ᛑᛗᛛ Sophie ᛑᛗᛛ

23|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿|Völva|Nerd Worshiper of the old gods Devotee of Freyja and Freyr ᚺᛖᛁᛚᛁᚱ ᚢᚨᚾᛁᚱ

[oathtoblood]

Thorshammer amulets found in Scandinavia and the Baltics from the Late Viking Age (10th Century AD)

[broomsick]

Glory to the wild, the deep woods, the quiet roar of winter

Glory to the scorching sun, the rain that rips through the clouds

Glory to the unreachable peaks, the carved rock of valleys

Glory to roots and stretching branches, and slumbering life;

Praises and veneration for the seasons.

Praise the foe of Beli, the wane son

Praise the giver of wealth, the elf lord

Praise the son of Njörðr, brother of Freyja

Praise the king of kings who is called Yngvi.

[freyrsvalkyrie]

🪻Ivinghoe🪻

Ft an angry sheep 🐑

[freyrsvalkyrie]

Brísingamen

The necklace of our beloved Freyja. Possibly made out of Amber, gold or gemstones. Brísingamen is often translated as something along the lines of ‘flaming necklace’. I’m not a gold girlie so when searching for my own, I went with amber, I think it best fits the fiery description 🧡

And no I did not lay with dwarves to obtain it

[space-queen]

witches online -

"teach me how to be a witch"

"teach me how to curse"

"teach me how to use tarot"

learning this stuff on your own is so valuable, imo. and there's so much material that is widely available to learn from as well.

stop selling yourselves short!

[the-seedling-witch]

*with love and respect* fuck around and finding out is valuable. Trial and error to see what you gravitate towards and see how your personal craft shapes itself is so important

[vitterdotter]

I think it's more than fine to not take the myths literally. but I wish there was less of a "we pagans aren't ACTUALLY mythic literalists", because yes I very much am

[when-november-ends]

Skaði

digital offering

[vitterdotter]

I get unnecessarily annoyed at posts that are like "as pagans, we don't...". I find that these broad overarching statements portray paganism as something that must be in opposition with mainstream organized religion, rather than something that can have a lot of similarities as well. as a norse polytheist:

I do worship gods, not just work with them.

I do ask gods for advice and help.

The gods I follow and spirits I work with do demand things out of me, that do push me out of my comfort zone.

I don't subscribe to a good v. evil dichotomy, nor do I believe that hostile forces are simply misunderstood.

I have no interest in larping vikings - I have no interest to get through things the hard way, and I do pray and practice magic to make my life easier.

[strange-ghosts]

Freyja, Norse goddess of love, beauty, war, and magick 🪶

[thebrightestlodge]

GREAT ÓðINN; ALLFATHER WHO RIDES THE GALLOWS, WHO SWUNG FROM A BOUGH WE WILL NEVER COMPREHEND ...

Wanted to figure Odin (and Slippy) out with my work!

[freyrsvalkyrie]

Valfreyja

Wood elf - Valkyrie

[freyrsvalkyrie]

Hail the twin gods

Freyja and Yngvi-Freyr

Mighty Vanir

[freyrsvalkyrie]

The Devil’s Pulpit - Scotland

[ur-folk]

Runestone drawing from Uppland, Sweden. Published in Svenska Folkets Underbara Öden (1916) by Carl Grimberg

[boop428-deactivated20260202]

“Odin was the most prominent among them, and from him they learned all the skills, because he was the first to know them. Now as to why he was honoured so greatly—the reasons for that are these: he was so handsome and noble to look at that when he sat among his friends it gladdened the hearts of all. But when he was engaged in warfare he showed his enemies a grim aspect.. He spoke so well and so smoothly that all who heard him believed all he said was true. All he spoke was in rhymes, as is what is now called the art of poetry, he and his temple-priests were called verse-smiths.. Odin was able to cause his enemies in battle to be blind or deaf or terror-struck, and he could cause their swords to cut no better than a willow wand. His own men went to battle without armour and acted like mad dogs or wolves. They bit into their shields and were as strong as bulls or bears. They killed men, and neither fire nor iron harmed them. This madness is called berserker fury.. Odin had with him Mimir’s head, which told him many tidings from other worlds; and at times he would call to life dead men out of the ground, or he would sit down under men that were hanged. On this account he was called Lord of the Undead or of the Hanged. He had two ravens on whom he had bestowed the gift of speech. They flew far and wide over the lands and told him many tidings. By these means he became very wise in lore. And all these skills he taught with those runes and songs which are called magic songs [charms].”

— Ynglinga Saga

[siraxta111]

[aurvandill]

Falcvanger’s towers claim my song, These to Freyja’s right belong; Who chief presiding at each feast, Appoints his place to ev’ry guest: Half of the slain by her’s possest, But Odin daily claims the rest.