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    Norse Mythology for Smart People

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    In addition to the runes, the pre-Christian mythology and religion of the Norse and other Germanic peoples were full of intriguing and powerful symbols. Here are some of them: Thor's Hammer, a symbol of protection, strength, consecration, and the integrity of custom and tradition. . The Swastika or sunwheel, a symbol of luck, holiness, power, … Continue reading Symbols
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    This page is the fourth part of a five-part article on the runes. The other four parts are: Part I: Introduction Part II: The Origins of the Runes Part III: Runic Philosophy and Magic Part V: The 10 Best Books on the Runes This section provides the sign, name, phoneme (sound), and short description of … Continue reading The Meanings of the Runes →
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    The Helm of Awe (Old Norse Ægishjálmr, pronounced "EYE-gis-hiowlm-er") is one of the most mysterious and powerful symbols in Norse mythology.Just looking at its form, without any prior knowledge of what that form symbolizes, is enough to inspire awe and fear: eight arms that look like spiked tridents radiate out from a central point, as if defending that central point by going on the ...
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    Norse Mythology for Smart People

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    The first systems of writing developed and used by the Norse and other Germanic peoples were runic alphabets. The runes functioned as letters, but they were much more than just letters in the sense in which we today understand the term. Each rune was an ideographic or pictographic symbol of some cosmological principle or power, and to write a ...
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    The Germanic peoples were carving the swastika onto rocks as far back as the Bronze Age, before most other Germanic symbols, including the runes, had yet appeared. [1][2] Its meaning for them was dynamic and hard to pin down into any simple definition, but it had much to do with luck, prosperity, power, protection, and sanctity, and was often ...
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    The Valknut (pronounced "VAL-knoot") is one of the most widely-discussed yet enigmatic of all of the symbols that appear in connection with Norse mythology. Visually, it's comprised of three interlocking triangles. Archaeologically, it appears on several runestones and pictorial memorial stones that date from the Viking Age and stand on the Swedish island of Gotland, … Continue reading ...
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    The runes are presumed to have been derived from one of the many Old Italic alphabets in use among the Mediterranean peoples of the first century CE, who lived to the south of the Germanic tribes. [7] [8] Earlier Germanic sacred symbols, such as those preserved in northern European rock carvings, were also likely influential in the development ...
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    The Svefnthorn (Old Norse svefnþorn, "sleep thorn," pronounced "SVEFN-thorn") is a symbol that features in several of the Norse sagas and in folkloric magical formulas recorded long after the Viking Age. Its visual form, when described or depicted at all, varies considerably from source to source. Unlike most ancient Norse symbols, it doesn't seem to … Continue reading The ...
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    This page is the third part of a five-part article on the runes. The other four parts are: Part I: Introduction Part II: The Origins of the Runes Part IV: The Meanings of the Runes Part V: The 10 Best Books on the Runes In the pre-Christian Germanic worldview, the spoken word possesses frightfully strong … Continue reading Runic Philosophy and Magic →
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    Totemism is a relationship of spiritual kinship between a human or group of humans and a particular species of animal or plant. The totem animal or plant is generally held to be an ancestor, guardian, and/or benefactor of the human or humans in question.The totem animal or plant is sometimes held to overlap with the human self in some way.. In the pre-Christian worldview and practices of the ...
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