I found a phallic rock. Very phallic. Offered it to Freyr proclaiming "to Freyr I offer this phallic rock, may it never go soft!" While surrounded by 30 other people 👀
I like the concept of Frey/Freyr although you are right there is not a lot of info. Great video as always my brother and have a wonderful end of the week. Snorri was a christian and I hold no punches when I say I don't put any weight in what christians say regarding the Gods/Goddesses of my folk. And as a woman I too have an affection towards phallic things particularly my husbands.
I loved this video. Great Job! I am a Vanir girl :) Thanks Jacob! I loved that you put in the California Yule story of Freyr. That was fantastic! And of course the Freyr ritual from the Wisconsin gathering this spring was great too :) The Ohio ritual was my favorite :) I love how the Fellowship of Northern Traditions has such a diverse way to worship the Gods. Everyone brings their love and their words and their rituals to the group and it keeps it fresh and beautiful. Your prayer to Freyr at the end made me tear up.
I am enjoying these videos on the Gods and Goddesses of our tradition. They help supplement my personal studies. The medium of video seems to "stick" better in the mind due to so many perceptions being fed (audio, visual) and the energy behind them. A nice blend of humor and information. Keep it up! Hopefully one day I can share a fire and a pipe with you when and if you find yourself in Texas.
Those lines of seeing Freyr in the rust of a plow and bones of a buck also reminds me to take time to rest in the winter. It's hard to find time to be still and contemplative and allow the body and mind to replenish and rebuild in the industrialized and tech saturated culture we've become. For all time we in the north have worked hard from spring to late fall but had months to be slow and sit by the fire. It's only been a few generations since we've changed that. We've been convinced that hustle culture, being always on, always working, always gaining, is natural. It's not. All the tech and advancements we have are great when used wisely and part of that wisdom is knowing when to lay dormant for a time to rest and center yourself. Seek and remember who we are.
Wonderful video. I come across a dock to Delaware River when I'm out on my walks and call out to Thor and Baldr and thank them for the beautiful day. Now I know to include Freyr. Thanks again, my friend.
I’m with you! I find bodily fluid offerings kinda disrespectful rather than honouring but maybe I’m vanilla too 😂🤷♀️ I kept seeing Freyrs name and references to him everywhere lately and then found an entire deer skeleton in the woods the other day after years of never finding anything up there and was so amazed and grateful as I’m so connected to bones for some reason and have collected them for years and years and since I found the deer I’ve seen him everywhere still too and I asked last night for a clear sign from him if it is him wanting to reach out to me and I get your video and then the reference to the bones too so I guess they were from him and he does want me for something right now and I’m more than happy to work with him 🥳🎉🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
Funny cause in Sweden l was taught that Freyr loves to laugh & have a good time. The God of partying. Midsommer is associated with him too. Why we dance around the pole, drink party and swim naked on midsommer🥰
I really enjoyed this video. I'm just starting my journey into Norse Paganism and videos like these are helpful for me to learn more about the Gods and how best to honor them. Keep up the good work and thank you
Thank you Brother! I was looking up for more information, for offerings and then you said you’re gonna do this video this week. Wow I believe that the wyrd gives you the right path with the correct people. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Hails Freyr!
Truthfully at first I was a little off put by the prayers you do at the beginning in the end but as I got to thinking about it it's actually so beautiful to get to see you do this private thing. It's also really cool because some people are better than words than other and then people can use kind of similar words that you use to help them build their prayers. I really like what you're doing here and where you're going and it's really helping rebuild my relationship in my faith to these gods.
Sometimes I have a sneaking suspicion Snorri deliberately chose stories that portray the gods in a less than stellar light, or where they're being silly and almost made fun of 😒
There definitely is a lot of that. Thor, most beloved, the god of the common man, brave and kind, became a "dumb brute". Freya was reduced to a "slut". Odin, cruel and uncaring. So we really have to take care when going through Christian sources, because they had every reason to smear our ancestral gods.
That's almost assuredly what he had to do. He was writing in a time when if you wrote of pagan gods positively you could be tried as a heretic and executed. Making the gods appear as anything but less than Christian God would have been bad.
