English word senses marked with topical category "Germanic paganism"

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Total 59 word senses

• All-Father (Proper name) Odin.
• Ancestor Night (Proper name) A festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.
• Asafolk (Noun) Followers of Heathenry.
• Asatru (Proper name) A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and/or other Norse gods and spirits.
• Asatruar (Noun) An adherent of Asatru.
• Asatruism (Noun) The doctrines related to Asatru.
• Ases' Garth (Noun) Asgard.
• Heathen (Adjective) Pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.
• Heathen (Noun) An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
• Heathenry (Proper name) The old Germanic (Norse, Anglo-Saxon, etc.) religion(s).
• Lokean (Noun) One who honours Loki as their primary god.
• Muspell (Proper name) The primordial realm of fire which existed to the south of Ginnungagap.
• Nazitru (Proper name) Any form of Asatru which incorporates or centers white supremacist ideology.
• Night (Proper name) The goddess of the night in Heathenry.
• Norse Tradition (Proper name) The religion of Heathenry, a modern faith inspired by the ancient pagan beliefs of the Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
• Odinic (Adjective) Pertaining to Odin or Odinism.
• Odinism (Proper name) Heathenry, Germanic neopaganism, especially a variety devoted to the Norse pantheon.
• Odinist (Noun) A practitioner of Odinism.
• Redbeard (Proper name) The god Thor.
• Rokkatru (Proper name) A form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Jotun and chaotic deities such as Loki.
• Sky Father (Proper name) Title for any of the highest gods of Heathenry, but especially Tiw/Tyr.
• Summer Finding (Proper name) A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of spring, held on the spring equinox.
• Theodism (Noun) A form of Germanic neopaganism developed in the United States, based on Anglo-Saxon practices in England before conversion to Christianity.
• Thor's beard (Noun) The plant houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), as used in Heathenry.
• Thor's hammer (Noun) Mjöllnir (Mjollnir), the distinctively T-shaped war-hammer of the Norse thunder god Thor, or a representation thereof, now used as a symbol by various pagan religious groups.
• Vanatru (Proper name) A form of Norse neopaganism or Asatru that focuses on veneration of the Vanir deities.
• Wiccatru (Proper name) A syncretic form of Asatru that incorporates Wiccan beliefs, practices, or elements.
• Winter Finding (Proper name) A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of fall, held on the autumn equinox.
• byname (Noun) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
• elder (Noun) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
• evennight (Noun) Equinox.
• fain (Verb) To celebrate or worship; specifically, to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót (“ceremonial offering”).
• folkish (Adjective) Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
• folkish (Adjective) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences.
• garth (Noun) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
• garth (Noun) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
• godi (Noun) A priest of the modern Norse religion.
• godspouse (Noun) A mortal person who marries a deity.
• gothi (Noun) Alternative spelling of godi
• gythja (Noun) A priestess of the modern Norse religion.
• hearth (Noun) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.
• heathendom (Noun) The collection of people who follow Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.
• heathenry (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of Heathenry (“Germanic (neo)paganism”)
• hex sign (Noun) A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising a six-petaled flower or star set within a circle, as a New Age adaptation of the above.
• hof (Noun) temple, sanctuary, hall.
• kindred (Noun) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.
• leech (Noun) A healer.
• oath-ring (Noun) A ring (particularly an arm ring) on which oaths are sworn.
• orlay (Noun) Fate, destiny.
• rainbow bridge (Proper name) The road between the realm of the gods and the realm of men in Heathenry which appears in the form of a rainbow; Bifrost.
• spae-craft (Noun) The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
• stall (Noun) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
• trefot (Noun) A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.
• universalist (Adjective) Following a form of neopaganism, especially Germanic neopaganism, that is supportive of minorities and marginalized groups.
• valknut (Noun) A symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles, used by ancient Germanic peoples, but of uncertain meaning.
• vitki (Noun) A sorcerer in Norse Heathen societies.
• way (Noun) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
• wight (Noun) A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
• world-ash (Noun) Yggdrasil.

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