Some blog posts about oathing and discernment:

• "Discernment for Godspouses" by Dver @ A Forest Door
• "So you wanna be a godspouse?" by Beth @ Wytch of the North
• "Theurgic binding: or, “S#!t just got real”" by Morpheus Ravenna @ Banshee Arts
• "The Only Choice" by Dver @ A Forest Door

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Cicada magazine, a cultural arts publication for young adults, is inviting writers to submit stories for a forthcoming issue on Tricksters and Thieves ( Read more... )

The other night I woke up at 4 am, and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I stayed up reading until I felt sleepy again, and went back to bed at 8 am ( Read more... )

"Butterflies: a meditation on Sigyn" by Shirl Sazynski @ "Eternal Haunted Summer"

A beautiful vision/story about Sigyn.
Go read!

"If you just" by Nonoriel Lokason at Staff of Asclepius at Patheos.

"Said post deals with the pagan community's attitude towards psychiatry and tendency to suggest holistic methods and woo to people who are experiencing illness of some sort [...]"'

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•“Loki’s Role in the Northern Religions” - Kveldulf Gundarsson (Dr. Stephan Scott Grundy) @ Nikarev Leshy’s blog
•“Loki, the Vätte, and the Ash Lad: A Study Combining Old Scandinavian and
Late Material.” - Eldar Heide (direct link to PDF)
•“The Demonization of Loki - Part I: The Role of Loki in the Eddas” - Galina Krasskova @ “Pantheon”
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It has come to my attention that someone (someones?) is telling Loki-wives that:

• Sigyn has to approve of all of Loki’s mortal wives
• A marriage to Loki is just a business contract
• Sigyn is Loki’s True Wife and all of His mortal wives are just tools.

This is, frankly, complete and utter bullshit ( Read more... )

"Loke in younger tradition" by Axel Olrik

An interesting article about Loki in Scandinavian folklore.