Instant subscriber! Thank you for the physical examples by showing the rituals and conversations and oh my goodness the first ritual had me like wooo 💜_ ❤ what a man what a man
That's fascinating. The ancient historians that they say proves Christ existence refer to him as Christian lore or, my favorite by Celsus that the Christians of his time referred to him allegorically. Meanwhile the Norse deities are referred as real by a Christian.
True. I'm Christian, and we do believe the dieties are real. They are the Elomhim, and we are to respect them. As in, we can't cross the line into a spiritual warfare with them unless God gives the command first.
I'm a transgender woman and a veiling heathen and I have heard about the trial of Freyr becoming Freya over 9 nights in order to gain the powers of feminine magic, in a similar way to Odin becoming the Gelding or Thor, but more permanent.. just wondering if you had any thoughts on this! I personally find it an inspiring story whether supported by historical precedence or not it may still find a place in my practice
On a hilarious note of the veneration (lol) of Frey, is that in modern Swedish, Snorre is a slang word for "dick". This is most most likely just a coinsidence - but I thought it could make some of you smile to know that every time you talk about Snorre Sturlasson you are actually saying "dick" in contemporary Swedish. I'm sure Frey is in on that joke :')
I find your videos entertaining, enlightening, and educational. I just wanted to say, keep up the good work lol. And to ask, have you done a video on Nótt, or are you going to do a video on Nótt? Anyhow, hope all is well. Peace, love, and pie : p - CJ
Glad you enjoyed the video! As far as Nótt I would need to find someone that has worked with her, and explored her more. I don't have my books right in front of me, but if I remember correctly she is only known in a small amount of lines, and by her name alone. So if I did a video I would explore the deities tied to night and darkness such as Hodr, and Nótt
@@TheWisdomOfOdin I've only found one video on youtube that actually seems informative about Nott. It was made by Tuva. Here's a link. th-cam.com/video/bawOrUnQcVM/w-d-xo.html Thank you for taking the time to respond to my comment and posting your informative and entertaining videos. peace, love, and pie, -CJ
What group are you all apart of to get invites to these gatherings. I live in Illinois and have been Norse pagan for 2 years and am wanting to grow in my religion.
We shouldn’t be shy 🙈 talking about sex and good sex is a good skill to cultivate and important. Thank you for sharing. we have strong sexual attractions to people or given these feelings to not only enjoy pleasure but to also meet and have more children I guess but more should be talked about in the skill in the art of lovemaking and I’ve gone to Jamaica and Mexico and they’ve had statues of figures with her erection it makes you laugh. Additionally I think that is good to have a garden goddess for sexuality because we get busy working and these times especially we are working a lot of hours and get busy cleaning your houses and cooking food and spending time with our family and sometimes we just get out of touch with each other and lose track of time and aren’t spending time having sex with your partner or people I don’t have partners get introverted or on the computers too much you know.
I came here because I encountered the pull of Freyr for the 1st time last night. I found your phallic embarrassment hilarious, & I'm sure Freyr did to. Maybe I'm less "vanilla" because I'm a gay man. Haha on a more serious note, which runes do you associated to Freyr?
I've seen some pretty good comparative mythology linking Aengus (Gaelic god) with Freyr. I personally like this comparison but what is your opinion? Not saying their the same god but that they have some closely related concepts.
context is so weird. When I went to catholic church, the crying babies always annoyed me, but hearing the crying baby here, it just reminds me that the religion will live on in future generations
I know that this is meant as a question to him but I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me this so I will snatch this opportunity, I’m honestly not that offended but I do find slightly disrespectful, I don’t think it’s too bad but still they got so many things wrong and it kinda just makes me slightly annoyed to see our ancient culture put in screen with this many mistakes. One time when I told someone that I honour gods like Thor, Odin and Loki he just said: “oh so you are a marvel fan” I replied with “I do like marvel but what does that have to do with my faith.” I find it kinda funny to think that people think marvel made the aesir gods, yet it just is sorta disrespectful to make your franchise so popular and not clear up that people who are Norse pagan aren’t just huge marvel fans. Anyway I have been ranting for a bit, I just had to get this off my chest.
