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Another attempt at writing prayers, loosely based on the galdralag meter. This time to Bragi for inspiration!

Idun and Brage by Nils Blommér, 1846 As I mentioned in my previous Modern Galdralag post, this year, I’m attempting to write prayers based o

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Northern Tradition shrine for Bragi : You MUST only offer GOOD QUALITY ART to Bragi. If you cannot make it COMMISSION SOMEONE ELSE!!!

Bragi, as I've known him: I'll take it, good or bad! Art is art is art, and its good for the human condition to make it.*

*This excludes AI generated art.

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any bragi devotees out there?

(psst dont bother interacting if you're a nazi!)

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Hey guys, I have talked about not really knowing which God has been contacting me well, I have taken some time and found actually two Gods that have been speaking to me. Unlike Rhiannon being a Celtic Goddess, these are Norse Gods. Odin and Bragi/E; everyone knows more about Odin then Bragi/E; he is the God of Poetry. I love that because all of the Gods and Goddess that I have found have special meaning to me that involves my personal life. I knew for a bit about Bragi/E but I was waiting to connect with him more and Odin was recent that he had spoken to me more. I am German/ Native American/ Italian Descent, so Norse/Germanic witchcraft has been a big part of my craft as well as Celtic. so, lets get on to telling you about the Gods themselves. Since Bragi/E was the one to communicate with me first, I want to talk about him first. He was addressed as an old wise Bard or Poet of Vahalla, most know what Vahalla is but if you do not then Vahalla is the "Hall of the Fallen"; where Odin housed the dead who he deemed worthy of dwelling with Him. If you want a video of Vahalla please comment below. Old Norse poetry from the Viking Age features Bragi/E alot, he is entertaining the Einherjar {ane HAIR yar} which means " the ones that fight alone"; they are elite deceased members of Vahalla. He is also know to welcome new souls to Vahalla. One Eddic states that Bragi/E has runes carved into his tongue. Before his death Bragi was a poet, named Bragi Boddason; he created magic with his poetry. When he passed Odin appointed him the Poet of Vahalla. This quoted from the site ; The Old Norse writers of the Christian Middle Ages took this a step further and portrayed Bragi as having been nothing less than a god of poetry. One such author even claimed that one of the Old Norse words for “poetry,” bragr, was derived from Bragi’s name.[4] He was said to be the husband of the goddess Idun, whose fruits guarantee the continued immortality of the gods. Signs of a Bard is long beards and harps or other bardic interments. Symbols of comfort, luxury, and relaxation. Winter hearths and fire places. Concerts, plays and performances. Okay, let's go on to the most known Viking God, Odin. This is how you properly spell it Óðinn; Odin’s name can be translated as “Master of Ecstasy.” He is one of the most mythical character in the Norse Mythology. He is the ruler of Aseir tribe of Deities. He is known as a relentless seeker and a giver of Wisdom but he has little regard for communal values such as justice, fairness, or respect for law and convention. He is a devine patron of rules but also outlaws. He is not only a war-god but a poetry-god, he has feminine tendency that would of brought unspeakable shame to the history of a viking warrior. "He’s worshiped by those in search of prestige, honor, and nobility, yet he’s often cursed for being a fickle trickster" From how he is pretrayed in today's times, they believe that he was this great warrior like his son, Thor but that wasn't the whole truth, he was more of a peace keeping god. He never concerned himself with the average warriors, he only surrounded himself with warriors that he deemed worthy. "He maintains particularly close affiliations with the berserkers and other “warrior-shamans” whose fighting techniques and associated spiritual practices center around achieving a state of ecstatic unification with certain ferocious totem animals, usually wolves or bears, and, by extension, with Odin himself, the master of such beasts." An interesting feature of Odin's person appearance is his "missing" eye which he had sacrificed for wisdom, he is seen wearing an eye patch to cover the eye socket. He also "scarified himself for himself" by hanging for 9 days and right on the world tree "Yggdrail," the tree is said to be the mighty tree whose trunk rises at the "center" of the Norse spiritual cosmos. When he did this he received no form of nourishment from anyone. After the 9 days, he perceived the runes, this is the start of the divination of Runes. It was the written letters of the Germanic people before the Latin alphabet was constructed. The root to Odin getting his name was from the mead's old Norse name of Óðrœrir(Oh-thur-or-ear), “The Stirrer of Óðr(OH-thur),” and, as we have seen, óðr (“ecstasy, fury, inspiration”)One of his many names is "allfather" or Alfaðir, according to Snorri Sturluson, "he was the father of the Gods." As we know, his is a divine ancestor of many families all around Northern Europe, He is a Aesir God also a Vanir God and a giant; son of Bestla, one of the first frost giants. One old Norse poem even identifies him as önd or the breath of life. Odin was seen as the favorite god to outlaws or outcasted people because of how strong-willed Odin is. "Danish historian even relates a tale of Odin being outlawed from Asgard for ten years so that the other gods and goddesses wouldn’t be tarnished by the vile reputation he had acquired amongst many humans" Odin was also seen as a seidr which in the Norse culture a male seidr was not the greatest thing to be because of the gender roles they had back then. Saxo, in the passage of on Odin's exile, relates that "by his stage-tricks and his assumption of a woman's work he had brought foulest scandal on the name of the Gods." He was known to be a master in necromancy, the magic art of bring back and even speaking to the dead. One of the reasons he mastered this art was so that he could speak with the dead to gain knowledge. Another reason that possibly is the main reason is that he wanted as many amazing warriors on his side when he must face the wolf, Fenrir (FEN-rir) during Ragnarok. Odin speaks only in poems, and the ability to compose poetry is a gift that he grants at his pleasure. He stole the "mead of poetry," it is the source of the ability to speak and write beautifully, from the giants. He has dispensed it to whomever Gods, humans etc that he deems worthy. He is known to take dangerous quests to gain wisdom. So he kinda back himself away from other Gods/Goddess so that he did not tarnish them with his quests. With him being so competitive, he challenged the wisest of the giants to a contest to see who was more knowledgeable, the contest winner would receive the loser's head. Odin won by asking the giant something that only he himself could know. He with Freya were one of the two greatest seidrs and his adventures were well documented in the book called "Ynglinga Saga". He would travel to distant lands for his own errands or others while he appeared to others as asleep or dead. While like al shamans are accompanied by many familiar spirits the most known the raves Hugin and Munin, the wolves Geri and Freki and the valkyries. Shamans are suppose to go through a ritual death and rebirth and Odin was no exception, his spiritual death and rebirth is when he discovered the runes.

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