the mechanics of becoming álfar.
Alvilldr in fägra points out that we've made the founding fathers & our other celebrated U.S. historical figures American Alfar , and explores what that means in terms of Heathen Worldview. If we extrapolate on this, anyone who gains public reverence or hero worship past their lifetime becomes Alfar . Our question then becomes when does the threshold for Álfar-dom occur? Is that metaphysical promotion via a certain time that person is still being celebrated post-death, or their number of dedicants, or a specific combination of both? And given those requirements who then has cleared these hurdles? Elvis? Einstein? David Bowie? Louise Brooks? Shakespeare? Prince? We keep a picture of George Sand on our writing desk that we must now perhaps consider differently. [ The Apotheosis of Washington (1865) by Constantino Brumidi from the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building.] # # # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in...