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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:32 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:44 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:12 pm
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PhantomPhoenix0 TeaDidikai I actually know a handful of Asatru who take the creation myth quit literally. So much so that they deny evolution. I don't think Deo falls into that group though. I would imagine that some take it literally, I was just interested in if it was a universal belief that the ground we stand on is literaly the remains of Ymir. The best assumption to make in regards to Asatru is that there are no universal beliefs. There's a universal agreement that the structure we're working from is Germanic and/or Norse, but that's about as far as it goes. I even know an atheist Asatruar, for what it's worth.
If you'd ask me, "Deo, do you believe that the creation myths happened" I'd say, "can we specify what kind of belief we're talking about here?" I view the creation as a myth, meaning it is a vast metaphor imbued with more meaning than the bold facts of creation allow for.
Personally, I find the idea that we are living on and in and sustained by the body of a great, dead, terrible giant to be philosophically and psychologically useful on a number of levels. I could unpack it for you if you'd really like, though some bits are personal and wouldn't be included.
Triste-chan What do you call the realm of emokids? SNIFFLEHEIM. emo
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:09 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:52 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:23 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:11 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:18 pm
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Deoridhe TeaDidikai Deoridhe ...ur, the very fact you have a single Priest and a single Priestess and you call them that leads me to doubt you're Asatru. In Asatru, male religious figures call themselves (or are called) Gothi, and female religious figures call themselves or are called Gythia. Really? My experience has always been with Godhi and Godjia. Given the /dth/ sound and the pronunciaton of /j/ in many Norse tongues, I'm guessing it's different spellings of the same sounds. I understand.
~never claimed to be a linguist~
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:45 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:36 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:51 am
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VisasMarr Among the Norse and/or Germanic reconstructionalists or traditionalists there are other paths besides Asatru? Or are they all Asatru, just different "flavours" of Asatru? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question. xp Yes, lots. You can probably break it down into Norse, Germanic, Scandenavian, and various Combos. Asatru is a combo religion; Primary source and anthropological data used for it is drawn from Iceland, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, etc... Some is also used from Greenland, the Canadian Atlantic coast, and other places where settlements were established. In addition, the focus is on combination and modernization as an integral part of the reconstruction. As an Asatruar, I also use informaiton abut continuous native populations and religions in order to inform how to combine the modern era with a decidedly not-modern religion. In particular, I'm grateful to information about the Huichol for help in this.
The religions also break down along current-nationality lines. I'm an East Coast USian and Asatru is different both in different sides of the oceans and on different sides of the continent.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:13 am
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