An Expanded Anglo-Saxon Creation Myth
Posted by Byron Pendason on April 27, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Myths, ReconstructionThis is an original myth, written by me. I have written an Anglo-Saxon creation myth before, but this is a much expanded myth. You will notice inspiration from others mythologies (mainly the Norse creation myth), but I also added my own UPG.
Ettin Worship and Ragnarok
Posted by Byron Pendason on April 25, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Cosmology, Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Myths, Rants, Reconstruction, UpdatesWes hāl!1 It’s been a whirlwind of a week. A lot of accusations have emerged about the Fyrnsidu server. Most of these accusations have been dealt with (the tldr of it is that they were all false accusations, based upon a mix of straight up lies and half-truths lacking context), but there’s one accusation that I haven’t seen addressed. We were accused of believing that ettin worship will cause Ragnarok. 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...
Check Out The Podcast
Posted by Byron Pendason on March 4, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Anglo-saxon calendar, Heathen basics, Heathen worldviewWes hāl!1 It occurred to me today they I never created a blog post about my podcast. It’s been going for a little over a month, so I’m overdue for an official announcement, I suppose. 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. ↩
What I Believe
Posted by Byron Pendason on February 15, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Afterlife, Anglo-saxon calendar, Cosmology, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Philosophical musings, Reconstruction, Runes, Stoicism, UpdatesWes hāl!1 I’m going to do something a little different today. I’m going to provide the fundamentals of what I believe as far as religion goes. I doubt anyone is going to agree with everything, and some people might not agree with any of it. That’s okay, I don’t base my friendships on agreement, but rather mutual interests and respect. Still, I think it could be helpful to some to see what one version of Fyrnsidu might look like (and again, this is only one version of it). My beliefs are always in flux, so these might not be applicable...
The Cardinal Virtues
Posted by Byron Pendason on January 22, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Philosophical musings, Reconstruction, StoicismWes hāl!1 One of the things that Heathenry lacks is a definitive cohesive theory on ethics. The reason for this is due to its tendency to be based upon reconstructionist methodology, and the fact is that no records from the pre-Christian Heathens survive. The closest we have is parts of the Poetic Edda, but even that comes to us from the Christians that wrote it down and probably modified it to better fit their worldview. 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...