![]() Some of the most militant racist prison gangs, skinheads, and open fascists venerate the same Gods of the Aesir. Hundreds of neo-Nazi and white nationalist bands and magazines take their names from the Northern Tradition. It is the clear association between Heathenry and an openly racialist subculture, one that has taken on Norse myth and symbols as a primary form of identification. This is not simply because of its origins, or the warrior ethic present in its primary source materials, the Eddas and Sagas. Today Asatru is one of the most divided areas of the new pagan groundswell that is happening world wide. Yet it is not those elements that most of those with quick glances see when they notice a small silver Mojinir around a believer’s neck. ![]() ![]() As Thor, Freya, and Odin are mentioned, faces around the table can envision what those names meant to their family deep in the past. It is the attendance to and memory of ancestors, the veneration of them just as the Gods, both of which can be traced back in a familial lineage. Much of the Yule Celebration is based around this key concept for those who identify with Asatru, the revival of the traditional Norse pagan religion. For those who raise the bowl in offering and veneration of the Old Gods, there is a glimmer of their connection to the past. ![]()
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