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Boar, Birch and Bog Musings of a Vanic Godathegn

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 2Y ago

Expectations

Boar, Birch and Bog… The book is coming out shortly after I return to Nerthus’ service from my sojourn at the Brú with Óengus. And the test copy is sitting here as I look at it, and for some reason, it’s not as fulfilling as I thought it would be. Sure, I am now A [...]

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 2Y ago

Peace and Good Seasons Released

“I am pleased to announce my third book, Peace and Good Seasons, a devotional for my beloved fulltrui Ing-Fréa (Frey), and the second devotional book released by my imprint Gullinbursti Press. Peace and Good Seasons is a devotional for Ing-Frey, which discusses His importance in antiquity as well

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 2Y ago

PSA: New Web site released

Hello all, what readers may still be following this blog: I’m pleased to announce the arrival of my new website on the Vanir and Vanatru, Hearth of the Vanir. Posted in Uncategorized

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

BBB Dormant until further notice

Due to limited Internet resources currently available to me, I am deep-sixing this blog until further notice. All the current posts and pages will remain open, but no new posts will be made. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: admin

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Book Review: The Lost Gods of England

As some of you may know, I am a member of the Geferræden Fyrnsidu. I have recently been admitted to the Weofodþegn (clergy) program, a part of which entails two book reviews. The first review will be Branston’s The Lost Gods of England¹, a look into the gods and mythology of the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Wealdburganiht

Tonight (sundown April 30) is Witches’ Night, more properly termed Walpurgisnacht (or, since we’re dealing with Old English on this blog, Wealdburg(h)aniht); on this night, folklore goes, all the witches gather and go into the mountains to do magic and curse people. It is terribly unsafe for any “go

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Ethics 4: Sylen

This is one of my favorite þéowas. According to the compilied Old English dictionary at Old English Made Easy, sylen is defined as ” a gift; 2. a giving, gift, donation, grant, tribute; 3. the habit of giving, liberality, munificence,” and is closely related to the verb sellan, from which we get our

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Earth Day

Today is the international holy-day, affectionately termed Earth Day, in which we are urged to be mindful of our presence among the biosystems of our planet. It is important now more than ever to be aware and conscious of the choices we make in regards to the effects those choices have on other spec

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Ethics 3: Ellen

Ellen is a curious théow, in that it is derived from the name of the goddess of the virtue it embodies rather than actual lexical composition. The Saxon goddess Ellen (quite probably the same as the Dutch/Frisian/Belgic Nehellenia) is the personification of Courage (the definition of ellen from the

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Boar, Birch and Bog · 3Y ago

Ethics 2: Æfæstness

In this second essay on Anglo-Saxon ethics, we will be exploring the virtue of æfæstness, or piety. As árfæstness involved being “fastened” to something, so too does æfastness involved being fixed – æfæstness is “being fixed on the Gods” (The Æ- here is cognate with the Norse Æsir, the tribe of Ése;

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