Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne I was asking a history question. “What was the tragedy that made these Norsemen brutal?” The answer the seiðr offers is to take me to a rocky shore with a ruin of a house and tell me I don’t know human nature. “In the far north, where theContinue reading “#66.5, Wednesday, March 12, 2025”
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#66.4, Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne Sleep last night wasn’t a peaceful conclusion for day. It was only gifted me by fatigue. The fire and ruin of walls may have provided a bit of warmth and shelter from the wind, but snow fell lightly inside these walls, as though we had no shelter at all.Continue reading “#66.4, Tuesday, March 11, 2025”
#66.3, Thursday, March 6, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne The stiff West wind would bring the fragrances of spring thaw to my lost homeland in Gaul, but here it only ushers in more winter days as it fills the sails and scurries our ship across the sea. Sun is low behind us over the waters; and ahead ofContinue reading “#66.3, Thursday, March 6, 2025”
#66.2, Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland Maybe it was after a snooze, or another day and night altogether when I awoke to hear the seiðr bargaining with the sailors to give us passage for the journey to sail across the sea. And so, we are sailing now. We two passengers are just riding along whenContinue reading “#66.2, Wednesday, March 5, 2025”
#66.1, Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland “Don’t you have to be back soon? It seems we’ve already come a long way and you must have obligations.” She takes a long swallow from the skin of wine strung across her shoulder, and answers, “no.” This village seiðr has brought me to a land that wouldContinue reading “#66.1, Tuesday, March 4, 2025”
#65.12, Thursday, February 27, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland I still have questions. Why are these people, already empowered by the magnificent nature of being human — already rich with power — setting their hearts on taking the riches of others? There must have been a disaster that skewed the human values. Love, in all its varieties seemsContinue reading “#65.12, Thursday, February 27, 2025”
#65.11, Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland The seiðr has chosen to teach me things of this new world where I find myself now. We’ve walked miles along a shore, and now we are in a larger village where rune stones are placed as monuments to heroes. But learning the names of Norsemen who died asContinue reading “#65.11, Wednesday, February 26, 2025”
#65.10, Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland Apparently, in this strange new world where I find myself, the only known virtue is power and that can only be kept in check by something that can be chipped into monuments – honor. For me, I’m always learning new ways and now that I’m in a newContinue reading “#65.10, Tuesday, February 25, 2025”
#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland The seiðr tells me that the story on this stone tells of the death of the god Odin. “It’s well-known. It is marked on this stone as a picture of an often-shared story, so you don’t even need to know the runes to know this story.” TheContinue reading “#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025”
#65.8, Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland The seiðr is taking me north up the shore and now we have come to a river to cross on this path flowing into the sea. I’m hoping she doesn’t intend to wade this river, as cold as it is. But, we don’t. We walk back from the shoreContinue reading “#65.8, Wednesday, February 19, 2025”
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