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    <title>Upcoming Open Events in Kansas City, Topeka, and St. Louis</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Ludwig</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/837798ce-4728-40c7-9448-df11ad630fc8</id>
    <updated>2008-07-23T07:00:11Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-23T07:00:11Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;The Heathen Communities in Kansas &amp;amp; Missouri are growing. A year ago
&lt;br/&gt;there were no open events in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Missouri.
&lt;br/&gt;That has changed...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;St. Louis Area Meetup - Aug 2, 2008 @ 7 PM
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/639eph
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Topeka Meet &amp;amp; Greet - August 9th @ 5 PM @ Classic Bean
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/5up2pj
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City Open Pubmoot - Sept. 21, 2008 @ 6 PM @ O'Dowds
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/6m2fvu
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you know any heathens within driving distance of these locations,
&lt;br/&gt;please help us get the word out to them...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City, MO&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-07-23T07:00:11Z</dc:date>
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    <title>May 18th Open Faining to Freyja in KC - 33 Photos...</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2388ca29-2efc-4961-afa4-4317276b6d55</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T02:53:10Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-19T13:17:07Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;On May 18th, 2008 Jotun's Bane Kindred held an Open Faining to Freyja at English Landing Park in Parkville, Missouri. This was our first open faining since we oathed as a Kindred...and it was exciting to have 15 people turn out for it...11 adults and 4 children. The day was beautiful, the faining went well, we had a picnic afterwards, and ended with a Symbel using Mead that Adam made. It was a great gathering for both the adults and children.  Click this link to view 33 photos from the day...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com/events/05182008faining/
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City Area&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-05-19T13:17:07Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Starting a Kindred from Scratch</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/744bf340-166f-4cb0-a730-5338ee91ab7e</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T13:15:57Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-16T08:16:21Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I know some of you in this Tribe do not have a Kindred in your area, so I thought you might find this information interesting. There are many ways to start/grow a Kindred, but here's what we did: 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;CREATE A MEETUP.COM SITE 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Its a little expensive at about $20 a month, but its easy and convenient for those that aren't very web-savy. It allows you to set up events...add an "About" page...and it sends out automated reminders etc. It also ranks very high on Google and Yahoo searches. So if a solitary Heathen is looking for a group in your area, and does a search, they are sure to find you. And the final plus I can think of, is that often there are Heathens waiting for someone to start the meetup.com site. When I started mine, there were 18 heathens waiting for a meetup site here in Kansas City. Did they all pan out? No way. But of the five members of our Kindred, three of them found us from the Meetup.com site. Now that our group is established, there may come a time when we pull the Meetup site down. But it has served us well, here at the beginning. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;SET UP A FIRST MEETING 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I knew zero heathens in my area, and there was not an existing Kindred in my area. I was in contact with one heathen in my area by e-mail, but did not know him very well yet. We set our first Meetup at an Applebee's, and me and the one heathen I knew met a few weeks beforehand to discuss what we wanted to build and how we wanted to build it. We made sure that first meeting was positive, energetic, and organized. We figured no one would come back if we the first meeting was boring or disorganized. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;PROMOTE THE MEETING 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;You have to do more than just set a meeting. You need to promote it. Put up signs at book stores and coffee shops, post it on message boards where you might find interested parties, and do everything you can to let everyone you know. In all of our promotional materials we made it clear we were looking for Tru Heathens, and that this was not Wicca or Wicca-tru. We made it clear we wanted to honor the Northern European Gods, our ancestors, and the Vaettir... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;AT THE MEETING 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At the first meeting, we made our goals very clear. We made it clear where we were headed and how we wanted to get there. We took down everyone's phone number, name, and address. We gave out handouts about Asatru and a list of good books to read. And we had fun, having great conversations about Asatru and the gods. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A SEPERATE WEBSITE 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;While Meetup.com is a great tool, we wanted our own website. Something that would set the tone for what we were building...and something with an active message board and losts of heathen resources. And when we eventually shut our meetup.com site down, a conventional website would be much less expensive to run. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;EVENTS...LOTS OF EVENTS 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you are building a Kindred, you have to get to know the other people. You have to talk to them on the phone, e-mail them, visit their homes, invite them over to your home, etc. And Events are another good way to make sure the potential Kindred is getting together fairly often. We had Havamal study groups. A symbel at a park. A faining in one of the member's homes. And we got together for dinners and holidays. Honoring the Gods, our ancestors, and the Vaettir are a major part of being a practicing Heathen. So we did this frequently, and still do. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;OFFER CLASSES AND/OR WORKSHOPS (Swain's idea, and a good one!) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Many people have not heard of Asatru or Heathenry...or they have a mistaken or distorted view of what it is. By offering classes and workshops on Asatru 101, the Gods, the Ancestors, the Vaettir, and the Runes...you can educate people about Asatru and raise interest in Asatu in your area. You could simply give a talk on what it is about Asatru that appealed to you.  This can be done before the formation of the Kindred to lay the groundwork and find potential Kindred members, and it can be done once the Kindred is formed...to grow your Kindred and educate the public. These classes can be offered at local coffeeshops, new-age book stores, and even community colleges in your area. Anywhere someone will listen. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;INVOLVE YOURSELF 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We also involved ourselves in each others interests. One of our members likes to hunt. Many of the potential kindred members went hunting with him. One of our members plays bass in a band. We went to his shows to listen to the band and support him. If you like these people enough to form a "family" with them, then you should be willing to make the time to hang out with them, and learn about what interests them. They will in turn, learn about what interests you. And over time...you'll find you have a lot of common interests...or develop a lot of common interests. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;ELIMINATE THOSE YOU CAN'T CALL FRIEND 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;To form a Kindred...take Oaths...symbel together, and mingle your Wyrd...you have to see the other people that are involved as interesting, talented people of worth. If they are "broken" people, with bad character...then have the fortitude to eventually eliminate them from the picture. This sounds harsh...but you are forming a "family." A "broken" person may be the very thing that destroys your efforts. This isn't about choosing people that are exactly like you...or people that always agree with you. Its about choosing to ally yourself with Heathens of worth. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU STAND 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Talk about where you stand on your beliefs. Explore each other's POV on various topics, including controvertial topics. What topics are you unwilling to compromise about? What topics bring about disagreement within your potential Kindred? What will the Kindred stand for, and can everyone that is involved support those views? What are you going to just agree to disagree about, and will that be workable? All of these questions are important to ask, because you don't want something unspoken popping up six months later and tearing a big hole in your group. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;DON'T RUSH IT 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;There will be a temptation to rush into forming the Kindred. Or to move too fast. Especially newbies like me will want to move way too fast. Slow it down. Get to know each other. Make sure its right. We waited six months to form our Kindred. We thought that was about right, but make up your own mind based on your situation. But just take you time, and make it right. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;READ THE LORE 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;As a Kindred we all read the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda during the time we were forming the Kindred. We were all focused on the Lore. And this was also a good goal for all the newbies...and encouraged them to get a good foundation set by reading the Lore. Most everyone read a lot more than just the Lore...but that was the minimum. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;COME UP WITH A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Write some things down. Some basic rules. Will decisions be made by a leader, by a majority vote, or by a consensus vote? How will new members be considered, mentored, and eventually accepted into the Kindred? Will there be titles or positions within the Kindred, and will these positions have responsibilities? What will they be? Some people call it By-Laws...I liked calling it a Statement of Understanding. Whatever you call it, writing one and then coming to an agreement on its contents can avoid problems later. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;MAKE IT HAPPEN 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;From day one, we said, "We are going to do this, and nothing will stand in our way." That served us well. When roadblocks popped up, we worked around them or drove right through them. We were not willing to accept failure, and this was important to our success. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm sure others have more advice, different advice, and possibly advice that comes from much more experience and wisdom. I just wanted to post our experience from our POV, in case anyone could benefit from it. I could add more, but that's enough for now...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;More in-depth information on how to start a Kindred can be found at this link:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/4gg9de
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City Area
