RuneTyper is Dead; Long Live RuneTyper 2!
Posted by Byron Pendason on November 17, 2023 CE, in Runes, Tech, UpdatesWes hāl!1 RuneTyper has been unpublished from the Google Play Store. I had lost the source code to it a while back, and it wasn’t even being shown on the Play Store for most people because it targets an older version of Android. I did take the time to rewrite it from scratch, and went to upload it to the Play Store. Unfortunately, I couldn’t update it because of Google Play’s ever changing requirements. They were threatening to remove it anyways because of it needing to get updated, but because I couldn’t update it I decided to preemptively remove it....
A History of Fyrnsidu
Posted by Byron Pendason on September 22, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Politics, UpdatesWes hāl!1 Last month, I celebrated five years in Fyrnsidu, and I thought a good way to commemorate that would be to write up a brief history of Fyrnsidu and it’s predecessors. On my home page, I define Fyrnsidu as “a modern religion based upon the religion of the pre-Christian Germanic tribes that settled in Britain in the fifth century of the common era.” Today, we usually define it as Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, but it was originally meant as an alternative to Theodism. More on them in a bit though, first I want to explore the influences leading up to it....
New Month, New Look!
Posted by Byron Pendason on September 16, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Tech, UpdatesWes hāl!1 Today begins the month of Haligmonað, and with the new month I’m happy to announce the new look for Mine Wyrtruman! Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second more common among the Saxon dialects. I prefer to use both though, the first as a greeting and the second as a farewell. ↩
The Choice of Beowulf
Posted by Byron Pendason on August 25, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Heathen worldview, Myths, ReconstructionWes hāl!1 This is an original tale that I’ve written, inspired both by Beowulf (obviously) as well as Hercules at the Crossroads (also known as The Choice of Hercules). I hope you enjoy it! Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second more common among the Saxon dialects. I prefer to use both though, the first as a greeting and the second as a farewell. ↩
Is Temperance a Heathen Virtue?
Posted by Byron Pendason on July 3, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Heathen worldview, Philosophical musings, ReconstructionWes hāl!1 Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second more common among the Saxon dialects. I prefer to use both though, the first as a greeting and the second as a farewell. ↩