stated goals of compiling old stories for historical purposes, the ending after Ragnorak being one of a single god of light rising (Hmm, wonder who that could be....), and differences between the prose Eddas and various versions of the Poetic Eddas. Also, a lot of the stuff condemning Loki as a demonic figure is from Snorri.

twisted  

[Shearaha]

This came up in a conversation I had with my husband and some friends of ours last night. Is there anything that suggests one way or another that someone would need to be Asatur or at least honor the Aseir to be picked by Odin or Freya? Considering that they died in battle?

Oh, and could youalso tell me more about this Atheist Asatrur? I think it may interest my husband.  

[Deoridhe]

Shearaha

This came up in a conversation I had with my husband and some friends of ours last night. Is there anything that suggests one way or another that someone would need to be Asatur or at least honor the Aseir to be picked by Odin or Freya? Considering that they died in battle?

Oh, and could youalso tell me more about this Atheist Asatrur? I think it may interest my husband.

Given Asatru is based out of the 1930s, no. XD

What you seem to be asking, though, is does one need to worship the gods in order to be able to be picked up by the gods, and I don't know much about that. It wasn't a question humanity would have asked in the time when we had lots of people worshiping them, so it'll take some new contacts to get new answers to important questions like this.

ninja NOT IT!  

[Shearaha]

Thanks!

I was really asking for my husband primarily. The best way to describe him is as a warrior, but he is also an athiest. We both have germanic roots and if I had any intrest in worshiping any gods I'd look more into Asatru, but I like being on my own and I really don't think I have anything to offer a god.  

[Deoridhe]

Shearaha

Thanks!

I was really asking for my husband primarily. The best way to describe him is as a warrior, but he is also an athiest. We both have germanic roots and if I had any intrest in worshiping any gods I'd look more into Asatru, but I like being on my own and I really don't think I have anything to offer a god.

Well, keep in mind it's not "people who died who were warriors" but "people who died in battle". Also keep in mind that Valhalla is a very specific place with a specific purpose of keeping the Einharjar (slain in battle) ready for the battles of Ragnarok. If you don't like fighting every day and think you might die in battle, you might want to petition Freya to chose you; there is some evidence she keeps her half of the Einharjar at her hall.  

[Shearaha]

Fighting everyday would be excellent for my husband. All of his sparing/fighting partners have moved away and he's finding it *difficult* to work off all of his pent up energy. It's really hard for me to explaine sweatdrop  

[Deoridhe]

Shearaha

Fighting everyday would be excellent for my husband. All of his sparing/fighting partners have moved away and he's finding it *difficult* to work off all of his pent up energy. It's really hard for me to explaine sweatdrop

Heh. Well, then, he might want to try to die in battle and get the attention of the Valkyrie when he does.

Personally, Valhalla sounds horrid to me.  

[TeaDidikai]

Deoridhe

Shearaha

Fighting everyday would be excellent for my husband. All of his sparing/fighting partners have moved away and he's finding it *difficult* to work off all of his pent up energy. It's really hard for me to explaine sweatdrop

Heh. Well, then, he might want to try to die in battle and get the attention of the Valkyrie when he does.

Personally, Valhalla sounds horrid to me.

I plan to pick the lock and come and go if I end up having friends. heart  

[Shearaha]

Deoridhe

Shearaha

Fighting everyday would be excellent for my husband. All of his sparing/fighting partners have moved away and he's finding it *difficult* to work off all of his pent up energy. It's really hard for me to explaine sweatdrop

Heh. Well, then, he might want to try to die in battle and get the attention of the Valkyrie when he does.

Personally, Valhalla sounds horrid to me.

I know if he gets the choice he'll go out in battle. He may even start a fight just so he can sweatdrop  

[Deoridhe]

Shearaha

I know if he gets the choice he'll go out in battle. He may even start a fight just so he can sweatdrop

Heh. Sounds like an Einharjar.

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Deity of HardCore

I understand the Nine Noble Virtues and other stuff such as heaving feasts and so on in honor of the Gods, But is there any other ways to I suppose Worship them?
I have heard about pouring Mead into the ground as a offering, Would simple beer work? How about another one I heard about leaving out food for the LandWights?

Sorry if this seems like alot to ask, But I suppose I have to learn some how.

Firstly, the nine noble virtues are not historically accurate. They are drawn from the Hovamol/Havamal in most cases, but aren't necessarily in line with the myths or contemporary culture, nor should they be treated as some sort of Heathen Ten Commandments.

I pour out regularly, and a wide variety of things with different meanings and that are meant to have different meanings. Sometimes I choose things for a specific request (like milk and honey when I'm sick) and sometimes I'm matching up to a deity based on my UPG (unsubstatiated personal gnosis).

Leaving food out for the langwights and pouring out to them was historically done, we think, and I currently do it semi regularly. Historically speaking, your average person would have more to do with the landspirits and their ancestors than the gods, though there are some theories that the reason so many of us are interacting with gods is because we are what would have been the preisthood. Sometimes I think it's an ego thing, too; very few people in modern Western culture wants to be average or normal.

Feel free to ask any other questions, if you'd like. ^.^