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2008-05-16T08:16:21Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Tornado in the Midwest - Thor's Great Battle</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <updated>2008-05-05T12:41:18Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-05T12:41:18Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;On the night of May 2nd, 2008...an F-3 Tornado passed over our neighborhood, and more specifically right over our house. It took a bunch of our shingles and some tar-paper off our roof, broke windows, scuffed up the outside our home, bent our garage door, and shifted our house enough that the front door doesn't close quite right. We're going to need a whole new roof and the garage door replaced...plus a variety of other repairs. (Our satellite television isn't working, for goodness sakes!) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;But, our next door neighbor's house is condemned, as in our neighbor's house across the street. Both of their houses had significant portions of their roofs torn off and the interiors/belongings soaked with rain. There is damage to hundreds of homes...two were completely destroyed (just gone), and several were knocked off of their foundations. There were shingles, insulation, pieces of siding and lawn furniture every where...tons of sight-seers for two day, and our power was out for a day and a half. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;But, amazingly...no one was killed. There were no serious injures. Some folks were cut with flying glass, but everyone is going to be O.K. No one in my family was hurt. When my wife Jennifer heard the "Freight Train" sound, she gathered our three children up and they all ran to the basement. The sirens did not go off. I was at the police station at the time...and couldn't be home with them. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Its hard not to picture AsaThor battling the destructive forces of this Thurse as it descended on our community...strking it repeatedly with his hammer...rolling in conflict with it as it crashed from the sky to the ground...diverting its path to ensure that the only two homes completely destroyed were empty of people that night. And though the damage was done...the people remain, and we will rebuild. That next day I shared a beer with Thor...and congratulated him on his victory in battle. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/6ycxsy
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Follow the above link to see 42 photos of the damage and clean up efforts.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City Area
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>Heartland Pagan Festival May 22-26 Near Kansas City</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/cc212c75-a595-4026-9e47-a18011defe54</id>
    <updated>2008-05-01T09:09:17Z</updated>
    <published>2008-05-01T09:09:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;If you are heathen, and live in the Kansas City Area (or within driving distance), then May is a great month for interacting with other Heathens. Jotun's Bane Kindred has two open events in May, and there is a huge pagan festival as well...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Besides our Open Pubmoot on May 4th ( http://tinyurl.com/2mxlt5 ) and our Open Faining to Freyja on May 18th ( http://tinyurl.com/3goc63 ) there is also the Heartland Pagan Festival on May 22nd through May 26th, 2008 at Gaea Retreat about an hour away from Kansas City. This is a pagan festival, but like-minded heathens will gather together at the festival and eat and Symbel together. Click here for more details:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/3hogc8
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you do decide to go to the Festival, e-mail me at voidpulp@yahoo.com ... and let me know, so I can tell you where to find us!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>Kansas City Area - Open Heathen Events in May</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <updated>2008-04-21T22:28:47Z</updated>
    <published>2008-04-21T22:28:47Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;On May 4th, 2008 at 6:00 PM we're hosting an Open Pubmoot at O'Dowds Irish Pub in the Northland.  This event is for long-time heathens, newcomers to heathenry, and those who are curious.  Everyone is welcome.  There will be food, drink, interesting conversations, and lots of laughter.  For more details including a map to the location click here...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2mxlt5
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;On May 18th, 2008 at 4:00 PM there will be an Open Faining to Freyja at English Landing Park in Parkville, MO.  A Faining is a group religious event honoring the Vanic Goddess Freyja.  Our last Faining at this park was quite an event.  Bring picnic food and drinks for after the event.  For more details, including a map to the location click here...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://tinyurl.com/3goc63
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you know of heathens in the Kansas City Area or within driving distance, please feel free to pass this message on to them...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>Grimm's Teutonic Mythology text</title>
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      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
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    <updated>2008-04-19T03:14:32Z</updated>
    <published>2008-04-19T03:14:32Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/index.php&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>St. Louis Asatru Meetup May 31 @ 7 PM</title>
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      <name>Ludwig</name>
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    <updated>2008-04-18T13:02:56Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;There is now a St. Louis Asatru Meetup!  Sean Cook began the Meetup group just a few days ago, and there are already 5 heathen members as of this writing.  Here's the meetup site... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://asatru.meetup.com/260/
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Their very first meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 31st at 7pm, at the Applebees at 11077 New Halls Ferry Road, Florissant, MO 63033.  The first meeting is "for everyone to get to know each other and start to build fellowship for our fellow Heathens. We will decide how to proceed during this meeting."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This is good news for Missouri, and our Folk in and around St. Louis.  Please, help Sean spread the word to heathens in his area...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City, Missouri&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>Freyr in the Land</title>
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      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
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    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/330edd2e-a4e8-4ad6-b380-aa3dbc7152a0</id>
    <updated>2008-04-12T04:00:52Z</updated>
    <published>2007-12-15T23:02:27Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Just to get a conversation started here...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How do you view/understand or how have you experienced Freyr (as well as the Vanir, Alfar, and related spirits) in the Land, be it the field, the grave mound, or elsewhere in nature?
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    <dc:date>2007-12-15T23:02:27Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Deities in dreams</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/440abf22-fabc-47e8-b941-170f3fb58f57" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/440abf22-fabc-47e8-b941-170f3fb58f57</id>
    <updated>2008-04-12T03:59:13Z</updated>
    <published>2008-03-05T01:45:06Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Originally posted by Linda:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"...do you think the Deities contact us in our dreams? 
&lt;br/&gt;Because I dreamed of various Nordic deities, and what I did with them, but when I reported it, nobody believed me and some women got very hostile and disrespectful towards me. Odhinn, Thor, Freyr, Freya, Jesus Christ, and the Valkyries forgive them!"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Opinions, experiences, or respectful commentary from other tribe members appreciated...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;DW&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-03-05T01:45:06Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Asatru Artwork Archive</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Ludwig</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/afa4a878-e1de-49b1-ad9b-0b82c1c5dd23</id>
    <updated>2008-04-11T13:59:32Z</updated>
    <published>2008-02-17T23:26:59Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;In order to give our website, the Temple of Our Heathen Gods a unique look, I tried to find artwork that depicts Heathen Gods and other Norse subject matter in a way we aren't used to seeing.  We wanted artwork that was powerful and meaningful.  After all, art is supposed to inspire.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Heathen Gods and Goddesses?  Valkyries?  Vikings?  Longboats? Ragnarok?  Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds?  Hammers, Valknots, Drinking Horns?  I weeded through 1000's of web-searches on various engines for new and original heathen images.  Though the old favorites are included as well.  Our archive now contains 430 Images.  Feel free to browse through them, download, and use them for not-for-profit purposes.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Click here to start browsing our images archive:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com/temple/modules/myalbum/
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Stinson
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred
&lt;br/&gt;Kansas City Area&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Ludwig</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-02-17T23:26:59Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New Members...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/445ae23c-87aa-4e63-be56-d63d62a537d1" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/445ae23c-87aa-4e63-be56-d63d62a537d1</id>
    <updated>2008-02-11T23:07:40Z</updated>
    <published>2007-10-23T02:23:55Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Welcome to Middlewise!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2007-10-23T02:23:55Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jotun's Bane Kindred Forming in Kansas City</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3848aee9-f98c-4589-a554-c7837725782d" />
    <author>
      <name>Ludwig</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3848aee9-f98c-4589-a554-c7837725782d</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T08:59:35Z</updated>
    <published>2007-11-28T12:08:26Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;A few months ago, Kansas City did not have an organized (or even a
&lt;br/&gt;disorganized) heathen group or Kindred. So we began meeting and
&lt;br/&gt;discussing one. We've been faining together, and gathering for
&lt;br/&gt;symbel. And we've been studying the Hávamál together as a group.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We'll be formalizing our Kindred in the Spring, and we'll call it
&lt;br/&gt;Jotun's Bane Kindred. One of our members created a hammer for us,
&lt;br/&gt;from solid brass. And the name for the Kindred comes from that
&lt;br/&gt;amazing object he created for the Kindred.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We'll be gathering together for Yule...and we have an Open Pubmoot
&lt;br/&gt;scheduled for January 13th, here in Kansas City. Our Temple Library
&lt;br/&gt;(free e-books) has grown quite a bit, and our web presence is coming
&lt;br/&gt;along well. And we have photos from our November faining that you
&lt;br/&gt;can check out, if you are curious what a Kindred in Kansas City
&lt;br/&gt;looks like! Here's the link to our News page, and from there you
&lt;br/&gt;can check out everything else...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://heathengods.com/temple/modules/news/
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you know any Heathens in the Kansas City area, let them know
&lt;br/&gt;about us. We'd like to meet them...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mark Ludwig Stinson&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Ludwig</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-11-28T12:08:26Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Intro - Ani</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/03fa93d2-e026-4de0-a2f2-1133b213046b" />
    <author>
      <name>Ani</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/03fa93d2-e026-4de0-a2f2-1133b213046b</id>
    <updated>2007-10-24T00:54:42Z</updated>
    <published>2007-10-23T03:52:08Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Heillsa,
&lt;br/&gt;I wandered over from Heathen Hearth.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Ani&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-10-23T03:52:08Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hailsa Fellow Kinsman...</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Loki1331</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/f90369d2-f35a-4490-8b84-e8c0bcdbf317</id>
    <updated>2007-10-15T01:47:19Z</updated>
    <published>2007-09-24T09:09:37Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;As a newcomer here, I thought I would post a theory and see what others had to say about it.
