Same here. I am Celtic but I do acknowledge Norse (and other) deities. It is hard to ignore the Norse when looking at the days of the week. 😀 One thing I have never observed (some may have!) is the Heathen/Pagan community attacking the pantheon of a "different" culture.

Hello fellow Norse-Gael!

@@random2829 and the Germanic/Norse world imported the idea of weekdays named for gods from the Roman Empire, happily accepting that Tyr was Mars, Wotan was Mercury, Jupiter was Thor and Frigg was Venus and so on. If syncretizing was good enough for the ancients, it’s good enough for me.

@@LuxPerp I certainly can not argue with that! ❤

Same here, fellow Norse-Gael Heathen.

Also Isis. She was very popular among the Romans.

The Egyptian goddess Isis was brought to Britain by the Romans

Or Persephone coming to the Ionians from Sumer.

And Mithras

Yeah, this was in part a response to your post. Thanks for inspiring the video!

@@OceanKeltoi I actually feel… homored ??? that I inspired you… one of my favorite heathen content creators to make a video. This is automatically one of my favorite videos lmao

I actually have come across several other Filipinos that also practice European based forms of polytheism, I specifically recall a presentation about native Filipino traditions at one of the Indica Polytheist conferences, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZqmf8SY26_ae2g.html Watched & it was very interesting & I didn't know anything about Filipino cultures before this. I also found this- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLWqqrVnvMy6fHk.html Hope that helps!

yea. like, with the history of cultures being taken from people and repainted while the very same people were stopped from practicing their faith, it's reasonable to have some skepticism to the idea of syncreticism. that said, ultimately spiritualism is most crucially about finding your path, and what deities you ask for guidance with that goal is between you and the gods.

I agree, Eric. I feel that part of the human experience has always involved in some way an evolution, mixing and even inventing new practices; it doesn't sound strange at all to me, therefore, that a heathen might hold in high regard as a religious symbol the Web of Wyrd (for example) even if we do not have historical evidence for anything like that existing in the ancient tradition, but still giving it validity for what it symbolizes under a modern lens of heathen spirituality. Same goes with forms of syncretism. Furthermore: nowadays is becoming more and more commong to be descendant in some way shape or form of different cultural heritages. I for example can claim with certainty given my family history, nordic ancestry, as well as roman ancestry and native american ancestry. As a politheist, it becomes hard to choose and "stick" to a single one while ignoring the others, it feels disrespectful to my own heritage; as an extention of that, it also feels weird to approach worship from a multi-traditional point of view. My blood, after all, is a mix from all these different peoples, not a set of three separate things. I think my faith should reflect that.

Hail Hekate! ❤

I have a similar practice but syncretized with Veles. Germanic and Slavic Gods work surprisingly well together.

Same here.

absolutely! I just sometimes get afraid that the frameworks it creates make communication hard. for example, and this is like the one case where it's based in a specific tradition and not derived from own study but, I am a discordian and in discordianism Chaos is defined as "the presence of both order and disorder without clear distinction". the fact that most people simply mean "disorder" when they say chaos has caused one or the other confusion in my life. at the same time, I needed to understand that chaos is made up of both to stop rejecting anything that lacked disorder and realize the order innate to that rejection. and in the long run, these occassional misunderstandings have spared me a lot of the discord and strife that may otherwise have emerged from my continued belief that order and structure could never be worthwhile pursuits. evidently, for some people they are, and sometimes I need to be more welcoming to my own need for hodge too.

Yes!! I agree completely!

