The spiritually inclined Norseman

Call me the giver I am 18, male, a Capricorn, a 6th, a gray witch, a storm witch, and I have deep ancestral roots in Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Native American, and Gaelic culture. I identify heavily with Thorr the Norse god of the storm and Elli the Norse goddess of age.

[thehmn]

In Scandinavian mythology there’s only one person who can beat the god Thor in a wrestling match: the elderly woman Elle.

When Thor was asked to wrestle her he laughed, thinking it would be the easiest win of his life, but he had to admit defeat within minutes because Elle is no ordinary old lady. She is the personification of aging itself, and no one can beat age.

She is the symbol of aging and badass grandmas.

[spacepumpkins]

PLEASE REBLOG FOR EPILEPTIC FRIENDS!!

Tumblr has fucked up once again and disregarded the safety of Epileptic people!

DON’T CLICK ON THE NEW FILTER LINK IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO FLASHING IMAGES It takes you straight to a page where the header is a ton of flashing colours that could easily trigger an epileptic episode! Please tell any of your epileptic friends to avoid clicking this for their safety!! please spread the word!!!

[elder-futhark]

Is it overstepping a boundary if someone who has no known kind of northern European or Scandinavian lineage to have a deep interest and desire to learn and engage in the old Norse world, culture and religion? Is there a line somewhere?

No, I believe that you should explore Norse mythology, culture, and decide for yourself.

Some religions can be very restrictive but the Norse religion isn't as restrictive as most as long as you do your research you should be fine.

[elder-futhark]

Hey there! Due to a combination of my newfound knowledge of German and Swedish blood in my family and a pre-existing interest and connection, I've been wanting to learn more about Norse culture and mythology and start worshipping at least one Norse deity. I also recently bought a set of snowflake obsidian Elder Futhark runes. Any ideas on where I could start or knowledge you could impart on me yourself? I'll message you if that'd be preferable.

I own both “Norse Myths: Viking Legends of Heroes and Gods (Histories) by Martin J. Dougherty” and “Vikings: Raids. Culture. Legacy by Marjolein Stern; Roderick Dale“ and i think that both of them are a good place to start. Theirs not much that I can give you in way of advice except that I recommend that you look through the pantheon and see which one resonates with you.

If you have any more questions or just want to talk about it please DM me.

[elder-futhark]

250 followers!

I recently hit 250 followers I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you for taking such an interest and me and my work.

I have no idea how many of you are Bots but none the less thank you all.

[rosepetalswitch]

If your family doesn’t support your craft, I am now your family.

Feel free to ask me anything you need. I’ll listen to you and give you all the advice you need <3 Let’s love and support each other in this beautiful community.

[elder-futhark]

No matter what you'll never be bothering me if you have questions or just want to talk.

[in-her-broomcloset]

“What’s A Witch” Project

Originally Created By: @nimue-the-eclectic-witch

“The aim of this project is to show witches young, old, new, and experienced, exactly what a real witch looks like. … Anything!”

Here I’ve created a blank template of the project for you to copy and paste without having to delete others’ answers

___________________

Preferred Name?

Age?

Gender, or lack thereof?

Sexuality?

Where Are You From?

Signs?

Occupation? (Including school)

Preferred Element?

Pro or Anti Curse?

How Long Have You Been Practicing?

What is Your Practice Like?

Other Interests You’d Like to Mention?

Selfie (Or Picture of Something like Your Altar, or a Pet if You Don’t Want to Show Your Face)

___________________

If you have a hard time highlighting all lines at once to copy from the mobile app, here’s a condensed version of all the questions for you to separate yourself in a new post:

1. Preferred Name? 2. Age? 3. Gender, or lack thereof? 4. Sexuality? 5. Where are you from? 6. Signs? 7. Occupation? (Including school) 8. Preferred Element? 9. Pro or Anti Curse? 10. How Long Have You Been Practicing? 11. What is Your Practice Like? 12. Other Interests You’d Like to Mention? 13. Selfie (Or Picture of Something like Your Altar, or a Pet if You Don’t Want to Show Your Face)

___________________

When reposting your completed answers, make sure to tag the original creator @nimue-the-eclectic-witch and link to this post for others to copy from as well!

[elder-futhark]

1. Preferred Name: Jack

2. Age: 18

3. Gender, or lack thereof: It sounds kind of weird but I really don't care about gender and just go with whatever people's Assumption of me is.

