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  2. Norse Paganism The way we use Norse Paganism here is not to refer exclusively to the ethnic practices of the pre-Christian Norse peoples (Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, etc); rather, the "Norse" in Norse Paganism refers to the names by which we call the Gods. Most of us refer to the Gods by the names they were called in the Norse languages, and ...
  3. Heathenry is a term that refers to a set of religions that honor and worship the Gods as they were called by the various Germanic peoples of what is now modern Europe. It is also sometimes called Norse Paganism, Germanic Paganism or Asatru. The religion once also to be called "Odinism" but that's not a name we commonly use anymore.
  4. Blót (Sacrifice) is the most sacred ritual in Norse Paganism, the most important, and there are about as many ways to do it as there are Heathens ... Heathen spirituality begins with that primary relationship. To worship the gods today, we must go beyond the meanings other religions have given those words to their origins, and reinterpret them ...
  5. Norse Paganism is one of the more common terms you will see in English for these religions. "Paganism" is already well established as a term meaning someone who practices some form of reconstructed or revived European pre-Christian religion. "Pagan" comes from the Latin "paganus" which means "someone from a rural area."
  6. The foundation of what would become known as "Odinism" began in earnest with an Australian Fascist named Alexander Rud Mills. "Odinism" as a term first entered the language through a British Essayist, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), but it didn't find purchase as an idea for a new religion until it reached, of all places, Australia.
  7. Some religious groups do require oaths, others do not. An "oath to the Gods" is not required. Membership in any particular group is not required to become Norse Pagan, nor is taking any oath at all. The Gifting Cycle is the Center of our Faith. Our faith is in the gift cycle. It is the heart of Ásatrú, Norse Paganism and Heathenry.
  8. Maybe you read a book about Norse Mythology and that lead you to wonder if there is actually a religion here. If you feel something, that's great. If you are just curious that's great too. Don't feel like you have to be granted permission or that you need to know everything before you start calling yourself Ásatrú, Heathen or Norse Pagan.
  9. It is not necessary to take an Oath to be Asatru. Just to be Norse Pagan doesn't mean you have to take an oath, or make an oath. You do not have to say anything in Symbel or make oaths no matter what anyone says. If you want to make one, make one. Also, no one can force you to hear an oath you don't want to be a part of.
  10. And while Asatru, Norse Paganism, Forn Sed and Heathenry might be used as more general terms, there are also traditions like Urglaawe or modifiers like "Frisian" or "Frankish" that are more specific and come with different religious, cultural and linguistic differences. But what unites us is greater than what divides us.
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