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Fáfnir is not born a dragon. He is a man who kills his own father to steal his wealth, then turns into a dragon to embrace the gold he hoards without ever using. He symbolically represents the negation of values belonging to the culture that produced him.
“Many people think of Paganism as belonging to the past,” says Magnús Jensson, architect of the still in construction Ásatrú temple in Reykjavík. “But this is wrong. Paganism is not the past, Paganism is the present.”
Karl E.H. Seigfried delves into the Viking-era virtue of “hóf,” or “moderation,” and how its spirit of community ties should matter to modern Heathens in the age of the coronavirus.
Pagan Perspectives
Today’s offering is by columnist Luke Babb. Luke is a storyteller and eclectic polytheist who primarily works with the Norse and Hellenic pantheons. They live in Chicago with their wife and a small jungle of houseplants, where they are studying magic and community building – sometimes even on purpose. The Wild Hunt always welcomes submissions for its weekend section. Please send queries to eric@wildhunt.org.
TWH – Now that the season has turned and we are nearing the end of the 2017, we look back, one last time, to review this historic year. What happened? What didn’t happen? What events shaped our thoughts and guided our actions? In our collective worlds, both big and small, what were the major discussions?
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