4. Sexuality: pansexual

5. Where are you from: USA ID

6. Signs: Sun Capricorn  Moon Virgo Ascendant Sagittarius

7. Occupation: Still in high school but working at a psychological help facility.

8. Preferred Element: I have a deep attachment to the Rain.

9. Pro or Anti Curse: neutral

10. How Long Have You Been Practicing: almost 6 years

11. What is Your Practice Like: I make runes, some spell casting, and spirit work pertaining specifically to Spirit portals and hauntings.

12. Other Interests You’d Like to Mention: I have a near obsession with psychology, philosophy, and metaphysics.

13. Selfie: I look like trash right now and there's already a picture of me on my page so here's my alter.

[paramud]

Just a gentle reminder

If you’re a Norse heathen and believe that “race mixing” is bad

remember that many of the gods are born from interracial pregnancies between the Aesir, Vanir, and Jotunns.

If you’re a Norse heathen and are transphobic or homophobic

remember that many of the gods will alter their forms drastically, the most notable being Loki changing into mare and being impregnated by a male horse, and later giving birth to Sleipnir

If you’re a Norse heathen and fascist

remember that vikings were largely democratic and would regularly hold votes to decide legal matters, and were incredibly accepting of other cultures

[danishheathen]

Re-blogging this for the Nazi who just started following me <3

[norse-forge]

Great post, I feel the same way @danishheathen !

[ancailleachanmoved]

If you’re a Norse heathen and believe that excluding people with disabilities is fine

remember that all deities deserve the same respect, even the disabled like for example Hödur

if you’re a Norse heathen and think being misogynist is cool

remember how Freyja would slay you, how Skadi insisted on her revenge

[interwovenllc]

If you’re a Norse heathen and think people with disabilities don’t deserve the gods:

Tyr is missing a hand asshole

[danishheathen]

Time to share this again!

[paramud]

Wow, it finally hit 5,000 notes!

[follower-of-odin]

Not to mention Odin is missing an eye, and also went on transgender sexual exploits.

In any case, as far as the disabled are concerned, let’s turn to Havamal, shall we?

Now granted, people have translated Havamal in so many ways, although often the ultimate meaning is intact. Anyway, verse 71 says:

The halt can manage a horse, the handless a flock, The deaf be a doughty fighter, To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre: There is nothing the dead can do.

This may be referring specifically to warfare, but the main point is still discernable: so long as one is living, they still can play a part in this world. And let’s not forget that the book is ultimately a guide on how to be a welcoming, kind person, while not tolerating injustice (although admittedly, verse 75 is a bit sketchy, as is the distrust of women. It’s a product of its time.)

In conclusion, Nazis are asshats, and we should be kind to people except them.

[northern-seidmadr]

Reblogging again for good points.

[paddysnuffles]

And among the many interracial gods, Odin and Thor themselves are mixed race, as their mothers were Jötnar (Ice Giants).

If you’re a Norse heathen and dislike transvestites, may I remind you of the time Heimdall and Loki talked Thor into wearing drag.

[trollpogo]

Multiple Gods. No Masters.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Once more with feeling, so Jojo Moyes and the gang behind “Me before you” can hear it:

The halt can manage a horse, the handless a flock, The deaf be a doughty fighter, To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre: There is nothing the dead can do.

[theshyion]

tl;dr no you can’t use ~~mythology~~ to justify abhorrent views, you hats of rectal origin.

(even if it was accurate it would still be terrible but it’s also incorrect)

[joyeuse-noelle]

This made me think of @lady-feral.

[coldalbion]

Look, I’m a crippled brain-damaged bi guy who was born nine weeks early, after hanging/strangling on his umbilical cord. I’m an Odinsman, Study the lore, and I’ve got all the right signs for it. I’m a storyteller, writer, published poet., If you’re disabled in any way, please, understand that the Norse Gods will still welcome you to the fire.

Young and alone on a long road, Once I lost my way: Rich I felt when I found another; Man rejoices in man,

A kind word need not cost much, The price of praise can be cheap: With half a loaf and an empty cup I found myself a friend,

[eclecticwitcheryafoot]

Not a heathen, but if any followers are…please read this…and stay away from @pagansuncensored because it is a shitshow right now

[jennity-blogs]

Most Norse deities are disabled. Hell, Odin, who is probably the most well known except for arguably Thor? Both disabled. Norse gods are incredibly human in that they are flawed in character and body, just like we are. So anyone who isn’t on board with accepting others but claims to follow Norse deities? I call bullshit. 

