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Ragnarök Is Not the Apocalypse: What the End of the World Actually Means in Norse Cosmology
When Christian missionaries encountered the Norse end-of-the-world story, they saw an apocalypse. They were wrong. Ragnarok and the Christian Apocalypse are built on completely different cosmological foundations. Here is what the Voluspa actually describes.
Hard Polytheism Explained: Why the Greek Gods Are Not Archetypes
Modern pagan paths approach the gods in genuinely different ways. Here is what hard polytheism actually means, why most Hellenists practice it, and why that is not the same as being more correct.
The Otherworld Is Not the Afterlife: Understanding Celtic Cosmology
One of the most common mistakes in modern Celtic paganism is treating the otherworld as an afterlife destination. It’s easy to see why the confusion happens. The otherworld in Celtic mythology is where the dead go, sometimes. Heroes are invited there after death. The…
Wyrd and the Web: The Germanic Concept of Fate and Why It Is Not What Most People Think
“Wyrd bith ful araed.” Fate is inexorable. That line from Beowulf is famous and frequently misread as simple determinism. The Germanic concept of fate is more demanding and more interesting than that. Here is what the Old English and Norse sources actually say.
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Ragnarök Is Not the Apocalypse: What the End of the World Actually Means in Norse Cosmology
When Christian missionaries encountered the Norse end-of-the-world story, they saw an apocalypse. They were wrong. Ragnarok and the Christian Apocalypse are built on completely different cosmological foundations. Here is what the Voluspa actually describes.
Hard Polytheism Explained: Why the Greek Gods Are Not Archetypes
Modern pagan paths approach the gods in genuinely different ways. Here is what hard polytheism actually means, why most Hellenists practice it, and why that is not the same as being more correct.
The Otherworld Is Not the Afterlife: Understanding Celtic Cosmology
One of the most common mistakes in modern Celtic paganism is treating the otherworld as an afterlife destination. It’s easy to see why the confusion happens. The otherworld in Celtic mythology is where the dead go, sometimes. Heroes are invited there after death. The…