&lt;br/&gt;Good evening all, I thought I would post a theory here and see what others had to say about it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;As you may recall from history, the Vikings were great explorers and adventurers. Having developed out of the earlier Goths (or GahTSK), these Norsemen traveled and migrated all over. As the Visigoths or Western Goths, they ransacked the Western Roman Empire and penetrated as far as North Africa. And, as the Ostrogoths or Eastern Goths they moved into the Balkans and then settled in Italy (attempting to reform the early Roman Church). Moreover, the less well known Yugogoths or Southern Goths migrated Eastward and settled along the Silk Road to China, where they eventually founded the Jewish State of Kazaria.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;[Scandia Faith (Cross) Shield]However, most interesting of them all, were the Norigoths or as we say GahTSK (literally the Ancient Northern Peoples of God). During the so called Dark Ages, these Peoples came to dominate all of Scandanavia and the Baltic Region, as well as much of the rest of Northern Europe (especially in the Vidfadmi Era). But, as time passed, they split into two groups. The more holy descendants went Eastward, into Russia, where they became the Varangians. And from there, they went farther Eastward to China (and legends even hold that they showed up in Japan, perhaps among the Ainu). The less holy and more Pagan descendants went into Western Europe, as the Vikings, and from there arrived in the New World of America.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So, their track record for exploration, adventuring, and migration is well established. They were a Peoples on the move. And, always in search of greener pastures (or treasures around the next bend of the river). Moreover, the stories and legends of their exploits are still remembered today.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;[Historical Literature (Scroll) Shield]However, among all their achievements and discoveries from their travels, the most important one is almost forgotten! Or, simply ignored by the modern sophisticates who scoff and say it could not be done. But then, accounts of other Viking exploits, which were held impossible, have, in fact, turned out to be true! (Witness the old Viking legends that they had discovered America, which we now know to be fact from archaeology.) So, just because it seems incredible, does not mean that it did not happen, for the Vikings accomplished many unbelievable things!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So, what are we talking about here? (You may ask.) Well, it is such a great discovery, that if it is true, then it is more than amazing. It is a fact that we all need to know about! And, I am speaking here of the obscure legend that the Vikings actually discovered a Route to Heaven! Now, at first glance, that may seem totally unbelievable, but let us examine the facts that we can gather, to see if there is any solid basis to this legend.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;[Nordesel Unity Shield]Perhaps one of the major mysteries of the Norsemen is their original name of Goths. The word Goth comes from a more primitive term of GuDT, which means God. Thus, the Goths (or pre-Vikings) were the Northern Peoples of God (which is why we call them GahTSK). Now, if their name comes from God, is it possible that they had some knowledge of HIM? I'd say that was obvious! And, if they knew about God and HIS Realm in Heaven, is it really too much to think that they might have known how to get to Heaven to be with HIM? Again, I do not think it is beyond reason. Rather, it seems entirely possible that they could have had some such kind of knowlegde!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So in reading this, Asatru is an actual religion from a Gothic Culture.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What does every one else think?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;In Frith;
&lt;br/&gt;Loki&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Loki1331</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-09-24T09:09:37Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8d51ac3a-20bd-427f-9402-4e967620b54e" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8d51ac3a-20bd-427f-9402-4e967620b54e</id>
    <updated>2007-09-27T00:45:02Z</updated>
    <published>2007-09-27T00:45:02Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Loki and Mariah!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2007-09-27T00:45:02Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Temple of Our Heathen Gods - Intro</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Ludwig</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3559f6fc-d70f-4d58-b605-27119308ec01</id>
    <updated>2007-09-14T07:04:20Z</updated>
    <published>2007-09-13T05:04:34Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Thanks for allowing me to join your tribe.  I'm fairly new to Heathenry.  I'm Folkish, conservative, and attempting to form a Kindred in the Kansas City area...a city that has been without a Kindred of any sort for a while now.  I'm a police sergeant, and I'm married with three kids.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I also built the Temple of Our Heathen Gods, a website at heathengods.com.  It will be the eventual home of the Kindred we are building...and it has a Temple Library, interesting articles about Heathenry, and a message board.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Any input, suggestions, or comments you may have about the website would be very welcome.  It has quite a bit of content for being so new, but I could really use your advice and input to make it better.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Ludwig
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.heathengods.com&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Ludwig</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-09-13T05:04:34Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to Swain</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/be768b90-9fac-4e78-a46a-93215998afaf" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/be768b90-9fac-4e78-a46a-93215998afaf</id>
    <updated>2007-09-13T04:54:23Z</updated>
    <published>2007-06-23T20:33:30Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;A big welcome to Mr. Wodening!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-06-23T20:33:30Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/a248a010-41b6-4c05-973f-1c704eee0d03" />
    <author>
      <name>Becky</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/a248a010-41b6-4c05-973f-1c704eee0d03</id>
    <updated>2007-08-18T07:37:48Z</updated>
    <published>2007-08-11T14:07:32Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Heilsa!
&lt;br/&gt;Just a quick introduction. My name is Becky and I'm currently living in Indiana. I've been Asatru/Heathen for roughly ten years now but am woefully ignorant about Freyr. I am looking forward to joining in discussions here and learning more. Thanks!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;In Frith,
&lt;br/&gt;Becky&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-08-11T14:07:32Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/126227d2-61c9-488e-829b-07749bf2e148" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/126227d2-61c9-488e-829b-07749bf2e148</id>
    <updated>2007-04-07T16:12:51Z</updated>
    <published>2007-04-07T01:53:30Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;...solstice and the mysterious C!!!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-04-07T01:53:30Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Death, Birth, Soul, choice, and eternity.</title>
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    <author>
      <name>zigo</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/a6102dbe-5bc3-4c39-a720-244d5abcb03d</id>
    <updated>2007-03-10T23:12:12Z</updated>
    <published>2007-03-10T23:12:12Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I found this video on youtube - the guy is kind of dificult to comprehend (he talks slow due to a stroke). But he suggests that as souls we choose our birth, we choose our death - in fact we pre-arrange it before we incarnate into this realm.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I wonder what others think of this, and how it relates to norse tradition.. completely unrelated and non-compatable?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6lD6EeGBU&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>zigo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-03-10T23:12:12Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>a BIG welcome...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3d183e6f-a768-435a-b7c0-69da8384deed" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3d183e6f-a768-435a-b7c0-69da8384deed</id>
    <updated>2007-03-09T02:44:56Z</updated>
    <published>2007-03-09T02:44:56Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;to Pronghorn! (love the name)
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-03-09T02:44:56Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Society for the Academic Study of Magic</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/006a4835-7ed8-4fce-a771-e3185bf45acf" />
    <author>
      <name>little lightening bolt</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/006a4835-7ed8-4fce-a771-e3185bf45acf</id>
    <updated>2007-03-02T06:23:12Z</updated>
    <published>2007-03-02T06:23:12Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://www.sasm.co.uk/journal.html&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>little lightening bolt</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-03-02T06:23:12Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/1466230f-da59-4004-9c09-204af0b3d2cc" />
    <author>
      <name>little lightening bolt</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/1466230f-da59-4004-9c09-204af0b3d2cc</id>
    <updated>2007-03-02T06:22:31Z</updated>
    <published>2007-03-02T06:22:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=51&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>little lightening bolt</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-03-02T06:22:31Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-shaminism in North European Paganism</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/69952c75-fa72-42f3-88c2-834dabe69d1d" />
    <author>
      <name>little lightening bolt</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/69952c75-fa72-42f3-88c2-834dabe69d1d</id>
    <updated>2007-03-02T06:20:50Z</updated>
    <published>2007-03-02T06:20:50Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;id=KG7OsJYwnWIC&amp;amp;oi=fnd&amp;amp;pg=PA1&amp;amp;sig=h0qJamUDbkRQgqxmb897DRc9-24&amp;amp;dq=%22Blain%22+%22Nine+worlds+of+seid-magic:+Ecstasy+and+Neo-Shamanism+in+...%22+
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;this looks good...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>little lightening bolt</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-03-02T06:20:50Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>dragon mill farm</title>
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    <author>
      <name>little lightening bolt</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3531607c-aabc-482f-88c8-c27d4e54d8b0</id>
    <updated>2007-02-26T22:59:03Z</updated>
    <published>2007-02-25T20:15:42Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;i highly want to recomend this place....
