What is Asatru? I am curious if you know/ what you think.
2007-10-22 13:13:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Spirit...
I'll let you know what i am looking for in 3 days.
I am really curious about how people precieve us.
2007-10-22 13:19:22 · update #1
SO SORRY I SPELLED ATHEIST WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its really a bad habbit I didnt do it on purpose.
I am SO sorry its not meant as a slight
2007-10-22 13:21:09 · update #2
gtahvfaith
.... I AM ASATRU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2007-10-22 13:22:50 · update #3
I have heard it said both ways.
I think you are right Thor. I picked it up as a bad habbit. And, while I have your attention, did you know that there are some sects of Asatru that welcome Atheists into the kindred? (The Kin i am getting involved in (Great Oak Kindred) welcomes them as warmly as a normal Asatruar.)
I think I only like " I am Asatru" becuse I think it sounds better then Asatruar
2007-10-23 13:02:27 · update #4
btw, im not being a smartass here, but there are a few 'asatruar' on this board who might unnessisarily pick holes in your questions and answers because of this,... when referring to yourself with our religion, we usually say 'i am asatruar', asatru is simply the name of the faith :) i 'think' its something like 'i am buddhism, or i am christianity', and its changed to 'i am buddhist, or i am christian', Hail.
2007-10-22 21:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by Thor the Mighty 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The term Asatru (literally, being true to the Æsir or Germanic deities) is the most used term for the modern reconstructed forms of the magical polytheistic religions of the German and Scandinavian people that have appeared in Europe and North America since the 1960s.
That good for yaz? ;)
2007-10-22 13:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
After reading the other answers here.. The textbook stuff is there "True to the Aesir" The Icelandic/Scandanavian roots and all that important stuff.. and some good fun levity thrown in. (made up in the 60's?) For me Asatru is a reconnection to the ancestoral beginnings of my family line back to the only God taking credit for giving my folk life, Odin. It is about living in today's world and not a recon. (No offense to the Recon folk I have respect for your preserving efforts too) If we are going to see Asatru into a future, we need to live for the future and the Aesir and Vanir have as meaningful a place there as they did in the past. In our multicultural world we are losing sight of our past. All cultures and peoples are in serious danger in that respect because none of us can afford to lose our heritage. It is all too valuable. Asatru reconnects me to who I am and where I came from. It connects me to my soul and grounds me spiritually.
2007-10-24 13:39:15 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ásatrú (Icelandic for "Æsir faith", pronounced [auːsatruː], in Old Norse [aːsatruː]) is a polytheistic reconstructionist movement whose focus is reviving the Norse paganism of the Viking Age - as described in the Eddas - prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia.
2007-10-22 13:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A Pagan Reconstruction religion, based on older traditions that existed in Northern Europe.
2007-10-22 13:18:15 · answer #5 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 09:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by gerking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A religion whose main focus is the Norse polytheistic belief system that once existed in Europe.It is often called a reconstructionist movement/religion.
2007-10-22 13:21:17 · answer #7 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A form of Neopaganism invented in iceland in the late 60's, loosely based on Germanic paganism.
2007-10-22 13:18:57 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
gtahvfaith - it's very much worth our time.
Good question, Tyr... I starred it for the others on my contact list. I'm interested in what some of them think as I have a couple of Atheists and, well, I don't know that you'd call them Christian.... lol I know of one that is considered a Heretic lol =)
2007-10-22 15:11:45 · answer #9 · answered by River 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salam
Asatru is not a word known in any langauges on the Justice League Cpu. Fortunatly there is AtrayU and there is LOTR characters names that where close? LOL
2007-10-22 15:23:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