Wéohas (godlikenesses, idols) of Wóden and Ár (ON: Eir) at Whitthenge Heall in Richmond, Virginia.
With the sickness that is going through the land, our Ealdorblótere has been bidding the gods, ancestors, and good wights for the health and healing of our folk.
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Genim þonne on niht, ær hyt dagige, . féower tyrf on féower healfa þæs landes, and gemearca hú hy ær stodon. [Take then at night, ere its dawns, four tufts at four halves [corners] of the land and mark how they ere stood.] Text from the Æcerbót (Field Remedy), a 11th century Anglo-Saxon charm. Translated from Old English by Þórbeorht.
Pictured: Þórbeorht performing the Æcerbót at Whitthenge Heall in Richmond, Virginia. 2020.
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Erce, Erce, Erce, eorþan módor,
geunne þé sé alwalda, éce drihten,
æcera wexendra and wrídendra,
éacniendra and elniendra,
sceafta héhra, scírra wæstma,
and þæra brádan berewæstma,
and þæra hwítan hwætewæstma,
and ealra eorþan wæstma.
Erce, Erce, Erce, mother of Earth, [may] the All-wielder grant thee, the eternal Drightin,
acers waxing and thriving
increasing and strengthening,
high shafts, bright crops,
and the broad barley-crop,
and the white wheat-crop,
and all earth’s crops.
Text from the Æcerbót (Field Remedy), a 11th century Anglo-Saxon charm. Translated from Old English by Þórbeorht.
Pictured: Þórbeorht performing the Æcerbót at Whitthenge Heall in Richmond, Virginia. 2020.
#Theodish #Theodism #TheodishBelief #Ealdrice #AngloSaxon #OldEnglish #Heathen #Heathenry #Pagan #Solmonath
