Around the Pagan Blogosphere
• "Hard versus Soft Polytheism is a False Dichotomy."
• A recently discovered statue described as the god Odin and welcomed by some reconstructionist Norse Pagans, is--by Viking Period artistic conventions--either a woman or the goddess Freya, says a Swedish archaeologist.
• The Necronomicon: "It's like the Bible but different" (YouTube video). Via Plutonica.net.
• At The Soccer Moms' Guide to Wicca: Unintentionally outed by the school district.
• Something that I wish more people would think about about: When is a wild animal an omen, and when is it just a wild animal?
• A recently discovered statue described as the god Odin and welcomed by some reconstructionist Norse Pagans, is--by Viking Period artistic conventions--either a woman or the goddess Freya, says a Swedish archaeologist.
• The Necronomicon: "It's like the Bible but different" (YouTube video). Via Plutonica.net.
• At The Soccer Moms' Guide to Wicca: Unintentionally outed by the school district.
• Something that I wish more people would think about about: When is a wild animal an omen, and when is it just a wild animal?
Labels: archaeology, Paganism, Wicca, wildlife
posted by Chas S. Clifton at 8:30 AM Permalink
2 Comments:
The thing that I've learned about animals in the wild being omens is that I can't figure out what they are omens of.
As for the statue being Odin or Freyja, I tend to pay attention to the art specialists. But, then, some of my Norse friends have suggested that magic folk did crossdress.
Both?
I knew someone would jump in with a comment about cross-dressing. ;-)
Ask "your Norse friends" what their art-historical and/or literary evidence is--from a perspective of a thousand years later. I would be curious.
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