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Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100 (Review)

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on May 26, 2017 by Hearth Moon RisingMay 26, 2017

Max Dashu has posted significant excerpts of her multi volume project on the history of witchcraft at her Suppressed Histories website for years, and publication of her research in book form has been eagerly anticipated. This first installment (which Dashu … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Germanic, Reviews | Tagged Max Dashu, witchcraft

Frigga and Writing

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on March 3, 2017 by Hearth Moon RisingMarch 3, 2017

Germane to my post last week on Frigga, here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Divining with Animal Guides. The origin of Germanic writing is complex. Late Bronze Age carvings and cave markings from Northern Italy to Sweden show … Continue reading →

Posted in Germanic, Trees | Tagged birch tree, Frigg, Frigga, Norns, Odin, runes, writing

Frigga: A short sketch

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on February 24, 2017 by Hearth Moon RisingFebruary 24, 2017

Then said Gangleri: “Which are the Asynjur?” Harr said: “Frigg is the foremost: she has that estate which is called Fensalir, and it is most glorious.” — The Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson, translated Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. Deities tend to become … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Germanic | Tagged birch, birch tree, Frigg, Frigga, heron, white birch

Get Frigga Video Here

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on January 19, 2017 by Hearth Moon RisingJanuary 19, 2017

I moved the Frigga video to a separate page so it wouldn’t start automatically. For some reason my WordPress plugin will only play this video on autoplay. Here is the link. Most of my videos I put on Youtube or … Continue reading →

Posted in Germanic | Tagged Frigg, Frigga

Reindeer and the World Tree

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on September 16, 2016 by Hearth Moon RisingSeptember 16, 2016

  More from my forthcoming book on animal divination: The stag of Artemis being in fact a reindeer raises questions about the four stags who nibble on the branches of the Germanic world tree, Yggdrasil. This is the tree that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Germanic | Tagged deer, Yggdrasil

Germanic Raven Goddesses

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on February 26, 2016 by Hearth Moon RisingFebruary 26, 2016

The following is an excerpt from my book-in-progress about animal divination. Despite being extremely social, ravens and crows squabble quite a bit between themselves, fighting over food and territory. They even, rarely, perform “executions,” a practice poorly understood though well … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Germanic | Tagged Odin, Raven, Valkyries, wolf

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