Punkwitch

Devotee of Thor with connections to most members of the Norse pantheon. I am Truth-seeker. Panromantic, poly, and genderqueer. Expect an abundance of UPG, human rights, and general information/posts I find helpful - Bibliomancy, and tarot by request . . . (Comics blog is Marveliciousmotherfucker, for those of you finding me via Marvel or WicDiv)

[letalisotium]

It’s twice as bad as the guns, because he has to grab a new one every time the thread OR the bobbin runs out. 

[musterniillustrates]

The Marigold Tarot Major Arcana: The World Amrit Brar 2017

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[childofthewanderer]

Talking about pre-storm offerings earlier, and we’ve decided that not only are we offering to Thor and Njord, but also to Irma itself (herself? themself?). I’ve been low-key convinced for a long while that named storms, especially stronger ones, have at least some level of sentience, and my wife pointed out today that they could easily be considered jotnar. 

So yeah. Offerings to gods to keep us safe, bribes to Irma to leave us alone.

[childofthewanderer]

“Do you have flashlights and batteries? Emergency candles?”

“Dude, I’m pagan, I guarantee you I have more candles on my desk than you have in your entire house.”

[cheaphalloweencostume]

forget wanderlust, sonder, all those words for vague dreamy feelings… what I’m asking for is a concise word for the feeling you get when someone makes an assumption about you that’s 100% correct but you really don’t like that anyone was able to make that assumption. for now I’m calling it a fuckor

[cheaphalloweencostume]

“he asked me ‘you main junkrat right’ and a wave of fuckor wracked my feeble body”

[punkwitch]

My fiancé trying to get me into Overwatch in the first place by saying something along the lines of, “there’s this one character you’ll really like!”

Reaper.

Of course it was fucking Reaper. And he was right.

[amorphoussystem-deactivated2024]

“Heathenry is a macho male warrior’s religion!”

We have, like, four deities associated with war. One of them is queer. One of them is a protector of the common folk. One of them is a disabled god of justice. One of them is a goddess.

I’m just saying, statistically we have more gods associated with agriculture. Maybe we should start saying that Heathenry is a gardener’s religion.

[elreki-deactivated20170817]

It’s almost like, without hunting and agriculture, society can’t exist!

We also have more sex gods than war gods, more gods of magic than war gods, more gods of the arts, more gods of alcohol, and waaay more gods of peace and hospitality than gods of war. Funny how that works out!

[amorphoussystem-deactivated2024]

Gods of peace? In my Heathenry?

It’s more likely than you think!

[elreki-deactivated20170817]

Please someone make that edit oh my god

[tyrsbeast-blog]

Sky god Týr

Why? I have read the association multiple times and feel the same and in a way his rune points to the sky.

But why? What indicated to scholars that he is a sky god? It can’t simply be because Tyr as a noun means “god”. Like, I read this bit over and over again, mostly after the author explained the meaning of the name but it’s never explained why he is a sky god. 

I mean, I feel it’s true. But where does it come from? 

[castironjackelope]

I THINK and i’m by no means solid on this, it comes from an etymological contection to other gods who are explicitly sky gods, like zeus?

[punkwitch]

From what I’ve seen, yes, as well as various syncretism that may or may not have actually been present. 

[childofthewanderer]

Hail to Thor, the Thunderer, slayer of evil, god of the working class, protector of humankind. We’ve got a lot of humankind in need of protecting right now.

[beerune]

And a lot of evil to be slain.

[darkbookworm13-deactivated20240]

And a whole lot of evil trying to use the Norse symbols to further their hate. 

Break their heads with Mjolnir, please and thank you.

[northern-seidmadr]

A Note to Fellow Heathens and Norse Pagans

Yes, please keep loudly protesting nazis/fascists, yes keep distancing yourselves and your practices and our godx from them and their inhuman shit.

BUT

Please do not forget that the nazis were a powerful force in the revitalization of Norse paganism in Europe. Lots of academics in the 19th century especially (Hyperborean is a common keyword) subscribed to nationalistic and white supremacist ideals, even if they weren’t actively or publicly associated with any group.

Watch your sources, watch your influences. Do not deny they exist.

You see folks saying things like “uh uh nazis/facists are un-American” EXCEPT that’s ahistorical and inaccurate. Don’t forget that Hitler was greatly inspired by the racial genocide of Native Americans and used Andrew Jackson’s atrocities to build his own, just for starters.

So instead of only saying “look we’re not nazis just heathens”, make it clear that you are doing things differently. Talk about inclusive heathenry. Talk about racial diversity, in your UPG and in history of the vikings. Talk about how gorgeously queer the godx are. Even if you’re NOT queer yourself, support and embrace the gender and sexual diversity of the godx, as well as their historical and modern worshippers.

