Since only about two generations ago, there was a fully pagan tradition in the valley of Valdres (Vang). Amongst many such traditions,...

Most of us have read the litteral descriptions of our Gods, their stories and myths. Such descriptions are mainly found in Snorri...

Few know and are aware that we have had what historians call a civil war in Norway, stretching over hundreds of years. The same...

The last days, there have been exciting news from a huge finding of a gold treasure in Denmark. The treasure is about one kilo of gold,...

Beiarblakken is a ballad from Norway, and it was written down in several versions. Like other middle age ballads, Beiarblakken would be...

Midsummer Day is now over, and it falls on July 13 in our current calendar. The time of the Midsummer Day corresponds to the mid-winter...

Týr is known as the "sky father". He is the ancestor impersonated. He is the equivalent of Óðinn (your accumulated ancestors in you). He...

When we look at our oldest rune stones, we clearly see ancestral cult in its most poetic forms. One of these many rune stones was found...

Midsummer and St. Hans Eve are celebrated to varying degrees in Norway, and the tradition is best maintained along the coastal regions of...

For most people, Pentecost is only a few days off in the early summer. Few know the newer Christian message. Even fewer know the original...

Not many people today know about Bjørnevaka, the day when the bear comes out and exits togehter with their cubs after a long winter. This...

The Norse fylgja, the proto-Germanic Fulgijaną - is known in our mythology as ones "guardian angel" or "protective spirit". Let us have a...

The Valborg Night is not so well known in Norway today. The Swedes are still celebrating this day, similar to what we did in pagan times,...

In Norse mythology we often see the symbolic designation Þul. One could litterally understand this as "an old and wise person", "a...

The Norsmen called themselves Guðborinn - decendants of the Gods. In the sagas, the pagan kins counted their ancestral lines back to the...

Another rune filled with "hatred", dangerous connotations and effects - and up to be banned by organizations like the ADL and it's ilks...

Easter is close to the hearts of Norwegians. The majority of us have a relationship with the Easter Mountains, and many of us spend these...

Equinox is a term at times when day and night are equally long. At this time the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun and the...

The burial mounds of our ancestors were constructed as a micro-cosmos. The buried ancestor dwelling inside the mound was placed sitting...

We know that Sól (Sunna) is a goddess, the life giver, worshipped and aknowlegded as a primary Natural force and a main deity, the...

This day we celebrate with baking of buns and decorating with birch, and it falls on Sunday, 7 weeks before Easter morning (Austr)....

The general belief that prevails today is that Valentine's Day is a sales day for the stores and merchants. It is expected that you will...

It was a battle cry of the tribes of Heiðmǫrk (todays Hedmark in Norway). The name of the place itself stems from Norways biggest lake in...

Hélhestr is marked in the month Søkkvabekkr («descending / deep river»), with the zodiac sign Vatnkarl (Aquarius) - home to the goddess...