&lt;br/&gt;www.dragonmill.net/
&lt;br/&gt;these people are great and they are doing great work. dragon mill farm is a bioregional animist entheogen freindly community in gerrmany. the work they are doing there is amazing and beautifull. they need help from people commited to being one with the land and with the spirit. there events and projects as well as workshops are incredible, and chirstian and his family are really amazing peopel with great vison.
&lt;br/&gt;their farm is near many sacred prechristian german sites and thier place is very special and magical.
&lt;br/&gt;GO VISIT THEM!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;check out the dragon mill farm tribe as well!
&lt;br/&gt;tribes.tribe.net/dragonmill&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>little lightening bolt</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-02-25T20:15:42Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to CatsMeow!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c2cee71d-ca58-4724-b545-8e5a8ebee2ae" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c2cee71d-ca58-4724-b545-8e5a8ebee2ae</id>
    <updated>2007-02-15T01:16:39Z</updated>
    <published>2007-02-03T01:02:59Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-02-03T01:02:59Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Niord´s inheritance</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c2452f4a-eee6-41b3-9c80-7caab88efedb</id>
    <updated>2007-02-09T05:31:21Z</updated>
    <published>2007-02-06T17:08:02Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Interesting info on the family. Thanks
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here´s some more on Niord.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;That the vikings (and their ancestors) succesfully explored the seas (as you´ll know they landed in America before Columbus did; and buddha statues were found in Viking graves) and that later the Dutch had their golden age, trading with Japan and shipping spices and other products from what is now called Indonesia, is indirectly thanks to Niord who introduced superb ship-buiding techniques and sailmanship.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I feel they left Atlantis or Lemuria by ship before those continents dissapeared in the oceans.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How do you feel about this theory?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator />
    <dc:date>2007-02-06T17:08:02Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freyr tribe now has a sister</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e4179196-4346-42b0-9ae5-a88a4cf711ac</id>
    <updated>2007-02-08T23:31:05Z</updated>
    <published>2007-02-06T16:57:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Just joined and very excited. Thanks friends!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am a Freya worshipper and recently started a tribe dedicated to this love/ sex/ fertility goddess who is said to have introduced (a.o.t.) SEID in the German tribes (in other words she would have been the ´mother´ of European witchcraft). 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyone who is interested is welcome to join: tribes.tribe.net/clubfreya 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Does any of you have nice related artwork or other relevant contributions to share? &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator />
    <dc:date>2007-02-06T16:57:23Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to Ugglan!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2d1a2ed5-85f1-40c7-bc4e-08a3162b756d" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2d1a2ed5-85f1-40c7-bc4e-08a3162b756d</id>
    <updated>2007-01-09T00:22:02Z</updated>
    <published>2006-12-31T01:52:50Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Another Swede hailing from Freyr's favorite shore!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-12-31T01:52:50Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>hello, new here..... curious about Freyr and Freya....</title>
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    <author>
      <name>GoddessLinda</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4b82fd22-72ed-4e99-af7d-e644cb0b62f2</id>
    <updated>2006-12-29T20:57:55Z</updated>
    <published>2006-12-28T05:11:59Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Wow!  Nordic mythology.  Odin, Wotan, Ymir the Frost Giant.  And ones such as Loki, Heimdall, etc.  
&lt;br/&gt;I think these beings are again among us today.  
&lt;br/&gt;Vili and Ve.  Many others that I remember, either through dreams and visions, and/or stuff I've read in books or on-line.  
&lt;br/&gt;And Njord.  I'm glad to hear of him!  Daddy of Freya and Freyr.  Whoo.
&lt;br/&gt;I'm curious about the War between the Vanir and the Aesir.  Is that a reference to Atlantis and Lemuria fighting?  Or some other extra-terrestrials who invaded Earth and contended with those of us humans and deities (who are in human form AND also Very Experienced Earth Creators)?  
&lt;br/&gt;One of these groups said that incest was OK.  The other group, it seems, argued that incest was Not OK.  I remember we practiced incest in Egypt.  At least, among the Royalty.  Well, maybe SOME of the Royalty.  I don't know what the average Egyptians did, sexually.  
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks for having this group!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>GoddessLinda</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-12-28T05:11:59Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome Aswynn...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0f98d1a2-a0c6-48ce-b40a-9357dfa8eb43" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0f98d1a2-a0c6-48ce-b40a-9357dfa8eb43</id>
    <updated>2006-12-28T19:24:13Z</updated>
    <published>2006-12-16T00:14:32Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;looks like we have one of Freya's handmaidens in our midst!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-12-16T00:14:32Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freyr and sexuality</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2cae6fc0-0ba9-4902-ba5e-1e394f4ecbbe" />
    <author>
      <name>Eirikr</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2cae6fc0-0ba9-4902-ba5e-1e394f4ecbbe</id>
    <updated>2006-12-28T05:33:55Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-30T05:05:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hi,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I have been involved with the Norse gods for about two years, and haven't really picked a particular one to associate with (nor have they picked me, unless I have been blind to the signs).  I feel particularly drawn to Odin, Thor and Freyr, but especially to Freyr.  There are probably several reasons for this.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm of Swedish descent, and Freyr is the patron of Sweden.  I have always been connected with nature; both plants and animals.  Freyr, being a god of fertility, is an obvious connection.  Finally, I'm a queer who feels that there should be more connectedness between sexuality and spirituality.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've read references to early Freyrmen who wore bells (and possibly crossdressed?) to perform ceremonies honoring Freyr.  This is not saying that these Freyrmen were... homosexual (for lack of a proper word to put it into their concept of the world)... but I have also done a little research about the Norse ideas on that.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, I'm rambling... too much mead!  A quick review of the profiles of the members of this group turn up 7 out of 12 (nearly 60%) are gay men and only one female.  Not only that, but there are 2 out of 12 (over 15%) RODENTS!  So my question is... historically, is there anything to indicate that Freyr was worshipped mainly by men (perhaps a bit queer, even if they didn't look at it with that perspective); and does Freyr have a particular attraction for rodents?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Eirikr&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Eirikr</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2005-12-30T05:05:48Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/030422ec-a658-4381-ab22-51d8e1a5931e" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/030422ec-a658-4381-ab22-51d8e1a5931e</id>
    <updated>2006-12-14T04:26:08Z</updated>
    <published>2006-12-06T00:43:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;godhole and to whomever I've missed!!!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;please tell us more about yourself and your attraction to or experience of Freyr and/or the Vanir and Alfar...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;DW&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-12-06T00:43:38Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Beowolf and Grendal</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/cb310ebd-68bb-4553-b805-1fb4f59483dd" />
    <author>
      <name>zigo</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/cb310ebd-68bb-4553-b805-1fb4f59483dd</id>
    <updated>2006-11-22T17:34:21Z</updated>
    <published>2006-11-22T17:34:21Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I know this is not necessarily 'vanir' material .. but in my short bit on tribe, Ive come to highly respect the folk in here for their solid, authentic, and knowledgable journey in the recultivation of norse ways and practices... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Just watched B&amp;amp;G film from Netflix, I as wondering if anyone else in here has watched it, their responses to it, lessons,.. stuff like that///
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Never read the story. 
