Below are the best resources we could find on Asatru (Norse) Paganism and honoring ancestors.
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Modraniht, Mutternacht (Mother’s Night or Night of the Mother’s) was part of Germanic/Norse Winter solstice tradition. During this feast day, the ancestral founding women, grandmothers, mothers and caretaking women of the clan were honored, along with Frigg and local/geographical female deities.
Let’s be honest: is there any term more infuriatingly vague than “ancestors” when it comes to religious/spiritual practice? How far back do we go when we venerate ancestors? Do we get to pick and choose who we honor? What about relatives we actually know that passed on? What about the...
In this video you shall find: Who are the ancestors? Why honouring them?; The Cult of the Ancestors to the Romans, Greeks, Hindu, Germanic and Norse - Comparisons; The Lares, Matronae and Dísir; The Concept of Honouring the Ancestors; Cult of the Ancestors in Modern Heathenry - Approaches, Modern...
In this video, I sit by the fireplace and discuss why ancestor worship is actually a good way to positively influence a society at it roots.
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