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Old March 12th, 2004 #6
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Originally Posted by IrishJay
I think it is safe to say the the large majority of Odinists/Wotanist/Asatruar do not take the myths literally or even believe that the gods and goddesses were literal figures.

I - and many others - view them as mythological figures that were created over time from real people who were legendarily made gods and goddesses because of prodigious deeds, feats of strength, skill in conquering, beauty, etc..

If we take them seriously as actual gods then we would HAVE to believe that Ymir licked man into existence from a block of glacial ice, which is just about as preposterous as the xian myth.

What they are; however, are figures that we can look towards as examples of how to live and paying homage to our Northern European ancestry. Our festivals, blots and sumbels are all a link to our ancient heathen past...the way we were meant to live.
Bullshit... Would you like to wear fuckin animal skins and shit in the fuckin woods like a nigger? Let's move on and leave the superstitions to the niggers in Africa and use science and reason.