Alternate Names: Tamfana Iconography: Fir Tree, Cat, Cup Domains: Harvest, Hearth, Prophesy, Textile Crafts, Rulership, Magic, Winter Historical Attestation Tamfana or Tanfana, is a goddess of the Germanic people, mentioned in the works of Tacitus and in the Germanic mythology collected by Jacob Grimm. Little is known about her from […]
Theology
Let us attempt now to define some key Heathen ideas about divinity, and our relationship to the divine and the cosmos around us. Key to the theology espoused by the Ingvaeonic Society, are the ideas of of animism and immanence. Animism can be defined as: a spiritual belief system that […]
Threefold Goal
One very important question that deserves to be answered is, why do we embrace Ingwine Heathenship? What do we hope to gain from practicing it as individuals? We will answer that question here with a short discussion of three concepts: hælu, freod, and gástedóm. As a teaching tool, consider that hælu, freod, and […]
Thunor
Alternate names: Þunor, Þunor, Þor, þúr, Þonar, Thunaer, Donar Iconography: Goats, Chariot, Hammer, Fiery Axe, Thunderbolt, Oak Tree Domains: Protection, Courage, Physical strength, Rain, Agriculture, Sanctity, Healing Historical Attestation Þunor, often normalized as Thunor, is the West Germanic God of Thunder. Indeed, his name is derived from the Proto-Germanic *þonaroz or *þunraz, meaning […]