Lol I LOVE Loki 🤣 u just have to have thick skin and not be overly sensitive to understand tht he really is misunderstood and everything he did has its place and reason. I had to say sum cuz even his insults could be used for positive insight if ppl would stop living in their egos. I find all my ancestral gods and goddesses fun to learn bout however Loki is gna forever be my favorite and the one tht resignates with me
I wanted to know who Freyr was because I accidentally got it tattooed on my knuckles. Not a joke, it’s in Runic. I was trying to get Freya. Soo I’m learning a lot about hard facts about him 😂
What people want is the truth and that is a Neverending journey. Were the Norse/Germanics a woman led society, equal gender rights culture, or were they caveman woman draggers? Everyone sees what they want to see and circumstances might change based on region and time.
Asatru is a new term from the late 1900s. It means "Faith in the Aesir" which leaves out the other beings that are commonly followed and venerated within the larger pagan world. Including the Vanir Gods. Asatru groups often tend to be closed off, political, or gate-keeping towards who can practice the faith today. I find the vast majority of people who follow the norse gods today, do not like the term Asatru.
When you go to that park at least twice a month for 5 years and never find bones (even when actively looking) and then only find them when I film a Freyr video, and of a male deer. Yeah Il take it lol
I don't think they care much about it because you don't really need it. I believe what matters to them is the connection and relationship they have with their dieties. Their prayers get answered, and they have experiences with them.
Considering that Odin was a real man from Asgard in ancient Anatolia, who had one "all seeing eye" ,who was from the Hebrew tribe of Dan, why would it be wrong to assume that the other Norse gods were also once mere mortal men? For that matter there's a case to be made that the Aesir and Vanir were just two sects within that group. Amazing how close those names are to Assyrian and Vandal which, ironically, are two ancient divisions of the same Hebrew tribe of Dan.
@@gavinpeek7781 the idea that Odin came from Turkey was made by a Christian looking to discredit the Godhood of Odin. The Vandals were not Hebrew either, they were a tribe of western Germanics.
There’s a lot of shame here… I wouldn’t use the words “weird” or “fucked-up” to describe the sexuality and worship of a god that you clearly only have one way of thinking about… Yngvi could give you so much if you weren’t so closed minded.
Skirnis:“I will beat you with a club, girl”
Gerth: “don’t threaten me with a good time”
I found a phallic rock. Very phallic. Offered it to Freyr proclaiming "to Freyr I offer this phallic rock, may it never go soft!" While surrounded by 30 other people 👀
I had such a warm feeling when I was watching this, thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like the concept of Frey/Freyr although you are right there is not a lot of info. Great video as always my brother and have a wonderful end of the week. Snorri was a christian and I hold no punches when I say I don't put any weight in what christians say regarding the Gods/Goddesses of my folk. And as a woman I too have an affection towards phallic things particularly my husbands.
I loved this video. Great Job! I am a Vanir girl :) Thanks Jacob! I loved that you put in the California Yule story of Freyr. That was fantastic! And of course the Freyr ritual from the Wisconsin gathering this spring was great too :) The Ohio ritual was my favorite :) I love how the Fellowship of Northern Traditions has such a diverse way to worship the Gods. Everyone brings their love and their words and their rituals to the group and it keeps it fresh and beautiful. Your prayer to Freyr at the end made me tear up.
Skål🍻
Freyr, the god I have (besides Tyr) the strongest connection to, thanks for this Video
Me too! 🥰❤️
I am enjoying these videos on the Gods and Goddesses of our tradition. They help supplement my personal studies. The medium of video seems to "stick" better in the mind due to so many perceptions being fed (audio, visual) and the energy behind them. A nice blend of humor and information. Keep it up! Hopefully one day I can share a fire and a pipe with you when and if you find yourself in Texas.
