We have a Domain Name!
Posted by Byron Pendason on July 30, 2022 CE, in UpdatesAs of today, Mine Wyrtruman has it’s own domain name! While the most recent url of the website (https://byronpendason.github.io) will redirect to the new domain name (https://www.minewyrtruman.com), you might as well go ahead and update your bookmarks and news feed reader (if you’re using one to keep up with my blog).
Prayer Structure
Posted by Byron Pendason on July 27, 2022 CE, in Heathen basics, Heathen worship, Heathenry, ReconstructionPrayer structure. What is it? As the name implies, it is the structure of prayer. Many religions have a prescribed prayer structure. Christianity has several of the them, two of the most popular forms being A-C-T-S (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) and the You-Who-Do-Through format. We do not have any surviving prayers from the pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons, so we can’t be certain how they structured their prayers. However, we can make a pretty good guess based upon how other Proto-Indo-Europeans1 did it. As Larhus Fyrnsida notes: The Proto-Indo-Europeans are the hypothesised ancestors of the vast majority of cultures from Europe and India,...
Runic Numerals- A proposal for writing numbers in runes
Posted by Byron Pendason on May 31, 2022 CE, in RunesI've written a couple blog posts about writing modern English in runes (Here and here). One problem that arises is writing numbers in runes. As some may already know, the numbers we use on a regular basis (0, 1, 2, 3, etc) are called Arabic numerals. While it's fine to use these when writing in runes, it's not very helpful if you're wanting to keep your thoughts private. It also doesn't look as good, in my opinion. Your milage may vary though Medieval and early modern Scandinavians sometimes used the Pentimal system for writing numbers, but the Anglo-Saxons did not...
Fyrnsidic Cosmology- Gods & Ettins
Posted by Byron Pendason on May 5, 2022 CE, in Cosmology, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Heathenry, ReconstructionI would like to preface this with a disclaimer. While Jotnar and ettins are cognates of one another, the way they are viewed by their respective religious traditions can vary wildly. While there might be Norse Heathens who would agree with my takes here, and Anglo-Saxon Heathens who may disagree with them, this seems to generally be the Anglo-Saxon view (at least, among those who self identify their religion as Fyrnsidu) and typically isn’t the modern Norse Heathen view.This blog post will build upon my last blog post about Order and Chaos. The key take away from that is that...
Fyrnsidic Cosmology- Order vs Chaos
Posted by Byron Pendason on April 23, 2022 CE, in Cosmology, Heathen basics, Heathen worldview, Heathenry, ReconstructionCosmology is defined as the study of the nature of the universe. Physical cosmology studies the structure of the universe, how it operates, the laws that cause it to operate in that way, and how it all began. Religious cosmology generally studies all that from a spiritual viewpoint. It often, but not always, includes a creation myth. When dealing with the beginning of the universe, it is also known as cosmogony.