Words of the Old Gods

Account for the study of the sources informing modern practice of pre-christian germanic religion(s). Hate not tolerated. Account run in various germanic languages, English dominant ||| personal: 21, he/him @wordsoftheoldgods on Instagram

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I’ll probably do some posts going in dept on Heilung’s source texts at some point :))))))

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This painting, "Idise" (1905) by Emil Doepler, depicts a scene from the Merseburg Zaubersprüche (magic charms), two texts written in Old High German (Althochdeutsch) around the 9th century. They represent the only preserved texts describing German pagan belief that were not written by Christians. The first of two charms, depicted here, is a Lösesegen (blessing of loose-letting) describing how Idisen (the word is clearly related to the Norse dísir, and some scholars think that the Idisen are roughly equivalent to norse valkyries, based on behavior. The existance of the German word Walküre(n) does not preclude this; as it is simply a later borrowing from Old Norse) freed captured warriors during battle. Like most spells recovered from the period, the incantation consists of a short reference to magic performed in the past, and then an invocation for the effect to repeat itself (as it was then, so shall it be now). Following is the text in Old High German, and then translations into modern German and English. If you want to read this aloud, remember that <z> and <uu> are pronounced as [ts] and [w], respectively. Eiris sazun idisi, Sazun hera duoder; Suma hapt heptidun, Suma heri lezidun, Suma clubodun umbi cuoniouuidi: Insprinc haptbandun, inuar uigandum! Einstmals setzen sich Idisen; sie setzten sich hierhin und dorthin. Einige hefteten, andere hemmten das Heer, andere nesteln an festen Fesseln: Entspringt den Banden, entweicht den Feinden! Once sat Idisen/dísir here and there. Some fastened bonds, some impeded an army, some unraveled fetters: Escape now these bonds! Flee from the enemy! More info to come in later posts! DM for info on sources :)

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Finished Hel~ 

 My first finished personal piece in a while.

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May Thor strike down all the N*zi’s who dare to use Mjölnir as a symbol of hate, for they will never be my kindred.

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Details from illuminated manuscripts. Getty Museum, 2018

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See this is the shit I started this blog for

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Hello! Hej, Hello, Hæ, and everything in between!

This account is for the study of the sources that inform practices of modern germanic neopaganism. That includes practitioners with and without germanic heritage themselves. We would like to stress that we will block users who use these traditions to justify any kind of hostility towards others. That said, we hope you gain something from our analysis of the texts and other sources that inform our beliefs in the modern day. If you should have any questions, feel free to DM. We will first begin by analyzing sources such as the althochdeutsche Zaubersprüche, and bite-sized pieces of other, better known texts, such as Hávamál. With that,we would like to officially welcome all heathens, ásatrúar, brothers and sisters of all backgrounds, to our nice little place of study :)

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