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The online Mexican Ásatrú magazine El Skalðr!

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The online Mexican Ásatrú magazine El Skalðr ! As a Hispanic Heathen, we love that this exists. Get your Español on and read it here . #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.

the NorsePlay logo!

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NorsePlay introduces our very own NorsePlay logo! We've re-imagined the triple horn design with upturned mouths, a dynamically wider space on the inside, and added woodcut style shading. Originally on the Snoldelev Runestone, the trihorn design is probably an icon for Óðrerir, Boðn, & Són , the three vessels that hold the all-inspiring Mead of Poetry , as related by the Prose Edda . [Applied to my Fifty/Fifty brushed stainless steel growler, vinyl sticker design available on request from Amy Dunloe at BelovedVikingVinyl on Etsy . Get your NorsePlay on whatever you want !] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neol...

seeing the All in Odin.

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Was listening to a video recently and someone said "Odin's the All-Father, Not the Some-Father." We felt that summed it up quite nicely. #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

inappropriate Cards Against Heathenry.

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Probably the most gaspingly wrong response card from Cards Against Heathenry , this subject specific variant NorsePlay game contains Norse Lore at its most ingloriously lewd, Asatru books both malapropismed & questionably sourced, name dropping of renowned Heathen public figures from all organizations, and references to well-loved Heathen podcasts past & present. [Available here as PDF-printable, or finished card set .] [Apologies to Freya for using this too-effective example, and thanks to Vincent Enlund & Heathen Talk for bringing this to our attention.] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/bran...

ideas from the Odin Brotherhood.

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When Professor Mark Mirabello published  The Odin Brotherhood  (1992) surely many dismissed the idea of a surviving secret society of religious Norse practitioners as an attractive fantasy, or thought the dialog in the book only an Edda-like delivery system for a revival. Understandably any sort of unearthed esoteric knowledge revealed after hundreds of years using unconfirmable sources opens itself up to scrutiny & examination, especially by reconstructionists who've had to weed out and re-plant structures in their religion, and we leave it up for those better versed in the archaeology & attestations in Asatru Lore to do so. What can't be argued is that Mirabello serves up some interesting ideas & perspectives onto the Asatruar's table, which we will present & ourselves extrapolate on here from the 5th edition (we don't have the current 6th edition [but if the publisher wished to send us one, we'd be happy to examine & revise this survey in ...