The Norse Gods of Spring

[@melanie3958]

Funnily enough, in german Easter is called "Ostern". I think that's pretty close to Ostara. So, there really might be a connection.

[@dracodistortion9447]

Freyja and I have always been kinda close. She was the first Norse diety I learned about, and when I converted to Heathenism and first prayed to her, it felt like she said "Its about time we spoke".

[@agreen9813]

To the thirty eight thousand people who have subscribed to this mans channel... hail, sisters and brothers, proof, that we are still alive, and that our faith will not go quietly into the night, and that we will show our Gods that they are not forgotten.

[@virgoviking2331]

Those birds needed a moment to speak also! 😆

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

They could of waited till after I was done speaking! They are just trying to get in my video!

[@virgoviking2331]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin stealing your thunder! Lol also cool statue you found at the end, I would have done the same!

[@journeytoyggdrasil9994]

If they were crows/ravens, I'd say odin was getting jealous yer talkin about other gods. But they sound like blue jays

[@journeytoyggdrasil9994]

@Kindsey I'm relatively new as well so I'm not sure. I also don't know if the Scandinavian countries have blue jays? If I find out I'll try to let u know tho Edit: according to a couple sites I've looked at, blue jays are associated with Od, god of love and freya's husband. Gray jays (which I didn't know where a thing) are associated with Eir

[@journeytoyggdrasil9994]

@Kindsey no problem. I was curious too. I will say I didn't see any sources from the eddas or the historical text, but 🤷‍♂️

[@skadiwinters729]

Snow, helicopter, birds...hahaha this video had me laughing in the beginning. Skadi said "me too!" As the birds are like "nooooo go away!" Lmao. Great video!

[@kriegblackpaw7983]

You've always been like my TV gothi. 😂 I enjoy you sharing your journey with us!

[@brigantiablackbird]

I love, love, love your offering to Freyr--it's so perfect, regardless of the intention of the artist. What a gift!

[@DarkWitchOfDarkness]

We had the exact same weather type here today in the Netherlands so I love seeing this video today :D I felt like Skadi wanted to pay us a quick visit again and also felt Freyr and Freyja

[@gamejunky6345]

Literally just commented about that 🇱🇺

[@superdinogamergaming6737]

HAIL THE GODS, HAIL THE FOLK! Thanks for sharing the knowledge about the old norse gods! ♥️ And the thing is that I cannot wait for the Freyja week, because she is my protector and highest goddess for me particularly ♥️

[@Kai-is-shifting]

I set myself a timer for when you upload this video xD I am so excited for this video

[@raveninavaniam9438]

Very much Love your Channel. Much Love and Blessings to you from this old Crone in Northern Wisconsin ⭐❤ Hails !

[@In_The_80s]

"That's basically it.... " I laughed so hard at that moment.

[@mountaingoat8788]

right when you said and Helicopters a Helicopter Just went over Head here as well lol

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

They honestly wouldn't stop. That park is right next to a hospital lol

[@lctarotandoracle881]

It snowed in Scotland today :) That's just a thing here though lol. There's a saying for it "Ne'er cast a clout till May's richt out" basically means don't get rid of your winter clothes until May is over :) This is my first Spring since following this path so I wasn't really sure? I did an offering for Freya, Idun and the Triple Goddess

[@lctarotandoracle881]

@rossafc2010 Not in Scotland it isn't, hence the word richt instead of right.

[@dudleytopping1]

By the gods I love your videos so much! These are sooooo helpful for a new pagan like myself. Thank you so much. To Jacob, Skal

[@chrisallen8405]

May the Gods continue to shine the guiding light for your path. As a practicing Norse Pagan of 30 months, You have helped my journey so. Thank you.

[@thekraken48]

Snow, birds, wind, and choppers ....kudos for hanging tough thru the video. Was Loki there as well?

[@CoffeeBeanWitch]

Ah Jacob my friend it appears your weather over there is just as unpredictable like a hormonal teenager as ours is here in the UK🤦🏿‍♀️😆 As a wiccan/pagan I've just celebrated my first Ostara two weeks ago understanding it was a sabbat (seasonal phase). I gained a much better appreciation towards the season of change than I ever have done when I used to follow the christian hear-say. By the way that craving is just brilliant. I love do love it when people take something mundane like a wooden post and turn it into art.👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@stan5658]

Another awesome video thank you brother

[@thegreatowl4912]

I've often wondered why we celebrate Easter with eggs. It has always been my theory that it started as a Pagan tradition. My thought is that way back in the day, the "hunt" for wild eggs was born from necessity. It was also way to celebrate the Gods of spring as well as feast on the bounty of the land. I can picture the children of the Norse/Germanic tribes as they searched the river banks and woodland thicket for any eggs worthy of eating!

