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Folkish Odinism Dorset

30 pagan practices banned by xtians in the 800s

This list can give us some great clues as to what we 'should' be doing.

"PROHIBITED PAGAN PRACTICES OF THE 700'S

This was a list written around the end of the 8th century in modern day Germany. The writer is currently unknown but there are suspicions that a Dutch missionary called Liudger is the actual author.

This list contains 30 heathen/pagan practices that should not be practiced by a Christian. I am glad the Christians decided to write this down because it gives us an unique insight into the pagan religion of the Saxons and Frisians since there is so little archeological evidence left. It also contains one of the oldest known Dutch words

THE INDICULUS SUPERSTITIONUM ET PAGANIARUM

Here are the following 30 items that are on the list:

1. De sacrilegio ad sepulchra mortuorum

Sacrilege at the graves of the dead

2. De sacrilegio super defunctos id est dadsisas.

Sacrilege on top of the dead (the so called death meal)

3. De spurcalibus in Februario

The pagan feast in Februari

4. De casulis id est fanis

Small houses/huts dedicated to the Gods

5. De sacrilegiis per aecclesias

Sacriliges in churches

6. De sacris siluarum quae nimidas vocant

The sacred trees in the woods which they called Nimidas

7. De hiis quae faciunt super petras

The certain things pagan do on top of rocks

8. De sacris Mercurii, vel Iovis

Sacrifices to Wodan or Donar

9. De sacrificio quod fit alicui sanctorum

The rites for other saints

10. De filacteriis et ligaturis

Amulets and bindings

11. De fontibus sacrificiorum

Sacrifices at wells/springs

12. De incantationibus

The practice of Galdr

13. De auguriis vel avium vel equorum vel bovum stercora vel sternutationes

The practice of divination (Spá) with dung from birds, horses or other farm animals

14. De divinis vel sortilogis

Practice of divination with the runes

15. De igne fricato de ligno id est nodfyr

The practice of nodfyr (old Dutch for Noodvuur which basically means emergency fire)

16. De cerebro animalium

Brains of animals

17. De observatione pagana in foco, vel in inchoatione rei alicuius

Pagan premonitions seen in fire when they start something new

18. De incertis locis que colunt pro sacris

Sacred places in nature (like nemetons)

19. De petendo quod boni vocant sanctae Mariae

The call of a saint who is seen as the holy Mary

20. De feriis quae faciunt Jovi vel Mercurio

The feasts held in honour for Wodan or Donar

21. De lunae defectione, quod dicunt Vinceluna

The lunar eclipse called Vinceluna

22. De tempestatibus et cornibus et cocleis

On storms, the horns of cattle and snails (I have no idea what kind of practice this has been)

23. De sulcis circa villas

The grooves surrounding houses to ward off evil spirits.

24. De pagano cursu quem yrias nominant, scissis pannis vel calciamentis

The pagan run that they called the Yria

25. De eo, quod sibi sanctos fingunt quoslibet mortuos

Making a beloved dead into a saint,probably linked to ancestor worship

26. De simulacro de consparsa farina

The harvest dolls per example leaving behind a doll on a field in the shape of a man to thank Frey for the good harvest.

27. De simulacris de pannis factis

Statues made out of rags

28. De simulacro quod per campos portant

Carrying statues of the Gods over farm fields, this practice has also been described by Tacitus

29. De ligneis pedibus vel manibus pagano ritu

On wooden feet and hands made in a pagan ritual (No idea what kind of practice this could have been either)

30. De eo, quod credunt, quia femine lunam comendet, quod possint corda hominum tollere juxta paganos

Basically women who practice of seidr



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