Eostre- the Anglo-Saxon Dawn Goddess
Posted by Byron Pendason on April 16, 2021 CE, in Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionAccording to my reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Calendar, the fourth month, Ēosturmōnaþ, began last Tuesday (April 13, 2021). Bede tells us it was named after the goddess Ēostre. Like Hreðe, the only thing we know about Ēostre from attested sources is her name and the month she was worshipped in (roughly corresponding to the month of April), and again Bede is our source. He tells us in chapter fifteen of The Reckoning of Time:
I have signed the Declaration of Deeds
Posted by Byron Pendason on March 10, 2021 CE, in Heathenry, Politics, UpdatesAs long as I have been a Heathen, Heathens have been complaining about Declaration 127. Rightfully so, as it is entirely inadequate as an inclusivity statement. It's a condemnation of a racist organization- the Asatru Folk Assembly. That is admirable, but it's not an inclusivity statement. Inclusive Heathenry has been trying to shoe horn into something it's not.Beofeld, author of the Anglo-Saxon Heathen blog Wind in the Worldtree, has written such an inclusivity and non-bigotry statement. Called the Declaration of Deeds, it makes clear that there is no basis in Heathenry for prejudice based upon things outside one's control such...
RuneTyper 0.3.1 released
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 8, 2021 CE, in Runes, UpdatesI've added an Old English keyboard to RuneTyper. In addition to all the runes, it should have all the letters you need to type in Old English, including Ƿ, Þ, Ᵹ, Ð, Æ, ⁊, and Ꝥ. It has two function keys: SH toggles between capitalising and lowercase the letters, while ALT adds the bars over vowels to make them long, and the dots over c and g. Check out the screenshot below:It still has all the features of the older versions as well, with: Keyboards for the Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc), Elder Futhark, and the two variants of Younger Futhark (Long...
Releasing RuneTyper 0.2.0- Four Rune Sets are now in the App!
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 7, 2021 CE, in Runes, UpdatesThree days ago, I published an apk of my RuneTyper. It's an app that allows you to type in runes and copy it to your phone's clipboard so you can post it to other apps. Any app that uses Unicode (which is every social media site I've tried it on, so far). The last version only had the Anglo-Saxon runes available, but I've now updated it to also include Elder Futhark and both variants of the Younger Futhark (Long Branch and Short Twig)!My next goal is to put it on the Google Play Store. I'm going to need a Google...
Introducing RuneTyper 0.1.1
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 4, 2021 CE, in Runes, UpdatesI created an app that uses Kivy/Python to be able to type Fuþorc runes (also called Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Frisian runes) and copy it to the clipboard so that you can paste it into other apps. It's currently only available for Android at the moment.Here's a screenshot of the app. In the text input, the screenshot has Wes þu hal (OE for Hello) written in runes: ᚹᛖᛋ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚻᚪᛚ᛬Screenshot for RuneTyper 0.1.1I have big plans for this app. An ambitious plan is to allow one to switch between the various rune sets for the keyboard, but currently only the Fuþorc is available in...