Its taken awhile to find the right format! But I am glad you enjoyed this one. I was really happy with how it came out
Those lines of seeing Freyr in the rust of a plow and bones of a buck also reminds me to take time to rest in the winter. It's hard to find time to be still and contemplative and allow the body and mind to replenish and rebuild in the industrialized and tech saturated culture we've become. For all time we in the north have worked hard from spring to late fall but had months to be slow and sit by the fire. It's only been a few generations since we've changed that. We've been convinced that hustle culture, being always on, always working, always gaining, is natural. It's not. All the tech and advancements we have are great when used wisely and part of that wisdom is knowing when to lay dormant for a time to rest and center yourself. Seek and remember who we are.
Wonderful video. I come across a dock to Delaware River when I'm out on my walks and call out to Thor and Baldr and thank them for the beautiful day. Now I know to include Freyr. Thanks again, my friend.
I have been waiting for this video ever since after we got the Odin videos! It's finally here! Thank you Jacob 💚
I’m with you! I find bodily fluid offerings kinda disrespectful rather than honouring but maybe I’m vanilla too 😂🤷♀️ I kept seeing Freyrs name and references to him everywhere lately and then found an entire deer skeleton in the woods the other day after years of never finding anything up there and was so amazed and grateful as I’m so connected to bones for some reason and have collected them for years and years and since I found the deer I’ve seen him everywhere still too and I asked last night for a clear sign from him if it is him wanting to reach out to me and I get your video and then the reference to the bones too so I guess they were from him and he does want me for something right now and I’m more than happy to work with him 🥳🎉🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
Funny cause in Sweden l was taught that Freyr loves to laugh & have a good time. The God of partying. Midsommer is associated with him too. Why we dance around the pole, drink party and swim naked on midsommer🥰
Sounds not too different from a bacchinalia.
That was beautiful thank you for your hard work. Good luck in your journeys
I really enjoyed this video. I'm just starting my journey into Norse Paganism and videos like these are helpful for me to learn more about the Gods and how best to honor them. Keep up the good work and thank you
its important that you understand that the gods are metaphors, Kennings
thank you so much for these videos brother, i have actually had my first encounter a few days ago with the gods.
Thank you Brother! I was looking up for more information, for offerings and then you said you’re gonna do this video this week. Wow I believe that the wyrd gives you the right path with the correct people.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hails Freyr!
It’s Wodensday today, but it’s technically my work Friday, so hearing about Freyr on this pseudo-Frey’s day is pretty cool
Truthfully at first I was a little off put by the prayers you do at the beginning in the end but as I got to thinking about it it's actually so beautiful to get to see you do this private thing. It's also really cool because some people are better than words than other and then people can use kind of similar words that you use to help them build their prayers. I really like what you're doing here and where you're going and it's really helping rebuild my relationship in my faith to these gods.
I have been wanting to venerate Freyr and I think this video has helped in helping me figure out how to best call out to him.
Sometimes I have a sneaking suspicion Snorri deliberately chose stories that portray the gods in a less than stellar light, or where they're being silly and almost made fun of 😒
There definitely is a lot of that. Thor, most beloved, the god of the common man, brave and kind, became a "dumb brute". Freya was reduced to a "slut". Odin, cruel and uncaring. So we really have to take care when going through Christian sources, because they had every reason to smear our ancestral gods.
That's almost assuredly what he had to do. He was writing in a time when if you wrote of pagan gods positively you could be tried as a heretic and executed. Making the gods appear as anything but less than Christian God would have been bad.
Fantastic video. I’m a prison minister and many of those in my groups are Heathen. I’ll be checking out your other educational offerings for sure!
Instant subscriber! Thank you for the physical examples by showing the rituals and conversations and oh my goodness the first ritual had me like wooo 💜_ ❤ what a man what a man
thank you. great prayer. very strong
Amazing video 🎉
Thx for your work bro!
"meet her in this grove in nine nights and you can plow her" lmfao!
Tis the truth!
Hahaha 🤣 Skål
Well he is the god of the plow after all haha!
