Day I. To Sigyn, Light in the Cave
I call out to Sigyn, the Goddess who loves the way moonlight reflects off the rainbowy scales of swift salmon struggling against the current, and how the white teeth of wolves shine in the gloom as...
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Sometimes all that it takes, Sigyn you know all too well, is just one bad day and a single match tossed to bring the whole shithouse burning down. Everyone focuses on Laufey’s son, brand him a...
View ArticleDay III. To Sigyn of Great Suffering
O dolorous Sigyn I pray, you who have endured what no soul should ever have to – the laying to rest of your parents and your children both. The latter sorrow has oft been on the lips of poets, but even...
View ArticleDay IV. To Sigyn, Heart Strong
I hail you Sigyn, for your heart was strong and large enough to accept the other wife of your husband and all their monstrous brood into your happy home and life, and you shared in the children’s...
View ArticleDay V. To Sigyn, Delight of Her Man
Freyja taught you well, Sigyn, her ways of allurement and of gratifying any desire the mind might conceive, the sorcery of the garden and of the kitchen, the mysteries of managing the purse and an...
View ArticleDay VI. To Sigyn, Fetter Shatterer
May my words be pleasing to you, O gracious Sigyn, as once your words were pleasing to Loki’s son Váli when he returned from playing in the golden groves of Iðunn with a bruise on his knee, grass and...
View ArticleDay VII. To Sigyn, North Star
We hail you Sigyn, brave, calm, steadfast and enduring Goddess who is there for your husband in his time of greatest travail and can bring Loki back from the brink of destructive madness with just a...
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We are a people of prayer
The Bacchic Orphic rhapsode hard at work. But not hard enough. As you may have noticed if you’re a regular reader of my lovely wife’s blog she finished all of her 7-Day Hymn Cycles in a burst of...
View ArticleDay I. To Þórr Eindriði
I call upon you Thor, the one who rides alone in your cart drawn by Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr through lands near and far, visiting the high and the low alike, testing the hospitality and other noble...
View ArticleDay VI. To Þórr Atli
Hail Thor whose name brings terror to the hearts of the unrighteous and impious, slayer of the wicked and monstrous, strong one who drives back chaos and destruction, wielder of the staff Gríðarvölr...
View ArticleDay II. To Þórr Harðhugaðr
I hail the powerful soul of Thor, defender of the downtrodden and one who sets things to right, God of the raging storm and the awful destruction it brings, Lord of lightning strikes and thunder claps,...
View ArticleDay III. To Þórr Véþormr
Hail Thor, protector of the shrine, preserver of the lore and sacred rites, friend of the priest, and defender of the poet – for you know how important these things are to the health, longevity and...
View ArticleDay IV. To Þórr Hlórriði
I call upon the loud-riding Storm God, the rumbler and stirrer and striker from afar, Thor who sends the nourishing rain and winds that shake loose stagnancy and pollution. You are joyful when you come...
View ArticleDay V. To Þórr Rymr
Thor who noisily protested when Loki lie-smith said he needed to put on Freyja’s cloak and underthings, color his cheeks and walk and talk in an affectedly dainty manner to court a brutish Jötunn or...
View ArticleDay VII. To Þórr Sönnungr
Hail Thor who truly shines in the heavens, glint of Sunna reflecting off the golden wheels of your goat-drawn carriage, billowy beard blowing in the breeze, sparks shooting from your glowing hot hammer...
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A veritable library of insanity
Since finishing the household hymns book I have been working on a bunch of small projects that will hopefully culminate in a Big Reveal around the vernal equinox. I have also been thinking a lot about...
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Our household is going to see the Classical Theater of Harlem’s production of The Bakchai. From the stills Jason C. Brown seems well cast; I’ll have to let you know what I think after the curtain...
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Black Star Rising Cycle: Everything Dances: Strange Spirits 3 What Flowers in the Dark: A Poetic Journey Through Anthesteria Gods and Mortals: New Stories of Hellenic Polytheism End to End Strange...
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Thanks to Hellenismos Suggestions and the sites they liked I learned today that … If you like tree emojis then you’re a Nazi! If you like mountain emojis then you’re a Nazi! If you like...
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