yule present ideas for someone of asatru...?

Question

my friend practices asatru and i would like to get something that is meaningful. but i have no idea what kinds of tools are used or anything like that. for example, us witches have our cauldrons and athames and besoms, but what do they have? or if they dont really use anything, what sort of thing could i get that connects somehow to those beliefs?

Answer 1

www.spiritsongs.org

and

www.cafepress.com

both might be good gift sites to give you some ideas.

Answer 2

A drinking horn would be a welcome gift for any Asatru.

A set of Elder Futhark runes, preferably with a cloth or leather bag to hold them in.

I'm not certain if Asatru have any prohibitions on giving of knives, but I'd choose something else, just in case. In some Pagan traditions, giving a knife to someone means that you are severing the relationship, unless there is an exchange for the knife - a knife for a knife (which is exaclty the opposite of severing a relationship - it's creating a strong bond of loyalty), or in some traditions, a penny or other coin for the knife. I'ts best to have the coin be an unalloyed metal.

A Thor's Hammer pendant would proabaly be a good choice, but *some* Asatru ore Odinists, so you'd have to know about this person's specific loyalty and practice. They are widely available on the internet:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/thor-hammer_W0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ19

But hopefully there are some Heathen volk here who have better answers than I.

Answer 3

I think an edged weapon is a fine idea, actually. But - beware of giving edged weapons. There's an old superstition that says if you gift a blade, you sever the friendship. The way around that is to ask them for a penny or a nickel (whatever works) and then give them the gift. That makes the gift a transaction and forfeits the possibility of the gift severing the friendship.

Another idea might include an axe or hammer amulet?

Answer 4

A whole smoked dried salmon and a bottle of mead.

Hey, it's traditional!

Of course, if the person is of the Lokean type, a large foam salmon suitable for smacking someone about the head and buttocks would not be amiss. http://www.stuffedark.com/salmonchincc.htm

A poster, book or dvd showing the Aurora borealis.

Goat's milk soap. There are a number of goats throughout Norse legends. http://goatgifts.com/scandinavian.shtml

You can also get a chocolate Loki at http://www.chocolatedeities.com

Answer 5

Go to this website. It's the Asatru Alliance World Tree Catalog.

There is a bunch of stuff in there that would probably have a great significance.

http://asatru.org/wrldtree.htm

Answer 6

You could get them a thors hammer. (Be careful which ones you buy, some of them have runic inscriptions with meanings your friend might not like. I for one wear a solid silver one, after losing one of the forementioned offensive thor's hammers.)
Or else, there are lots of good heathen metal bands, perhaps a CD?
Ritual tools are pretty personal, I'd steer clear.
Rune Sets, with either the elder futhark (for a german), the younger futhark (for a scandinavian, or the Armanen Futhark (for a nazi) are always pretty cool, though some asatruar prefer to rist their own, I for one would just sprinkle some of my blood on the set before use If I had a friend who got me one.

I hope I have been helpful.

Answer 7

http://members.iquest.net/~chaviland/tools.html

I found this link for tools but tools are really a personal thing. How about candles or a journal?

Answer 8

Astrau ohh how about a thors hammer.

Answer 9

Swords, axes, hammers, knives.