Tag: Roman Polytheism

• In War, Victory — Taking A Look At Andraste

  It’s been a few weeks since I last posted anything, mainly because I’ve been dealing with stuff in my personal life, and partially because I just haven’t felt the drive to write anything. I was tempted to post another poem from my Heathen Hymns project but I felt it would be more appropriate to write…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  1st Dec 2023

  General Musings

  albion, albion and beyond, Andarte, Andate, Andraste, Boudicca, Bouduica, British paganism, British-Roman, British-Romano, Brittonic Gods, Brittonic Paganism, brittonic polytheism, Cassius Dio, Dragon Age, Gallic-Roman, Magna Mater, modern Brittonic Mythology, Roman gods, Roman Polytheism

• Cry Havoc and Let Slip The Dogs of War — The Role of War Deities in Modern Polytheism?

  War has been a part of history for long as history remembers, maybe even longer. So it is no wonder that every culture at some point has a deity (or multiple deities) associated with war. As times have changed and the way war is fought has changed over time, as seen by the use of…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  8th Jun 2023

  General Musings

  Aesir, albion, albion and beyond, Andraste, brigantes, brigantia, brigantica, Brittonic Paganism, brittonic polytheism, Brythonic, Brythonic Paganism, Brythonic Polytheism, death deities, death goddesses, death gods, Freja, Freya, Freyja, Gylfaginning, heathen, heathenry, iwos brigantia, Lenus, Mars, Mars Lenus, Mars thingsus, modern Brittonic Mythology, Nodens, Odin, Old Norse, Othin, Roman gods, Roman Polytheism, Sekhmet, skadi, týr, ullr, Valfreja, Valfreya, Valfreyja, Valhalla, valkyrie, valkyries, Wodan

• Sailing The Liminal — Njord, Ferryman of the Dead?

  It’s been a while since I’ve wrote a Sailing The Liminal post, and I figured it’s time to write another. This time, I’ll be discussing my own UPG and theories regarding Njord as a ferryman for the dead. Njord is obviously generally associated with seafaring, wealth, and agriculture, which to some would be a far…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  26th Feb 2023

  General Musings, Theories, UPG

  asatru, Ægir, choosers of the slain, death goddesses, disir, Frey, Freya, gods, heathen, heathenry, Hel, Mythology, Myths, Nico Solheim-Davidson, njord, Nodens, Norse gods, Norse paganism, norse Polytheism, north sea poet, Old Norse, Old Norse sagas, paganism, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, psychopomps, Rán, Roman gods, Roman Polytheism, Satres, Saturn, ship burials, the north sea, UPG, Valhalla, valkyrie, valkyries, Valtru, vanatru, Vanir, Ynglinga Saga, Yngvi Frey

• We Began As Wanderers: Taking A Look At Mercury and Odin

  Odin and Mercury are two gods that at first glance appear to have no common ground, yet the Romans still viewed Odin (or rather Woden) as the Germanic form of Mercury. Odin, a war god, who claims the battle slain and Mercury, a messenger of the gods. But there’s more to these gods than what…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  24th Jan 2023

  General Musings

  asatru, Baldr, brittonic polytheism, heathen, heathenry, Heracles, Herakles, Hercules, Hermes, jotnar, Mars, Mars thingsus, Mercurius, Mercury, Nico Solheim-Davidson, Norse gods, Norse Mythology, Norse paganism, norse Polytheism, north sea poet, Odin, Old Norse, Old Norse sagas, Othin, paganism, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, psychopomps, Roman gods, Roman Polytheism, snorri, týr, thor, thunar, thunder, tiw, tiwaz, Valhalla, valkyrie, valkyries, volsung Saga, Wodan, Ymir, Ynglinga Saga

• Send Thunder From The Sky: Thor, More Than A Northern Hercules?

  When it comes to associating Thor with another sky or thunder deity, the likely choices would be Zeus or Jupiter. But through interpretatio romana, Thor, in his original form as Donar, was associated with Hercules (or Herakles to use the Greek name). So, is Thor more than a Northern Hercules? Hercules in Roman religion Hercules…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  5th Jan 2023

  General Musings

  brittonic polytheism, Donar, followers of the Wheel, gods, heathen, heathenry, Heracles, Herakles, Hercules, jotnar, jotun, Jove, Jupiter, loki, Mars, Norse Mythology, Norse paganism, Old Norse sagas, Roman Polytheism, Saxo, storms, thor, thunar, thunder, Valhalla, Yorkshire

• Brigantica 2023: With A Roar Of Thunder, She Rises

  I mark the end of the Yule season with Brigantica, a festival and holiday dedicated to Brigantia. Those who use the Gregorian calendar would celebrate Brigantica on 1st February, which coincides with the Gaelic festival and holiday of Imbolc. As I follow a lunisolar calendar, I celebrate on the second new moon following the Winter…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  1st Jan 2023

  General Musings, Prayers, UPG

  albion, albion and beyond, brigantes, brigantia, brigantica, British paganism, brittonic polytheism, followers of the Wheel, gods, Roman Polytheism, signs, winter, Yorkshire

• Mars Þingsus: Taking A Look At Mars and Týr

  For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to find links between Týr and Ullr, to discuss the possibility of then both being the same figure, under different names. Whilst doing my research, I found myself finding more similarities between those two gods with that of the Roman deity Mars, but more so similarities between…

  Nico, Poet of the North Sea

  25th Oct 2022

  General Musings

  gods, heathenry, Mars, Norse paganism, paganism, Roman Polytheism, týr, witchcraft