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Surtr’s Sword Small Conversational Post Surtr’s Sword Richard Bishop ..read more

The Runes The Runes In the Nose age there were many different runes, and each of them had their special meaning. Each rune meant a particular letter, as well as covered a special meaning (the word “rune” means ‘secret.’ Each Norse rune, as well as any letter, denoted a particular phonetic sound. The Runes Richard Bishop ..read more

A 1,500 year old sword found by 8 year old girl I saw this article and that it was awesome.  A father and daughter move from Minnesota to Sweden a year ago. On a beautiful summer day down by a lake the girl was swimming then she yells at her dad I found something. When she came up to the surface A 1,500 year old sword found by 8 year old girl Norseman2267 ..read more

Freyja Day Prayer This is something that I wrote a while back when getting to know, through honoring, the Lady Freyja. She is someone I found through my relationship due to her being mentioned as her own deity. Since then she, too, has grown on me. I felt that poetry was a way to go about honoring since I used to write a lot of it, mainly to express myself. Freyja Day Prayer Kay ..read more

Realms of the Norse: Álfhemir An explanation of the Norse realm of Álfheimr, with a brief discussion of its residents. Realms of the Norse: Álfhemir Sarah ..read more

A 1,200 years old pagan temple unearth There is a small village on the seaside called Ose near the town called ØRSTA in western Norway. An Archaeologist name Søren Diinhoff of the University Museum of Bergen. They find some post holes in a pattern and these holes are very distinctive for certain posts to go into. There A 1,200 years old pagan temple unearth Norseman2267 ..read more

Vikings Place Sword On The Left-Side In The Grave A team of archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) the University of Science in Norway. They unearthed a Viking warrior with his/her sword on the left side. They said one of the theories is that Vikings perceived the afterlife to be a mirror image of the Vikings Place Sword On The Left-Side In The Grave Norseman2267 ..read more

Realms of The Norse; Helheimr Hello everyone. This week’s issue of “Realms of The Norse; Helheimr” is kind of tricky. Why? Because we Norse consider Helheimr to be one of the most predominant of the 9 realms of the Norse. It is a fairly well-documented realm of the dead. I was not really wanting to Realms of The Norse; Helheimr Richard Bishop ..read more

You Control You I’m not sure what happened but I’d written this post once and somehow it’s now gone. So here we go again. Now I could have gotten upset and angry and said to help with this post. But instead, I am holding true to my commitment to you and Old Norse You Control You Richard Bishop ..read more