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In this video I explain the way that runes were integrated into pre-existing mythic and ritual traditions of magic and why therefore Odin is the god of both galdra and runar https://youtu.be/K9m6jHITqvc?feature=shared
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Who is Woden / Odin / Wotanaz? part 2
Returning to the topic of the highest god, Odin. First I address why the Romans weren't entirely wrong when they compared him to Mercury/Hermes. Then I present my theory about how Odin learned the nine sacred songs called Galdra and why this is related toβ¦
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My son walks a Troy town that his great grandfather made
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The real meaning of this labyrinth symbol eludes us since it appears in different times, cultures and contexts. Many of the claimed dates for them are made up and unreliable which makes it even harder to decipher
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Germanic bog finds from Northern Germany dated to the Roman Iron Age. The discs are zierscheibe and the other artefact is part of horse tack
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There is a lot of Viking kitsch in Schleswig!
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When hunting for an unmarked Saxon urnfield in the woods we were drawn to it by a sudden commotion of ravens which stopped when we drew near.
And today when performing a blot at an ancient Anglian bog holy to Thunor and Nerthus (Earth) there was also a calling of ravens and when approaching the bog a snake jumped out. When approaching a great oak nearby to address Thunor there was a sudden strong gust of wind.
Such auspicious signs are encountered regularly when you blot at the right places and the gods are present
And today when performing a blot at an ancient Anglian bog holy to Thunor and Nerthus (Earth) there was also a calling of ravens and when approaching the bog a snake jumped out. When approaching a great oak nearby to address Thunor there was a sudden strong gust of wind.
Such auspicious signs are encountered regularly when you blot at the right places and the gods are present
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Stopped briefly in Denmark to see the place where the famous Golden horns of Gallehus were discovered. They will be a topic in the coming documentary as I believe they were Jutish
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In Westminster Cathedral there is this depiction of Saint Gregory encountering an enslaved Anglo-Saxon pagan child who he found attractive so he said they are βNot Angles but angelsβ.
Important figures in the Christianisation of England are also depicted including Bishop Mellitus who was actually exiled by the pagans of London, the venerable Bede, Saints Cuthbert, Edmund, Oswald and Wilfrid
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