Norse Paganism

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A community to discuss Norse paganism and other related Germanic neopagan religions (heathenry, Anglo-Saxon paganism, etc). An open and inclusive space.

Rules

  1. On-topic. This community is for discussion of Norse paganism and related forms of modern or historical Germanic religion.

  2. No racism, homophobia, hate. This includes folkism and other forms of racism masquerading as "differences of opinion." This space is explicitly inclusive and affirming of different sexualities and identities.

  3. No trolling, spam, etc. Self-explanatory.

  4. Proselytizing is not allowed. If your sole goal here is to attempt to convert people to your version of The Truth, you will have problems.

  5. Neopaganism is not dogmatic. All varieties of belief (theistic, non-theistic, and everything in between) are explicitly allowed here.

  6. Do not use this community as an advertising platform. Occasional promotion is fine, but don't ONLY use it to promote your wares or services.

  7. Use common sense. Beyond the above rules, moderation of this community is fairly loose at the moment. Remember you are interacting with other people. Use common sense.

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Groups like the AFA and WBC are explicitly intolerant. They also own private properties. Therefore, they should not be tolerated outside of their own land. Hate groups need to be addressed, not accommodated.

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Trollkors (lemm.ee)
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This video was posted on another site, it discusses the trollkors or trollcross and it being a relatively new symbol (from the early 1990s) and despite that being a valid symbol of Norse paganism.

My question regarding it, is its close appearance to the hate symbols based on the Othala rune should it be used? Or is there enough variation that it is its own symbol?

https://youtu.be/vFkcM82pwps

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There's 108 subscribers, but not really anyone posting. What would people like to see from this community? What kinds of posts?

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In an effort to get some discussion going here, I am putting up this post! The question is in the title. I tend towards the following:

Frigg: really the goddess I connect with most, as family is an important thing for me. I don't adhere to any kind of patron concept, but if I did, Frigg would be the one. She is one of the few beings I've made an oath with.

Thor: the idea of the protector and friend of humanity is powerful. Always ready to lend a helping hand.

Odin: the lessons Odin has taught me are painful, but necessary. Often like being hit with a truth brick to the face. This is my experience when I delve deep into the worship of Odin.

Freyja and Týr: I tend to connect with them on a less personal level, but I do consistently make offerings to them.

I also sometimes venerate Eir, and right now I'm focused on the dísir that binds both sides of my family together.

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While this article is in Icelandic, a translation service should be able to give the gist. The construction of this temple began in 2015 and has yet to complete. It is in use for the offices and some blóts/events. But because they never take loans, they only continue construction when they have enough money.

It seems their next big plan is the dome for the main part of the hof.

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I wrote an article trying to explain why we as Pagans still matter. It was written for another site, but it closed down in the meantime... And as there is not much happening here, I decided to post it here.

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The Longship is one of the most well-known websites for learning about Germanic neopaganism from a mostly neutral viewpoint.

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This is a decent site for beginner (and even advanced) knowledge that I've found to be fine. Haven't noticed any questionable stuff in it, though it tends more towards revivalism rather than reconstructionism.

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This list is created and maintained by unspecified00000 on Reddit. They want to keep the list centralized on Reddit to update it easily, so I've instead made a link to it here.

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This Lemmy community was created to parallel the NorsePaganism subreddit on Reddit. It is not an official migration, however. But anyone from there is certainly welcome here, as is anyone else who follows the rules!

I will try to put up a few posts here to get some momentum going soon.