Asatru UKJan 916 minHann vá víg í véum ok varð útlægr - religious taboos against violence in early medieval heathenryPopular depictions of heathen Germanic peoples are often rife with gore, aggression and violence. The "vikings" are often presented as...
Asatru UKSep 7, 202311 minOver hill and under hill - towards understanding heathen cosmologiesOur world. In Old English it is called Middangeard and in Old Norse it is Miðgarð - the Middle Yard or Middle Enclosure. Our old lore...
Asatru UKAug 5, 202314 minThe Wælsing and the worm – living tradition and the tale of Sigurð Fáfnir's baneAn often overlooked assumption is that once something is written down, that account becomes the pure, correct form and that if anything...
Asatru UKJul 15, 20237 minǷið Dƿeorgas: dwarf fighting in Anglo-Scandinavian medical practiceIn 2015, a small lead plaque was unearthed near Fakenham in Norfolk in the east of England dating to the Early Medieval Period with a...