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I am a 52-year-old Minnesota Heathen, born on the US Naval Air Station in Morocco, now living in Hoosier-land. I have degrees in history and philosophy from Hamline University, St. Paul, MN where I graduated summa cum laude in 1993.

Newsbobber says: Hrafnkell Haraldsson says if monotheists --those who believe in one god -- continue serving crap sandwiches, he will continue explaining that it's crap. Haraldsson breaks down what he thinks is problematic with others' beliefs and explains his own.

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2 December 2009 | 10:31 am
Odin seems to be better known than Máni, though there are still a couple of surprises when you Google him: #Odin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis is the article about the chief god in North Ger [...]

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1 December 2009 | 11:15 am
This is pretty disgusting, as disgusting Right-wing Christian hatred goes:Rick Warren Refuses To Condemn Proposed Ugandan Law To Execute GaysYes, the man President Obama got cozy with during and after [...]

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1 December 2009 | 9:01 am
I came upon this site today while searching for something else on the web, and I am sharing it here because I not only thought it was very nice to see somebody carving runestones, but because the site [...]

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30 November 2009 | 5:10 am
I thought I would undertake a new exercise in an effort to keep my focus more on Heathenism and also to make up for necessary excursions outside of or more peripherally related to Heathenism. In this [...]

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30 November 2009 | 4:37 am
Surely everybody remembers how upset the Right-wingers became when Newsweek published on their cover a photograph of Sarah Palin in a running outfit - a photograph Palin voluntarily posed for - a phot [...]

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4 December 2009 | 5:15 am
Cinnabari, you didn't offend at all. When I say I think people are free to see the gods as they will, I mean it. Our ancestors certainly didn't all see the same Odin even in the same century! [...]

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4 December 2009 | 5:12 am
Well Cameron, I don't think it say anything bad about you! And thanks for sharing the lines from Wanderlust.In the film 13th Warrior he is referred to as "All Father" but with good reaso [...]

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3 December 2009 | 10:42 pm
Hfafnkell: Apologies if I offended; I was speaking only for myself. I agree that there is no "fact" or essential nature to any god--even among mere mortals, one individual's experience o [...]

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3 December 2009 | 10:17 pm
Interesting - I don't know that I have ever heard Odin referred to as "All Father". I only knew the Valfather and yes,I know that means "Father of the Slain"...On the other han [...]

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3 December 2009 | 5:59 pm
MN homesteader:This is a great website for Anglo-Saxon/Dane clothing and a great many other resources. I'm sure you can make your way round the site without me telling which links to hit!http://wy [...]

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3 December 2009 | 2:54 pm
Thanks for commenting, Cinnabari. That was actually the point of a recent post, Calling on Oðinn Valfoðr - these different perceptions of Odin.We've all seen a great many opinions stated on Heat [...]

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3 December 2009 | 2:12 pm
I'm not sure I'd recommend emulating Odin. He's the ultimate pragmatist; but much of his behavior skirts the edge of honorable/lawful/socially proper (in the Old Norse sense) in service to [...]

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3 December 2009 | 12:12 pm
I don't want to steal your thunder, Stu (pun intended) :)I really was thinking of doing that later, so you have anticipated me.Only reason I didn't this morning is because I've been up sin [...]

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3 December 2009 | 11:47 am
sorry my last comment came in three times...guess I got a bit impatient!LOL...PS...today is Thunorsdaeg or Thorsdaeg, whichever you prefer.Guess I'm anticipating a write-up on a 'google' s [...]

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3 December 2009 | 4:52 am
Chell, you found Northvegr. How I miss their forums. Wasn't the same after they closed (of course, I was administrator of them so it left a big gap in my Heathen community-building expectations). [...]

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