Perfection 😂
That's fascinating. The ancient historians that they say proves Christ existence refer to him as Christian lore or, my favorite by Celsus that the Christians of his time referred to him allegorically. Meanwhile the Norse deities are referred as real by a Christian.
True. I'm Christian, and we do believe the dieties are real. They are the Elomhim, and we are to respect them. As in, we can't cross the line into a spiritual warfare with them unless God gives the command first.
I'm a transgender woman and a veiling heathen and I have heard about the trial of Freyr becoming Freya over 9 nights in order to gain the powers of feminine magic, in a similar way to Odin becoming the Gelding or Thor, but more permanent.. just wondering if you had any thoughts on this! I personally find it an inspiring story whether supported by historical precedence or not it may still find a place in my practice
I'm finding interesting parallels between Freyr and Freya, Osiris and Isis, Shiva and Shakti, and Hermes and Aphrodite.
I would enjoy a video about (ancient and modern) vulva symbols.
On a hilarious note of the veneration (lol) of Frey, is that in modern Swedish, Snorre is a slang word for "dick". This is most most likely just a coinsidence - but I thought it could make some of you smile to know that every time you talk about Snorre Sturlasson you are actually saying "dick" in contemporary Swedish. I'm sure Frey is in on that joke :')
My brother, what platform is favourable to reach you? I have many experiences I'd like to discuss pertaining to practices of Germanic old faith.
Ive only watched this and your lady freya series and I'm laughing a bit at how both gods decided to make an appearance somehow.
I find your videos entertaining, enlightening, and educational. I just wanted to say, keep up the good work lol. And to ask, have you done a video on Nótt, or are you going to do a video on Nótt? Anyhow, hope all is well.
Peace, love, and pie : p
- CJ
Glad you enjoyed the video! As far as Nótt I would need to find someone that has worked with her, and explored her more. I don't have my books right in front of me, but if I remember correctly she is only known in a small amount of lines, and by her name alone.
So if I did a video I would explore the deities tied to night and darkness such as Hodr, and Nótt
@@TheWisdomOfOdin I've only found one video on youtube that actually seems informative about Nott. It was made by Tuva. Here's a link. th-cam.com/video/bawOrUnQcVM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my comment and posting your informative and entertaining videos.
peace, love, and pie,
-CJ
@@TheWisdomOfOdin can you do mani please
funniest video I've seen on this channel 🤣
What group are you all apart of to get invites to these gatherings. I live in Illinois and have been Norse pagan for 2 years and am wanting to grow in my religion.
www.northerntraditions.org
We shouldn’t be shy 🙈 talking about sex and good sex is a good skill to cultivate and important. Thank you for sharing. we have strong sexual attractions to people or given these feelings to not only enjoy pleasure but to also meet and have more children I guess but more should be talked about in the skill in the art of lovemaking and I’ve gone to Jamaica and Mexico and they’ve had statues of figures with her erection it makes you laugh. Additionally I think that is good to have a garden goddess for sexuality because we get busy working and these times especially we are working a lot of hours and get busy cleaning your houses and cooking food and spending time with our family and sometimes we just get out of touch with each other and lose track of time and aren’t spending time having sex with your partner or people I don’t have partners get introverted or on the computers too much you know.
I came here because I encountered the pull of Freyr for the 1st time last night. I found your phallic embarrassment hilarious, & I'm sure Freyr did to. Maybe I'm less "vanilla" because I'm a gay man. Haha on a more serious note, which runes do you associated to Freyr?
The Inguz/Ingwaz rune is associated with Freyr. ◇
I'm a gay heathen as well. ;)
I've seen some pretty good comparative mythology linking Aengus (Gaelic god) with Freyr. I personally like this comparison but what is your opinion? Not saying their the same god but that they have some closely related concepts.
context is so weird. When I went to catholic church, the crying babies always annoyed me, but hearing the crying baby here, it just reminds me that the religion will live on in future generations
What do you think about the Marvel Publishing including Norse gods?
