Hearthside

Okay, so I have alluded to this a few times in my blog, but never really got into it. But what the heck? I have been sick for most of the month of December and I can’t sleep as a result. Why not work out my frustrations this way? Loki. A tricky topic at the best of times. If you are hoping for my opinion on the worshipfulness of Loki in modern Heathen practice (or even historical Heathen practice) you are in for a let down. No, what bothers me about Loki is very specifically Loki’s role in the story arc of the death of Baldr.  Honestly, Loki’s character makes perfect sense up until then. They are a trickster figure who makes mistakes and then finds ways to set them right. We see similar patterns with other trickster figures around the world. But then there is Loki’s role in the death of Baldr. Suddenly Loki takes on a sinister (and unredemptive?) role.  Baldr has his dream that he will die but it isn’t clear how. So Odin goes to ask the sorceress. Meanwhile, Frigg asks everyth...

So I finished my last post on Nerthus and Jörð. I had been working at it for over a week but in the end it was one of those pieces that became all-consuming until I finally completed it. The writing took on its own life quite separate from the original direction I had thought I was going with it. With that completed I thought, finally I will get some sleep… And I fell hard, into a dream about the Thunderer in the Proto-Indo-European myths. Perk w unos awoke in my mind, forming a thundercloud that loomed over everything. When I finally pulled myself out of the dream it was past my alarm, and outside the Sky showered the Earth with rain. It is thunderstorm season here. I admit that Thor has been on my mind, since I associate the midsummer blot with Thor. The coming of the storms brings the water needed for the crops in their big growth time before the harvest. There are also the hot and humid summer evenings when all you can do is sit with a cool drink on a patio and tell stories until ...