&lt;br/&gt;Thought the story and declarations of the myth were very interesting.. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;had to learn to overlook accent and acting inconstitancies/
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>zigo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-11-22T17:34:21Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Kindreds</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/b3074e99-8636-4d30-b20d-89ec38e1ec82" />
    <author>
      <name>Aisling</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/b3074e99-8636-4d30-b20d-89ec38e1ec82</id>
    <updated>2006-09-29T01:17:06Z</updated>
    <published>2006-04-07T23:12:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Well, I thought I might put this out to the best Norse tribe. Is there anyone here that lives in the Bay Area and S.F. in particular that would entertain the idea of a kindred with a focus on the Lord and Lady. Naturally, all of the gods will be honored, but I would like to focus a bit on the Vanir. Although, a kindred of any kind in S.F. would be fantastic. Let me know.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Aisling</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-04-07T23:12:23Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/559f5caf-8a3d-478a-8d33-2408c3514254" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/559f5caf-8a3d-478a-8d33-2408c3514254</id>
    <updated>2006-09-02T02:53:58Z</updated>
    <published>2006-09-01T03:49:02Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;to Mama Goddess...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;the Freyr tribe has been slow and I've been busy outside of Tribe, but I hope the Freyr tribe will still be a place of peace, prosperity, and inspiration for you!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-09-01T03:49:02Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New Moderator</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d7f35913-2c24-4ab0-8d67-4bad4ea958bc" />
    <author>
      <name>drunkenwaxwing</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d7f35913-2c24-4ab0-8d67-4bad4ea958bc</id>
    <updated>2006-07-19T02:34:39Z</updated>
    <published>2006-07-19T02:34:39Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;If you have any questions, please message me privately! The Freyr Tribe remains!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>drunkenwaxwing</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-07-19T02:34:39Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d1dc18b9-1547-4abb-9119-77879a81e7ac" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d1dc18b9-1547-4abb-9119-77879a81e7ac</id>
    <updated>2006-06-20T04:37:24Z</updated>
    <published>2006-04-06T21:29:58Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Kenneth!!!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator />
    <dc:date>2006-04-06T21:29:58Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>JOY... post some here:</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/6ccc3ed7-7cf2-4239-b2f3-b561b87e4995" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/6ccc3ed7-7cf2-4239-b2f3-b561b87e4995</id>
    <updated>2006-06-09T22:17:28Z</updated>
    <published>2006-05-18T02:01:20Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Joy!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator />
    <dc:date>2006-05-18T02:01:20Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Gullgubbene</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0b08ae28-7d4b-438b-a43d-7445f5eaaca3" />
    <author>
      <name>Freya</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0b08ae28-7d4b-438b-a43d-7445f5eaaca3</id>
    <updated>2006-06-06T21:51:23Z</updated>
    <published>2006-06-02T04:52:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;In the Vanir, the Frey and Freya 
&lt;br/&gt;the art included hundreds (now found) gold folk
&lt;br/&gt;in Scandinavian: gullgubbene, guldgubbar, etc (the different languages)
&lt;br/&gt;just type in guldgubbar
&lt;br/&gt;and check them out
&lt;br/&gt;I'm giving a lecture on them in 3 months and if anyone here gives me some good insights, I'll acknowledge your help 
&lt;br/&gt;it's just something i do becasue they are facinating
&lt;br/&gt;I'm consentrating on the double gubber (the couple --male and female facing each other positively)&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Freya</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-06-02T04:52:23Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fylgia</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/35ca3baf-515a-4e38-b368-53655e6c3f76" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/35ca3baf-515a-4e38-b368-53655e6c3f76</id>
    <updated>2006-05-29T04:21:05Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T20:21:15Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;This is a thread about the fylgia (or fetch)...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T20:21:15Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Nature of the Vanir</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/6bd53133-7517-4616-8fb9-a2471f11f387" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/6bd53133-7517-4616-8fb9-a2471f11f387</id>
    <updated>2006-04-19T13:50:41Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-10T03:22:40Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Stiobhan wrote...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Anyway, I doubt he's pissed off. Vanir don't get pissed off. They don't demand anything from you, they don't act out of malice. It's not in their nature. They act out of necessity only."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This is a very good point about the Vanir. Please take note, members of the Freyr tribe!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I have started a new thread of discussion based on this statement, since it encompasses not just Njord.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Badger&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator />
    <dc:date>2006-02-10T03:22:40Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Runic recommendations?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/fd05a0ea-c448-44ff-be67-f42ef4b03132" />
    <author>
      <name>zigo</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/fd05a0ea-c448-44ff-be67-f42ef4b03132</id>
    <updated>2006-04-13T11:19:17Z</updated>
    <published>2006-04-08T23:33:20Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Im starting to build rune phrases and would like to find a good resource where I could run them by something, someone to understand the greater implications of what Id be expressing to myself. In the back of Edred's Futhark he goes over a lot of Numerology and stuff.. I never dove to deep into that but Id be interested in references that might be able to explain it to me 'as I go'
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;any cues?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>zigo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-04-08T23:33:20Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Nine Noble Virtues</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ea42598d-03a2-4522-80c4-248b22f77cd7" />
    <author>
      <name>Eirikr</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ea42598d-03a2-4522-80c4-248b22f77cd7</id>
    <updated>2006-04-08T18:52:53Z</updated>
    <published>2006-03-28T01:41:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Howdy,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here are the Nine Noble Virtues as I have seen them listed:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Boldness / Courage / Bravery
&lt;br/&gt;Truth
&lt;br/&gt;Honor
&lt;br/&gt;Troth / Fidelity
&lt;br/&gt;Hospitality
&lt;br/&gt;Discipline / Self-Rule
&lt;br/&gt;Industriousness
&lt;br/&gt;Self-Reliance
&lt;br/&gt;Perseverance
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've seen references to these noble virtues a few places, but haven't seen anything like it in the lore that I have read.  I was wondering if anyone knew where the nine noble virtues came from.  or what they were derived from.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This tribe is full of learned folk, and IS "the best heathen tribe", so I figures someone might know!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Eirikr
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Eirikr</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-03-28T01:41:51Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Heathens and Nudity</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c319c762-c434-4797-b249-54c42316f3ba" />
    <author>
      <name>Eirikr</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c319c762-c434-4797-b249-54c42316f3ba</id>
    <updated>2006-03-26T06:55:18Z</updated>
    <published>2006-03-22T01:45:46Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hail all,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I was re-reading the Havamal and came across this verse that I hadn't really paid any attention to, but sprang out at me for some reason this time...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;49. I gave of my clothes to two wooden men in a field; 
&lt;br/&gt;They felt in fine fettle, robed in rags; naked, a man suffers shame.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Yet I remember reading that the Berserkers supposedly got nekkid to go into battle.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Also (and I may be wrong... speak up if you know) the only statue that has been found of Freyr is the one from Upsalla where he's got a big ol' phallus stickin' right up there proud.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now, I know that he's a Vanir, as opposed to Odin being an Asir, but still... Odin is the one that the Berserkers followed wasn't he?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Eirikr&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Eirikr</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-03-22T01:45:46Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/93ace07f-12b7-4f57-8100-05b6c737dc38" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/93ace07f-12b7-4f57-8100-05b6c737dc38</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22T23:40:55Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-24T00:15:40Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Thorn!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-02-24T00:15:40Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>"time" in Norse Cosmology.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/753ad3a9-9d11-4f6b-892a-a6c3666c073c" />
    <author>
      <name>zigo</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/753ad3a9-9d11-4f6b-892a-a6c3666c073c</id>
    <updated>2006-03-17T19:50:01Z</updated>
    <published>2006-03-10T00:34:04Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;hey guys, 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Im curious about the notions of 'time' in norse mythology/cosmology etc. Does anyone have knowledge, references, or thoughts on how time is thought of.. is it an illusion in Norse tradition? &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>zigo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-03-10T00:34:04Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Poetry, Verse, &amp;amp; Prayer</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/cccddaab-635c-4ad8-9b61-c37051de6dc8" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/cccddaab-635c-4ad8-9b61-c37051de6dc8</id>
    <updated>2006-03-17T10:13:52Z</updated>
    <published>2006-03-02T01:53:32Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Please post anything creative here, preferably your own personal writings or thoughts, honoring Freyr, Freya, Njord, or related Vanir or Alfar. Don't be shy... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(and please, if it is not your own writing, cite the author and the source/website link where you found the quote...)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Badger&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-03-02T01:53:32Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freyr's Amazing Folding Pocket Ship</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ee933557-061e-4b96-b29b-c116b951008e</id>
