Fyrnsidu fyrnsɪdʊ is Anglo-Saxon Heathenry; it is a compound word combining fyrn meaning “ancient” or “old” and sidu meaning “custom” or “habit” in Old English. We take Fyrnsidu to mean “the old ways,” or more generally as a term in Old English for polytheism (belief and worship of multiple gods). The “new way” would then be monotheism (belief and worship in a single god)–we have returned to the old ways, polytheism. Fyrnsidu is a linguistic cognate to Forn Sed, or “the old ways” but in the Old Norse language (more properly “forn siðr”). A Fyrnsidere fyrnsɪdɛrɛ is a practitioner of Fyrnsidu.
by Sokoly May 03, 2023
by Sokoly June 02, 2024
In Heathenry, the terms "Völkisch,” "neo-völkisch,” or the anglicisation "folkish,” are used both as endonyms and exonyms for groups that believe that the religion is intimately connected to a perceived biological race, which they often describe as "Northern European,” or more specific groupings such as "English.” These classifications are typically held to be self-evident by folkish Heathens, despite the academic consensus that race is a cultural construct. Folkish groups often use ethnonationalist language and maintain that only members of these racial groupings can legitimately adhere to the religion, holding the pseudoscientific view that "gods and goddesses are encoded in the DNA of the descendants of the ancients."
you do not need any special blood to be a pagan, Odin is the all-father not the some-father
you do not need any special blood to be a pagan, Odin is the all-father not the some-father
William is a folkish douchebag, he thinks you need to be European to praise paganism, even though you don't!
by Sokoly May 03, 2023