[@kev1734]

I lost it when you did a little salute to the plane >_< Great video it looks like you had to keep persisting with this one so I thank you for your work! I'm off to my outdoor alter today to give my first offering to Freya :)

[@ScottJB]

The value of Jacob's content has not been for getting scholarly facts (go to Jackson Crawford's channel for that), but for getting a guide for beginners who, like I was, are overwhelmed with where to start with the day to day practice of paganism. Jacob helped me enormously in starting out. And even though I no longer consider myself a beginner, I still enjoy his content and his enthusiasm.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

Happy to hear, best wishes on your path!

[@In_The_80s]

The connection between Nordic Paganism & Christianity is so big that it feels like their stories were adapted from one another. Just like Odin wanting to feel like what it is to die as a mortal to the apple of immortality of Idunn, the stories connect with each other on another level.

[@Wandering_Son_of_Loki]

Dude, if you’re out of Lexington, you’re an hour from me, I’d like to meet up, relatively new to the faith but watching your videos and listening to the podcast has definitely broadened my understanding and helped me in my faith a ton. Obviously I’ve done my own research through books and the internet, but I cannot stress how helpful you and those on the podcast have been. Many thanks brother

[@stevenbaldwin1099]

Thank you

[@BattleofTrenton]

Love your show. You need to do a live show. In my personal journey I’m still looking for links between witchcraft and Germanic gods.

[@Wolf9of9Odin]

Hail! Birds of a feather!

[@danielbergersen4459]

Another Great Video Jacob!!! Thank you for the knowledge! SKAL💀🍻👌

[@cillianranngarsson2762]

I love spring and I love the winter I am learning a lot about my true self lord Odin is my god and lord Thor is my god and the wisdom I have been blessed with is so lovely and beautiful I always thank the allfather of Valhalla for his great knowledge and wisdom skal brothers and sisters all hail the true god's

[@2good4mondays]

Could seeing a crow regularly (occasionally two) be a sign from Odin? Not sure if its just a coincidence but Norse mythology caught my attention recently and I've been seeing this crow regularly for some time now and had somewhat of a weird experience with it yesterday, also just happened to stumble upon your channel the other day.

[@AdtriDonsson]

I honestly cant wait until winter and spring here.... its hot here in Australia and on top of that we are getting bombarded with bushfires and floods, and lockdowns. Skål from the other side of the pond you beautiful man!

[@AdtriDonsson]

Also, I think it super strange that we celebrate Easter in Autumn, Christmas in summer! Thank goodness for the Southern Hemisphere wheel of the year!

[@torstenscott7571]

The last bit with your new shrine was fantastic, I think perhaps we all should take some time and effort to leave behind little shrines everywhere we go, should it feel right in the locations we choose. Maybe more will be nudged towards this path, or for those who are already on it, be pleasantly reminded they aren't alone.

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

This entire thought coincides perfectly with the video that is coming out today!

[@Motivationalwisdomspeech]

there was a few seconds of snow today too in ireland i swear 😂😂

[@KynthosMoon]

Listening to the part where Freyja was still honored, even after Christianization reminded me of something I heard while I was doing ancestral work. What I was told is that my Swedish ancestors were Christians in the house and honored the old ways in the field. I have no way of proving that but what you said lends credence to it.

[@sunnyruth8575]

Most enjoyable shit thank you for sharing your studies

[@stoneknight865]

16:10 the pagan in the wild has staked its territorial cliam and is preparing to defend it from attackers.

[@kev1734]

:"D I read this in David Attenborough's voice

[@pontiuspilot5887]

When I consider that the translators of the bible chose to ignore the hebrew for passover ( pesach) and substitute Easter (the derivative of Ostara), it seems to lend weight to the Goddesses identification with the time of year! Wonderful exploration! Don't put yourself down. Our common journey is made that much fuller by your research and presentation! Peace and Love

[@DaliwolfBacon]

Loki was having a BLAST with you as you made this video :) Yeah that totem is totally Freyr. I would have had the same reaction as you...in fact...I am going to start carving small depictions of the gods, and I am going to put them on trails all over Milwaukee! If someone takes it home...that's fine :) But maybe other people in the know will see them and get excited, and I would be really happy about that!

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

I filmed this on April fools day, which I realized after all this happened lol

[@jonahbernatz7709]

Is it likely the god may help us get our knowledge that has been lost to time and the Christians?

[@csrencz6942]

Not just likely; I believe they’re stirring now exactly for the purpose of restoring that lost knowledge

[@reefjackson2418]

@@csrencz6942 It's interesting really, our faith has laid dormant for years, and now many of our brothers and sisters are contacting and worshipping the gods. I wonder what they think to that. Soon we will be back where we were, and our knowledge will come back from the ashes.

[@fishandgarden4514]

Idunn is the first of the norse pantheon that I have set up an alter for. I have only had it for about eight weeks so I can't tell you honestly what working with her is like just yet.