IMO, "deep Christianity" (persistent attitudes from Christianity present in a person who is no longer a Christian) probably has a lot to do with it. People in Christian cultures are conditioned with Yahweh being portrayed as rejecting all other deities and being obsessed with "purity" of religious practice and belief in his worshipers. Getting religious chocolate in your spiritual peanut butter is _bad._ So the impulse is to seek the "purest" form of worship of a deity that can be found in historical sources, sort of a Pagan version of Sola Scriptura. Ironic then, that Yahweh, who was all about exalting himself over the other gods and being history's first recorded atheist ("I am the LORD your God, you shall have no gods before me! Besides me there is no god," etc.) went and got himself turned into a threesome. 🤣

@CrushingNihilism euro centric of you to assume that A. The commenter is synchronising European traditions, or B. That any or everyone has to follow the specific teachings of one guy. There's no one way to be pagan, and no single correct way either

@CrushingNihilism I'm white myself, i've nothing against us, and I meant what I said. Sure, aristotle is important, but that does not mean anyone who does not follow how he did things is wrong. And what do you mean he laid the ground work for Eastern thought?, Asia had its own philosophers, the Middle East, China, India and Japan are, amongst many reasons, so distinct from Europe because of their different philosophies. He did influence Islamic scholars, but not to the same degree as Europe. Aristotle was very important to Western thought, yes, but his influence was mostly contained there, waining the further you get from here.

@CrushingNihilism in your first reply to the commenter you say that their 'problem' is, to paraphrase, that their not following aristotle. I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with not following aristotle

@CrushingNihilism I'm saying that you telling another pagan that their pagan-ing wrong is incorrect.

That is such a sweet offering. Lots of time and care put into it

@@danicalandros7806 thank you; they seem to like it...

this is very sweet and wholesome. I have actually been lately reconstructing my very own branch of Christendom. well, I call it 'post-christianity' but that's mostly because Christian traditions like their names. I was raised Christian and have a lot of trauma from it. I used to downright oppose anything to do with Christianity or really most monotheism, and have lately found that this grudge bred animosity in me. So I tried letting go of it, and didn't find a way to. so now, I am pursuing the path of reinventing Christianity from an angle I find more inviting to the chaos that makes me myself. the first step I've taken is essentially to conclude that existence is the word of god. everything that is an expression of Them. and you are allowed to hate that. there are many things that, from a human perspective, are very much worth hating, some that are even good to hate at times, but it does not change that these things are simultaneously perfect, cosmically speaking. they are perfect because they are the exact things that will change into a world more righteous than the current one, and pursuing that change to the best of your current ability is what it means to be righteous. And sometimes, the path to these ends is littered in collaboration with demons. Lucifer, Lilith, Asteroth. They aid in molding that perfection into whatever it may become as much as any part of all creation. sorry for the rambling. this just made me want to share that. I don't know if there was any point to it, I just felt drawn to share.

@@sourwitch2340 Thank you for sharing. I appreciated your comments. It can be difficult to separate the negative away from the positive in Christianity. Based on what I've read here, you seem to have found a way that works for you. I hope you continue to enjoy your path -- there's no telling where you'll end up!

@@sourwitch2340 I’ve had a lot of the similar issues with my Christian upbringing and the fact that being the dominant religion where I live (Mississippi😳) I don’t see my neighbors acting out the real underlying message at the core of that faith (unconditional love and empathy for all people, radical socialism basically, and a practice that is private and personal and not done in public to garner recognition) I don’t personally agree or practice Christianity mostly cause I think it’s been really watered down with ulterior motives and Christian god seems a little bipolar but I think it will take some modified modern take on Christianity to ever draw these people away from the Christian right wing wacko political thing that on the current trajectory will be the ruin of them and everything all of our ancestors have been trying to build for future generations to this point

Same here. I'm also Irish and am drawn to the Norse gods and goddesses, especially Hela and Loki. Still am having to to hide it from those close to me sadly.

E aí, cara! Sou um exemplo de politeísta sincrético. Sigo deuses Greco-Romanos, Mesopotâmicos, Iorubá, Hindu, Tupi, Andino e Wiccanos. Abraços de Porto Alegre!

Interesting! do you know more about the archeological context of this find?

@@urubutingaz5898 yes look at Jackson Crawford’s video called “ (Real, Historical) Rune Spells “ for more info on this galdr. I’d love to ask Crawford more but I’ve been shadowbanned. I don’t blame his channel and I don’t necessarily deserve the credit for a lot of my research so it’s cool. I must be onto something if I get banned! Carry the torch for me gentlemen. My videos have been pretty much squelched.

