/lit/ - Literature

>reject r*mance language rhyme schemes
>embrace Germanic language alliteration

I'm converting to paganism.
Where should I start?
t. 102 kg 189 tall fit swede

Does anyone know how to prepare yourself and perform a ritual that will allow Odin’s spirit to possess you? I have my first amateur mma fight coming up you see.

>Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He was the first Ooni of Ife after the demise of Oduduwa [1]. A warrior and a powerful spirit of metal work,[2][3][4] as well as of rum and rum-making. He is also known as the 'god of Iron', and is present in Yoruba religion, Haitian Vodou, and West African Vodun.

>>16067294
Give me some Norse epics.

>>15134971
Odin taught this in the Havamal:

>The speech of a maiden should no man trust
>nor the words which a woman says;
for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheel
>and falsehood fixed in their breasts.

My boyfriend has been trying to read more since I read a lot. He said he loves Norse mythology (he talked about the new God of War a ton) so I suggested he tries American Gods. I asked him today how far he was into the book and he told me, "I just got to the twist that Mr. Wednesday is actually Odin."

/lit/, how do I love somebody that didn't figure out who the one eyed man named Wednesday was by the beginning of the book?

I want to explore true Norse mythology, what do I start reading?

The most human of gods

>>10520780
Well, most of the human experience IS subjective. Objectivity is truth, it is what happens, but humanity is not all-knowing.
Anybody can ascribe whatever meaning they want to anything in life, it's not hard. Poets do it all the time, it's called "inspiration".

I'd say that the Norse myths of the Poetic/Prose Edda, mostly concerning Ragnarok, might be of interest. It teaches that, although we do not have free will and everything is determined and inescapable, it does not require nihilism and apathy. Unlike the Aesir, we do not know our futures and must go into the unknown until we achieve our ultimate fate.

Odin > Jahgay the Jew

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>>6038590
in regione caecorum rex est luscus

Hi /lit/.
I am getting into Odinism and wanted to know if there is a edition of Poetic Edda in english that you could recommend (the best translation into neglish). Also, what language would be the closest to learn to read the majority of Sagas in original?

Thanks/