    <updated>2006-03-02T05:00:22Z</updated>
    <published>2006-03-01T23:09:57Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Here is a separate thread for Freyr's ship...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Aisling wrote:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Eirikr, 
&lt;br/&gt;My understanding is that Loki and the Jotun kin will use the ship Naglfar (made from dead mens nails) in order to sail to the final battle. The remaining gods (not many) will use Freyr's ship Skidbladnir to escape and start the new age. I sure hope Freyr changes his mind about fighting the fire giant Surt with just a deer antler and takes the last boat out."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Aisling, I agree!  Hopefully Freyr will find a loophole.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Badger
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-03-01T23:09:57Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>BEST NORSE TRIBE</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e20b4065-a61e-458c-80a2-fcfaa7d0aa8e" />
    <author>
      <name>zigo</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e20b4065-a61e-458c-80a2-fcfaa7d0aa8e</id>
    <updated>2006-03-01T22:29:33Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-22T19:00:10Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;gonna have to go ahead and say it. I was gonna post it as a review or recomendation,  but I dont want to get a bunch of garbage floating around in here. I just wanted to say, Ive been here, on tribe, for 2 months almost. I signed up for every tribe related to Norse mythology, runes, etc.. and this is BY FAR the most active, most informative, and interesting tribe of them all. Now, it doesnt concentrate too deeply right now on Freyr himself, but for someone like myself who is just getting his bearings, this is ... a destination. And you can SELL THAT to google, baby.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>zigo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-02-22T19:00:10Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Ing</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/82dba57b-4749-4412-a4ea-cfd5e100d6e9" />
    <author>
      <name>thorncoyle</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/82dba57b-4749-4412-a4ea-cfd5e100d6e9</id>
    <updated>2006-02-28T14:39:27Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-27T03:23:58Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;New to the tribe (thanks for the invite, Badger!).  I have a question: years ago a priest told me a story of Ing as a human farmer, who, upon seeing some Gods, decided to become a God himself. Has anyone heard this before? Does anyone have a source for this story? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;blessings - Thorn&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>thorncoyle</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-02-27T03:23:58Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>War between the Aesir and Vanir</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8f06021c-c766-4ace-b4f1-597e3ceb9ae7" />
    <author>
      <name>Eirikr</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8f06021c-c766-4ace-b4f1-597e3ceb9ae7</id>
    <updated>2006-02-23T16:34:18Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-13T07:54:07Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hail,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am interested in information on the war between the Aesir and the Vanir.  What brought the two groups of gods together?  What was the disagreement between them?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I have a certain understanding from the things I have read so far that the northern people arrived in Scandinavia from the east (Asia) and the Heimskringla (did I spell that right?) suggests that Odin was the "king" that brought the people from Asia to Scandinavia.  Whether or not this "king" was also the god Odin is not the focus of this thread, just a side mention worth discussion, too.  The point is... did the migration of a tribe of people from the east come in conflict with another group indigenous to the area they "colonized?" 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We already know that the Vikings overthrew the Celts in Ireland, and founded Dublin... that was a war with a completely different set of gods... the Tuatha Danaan (spelling probably wrong), which were driven out of this world...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Other myths such as Arthur and Camelot and stories of Atilla the Hun and other major figures in history also are part of the histories... I'm trying to get a feel of how human colonization of the world came about from the (supposed) beginnings in Africa and the fertile crescent of the Middle East.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Heathenry has things in common with North American tribalism, as well as thoughts that align with eastern thought.  Just wondering how it all fits together.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Too much mead!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Eirikr&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Eirikr</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-02-13T07:54:07Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Njord</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3632fa8c-1eb4-4189-bfe3-345c52547e56" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/3632fa8c-1eb4-4189-bfe3-345c52547e56</id>
    <updated>2006-02-22T05:24:09Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-04T18:05:00Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Could someone educate zigo about Njord? :-)&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-02-04T18:05:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/5d91dd14-bd35-4c01-89dc-cb542abd3b47" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/5d91dd14-bd35-4c01-89dc-cb542abd3b47</id>
    <updated>2006-02-11T19:56:36Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-19T00:23:28Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Magick A!!! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Please introduce yourself ;-)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Badger&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-01-19T00:23:28Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freyr in Japanese Anime</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/2a3c7994-e235-44eb-9924-894aec163801</id>
    <updated>2006-02-07T08:01:53Z</updated>
    <published>2006-02-01T01:35:12Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt; While searching for images of Freyr, I stumbled across this anime about Norse Mythology. I did some further reasearch on this cartoon.
&lt;br/&gt;I thought it might be cute to post this image. Freyr and other Norse gods are featured in the anime called Matantei Loki Ragnarok. I'll post the anime image in the album. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;~Dominick
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-02-01T01:35:12Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Alfar</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e75cd61d-9d0b-4d19-9874-80ee1e520b35</id>
    <updated>2006-02-01T02:33:08Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:05:08Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Here is a thread to talk about the elves and spirits of the land...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:05:08Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>bees</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e44e4698-10cb-4282-9b9b-4122df1d10fc" />
    <author>
      <name>stepneygreenman</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/e44e4698-10cb-4282-9b9b-4122df1d10fc</id>
    <updated>2006-01-12T00:15:14Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-28T17:41:00Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hey Badger (or anyone else)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Tell us about the significance of the bees in the tribe album.  I'm guessing there is an association with Freyr and would be interested in hearing more...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>stepneygreenman</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2005-12-28T17:41:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Happy New Year!!! &amp;amp; Welcome...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4c507832-9c3e-45b4-9400-773652158413" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4c507832-9c3e-45b4-9400-773652158413</id>
    <updated>2006-01-10T23:14:18Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-01T20:52:29Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;to Jesse!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-01-01T20:52:29Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Ing</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4db1f812-95cd-460a-9a63-d0111834b69b" />
    <author>
      <name>snailtrail</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4db1f812-95cd-460a-9a63-d0111834b69b</id>
    <updated>2006-01-10T09:48:52Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-02T04:47:34Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello to the Tribe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I became interested more in Freyr after I had begun looking through the Nine Doors of Midgard and read that before eating Thorsson recommends performing the handstottr of Inguz over the food. My reading of that prompted me to investigate the rune more, as much of what was written didn't satisfy my curiousity. What I found was a very familiar and welcoming friend in Freyr. Recently I've been having dreams were a boar came up and sat in front of me, and we've had some lovely conversations. I first thought of the connections to other spirits I know (Hekate, Yemaya, Gaueko) and have come to think it is more akin to Freyr.... I'll have to ask him should he come back.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thank you Badger for the tribe. Glad to be here.
&lt;br/&gt;Jesse&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>snailtrail</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2006-01-02T04:47:34Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Runes of Freyr</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/24fdbbdf-4474-44d8-8289-7596bd31ac45" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/24fdbbdf-4474-44d8-8289-7596bd31ac45</id>
    <updated>2006-01-08T10:39:55Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-07T23:14:49Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Plucked from another thread:
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&lt;br/&gt;Ing, Fehu, Sowelo
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;maybe Jera, Ehwaz, and Uruz
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Feel free to comment further on any of these runes here...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-01-07T23:14:49Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freya</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/db260422-7801-4275-be12-f87309d9c666" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/db260422-7801-4275-be12-f87309d9c666</id>
    <updated>2006-01-07T01:56:42Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:01:37Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Here is a thread to talk about Freyr's sister...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:01:37Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Skirnir</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/4e0084c2-fd41-4507-b1c4-2a0b1c264a2a</id>
    <updated>2006-01-06T05:18:32Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-05T19:51:00Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I re-posted Eirikr's link in a new thread for the topic of Skirnir:
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&lt;br/&gt;This article is very interesting... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;theosophy.org/tlodocs/sym...eyr-0788.htm
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It suggests that Skirnr was actually an alter-ego of Freyr... 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It also suggests a lot of other interesting things for discussion... 
