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Five Years as a Pagan

Posted by Byron Pendason on June 10, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Updates

Wes hāl!1 I’ve been a pagan for five years now, and I’d like to just reminisce a little. This post will be pretty far from my usual type of post, so feel free to ignore this post if you wish. Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second more common among the Saxon dialects. I prefer to use both though, the first as a greeting and the second as a farewell. ↩

An Expanded Anglo-Saxon Creation Myth

Posted by Byron Pendason on April 27, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Myths, Reconstruction

This is an original myth, written by me. I have written an Anglo-Saxon creation myth before, but this is a much expanded myth. You will notice inspiration from others mythologies (mainly the Norse creation myth), but I also added my own UPG.

Ettin Worship and Ragnarok

Posted by Byron Pendason on April 25, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Cosmology, Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Myths, Rants, Reconstruction, Updates

Wes hāl!1 It’s been a whirlwind of a week. A lot of accusations have emerged about the Fyrnsidu server. Most of these accusations have been dealt with (the tldr of it is that they were all false accusations, based upon a mix of straight up lies and half-truths lacking context), but there’s one accusation that I haven’t seen addressed. We were accused of believing that ettin worship will cause Ragnarok. Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second...

Check Out The Podcast

Posted by Byron Pendason on March 4, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Anglo-saxon calendar, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview

Wes hāl!1 It occurred to me today they I never created a blog post about my podcast. It’s been going for a little over a month, so I’m overdue for an official announcement, I suppose. Wes hāl and Beo gesund are Old English greetings and farewells that literally mean Be well/whole/healthy. The first seemed to be more common among the Anglian dialects and the second more common among the Saxon dialects. I prefer to use both though, the first as a greeting and the second as a farewell. ↩

What I Believe

Posted by Byron Pendason on February 15, 2023 CE, in Heathenry, Afterlife, Anglo-saxon calendar, Cosmology, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Heathen worship, Philosophical musings, Reconstruction, Runes, Stoicism, Updates

Wes hāl!1 I’m going to do something a little different today. I’m going to provide the fundamentals of what I believe as far as religion goes. I doubt anyone is going to agree with everything, and some people might not agree with any of it. That’s okay, I don’t base my friendships on agreement, but rather mutual interests and respect. Still, I think it could be helpful to some to see what one version of Fyrnsidu might look like (and again, this is only one version of it). My beliefs are always in flux, so these might not be applicable...