Be loudly open to ALL people. Be actively inclusive. (except to bigots and fascists of course)

[fitchersvogel]

YES THIS. In my work as a folklorist, this intersection of Romanticism, nationalism, and pagan-revivalism is one of my primary areas of research. This particular cocktail of cultural stuff was brewing in Europe during the 19th c–the Germanic strand became the most obviously horrifying, but it wasn’t confined to that area. Basically, *every* modern Pagan path inspired by European pre-Christian religions is an ideological product of this period of activity. Even the stuff that started earlier–like the love of Greece and Rome during the Renaissance, and the Celtic revivals of the late 18th c–were given the scholarly and emotional framework (and greater religious freedom) to develop into *actual spiritual paths* during the 19th century. And part of that inheritance includes some really fucking gross stuff.

For all of us as Pagans, we need to own our shit, and that includes the sometimes-shitty history of the development of our paths in modern times. I’ve got mixed feelings about “this is not our religion!”: it reminds me way too much of Christians who get around the nastiness of their history by claiming that their imperialism, religiously-backed genocides, the Inquisition, etc. were committed by people who “weren’t REALLY Christians.” Like, no? I think if you want to be a decent human being, you have GOT to examine the ways in which your spiritual path can lend itself to horrors. @sunsinherbranches has a fantastic point about how EVERY religion has its “fail state”: there are elements of *any* given religion that can lead to bad shit. Like, proselytizing religions very easily fail to imperialism; culture-based revivalisms (i.e., Norse heathenry) very easily fail to racism. And those “fail states” are *not* outside impositions on something Pure and Perfect; they’re built into the fabric of the system itself.

That’s the nature of human-created systems: they all contain the seeds of their own destruction. We, as people who are by and large consciously creating our own systems, have got to be aware of this stuff, and recognize those seeds for what they are–as harbingers of our potential fail states.

[nameless-shrine]

by the grace of Frigg, may I find poise and wisdom.

by the strength of Thor, may I find courage and comfort. 

by the peace of Sif, may I find calm and serenity.

by the toil of Freyr, may I find prosperity and acceptance. 

by the passion of Freyja, may I find self-love and confidence. 

by the bounty of Njord, may I find flexibility and solace.

by the will of Odin, may I find skill and understanding. 

Hail, Vanir! Hail, Æsir! If it pleases you, watch over me this summer as I learn and grow. 

[hedendom]

Norse Gods: Æser og Åsynjer Part 2

Part 1 

[hedendom]

Norse Gods: Æser og Åsynjer Part 1

Part 2

[scorpysue]

i have two modes:

1) denim and leather jackets with ass-kicking boots

2) plunging necklines and floor length dresses with too many rings on each finger

[punkwitch]

Literally same.

[evilsupplyco]

Praise the moon and pass the seawater.

Praise the gloom and pass the blood.

Praise the darkness and pass your love.

[prokopetz]

Thesis: the narrow focus on public performance over substantive action in certain activist circles has less to do with cynical schemes to game the system for progressive brownie points, and more to do with the fact that many folks basically think social activism is a form of ritual magic. Popular histories give us images of Great Men making speeches and leading marches and circulating petitions, and completely erase all the ground-level infrastructure that made all that stuff work; the end result is that a lot of folks seem honestly to believe that bringing about social change is a matter of performing the appropriate symbolic actions and waiting for reality to reconfigure itself accordingly.

[rainbowobsidianbutterfly]

This is, IME, exactly how a lot of people think reality works, whether or not they realize it. It’s not just Tumblr, or movement orgs – it’s the prototype narrative we’re presented with in both fiction and education. It’s how successful movements get portrayed after the fact.

[tinyrosemarysparrows]

Gemstones For Banishing Someone:

Any of them if you throw them hard enough.

[workingonwitchcraft]

I laughed way too hard at this

[systlin]

Every time I see white supremacists touting norse gods as their great white hetero pantheon I think of the fact that Freyr, Freya’s brother, probably had a sect of gay men who served as his priestesses and that one line in the Ynglingasaga where the gods are like “Yeah ok Mr. Big Shot Odin, King of the Gods, isn’t it true that practice women’s sorcery and have participated in rituals where you sleep with other men.” and Odin’s like “LMAO I mean yeah but remember I am 10x wiser than all you and can kick all your asses and you, Loki, are at LEAST as bi as I am and that’s not even bringing up the horse thing.” 

And all the gods are like “I mean that’s fair.” 

[loganvok]

worth a read … yes, but, it makes the assumption that certain groups must believe certain things.  While there are many closed minded people, this seems to make the assumption that only Kinsey 1s can be closed minded, or rather than all closed minded people are kinsey 1s.  Not necessarily.

[punkwitch]

...I really fail to see how you reached that conclusion. 

white supremacists touting norse gods as their great white hetero pantheon

This is calling out a very specific sort, not just any old straight person.

If you were blissfully previously unaware, there is a subset of neo nazis and various other fascist/right-wing fuckery that hold the Norse pantheon up as emblematic of their aryan ideals or whatever the fuck it is those hate-filled, bile-spewing shitlords believe. That tarnish the names of our gods, our religions, our symbols, and whatever else they can get their filthy fucking hands on, and attempt to make our spaces (as with every other space they can) actively hostile to queer and people of color, etc.

This post has nothing to do with straight people and everything to do with the aforementioned white supremacists drawn to the trappings of Norse mythology for use towards their own ends.