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The patron (Germanic) Goddess of spring, fertility and of new life, after whom the holiday Easter was named and originally celebrated in honor of. Some of her symbols include the rabbit, egg, flowers, and other symbols of fertility. Hot cross buns originated as offerings to Ostara.
Aside from being a Goddess, Ostara is also a holiday.
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A swarm of stars held together by gravity, like our own Milky Way. A typical galaxy may contain a hundred billion stars like our Sun.
In the clear night sky, if you're lucky not to have much light pollution, you can still see the Milky Way, our galaxy.
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The brightest pair of binary stars in the night sky; one is a blue-white main sequence dwarf and it's companion is a faint white dwarf. Sirius is located in the constellation Canis Major and as a most visable star is often called the "Dog Star"
The name Sirius comes from Greek and means "Scorcher"; and in Greek mythology Sirius is Orion's hunting dog. And before that, in Egypt the stars Sirius where worshiped as "Sothis".
Sirius is 8.6 light years away from us.
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Extremely sweet mead. When mead is made with more honey than normal, it is called sack mead.
Woah, this sack mead is sweet!
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Loki is the Norse God of trickery, mischief, and change; a major character in Norse Mythology. Blood-brother of Odin and traveling companion and friend of Thor; his wifeâs name is Sigyn, his childrenâs names are Hel, Fenris, Jormungandr, Vali, Narfi and Sleipnir. Loki is pleasing and handsome in appearance according to the Eddas. He is renown for his cleverness and for helping the Gods out after he has gotten them into trouble as well as his great ability to make them laugh and cheer them up.
He has domain over fire, and is a master magician, conjurer as well as shape-shifter (In some cases changing gender). Loki is bisexual, having sexual relations with both male and female in mythology. Bearing in mind Lokiâs dark side as well as his good one, he is most valuable as a witty, entertaining friend, and a God to call upon.
Loki is not an evil malevolent being or the Norse version of Satan or some fallen angel. The later influence of Christianity on Norse culture resulted in changing the mythology portraying Loki as evil incarnate. This is not uncommon, Christianity often demonizes other religions gods.
Loki represents both our divine intelligence and also free will whereby we can choose for good or ill, and if we make a mistake to correct it. He typifies the human mind: on one hand clever, foolish, immature; on the other hand, he personifies the elevating, aspiring traits in human intelligence.
Loki is still worshiped today and one who worships or is dedicated to Loki as their primary God is called a Lokean. Compare to Odinist.
In pop culture:
Loki is a supervillian in Marvel comics.
Loki is a hero in Valhalla comic books.
Loki is a character on Mario and Luigi video games.
Loki is a character in the movie Domga
Loki is the spirit who inhabits the mask in the movie, âThe Maskâ.
Loki is a main character in the novel âAmerican Godsâ.
In Star Gate SG-1 Loki is a renegade Asgard who is responsible of many alien abductions in which he genetically experiments with human DNA in order to try and solve his races genetic degradation that is caused by excessive cloning.
The dog star, Sirius, is referred to as "Lokabrenna."
Times change, Gods change - why not honor Loki?
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From Old Norse. Literally means "Choosers of the slain." Disir who at Odin or Freyja's command, select the most heroic warriors on the battlefield to die and conduct their souls through the Underworld to Asgard. (They also lead people who have died from other causes other than violent death on the path to Valhalla. They are psycho pomps.) Once there, they serve mead to those who have become Einherjar.
Often seen as riding wild wolves, or in some accounts soaring though the air like a raven scavenging for souls; Valkyries are beautiful shieldmaidens armed with helmets and spears. Although beautiful, they are war-like. Names of Valkyries often mean 'raging', 'shrieking', 'screaming', etc...
See Asatru, Heathen, Odinism
If you see a Valkyrie, it means only one thing, you're going to die.
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The working man's God; very popular in ancient times and is still worshiped today by many Heathens and Pagans. Whereas Odin rewards intellect, Thor rewards hard work. He is often pictured as a mighty viking with a red-beard. His father is Odin and his wife's name is Sif.
Thor sends lighting, thunder and life-giving rain. He has always been a strong protector of His folk and gives gifts freely to his friends. He has a liking for farms, fields, forests, mountains and rivers. Thor has a hearty and often times bawdy sense of humor. He likes drinking, feasting, storytelling, and good company.
His favorite weapon is His mighty hammer, Mjolnir. It strikes lighting and roars with thunder when it is used and always returns to Hid hand. In both ancient times and modern times alike those who worship Him wear a Thor's Hammer about their necks as a sign of their dedication.
We even have a day of the week named in Thor's honor, Thursday.
Thor is perhaps, one of the most friendly and easy to commuciate with Gods. He always answers prayers and doesn't make you guess weather or not he heard you. When I pray, I pray to Thor.
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