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Heathenry was the Heathen religion of the Ásatrú and the Vanatrú, the Way of the Troth of the Aesir and Troth of the Vanir. The Heathenry and Heathen Ásatrú Sacred Pathway has also been referred to as Heathen Norse Heathenry, Germanic Heathenry, and Ásatrú, an Icelandic term derived from two aspects of the Heathen "Faith in the goddesses and gods", "Ása", a Genitive of Ćsir that refers to the gods and goddesses, and "trú" meaning faith. Based on the indigenous ancestral Heathen faith of the Northern European, Germanic, folk group of Heathens who once shared a common culture, religion, and language, the traditional roots of Heathenry stretch back at least 42,0000 years into the distant past. By 500 CE, the Heathens had spread over the areas that would become Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France, Iceland, and England.
Within another two hundred
years, the different dialects of the Germanic language became undecipherable and
the offshoot Scandinavian, German, Dutch, English, and other languages emerged.
There were 8,000 year old archeological findings that validated the existence of the ancient faith of Heathenry. Bronze Age rock art in Scandinavia has ancestral carvings depicting the Heathen dieties; as well as, the human events and rituals of the Heathens. These organic nature carvings were shamanic in nature and seemed to be forerunners of the runes, animal totems, and Norse myths. Graves from the Heathen Period contained large amounts of highly wrought, symbolic, Germanic jewelry in the form of metaphorical animal shapes. These essential, power animals were used as meditational focal points and shields to ward, bless, and heal. Each person discovered their totem animal fetch, a spirit guide in animal shape with powers.
Each animal has different
traits and powers that they can bestow upon their human supplicant. Common
animal totems are Bear, Boar, Cat, Dog, Dragon, Eagle, Falcon, Horse, Raven,
Snake, and Stag...
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