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Fosta/Fosite

Fosta is an unknown God who was worshipped in Frisia. So little is known about Fosta that even the gender is under discussion.

The only known source of his existance comes from Willibrord's work Vita Sancti Willibrordi. Willibrord was an angle-saxon missionary from the 7th century. Willibrord destroyed Frisian temples, sanctuaries, sacred trees and statues. According to one story, Willibrord arrived in Ameland, one of the 5 Dutch islands, and destroyed a sacred place dedicated to the Frisian God Fosta.

Fosta is the same deity as the Norse Fosite. Fosite is a God dedicated to justice. Not only are they the same, the Norwegian people actually adopted this Frisian God which most likely happened because of the trade between the two sea-faring nations. Norse traders spread knowledge about this God from Frisia and so his worship spread towards the North.

What Fosta's role was in the Frisian pantheon is unclear but it seems that he has both similarities to Tiwaz and Njord. Maybe he was seen as a God of fertility and of the seas besides justice. There is a link between the Frisian name and the Greek God Poseidon, who is the God of the seas. The Frisians could have gotten into contact with the Greek God Poseidon by Greek barnstone traders who traded around the coasts of Frisia.

Another theory by historicus Reinhard Wenskus suggests that Fosta is linked to the Germanic Goddess Hludana, known as Jörd in Scandinavia.

Fosta seemed to be the God of justice for lighter offences while Tiwaz judged those who committed heavier offences. According to Norse lore, he is the son of Baldr, grandson of Wodan and has a palace in Asgaard named Glitnir. He is not described in the story about Ragnarok, perhaps because this original Frisian God was not yet fully adapted into the Norwegian lore.

Links to this God can still be found today in Westergeest, a village in Frisia, the Netherlands. Its coat of armour shows a shield with a red tree stomp on it. This tree stomp once stood in the middle of the village and was the place where justice was spoken, the thing/ding. The village also has an old nickname, Foestrum, which means fostera-hiem, a place of worship of Fosta.

Here are photos of: Fosta by Deviantartist Snnanagfashtalli Fosite by Carl Emil Doepler Coat of armour of Westergeest Willibrord

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I’m on Tumblr less and less now, but am still very happy to try to answer questions or to hear from you, especially if you are interested in anything Frisian and/or the God Forseti.

My best contact is [email protected]. I’d ask that you please use this instead of Tumblr messaging now. Tumblr messaging never seems to work right and I honestly have no idea if some of the people who sent questions ever got a reply. So... e-mail is always best!

Full disclosure: I am a devotional Polytheist and a mystic. My relationships with the Gods are based far more on ecstatic practice and on gnosis than on anything else. I am also, by choice and in accordance with the path my Gods have laid down for me, a solitary practitioner and most emphatically not a part of any organized spiritual group, be it Pagan, Heathen, or otherwise.

Be well and Gods bless.

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Forseti artwork by Basil Blake, originally posted on the Gangleri’s Grove blog.

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Forseti, wise and well-reasoned, greatest of judges,

you who sees all sides of every issue, I honor you.

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I visited the holy Fosta well today.

The isle of Ameland was called Fostaland before the introduction of Christianity. The water in this pond was dedicated to Fosite. It was only allowed to be drunk in silence. The land around it and the cattle that grazed on it was also sacred, no one was allowed to touch the animals. This pond was sacred and was guarded by king Redbad, among others.

The monk Willibrord, returning from a failed mission to the Danes, wanted to convert the people of Ameland to Christianity. He baptized some Amelanders with water from the holy well. He also slaughtered a sacred cow and threw the carcass into the waters.

Radboud became quite displeased with this and killed a man from Willibrord's party, while Willibrord was banished from the island.

However, some experts believe that this was on Heligoland.