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The Assembly of The Elder Troth would like to welcome you to our website. Please click on the links to the left to enter the relevant area of our site. Havamal The sayings of the High One No Asatru group worth its' salt would ignore the value and appropriateness of this most important of texts. In many ways this is the defining document of the Viking age of the Northern Folk. "Indeed from the rich field of evidence available, the pattern which emerges is that sacrifice at a feast was a regular feature in every community, and the killing of animals and human victims also a possible expedient in times of danger, when there was urgent need for help and protection from the gods. In the Norse poem Hávamál, which gives counsel to the man who wishes to prosper on earth, he is urged to visit the friend whom he trusts regularly, tho share his thoughts and plans wiht him, and to exchange gits with him as a token of their friendship. This might also summarize the relationship of men with their gods; if they trusted them, they needed to frequent the holy places, seek help and guidance, eat and drink in their honour andmake regular offerings in return for luck and protection. Success against one's enemies and the gaining of sufficeint food to maintain oneself and one's family were the two essential requirements in the precarious lives of the warrior peoples of north-western Europe, and it was these basic needs which prompted their sacrificial rituals." "Myths and Symbols In Pagan Europe" by H. R. Ellis Davidson, 1988. Page 67-68.
The image above is page 3, right of the tome that holds the havamal. Stanzas 1 to 15 are found thereon. Havamal - W H Auden & P B Taylor Translation Havamal - Olive Bray Translation Images and Contents Copyright © Assembly of The Elder Troth 2002 - 2007 or as specified. For communications regarding this website please e-mail webmaster@aetaustralia.org Page maintained by Schmitt Services Last Update: Saturday, February 10, 2007
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