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• Runes as a writing system or not?

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom July 16, 2012
  A lot of people get hung up on the Viking age when they talk about Asatru, but it's important to remember that Asatru is much much older than that.   There are a few different rune rows but they all stem back to what we call the Elder Futhark, this rune row however was not originally a writin...

• Learn the Elder Futhark

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 18, 2012
  I was looking around for some simple practice writing sheets to use with my stepkids for them to practice the Elder Futhark on, but I couldn't find anything.   I ended up simply creating my own set, I've made three files so far, just download and print, I've got more planned but this should g...

• Asatru, language, and words

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 14, 2012
  My viewpoint is that of a Swedish Asatru, and some disagree with what I have to say, because there are differences between Scandinavian Asatruar and North American ones on more than one item.For example, I've never heard of "kindreds" in the same way as here, nor "tru" or "folk", and I'm quite happy...

• Racism in Asatru - Why it's silly

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 13, 2012
  As the title of this post says, this is going to be about racism in Asatru.It's a problem, as there are a number of people and a few groups out there who try to bend Asatru and our sacred lore to support their silly racism and separatism politics.I'm going to refute it with a single quote from the E...
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• Good and Evil in Asatru

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 11, 2012
  Good and Evil is a big topic, too big to cover in a small simple blogpost, but I'd like to write a few words about it.   Let's start with some basics, Asatru does not have two extremes of good and evil, or a heaven and hell.   The land of the dead is known as Hel or Helhem, but isn't i...

• Asatru "borrowing" from other religions

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 11, 2012
  I've seen this a number of times, mostly with those coming from other religions and trying to take with them parts of their old faith and bring it into their new faith.   Let's take an example, there are some Asatru who will "Create a circle" and call on a whole horde of Gods and beings durin...
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• Asatruar and viking-esque names; Don't do it.

  by Gothi Marcus Fernstrom June 11, 2012
  I've always been amused when I see an Asatru decide to take a fake viking-esque sounding name.   First off; Asatru is not 'The viking religion', it's been around for thousands of years and the viking age was a thousand years ago.   Second off; Part of this idea comes from Wicca, where ...
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