Life values
First a short history lesson of my life’s path. . Finding myself in between my Mothers nordic kindered heritage & my Fathers Catholic belief. . I took the path of the"Asatru", an old Norse Germanic belief which dates back to pre Christian era.....Asatru is an Icelandic word which is a translation of the Dane word "Asetro.". . It means "belief in the Asir," the Gods. . Asatru is a combination of "Asa" which is the case of the word Aesir (A`esir) and " Tru" which means belief or religion. . My Asatru path is one of Forn Siðr pronounced "Forn S`are", which means the ancient way or tradition which is considered Norse Heathenism and is a form of paganism.
. My Deity of influence, is a goddess called Os`tara.(Eostre) Goddess of fertility, who is celebrated at the time of the Spring equinox, believed to be "Mother Nature".... A lot of the Asatru religion's origin is lost in antiquity along with written script during the Christian witch hysteria of Northern Europe that started around 1000 CE and continued around the world untill the 1800's. ... During this period almost all history was destroyed. ..In the early part of the 20th Century, the socialist party in under Adolf Hitler tired to pervert Asatru by grafting parts of the religion onto Nazi racist belief. This soon died by the end of World War II, which caused more lost of Norse history. Today some of the Christian Identity movement groups have also tried to adsorbed such beliefs. . This type of activity is in no way related to the restoration of the true Asatru as a legitimate Heathen, pagan religion, and has given confusion to our true values. .. Which brings me to the meaning of the Asatruars lifes values.
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Like the Christians version of the "Ten Commandments". . The Asatru belief of the "Nine Nobel Virtues" have been passed down from member to member, family to family, unchanged through out time. begining with "Courage" to reject any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, race, sexual orientation.
The Nine Nobel Virtues |
| 1)Courage~ To stand firm, face in to the winds of diversity. |
| 2)Truth~ Honesty & sincerity. |
| 3)Honor~ Giving high respect to others, as you want them to do to you . To do that of which is morally right. |
| 4)Troth/Fidelity~ Continuing faithfulness, & loyality. To family,an the Gods |
| 5)Discipline~ To practice, teach and passing down the knowledge of the Ancient way. To self rule. |
| 6)Hospitality~ Be generous, offer a open heart and hand of help to others. |
| 7)Industriousness~ Be diligent & hard-working in all you do. |
| 8)Self-Reliance~ Reliance on your own powers & resources, rather than those of others. |
9)Perseverance~ To continue to survive, in spite of difficulty & diversity..
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