What is Seidr? Heathen on the Heath Series

[@deirdreclark2128]

Thank you for your response, much appreciated.

[@deirdreclark2128]

What is the nearest town to you? beautiful heathland. Thank you for an interesting video.

[@joanna_vanderhoeven]

There's lots of heathland all along the Suffolk coast - some of the best are viewed on the Sandlings Walk, a long-distance walking trail along the coast: britishwalks.org/Trails/SandlingsWalk/

[@petejennings4468]

Thank you for an interesting presentation. One thing puzzles me though: You appear to interpret the word seidr as a cord. Most academics (who are not always correct) such as Simek translate it from the Old Norse as 'magic, spell or incantation.' Can you tell me your source of the meaning of seidr please? I would be interested to know. Thanks Pete

[@joanna_vanderhoeven]

Hi Pete! Nice to see you here :) I've come across the connection between seidr and "cord" or "spinning" so many times, it's hard to pinpoint sources at this point. I think the first time I saw it was in Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions, edited by Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert et al. (Lund, 2006). I think that there may even be an online article relating to this that was put up about ten years ago - I'll see if I can find it!

[@joanna_vanderhoeven]

Ah - here it is! eldar-heide.net/Publikasjonar%20til%20heimesida/Spinning%20seidr,%20Lund%20conf%20Heide.pdf

[@nigelpearson881]

Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold goes into the derivation and translations of the word "Seidr" in depth in his new book, "Trollrun", published by Hadean Press. For a very interesting take on the word - and one I give a lot of credence to - read "Seidways" by Jan Fries, published by Mandrake Press.

[@petejennings4468]

@@joanna_vanderhoeven Thank you for taking the trouble. I was not familiar with this work. - I will read it with interest.

[@joanna_vanderhoeven]

@@nigelpearson881 Thanks - I shall be looking into this! :)

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[@karlkarlson2532]

Where can someone learn Seidr? I always thought it was a lost art.

[@joanna_vanderhoeven]

There are some good books that delve into Seidr, particularly Jenny Blain's Nine Worlds of Seidr :) It is a reconstructed practice, based on what we now from the texts and archaeological finds. :)

[@davedruid7427]

It is Sad when some People have to find it necessary to Curse, Injure and even Kill. With so much mentioning of Spinning & Weaving of Threads and there is no mention of this Art of Saidr being related to Spiders and their Web Spinning. 3X3

[@VikingMale]

Like the Old Norse practitioners, and the Celtic Druids didn’t do that. Survival, Hunting, and even War was practiced throughout history.