[@lazymongoose9233]

One of the things I've found in my books on this subject is that the old Norse word for what Idunn gave to the Aesir was a general word "epli" that does not mean apple. Apples were introduced to Scandinavia in around the 1400s, so well after Christianity had taken over the lives of people there. What "epli" more accurately means is fruit or nut, so it's not likely that she had, in the original mythos, given this kind of fruit to the gods, as we think today. My belief is that Eve had an impact on how we think of Idunn today, so the association with apples almost seems natural to us, especially because they are so prolific.

[@josephhamilton9460]

had this conversation with a group of people from a chruch they walked around handing out flyers for a n easter celebaration. i go no thanks i already celebrated oster thanks they looked at my necklace and backed off so fast.

[@jonahbernatz7709]

Just out of curiosity where did you get the sweater?

[@rubyandthemuse6329]

Lol all of those birds chirping I think your spirit animal is looking for you 🙂 j/k

[@virgoviking2331]

We got an inch of snow on April 1 I found it really weird

[@gamejunky6345]

Wait it’s snowing in the US too?, that’s very ominous

[@haleighwilliams1276]

So I’m trying to find more about Tyr. I am coming from an Christian, atheist background and I can’t seem to connect with the gods I’m getting extremely frustrated. Can anyone help me

[@haleighwilliams1276]

@@scartissue545 do you have any advice on how to connect with Tyr?

[@haleighwilliams1276]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 ok now shut up why are you even here if you don’t believe in the gods? I got nothing out of Christianity. Your all sheep. You are told lies and you follow them. It’s ok for you to believe in what you do it’s not okay to think everyone had to believe the same

[@nickademus1229]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 Seems a little rude and presumptuous to just say the Norse gods are fake. Are you really here just to tell pagans their gods are fake? What do you hope to gain from this?

[@haleighwilliams1276]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 first of this religion is not a flock of sheep. We follow our beliefs differently while you Christians follow your book. You all do the same thing. I know my family and friends are all Christians. And I do think I will get more out of paganism. The gods have acknowledged others. What about your Christianity. Have you communicated your god? How are you to say my religion is crap? What makes you so right

[@haleighwilliams1276]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 you told me to accept Jesus. It’s pretty much saying your a Christian. If not then what are you. And do you not have anything better to do then try to tear apart ones beliefs. You want to start a fight well I’m ready to throw fists

[@tennesseehatfield9240]

Hi I have been watching your videos for a couple of days now and trying to establish my self as a new norse pagan but still don't know what I should all do.

[@Scheerjasmin]

Good morning I have a question to the community. I am all new to this stuff. I was wondering, if there are any special symbol for Freya too? It's the Ravens for Odin, spider for Loki, Hammer for Thor. But is there any typical sign you would say oh that stand for Freya! Maybe a stupid question but as I say I am totally new in paganism and all the stuff with it!

[@journeytoyggdrasil9994]

Damn it, all this talk of idunn and apples and now I want an apple XD

[@fulgor9423]

another good video greetings from turkey

[@TheWisdomOfOdin]

I am honored to know my videos are watched that far away!

[@fulgor9423]

@@TheWisdomOfOdin I also thank you for this informations about asatru. 🙏

[@ciaranmck4469]

Note about sun worship tacitus did mention Scandinavians (specifically danes) would worship the sun and other forces of nature rather than worshiping personified deities like the germanic people would Tacitus is quite creditable however he probably didn't have a lot of opportunities to Speke to or hear from Scandinavians as they usually stayed in their homeland except the jutes but that was after the Romans were gone He didn't talk much on how they worshiped these gods he mostly talked about their amber but I still thought it was strange that he was suggesting that danes didn't worship personified gods but instead venerated forces such as the sun, moon, lightning and wind Also cool little note he described them as sea raiders with distinct ships now doest that sound familiar

[@nightangel486]

interesting to know that according to the Interwebz my hunch about Idunn could be right!

[@elaynas4125]

When you do a deep dive into Frayer, can you please talk about any misconception that come from the Magnus Chase books? If you know them that is. I know a lot of people who get info about the Norse gods from those as some people do with the Greek gods and the Percy Jackson books.

[@angelcruz7641]

Are you having a Yule gathering this year?

[@sunnyruth8575]

It's pagan It's a little guardian of the forest. Very cute nice offering

[@ericanderson4436]

nearing the end of the video, we went from cloudy skies to pouring rain. Coincidence?

[@jonescantfight4677]

Should I tell my family and friends about me being pagan or should I keep it to myself?

[@JasonMacRaven]

Hail Boeing! Lord of Helicopters!

[@angelcruz7641]

I tried being here first 😅

[@Scheerjasmin]

🍎🍏Can't reach over to make an offer. So I'll do it here. 😉

[@phyllisdicks9830]

Dude! Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the fruit Eve ate was an Apple. [Also, you said, "Asgardians". Loki: ROFLMFAO] We're in a silly mood today. Good video. Like the carved post you found. That was awesome! :-)