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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-01-05T19:51:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Boars &amp;amp; Sows</title>
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    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/344ad008-0d69-4aec-96bf-3520e6f80249</id>
    <updated>2006-01-05T19:48:16Z</updated>
    <published>2006-01-05T19:48:16Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;OK, here is the requested thread on Vanic (especially Freyr's) associations with pigs, wild and/or domestic...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2006-01-05T19:48:16Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Backgrounds</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0bdb9e17-1bc2-461f-97f5-36b416e15c42" />
    <author>
      <name>Stiobhan</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/0bdb9e17-1bc2-461f-97f5-36b416e15c42</id>
    <updated>2006-01-01T23:31:14Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-28T20:57:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Before I post anything more, I want to give a little background.  I'm 24, and my birthday was 9/9/81, on a Wednesday.  I've been studying magic for over 11 years, and am an initiate of two lines of witchcraft, as well as a rune magician, working on my mastery level.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A few weird things about me:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Winds sort of have always followed me around, even when there's really no way for them to be there.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Also, I've had big black ravens following me and pacing me from ever since I can remember.  I can't remember a time when I couldn't look out my window and see a big ol' raven looking right back at me.  Used to kind of freak me out, you know what  I mean?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The first form of real magic I ever found was the runes, which really found me, if I'm honest about it; my mother (a complete non-magic person at the time) gave a set to me for Xmas when I was about 12.  I seem to have a natural bond with the runes, and seem to find deep insight into their real nature.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've gotten so familiar with them, I don't have to cast them to use them for divination.  I just close my eyes and look.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, most of you with an education in the Northern Myths will probably see where I'm going with this.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I seem to have a creepy connection with Odin.  So creepy, in fact, that it scared the pants off me when I found out about it, and I almost never have anything to do with him anymore, except in emergencies.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I don't like being stalked or pushed around, so during my youth, while studying witchcraft (I'm also an initiated witch, and my Risting Trad has to do with the balance between runemastery, witchcraft, shamanism, and fey magic), I stumbled across Freya and Frey.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I also did some study with the Asatru, and basically, I don't like the way they do things.  All of them were more than a little scared of me because of my fairly strong bond with the runes, and my cavalier way of working with deities.  So, no Asatru for me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, that's me, sort of.  What about the rest of you?  How did you find magic?  How did it find you?  What brought you to the ways of power and mystery?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Stiobhan</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2005-12-28T20:57:52Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Freyr as a Warrior</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c7e7b7b7-5133-46fc-a8cc-5d1a3e119841" />
    <author>
      <name>ShadowFire</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/c7e7b7b7-5133-46fc-a8cc-5d1a3e119841</id>
    <updated>2005-12-31T02:39:43Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-30T19:23:50Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I want to mention this aspect of Freyr because it seems to get lost in the fertility, love, and sex aspects. Freyr is a warrior and swordsman. He wielded a sword that would give the Aseir the victory in Ragnarok. But he traded it to Gerd's father has a trade for her hand in marriage.
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&lt;br/&gt;Some stories say that he just gave his sword away. Others say that the sword was then given to Surt. Either way, Freyr is the first to challenge Surt, the commander of the giants and dead during Ragnarok. If Freyr still had his sword, he would have won. But Freyr had to fight with a deer antler and so was killed by Surt. Possibly even by his own flaming sword, which then was used to set the world aflame. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If anyone has any other thoughts or stories about Freyr as a warrior, post away. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>ShadowFire</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2005-12-30T19:23:50Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Photos of Freyr, etc.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d63821c2-6862-4de9-bf9a-69d80ec10294" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/d63821c2-6862-4de9-bf9a-69d80ec10294</id>
    <updated>2005-12-30T20:56:44Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T18:10:58Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Please feel free to post other clear images of Freyr or his Vanir family, whether they be artwork, statues, or attributes in nature. However, please cite the artist or where it was found if possible. Thanks!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T18:10:58Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome new members!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/53e762cc-8f79-43c4-b4a3-9a7e8ab4954f" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/53e762cc-8f79-43c4-b4a3-9a7e8ab4954f</id>
    <updated>2005-12-30T03:55:44Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-28T16:19:56Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Hello Everyone,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This is the creator/moderator of the Freyr tribe and I am happy that you all have joined so quickly! I would really like this tribe to take on a life of its own and for it to be a place where Freyr and his family can shine!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Initially, please take a moment to introduce yourself to the group. What are your interests, practices, and what has drawn you here to Freyr (or related spirits)?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Myself, I am fairly eclectic although there are particular traditions which I practice/participate in (more info on my profile). I really do respect the new-old pagan traditions/practices related to a certain culture and all the time, research, and passion which has gone into reconstructionist ways, but am also open-minded to other avenues to connecting with and honouring these spirits. (Historically, these cultures did not exist in vacuums/bubbles but had contact with the rest of Europe, etc.) There are certain pagan or heathen gods and goddesses that I have been attracted to since I was a child. Freyr was one of them, as well as the Alfar. For some reason, I also felt a connection to him related to me being gay. I have no idea why, but that was an element of it. I have begun to re-connect to these gods and goddesses as a sort of extension of my honouring of my Ancestors, which might be a bit of a challenge since I am such a mixed mutt! ;-)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks!
&lt;br/&gt;Badger&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-28T16:19:56Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Welcome to...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/733901d6-b9c7-43be-9120-716429afc6f3" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/733901d6-b9c7-43be-9120-716429afc6f3</id>
    <updated>2005-12-30T02:18:12Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:12:09Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Aisling!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:12:09Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Disir</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8dba2e31-4f9c-47d3-bf8f-a064f47380b8" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/8dba2e31-4f9c-47d3-bf8f-a064f47380b8</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T20:22:19Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T20:22:19Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;This is a thread about the Ancestral Mothers...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T20:22:19Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Herne/Cernunnos</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ce91049b-55e1-4e34-9137-739ae6e6dfa0" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ce91049b-55e1-4e34-9137-739ae6e6dfa0</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T18:12:05Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T18:12:05Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;This discussion was started in another thread...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T18:12:05Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>phallic</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9c7bcc22-8bb3-4c40-bbda-e3d9f289f7b3" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9c7bcc22-8bb3-4c40-bbda-e3d9f289f7b3</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T12:04:40Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-28T19:12:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;i had it from good authority that freyrs' original statue was not dominated by a beard but a phallus . i am sure i have seen one somewhere can't remember where ?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-28T19:12:51Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Frey in the Craft</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/632fb5aa-a713-449a-848f-44219b086a75" />
    <author>
      <name>Stiobhan</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/632fb5aa-a713-449a-848f-44219b086a75</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T05:39:49Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-28T09:21:14Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;So, I've been practicing witchcraft for a little over a decade now, non-Wiccan version mostly, and I have a question.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Have any of you looked into the Vanir, and especially Freya and Frey, in conjunction with the myths of the witch cults?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've had some very potent work done with Frey, and my boyfriend is currently learning about being a Freyrsman.  He's been an amazingly empowering god, and he resonates deeply with me.  I've just been curious as to whether there's more to him than the Eddas show...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Any thoughts about this?  Any suggestions?  I've pursued the Asatru direction mostly far enough, and I'm not really interested in what the old Norse believed he did.  I'm of the belief that the gods are alive, and I like to know what kind of reality they make now, as opposed to only relying on the generally flawed records of the past...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So... any takers?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Stiobhan</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2005-12-28T09:21:14Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Jotuns</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9e2eac12-9156-4985-91a6-626e64562193" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9e2eac12-9156-4985-91a6-626e64562193</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T05:24:28Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:24:28Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;OK, both Freyr and his father Njord seemed to have a thing for the lady giants once they left Vanaheim. Gerd wasn't the easiest catch for Freyr, but Skadi picked Njord for his beautiful feet (hoping he was Baldr). This thread is to discuss the Jotuns...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:24:28Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Aesir</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ffc91143-aab6-4cc7-9795-7efdd093305e" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/ffc91143-aab6-4cc7-9795-7efdd093305e</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T05:08:05Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:08:05Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Freyr, Freya, and Njord came from Vanaheim but are now counted among the Aesir. The other Aesir are welcome here too! This is a thread for the Aesir, as they are related to Freyr and his Vanir family...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:08:05Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Vanir</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/255db1af-3875-4cb4-a5bf-37b1e967523a" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/255db1af-3875-4cb4-a5bf-37b1e967523a</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T05:04:17Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:04:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Here is a thread to talk about the inhabitants of Vanaheim...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:04:17Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Njord</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9b0d4bed-8735-4ab9-ba45-3102a4dc02a5" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/9b0d4bed-8735-4ab9-ba45-3102a4dc02a5</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T05:02:31Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T05:02:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Here is a thread to talk about Freyr's father...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:date>2005-12-29T05:02:31Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>About Freyr</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/a9e770e8-a120-4b27-9def-c1edcc798164" />
    <author>
      <name />
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/freyr/thread/a9e770e8-a120-4b27-9def-c1edcc798164</id>
    <updated>2005-12-29T04:48:30Z</updated>
    <published>2005-12-29T04:46:42Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Norse: Freyr [freyyrr], Yngvi [ÜNGG-vee or INGG-vee], Yngvi-Freyr
&lt;br/&gt;Anglo-Saxon: Fréa [FREH-uh], Ing, Ing-Fréa, (reconstructed) Ingui
&lt;br/&gt;Old High German, Old Saxon: Frô
&lt;br/&gt;Modern German: Froh
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&lt;br/&gt;Njörð’s son and Freyja/Fréo’s twin brother, a member of the Vanir/Wene. In fact Vanaguð, “God of the Vanir/Wene,” refers to him and not his father. He and his sister were originally married; they came to the Æsir/Ese with their father in the hostage exchange after the war between the two tribes of gods, and when the permanent peace was concluded, had to dissolve their marriage because it violated Æsic law. He is now married to Gerð, a frost-giantess with whom he fell in love when he was sitting on Óðinn/Wóden/Wodan’s throne, Hliðskjálf [HLITH-skyowlf or HLITH-skyahlf, with “h” and “l” run together or unvoiced “l,” voiced “th,” and “y” as in “yam”] (Cliffside Vantage-Point), from which one can see into all the worlds. He pined desperately for her until his shoe-swain (personal servant) Skírnir [SKEER-neer] took his horse and his sword (which has the power of striking by itself) and apples from Iðunn’s stash and when gifts and cajolery failed, induced her to come to him by threatening a dire curse. The marriage, by all reports, is happy, but the sword is gone, and so Freyr/Fréa will be weaponless at Ragnarök. He will face the fire giant Surtr [soortrr] with his great flaming sword with which he will have ignited all the worlds and the Tree, and will die at his hand.