[the-dm-diet-steve-blog]

If you’re using Norse symbols and you’re a white supremacist, you literally deserve Mjölnir to the face. Literally the most accepting belief system and you’re using it as a position of hate, step off your high horse and you’re weird interpretations and kindly fuck off.

[darkbookworm13-deactivated20240]

Time to bring this back again.

[leospaganpage]

Also, if you are a misogynist, remember that Shieldmaidens could kick your arse! And it’s 2018!

[elder-futhark]

This is one of the most amazing posts I’ve seen in a very long time!

[elder-futhark]

I'd like to reiterate this for some of my more recent followers FUCK OFF NAZIS!

[whendragons-fly-deactivated2019]

Could you please reblog this if you are a witch who isn’t Wiccan?

[elder-futhark]

I have nothing against Wiccans I would just like to diversify.

[warakami]

Tumblr the second you show female nipple…

[maswartz]

WELCOME BACK! For those who logged off, this is what you missed.

1. @staff made a post pretty much saying “Your stuff isn’t getting deleted, just hidden from everyone but you” and “Yeah we know you hate the term “female presenting nipples” but we ain’t gonna stop saying it” 2. If a blog has a pixelated icon that means they got hit by the ban, you cannot view that blog outside the sidebar. You cannot even view their archive. Allegedly if you follow the advice in this post it’ll be fixed but only if it was an accidental flag (aka a real sfw blog) 3. The post Staff made including examples of what was ok to post. It got flagged. 4. Yes, the bots are still here. Yes they are still stealing posts and putting porn links on them. Yes there are still ads with stuff more sexual than they allow in posts. Yes innocent things are still getting flagged. 5. So yes, the site is still here and staff are still morons.

[unapologeticjunior]

[yayroos]

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

[marsupials-of-mars]

PLEASE PARTICIPATE THIS NEEDS TO BE BIG SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH!

[bastard-is-dead]

Doing this. Who else is in?

[styna]

DON’T FORGET TO PAUSE YOUR QUEUE, TOO!!!!

[ontarom]

Does anybody remember this “go nuts, show nuts, whatever” gem? Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[themultiverseofheroines1990]

We are getting close to 400,000! We need more people to show they are against what Tumblr is doing. What they are doing is censoring people and believing what they are doing is right. Its the same shit the FCC did claiming that taking down net neutrality was good for everyone that we idiots don’t know shit. Don’t let Tumblr get away with what they are doing and let’s keep it going. Post this everywhere. Twitter, Facebook, Discord, Snapchat, YouTube, or wherever you guys want, but let’s keep the fight going!!!

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/tumblr-com-allow-nsfw-content-on-tumblr

[the-witch-finder]

I don’t normally post non witch-locating posts on this blog, but this is important for the entire tumblr community. Please sign the change.org petition and make sure to participate in the 24-hour log off protest on December 17.

[ruptorune]

Please don’t fucking log off tumblr on the 17th as a protest. All that’s going to do is give tumblr more reason to shut this place down because of revenue loss.

[waywardsignns-a]

Please don’t fucking log off tumblr on the 17th as a protest. All that’s going to do is give tumblr more reason to shut this place down because of revenue loss.

[sandersstudies]

This is blatantly untrue

Companies do not experience one day of revenue loss and pull the plug, destroying years of work and firing dozens if not hundreds of employees.

Companies which experience loss in revenue and consumer interest make investments and changes in order to regain their users/customers. That’s why organized protests and boycotts WORK. Tumblr will NOT go down after one bad day or week, but they might be willing to listen to its userbase if we put up an organized protest. (If you don’t believe me, think about how long sites like MySpace and Google+ hang around with fractions of their previous user base, often for years.)

Yahoo paid over one billion dollars for Tumblr, and the website will not go offline because of a one-day event, so in conclusion,

DO log off on December 17th to show Tumblr that you disapprove of its recent content ban and clumsy execution of censorship.

Please reblog this version of the post to stop the spread of misinformation.

[staff]

A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO

[elder-futhark]

@staff @support

Dear Tumblr staff and support team,

I'm curious of your Collective opinion on your websites new community guidelines and its effects such as a significant drop in both it's users and Tumblers value in the stock market?