That's pretty interesting but also really cool.

I like to think pagans hold a missing key to understanding Christianity in an esoteric rather than exoteric sense. So long as you don’t get accused of devil worship and witchcraft. How many Christians speak Aramaic, Medieval Latin or Hebrew? Not a lot. At least I’m trying to recover old Norse !

The old gods never really died in Europe, they just got absorbed and rebranded into the cult of the Roman Catholic Saints.

The kemetic God Djehuti (Thoth) was likened to Hermes by some ancient Greeks familiar with kemetic theology. Maybe even considered the same entity. Thoth and Anubis are closely affiliated in kemetic theology. Thoth records the results of Anubis's weighing of the hearts against the feather of Ma'at, whom is Thoth's wife.

Hey it's alright I'm a blend of Native American,African and Hellenistic traditions it's a journey. Your journey whatever you are led to take solace in I suggest you take it

It brings me a lot of joy to find so many of us in this comment section lol ❤

@@crushinnihilism I will say that one thing I don't do is follow the exact same festival dates as are included with most Attic calendars. I do follow the lunar month to hit the sacred days for each deity, but for holidays... the climate I live in is very different than Greece, so a lot of their festivals don't really make sense for me to follow. I do try to understand the whys behind them though, and insert similar celebrations when they make sense according to where I live (and tbh, they often coincide with the wheel of the year, but I don't use the Wiccan names, nor do I use the same correspondences)

Why is it weird to worship the norse gods? You dont need norse "ancestry" or whatever its called

As for me, I'm syncretic when I involve other dieties. I just don't want to push myself into burn out territory in my religious practice and chasing down every lead to make sure I'm 'doing it correct' just seems impossible to me given the differences that we see in worship in time and location.

But will have to watch the video later, I’m on my way to see an old stone ship not so far from here! Will watch the video later!

And after watching, I realize you essentially already said this in the video lol

I think anyone in theory can/should be able to connect to any practice. It's important to do research and gain understanding of deities and the cultures their connection originates with before engaging in any case, so I'd just say that goes doubly so for dieties or spirits from Indigenous cultures. I think as long as you're respectful and try to learn what you can from actual Indigenous people and sources books or online), that will be understood. I think the larger issue is when non Indigenous people fetishize Indigenous cultures and are more there for the *idea* of being close to those cultures So additionally, a spiritual understanding is different from a cultural understanding. For example, I have a deck of medicine cards that each correspond to an animal medicine. It's been my first spiritual tool (my mom got it as a therapy retreat in Arizona they gave to her during her divorce and ahe taught me about it) and I very much resonate with the ideas present in the book. However, while it's mostly Sioux influenced it's not attributed to a particular nation and draws from common understandings in many, and mentions different ideas between several. I have found the animal medicines to be very helpful, and real in significance to me, as instead of the cards nowadays I typically read the book corresponding to animals I see irl. However, even if I have some understanding of spiritual outlook that corresponds with Indigenous beliefs, I'd never claim myself an expert or teacher of such. (I am trying to learn more about american Indigenous outlooks and teachings though, and the identities and cultures of different nations)

Same, but for brythonic paganism, we've got like, the mabingogion, and feck all else

I would love that too! I'm currently learning about Irish Polytheism but it's a bit difficult to get into when almost all the sources I've found so far are academic or outdated

look for Kristoffer Hughes, he has a book on Cerridwen from Welsh mythology; it looks both at the myth and tradition and also on some possible rituals you can do. Courtney Weber has books on The Mórrígan and Brigid. There’s also Morgan Daimler, she has a bunch of books on celtic and norse spirituality, although I haven’t read them yet. Andrew Anderson is another author. You can search the OBOD order if you are interested in modern day Druidry. John Michael Greer has plenty of writings about that too.

@Vanessa Velandonie cool, I'll check them out

But the thing is I didn’t know what multi-traditionalism or syncretism I just defined it has universal polytheism