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&lt;br/&gt;The Vanir/Wene are all associated with fertility, and to Freyr/Fréa in particular, the ancient heathens sacrificed for peace and plenty (til árs ok friðjar [till AHHRSS ock FRITH-jahr, with voiced “th”]). In the Prose Edda, Snorri says he determines the weather and in general whether the harvest will be good; the main focus of the modern Ásatrú festival of Freyfaxi is celebrating the harvest and the earth’s fruitfulness. He is also Lord of Alfheim; the world was given to him as a “tooth gift” when he cut his first tooth. And the elves (alfar) are also associated with fertility and growing things. He is associated with forests and gardens as well as with crops—with all growing things. All the ancient likenesses of him, which include two of the three pocket- or pouch-sized images of gods that have been found, are ithyphallic; the setting of “Gunnar Helmings Þáttr” (The Tale of Gunnar Helming) is an annual procession of an image of him around the fields of Sweden in a cart, attended by a gyðja; the people were thrilled when she became pregnant, apparently by the god (in fact by the opportunistic Gunnar, masquerading as the god).
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&lt;br/&gt;However, this does not mean he is weak, pacifistic, or exclusively concerned with procreation. He killed the giant Beli [BEH-lee] using a stag’s antler; Snorri says he could have done it with his bare hands. One of his names is Lord of Hosts. He was the war-leader of the Vanir/Wene, who by some standards were winning the war between the tribes of gods when peace was made (they had destroyed the walls of Asgard/Esageard), and now leads the forces of the united gods.
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&lt;br/&gt;He owns the ship Skiðblaðnir [skith-BLATH-neer, with voiced “th”], which folds up so small it can be stowed in a pouch but unfolds to sufficient size to accommodate all the gods and their horses, and also gets a fair wind as soon as the sail is hoisted, and the boar Gullinbursti [GUHL-in-boor-stee, with "h" and "l" combined or the sound of Welsh "ll" and short “oo” or GOOL-lin-boor-stee with two short “oo”s] (Gold-bristle), also called Sliðrugtanni [SLITH-roog-tahn-nee with voiced “th” and short “oo”] (Razortooth), whose bristles are gold so bright that they light up the darkest night, and which can run through the air and over the sea faster than a horse. The boar is his animal and on the last night of Yule, it is traditional to swear the most solemn oaths of the year on a boar sacred to him, the sónargöltr [SOHH-nahr-göltrr] (boar of atonement or of sacrifice).
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&lt;br/&gt;Other gods, above all Óðinn/Wóden/Wodan, are credited with siring royal dynasties or entire tribes, but the Svear, the people of Uppland and neighboring parts of modern Sweden, actually had Freyr/Fréa reigning as their king for a human lifespan, under the name Yngvi, as well as beginning their royal line, the Ynglingar [ÜNGG-lingg-uhr]. During his lifetime, there was total peace and crop yields and prosperity that have never been equaled since; when he died and was buried in a mound at Uppsala, the people continued to bring tribute to him, pouring gold, silver, and other offerings through holes in the barrow, and the peace continued; the fortunes of Sweden have since depended on how well his memory is kept. A similar story is told of King Frotho of Denmark, who may thus have also been an avatar of Freyr/Fréa. The Ing of the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem, who “was first among the East Danes [Swedes]” and “returned over the sea with his wagon” is undoubtedly Yngvi.
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&lt;br/&gt;The name Freyr simply means “lord”; Anglo-Saxon Fréa and Old High German/Old Saxon Frô, which may or may not be recorded in place-names, mean the same. Freyja means “lady.” Thus our usual names for both are not really names, but titles. Yngvi/Ing may or may not have been his main name; his main name may have been lost for taboo reasons.
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&lt;br/&gt;from: http://www.heathenthing.org&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>There is a Lady...</title>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;...in our presence!
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&lt;br/&gt;Welcome to Meka!
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    <title>Griping about Freyrsmen</title>
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&lt;br/&gt;Frey is a god I chose, and he and I work very well together.  Mostly because he's not pushy.  I don't like feeling beholden, or feeling like I'm bound to obey anyone.  Frey doesn't make you do things like that.  He just likes helping his people.
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&lt;br/&gt;Which brings me to my gripe.
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&lt;br/&gt;Greg, my boyfriend, was with me at Pantheacon, attending one of Di Paxson's seidhr rites.  He was approached after the ritual, by one of the attendants.  I will call him J.  J is a Freyrsman, and he came over to tell Greg about Freyr, as he saw Freyr basically cheering and pointing at Greg during the rite.
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&lt;br/&gt;I was really excited by this.  I made sure Greg got to have some private time with this man.
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&lt;br/&gt;Big mistake on my part, apparently.  I watched in horror as J tried to use his knowledge of Frey to coerce Greg into not only becoming a Freyrsman, but also into compromising our relationship!
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&lt;br/&gt;He went on to tell Greg that all Freyrsmen are polyamorous, and incapable of commitment or love for just one person.  That people who work with Frey are likely to find themselves turning into flighty bitchy bimbo types.
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&lt;br/&gt;Which is like the exact opposite type of thing that I felt.  I felt he was very deep, very strong, and wise beyond the words of the Eddas.  DEFINITELY wiser than this guy was saying he was.  J's description of Frey was basically a divine bisexual Casanova with ADD and bipolar disorder!  And while I agree that Frey is very omnisexual, well... so are all the gods, especially witch gods, which Freya and Frey DEFINITELY qualify as.  And I don't think ADD or Manic Depressive Disorder would describe him to me...
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&lt;br/&gt;So, I resolved to work with him on his level.  Not associating with the Norse for info on his ways, but going straight to the source.
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&lt;br/&gt;Now, I work with Him.
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&lt;br/&gt;I asked Him to guide me in ways that are truly his.  You know what I found?
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&lt;br/&gt;Feri.  Feri tradition and witchcraft.  Old witchcraft, not the new wiccan movements and pseudotraditions, old stuff.  Italian, Celtic, Norse, Greek, Hawaiian, Voudoun, all sorts of old stuff.  It was like a path opened up in front of me, threading through a labyrinth of cultural and magical traditions.  And the path didn't lead to Him, they led to what would help me be the way I wanted to be!
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&lt;br/&gt;So, needless to say, I'm a staunch supporter of Frey now.  He and His sister have really aided me in my workings, and in my personal growth.  They helped me find my Craft, my tradition, and find my roots.
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&lt;br/&gt;Blessed be.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>New Photo in Album</title>
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    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Thanks, Ray! I like it!&lt;/div&gt;
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