Elegast,
“Karel ende Elegast” was an original poem in Middle Dutch that scholars think was probably written at the end of the 12th century, otherwise in the 13th century and set in the region of Charlemagne’s castle in Ingelheim.
Elegast is possibly symbolic of the Dutch people’s pre-Christian myth of an ancient elf or folk hero. In the…Read More

The Flemish and Dutch have an old tradition, when the winter arrives, the dead return. We put a candle by the window so they know they are welcome. I use this Joelkandelaar, when the licht is welcomed back at Bikkebrenne with the arrival of spring, I blow it out. I leave the candle in it all summer. Sunne embellishes the candle with the power of…Read More

Hwaet! does hwaet mean?

http://walkden.space/Walkden_2013_hwaet.pdf

A fun way of living heathenry is to leave visible markers on sacred places. Ofcourse we do this with all respects for the local circumstances. No damaging, no polluting. Such signs will bring awareness to people, show heathenry is alive and other heathens may be inspired or may want to find out why that place is marked or who is doing it. Sparking…Read More

Hermes and Another Balder Analogue?

While preparing to actually write down some of my thoughts around Odin’s brothers Vili and Ve, I have been looking at other related IE Gods and Goddesses. Of course, Hermes must be in that list. I found a rather interesting bit about Hermes son, Cephalus:
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Cephalus was out hunting and Aurora, the goddess…Read More

I wanna highlight the relevant text that Hirut pointed out in discord:

*** In times of disaster, a few twigs were thrown into the hearth fire.

Prayers to Saint Donatus, patron saint of thunderstorms, were often said, or the Gospel of St. John was read. This

is because St. John’s wort is also found in the kroedwusj.

This custom recalls the…Read More

I just wrote a blog on crystal and gems, and how they are NOT out of place in Ingwine Heathenship as apotropaic or talismanic purposes. So let’s go full bore, howabout a little chart of correspondences for the purpose of Leechdom?

Stone/Crystal
Traditional Associations
Early Sources / Context

Amber…Read More

We have a few ‘white stones’ here too. None of them I believe are fallus shaped but this here in particular is named ‘Witte Steen’ and through folklore they connect to Wodan. This one has cup marks, also a common feature in many sacred stones

This is from a Baltic ceremony, but is interesting nevertheless.

Gerd is in this picture 😉 Can you spot her?

In Baltic languages this site, or the idols can referred to as “alkas” or “elks.” These words are directly cognate with Old English “ealh” which is glossed by Aldheim as a pagan temple.

Let me start by introducing myself.
My name is Hirut, and I’m a 32-year-old Flemish man. My father is a farmer—the fourth generation in our family. Although I don’t yet know where life will take me or whether I’ll one day take over the farm, both personal and family questions still remain. Still, over the past year, I’ve learned to combine m…Read More

Here is a great paper, that discusses Anglo-Saxon Heathen terminology in context of sacrifice and rituals.