“If a man is to realize in full measure the potentialities of his own being, he must first of all learn to know the people of his own kin and his own people’s history and literature. This knowledge constitutes our cultural roots. Without it we become drifting vagrants, scrubs, or tramps, culturally speaking.”

Ole Edvart Rølvaag, 1907.

This mural by Hermann Hendrich is called Der Wolkenwanderer - Gebirgkskamm or The Cloud Wanderer - Mountain Crest, is oneof my favorite depictions of Óðinn.

This short film recounts a handful of the Icelandic settlers recorded in the Landnámabók. Most notably a deal which was made by one of them with a land spirit.

Narration by Þórr Siðr
Music by Glen Bokay

The homestead has been claimed and hallowed in the name of Thor. It is now called Thor’s Hill.

The Gods are good, and they bring blessings to those who give them their rightful due.

Cistercian monk named Rudolf 'Summa fratris Rudolfi de confessionis discretione' in manuscript UB Breslau written between 1235 and 1250 says :

“In order to be happy and successful in worldly matters, certain women indulge in god-hated fantasies: on Christmas night they set the table for the Queen of Heaven- whom the people call Frau Holle - so that she will help them."

Holles-Brauch
Or Holles custom

This channel is dedicated to reviving the cult of Holle, her customs, traditions and taboos as well as the religious and semi-religious practices that our forefathers would have followed. The cult of holle was present throughout most of Germany with the name of holle varying from region to region with many of the traits and characteristics of the goddess staying the same.

In Pennsylvanian German folk tradition there exists a myth about holle in which she was responsible for the migration of the first German settlers to the new world in 1682. All German-Americans are children of Holle and the goal of this channel is to help those who seek to revive her cult.

Hail Holle!