HeathenNews : Message: Folkism vs. Universalism. Here's something I posted recently to the Troth members' list, and had written previously for a debate that was raging on another list about Folkism vs.
Universalism. I had decided that the very terminology we were using was simply flawed and carried all the wrong baggage, and it was my opinion that continuing to use those labels, at least in that particular argument, was dooming it to be nothing more than a useless fight, incapable of anything positive. I've seen the Jarnsaxa scale, and I think it's a good start, but not detailed and nuanced enough. Without getting *too* specific, as everyone will have subtle variations (most people, I find, still tend to say they are borderline between one letter and the next), this new scale, I think, works pretty well. Jordsvin saw it on the Troth list, and asked if I would post it here Universalism vs. HBDP « A Heathen Blog – Expanding Inward. An East Texas Kindred. Midwest Tribes and Midwest Thing. Esotericism. Forums - The Journal of Contemporary Heathen Thought.
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Asatru Social Network Ltd - Join now for free and connect to mem. Asyniur: Heathen Goddess Lore. Prose Edda, Gylfaginning: Ninth is Var: She listens to people’s oaths and private agreements that women and men make between each other.
Thus these contracts are called varar. She also punishes those who break them. Poetic Edda, Thrymskvida:Then said Thrym, lord of ogres:“Bring in the hammer to sanctify the bride,Lay Mjollnir on the girl’s lap,Consecrate us together by the hand of Var!” Paxson: Var witnesses oaths and private contracts, called “varer,” especially between men and women, and punishes those who break them. She guides the integrity of the spirit. Krasskova: Her name means vow or pledge. Britt-Mari Nasstrom: Guardian specifically of the matrimonial oath. One of the “unknown” Goddesses—an aspect of Frigg or Freyja?
Oaths were traditionally pledged at Yule. Heathen Life Audit (Inspired by an exercise in Galina Krasskova's EXPLORING THE NORTHERN TRADITION)(If you're reading this, tamyris, thanks for writing such a wonderful book!)