The great sadness in our culture is the amnesia we have for our ancestors. Every other tradition honours & venerates those who have come before. My ancestry is Viking. The Chief god of the Viking Is Woden. The AllFather. He represents sacrifice for me. Lost an eye to achieve Wisdom. Had himself hung for nine days on Yggdrasil the world tree in penance for the world he created. With a raven on each shoulder one for thought & the other for desire. The Lord of poetry. The creator of Runes. Married to Freye the goddess of fertility. Mythic but potent. This is just another story we tell ourselves… yes but that is the story of all ancestors. I tell those stories. So glad we have a day of the week named after old Woden the king of the Viking gods.
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