I know that this is meant as a question to him but I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me this so I will snatch this opportunity, I’m honestly not that offended but I do find slightly disrespectful, I don’t think it’s too bad but still they got so many things wrong and it kinda just makes me slightly annoyed to see our ancient culture put in screen with this many mistakes. One time when I told someone that I honour gods like Thor, Odin and Loki he just said: “oh so you are a marvel fan” I replied with “I do like marvel but what does that have to do with my faith.” I find it kinda funny to think that people think marvel made the aesir gods, yet it just is sorta disrespectful to make your franchise so popular and not clear up that people who are Norse pagan aren’t just huge marvel fans. Anyway I have been ranting for a bit, I just had to get this off my chest.
Second. Great video Jacob! Skål💀🍻
Yngve Frej the main god of the Swedes. Frej. = Emperor/ King or Drott the old name of King in Scandinavia
Lol I LOVE Loki 🤣 u just have to have thick skin and not be overly sensitive to understand tht he really is misunderstood and everything he did has its place and reason. I had to say sum cuz even his insults could be used for positive insight if ppl would stop living in their egos. I find all my ancestral gods and goddesses fun to learn bout however Loki is gna forever be my favorite and the one tht resignates with me
💯 agree … you have to be able to understand the dark gods!
Freyr's lore - He's got big pp energy. You're welcome. 👌
I wanted to know who Freyr was because I accidentally got it tattooed on my knuckles. Not a joke, it’s in Runic. I was trying to get Freya. Soo I’m learning a lot about hard facts about him 😂
This is so confusing. I want to be pagan. Who are god of the 4 seasons?
What people want is the truth and that is a Neverending journey.
Were the Norse/Germanics a woman led society, equal gender rights culture, or were they caveman woman draggers?
Everyone sees what they want to see and circumstances might change based on region and time.
You like Norse gods, watch or play the game Gods of War Ragnarök
i always wonder why these norse pagans dont reffer to themselves as asatru
Asatru is a new term from the late 1900s. It means "Faith in the Aesir" which leaves out the other beings that are commonly followed and venerated within the larger pagan world. Including the Vanir Gods.
Asatru groups often tend to be closed off, political, or gate-keeping towards who can practice the faith today.
I find the vast majority of people who follow the norse gods today, do not like the term Asatru.
Noice
Meh. Doing Freyr video stuff in nature and finding bones is a bit like filming a njord video at the beach and finding sea shells 😕
When you go to that park at least twice a month for 5 years and never find bones (even when actively looking) and then only find them when I film a Freyr video, and of a male deer. Yeah Il take it lol
@@TheWisdomOfOdin hm, meh, maybe 🤔
Im always sooo not sure abourt freyr-stuff
She was just playing hard to get.
When you think your religious texts are messed up or have problems don’t you think there is something wrong with your beliefs/religion?
I don't think they care much about it because you don't really need it. I believe what matters to them is the connection and relationship they have with their dieties. Their prayers get answered, and they have experiences with them.
Considering that Odin was a real man from Asgard in ancient Anatolia, who had one "all seeing eye" ,who was from the Hebrew tribe of Dan, why would it be wrong to assume that the other Norse gods were also once mere mortal men? For that matter there's a case to be made that the Aesir and Vanir were just two sects within that group. Amazing how close those names are to Assyrian and Vandal which, ironically, are two ancient divisions of the same Hebrew tribe of Dan.
How do you he was from the Hebrew tribe of Dan?
Snorre foolishness
@@Esotericwisdom1848 so says the fool devoid of historical perspective
@@gavinpeek7781 the idea that Odin came from Turkey was made by a Christian looking to discredit the Godhood of Odin. The Vandals were not Hebrew either, they were a tribe of western Germanics.
🔥🔥🔥🇳🇴 🇸🇪🤘🏽🤘🏽
There’s a lot of shame here… I wouldn’t use the words “weird” or “fucked-up” to describe the sexuality and worship of a god that you clearly only have one way of thinking about… Yngvi could give you so much if you weren’t so closed minded.
First
Frey is the Sun. Gerd is the Earth. Consciousness and Matter. Shiva and Shakti. Isis and Osiris. Inanna and Demuzi. Etc.