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The Identity of Hárbarðr (again)

For decades, scholars have identified Hárbarðr, the witty ferryman of Hárbarzlióð, as Óðinn in disguise. There have been some voices of dissent from early on, notably Viktor Rydberg and Henry Adams Bellows. Even Hollander in his translation of the Edda... Read more →

Our Heathen Tongue

I have mentioned before that English is rich in Teutonic Pagan concepts. Even words which most people associate with Christianity, such as "Heaven," "Hell," "God," "sin," and "holy," originally referred to Pagan ideas. It is right that their original significance... Read more →

Dude, Where's My Culture?

On the face of it this looks like a nonsensical question. If we have to search for it, how can it be "our" culture? Consider the urban American Indian whose experience of tribal culture consists of casinos and "pow-wows." He... Read more →

The Importance of The Eddas

Why should English-speaking Americans care about a corpus of work written in a foreign tongue a thousand years ago? It's a fair question. It's important to recognize, first, that the tongue of the Eddas, Old Norse, is not as "foreign"... Read more →