tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post1727579454505886648..comments2022-03-29T15:08:51.539-05:00Comments on Kansas City Heathen: The Saga Hoard Volumes - 1550 Pages of Saga Translationsghostvigil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-68385206186168941732011-07-15T01:33:03.220-05:002011-07-15T01:33:03.220-05:00I know...and it never ends. You read 3 books, and...I know...and it never ends. You read 3 books, and in the meantime you've found 9 more you want to read. LOL.ghostvigil.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-6452628623455814682011-07-15T00:33:37.739-05:002011-07-15T00:33:37.739-05:00going to have to get me those... man I got so man...going to have to get me those... man I got so many books to be reading, etc...ScottWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063869403014750731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-83031385503068778152011-07-14T13:20:00.110-05:002011-07-14T13:20:00.110-05:00I agree. I think when people first begin with Hea...I agree. I think when people first begin with Heathenry, they do tend to focus in on it purely as a Religion. They want to know, "Who should I worship, how do I worship them, etc." This is after all a habit ingrained into them. Over time, they begin to see Heathenry as a world-view and way-of-life. It is then that they begin to change how they view and interact with the world and other people. The Sagas are a good way to read and learn something about how our Ancestors lives...and the qualities in a person they valued. Their expectations of what a man or woman should be at their best.<br /><br />But, it is important to not just "imitate" what we see in the Sagas. For they are stories...and some of the actions and characters in the Sagas are not meant to serve as some sort of Heathen ideal. The stories were written to be stories or recordings of history. But as such, the Sagas are tainted to some degree by the Christian mind-set of those who wrote them down, and not everything that happens in a Saga is meant to serve as an example of what is best.ghostvigil.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643288508875275397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872655574498550562.post-51293171848321747262011-07-14T07:57:33.328-05:002011-07-14T07:57:33.328-05:00It sounds like a good piece of insight into how ou...It sounds like a good piece of insight into how our ancestors dealt with daily life and the values/virtues they lived by. I think it's too often that this kind of thing is overlooked in light of other aspects of heathenry, such as the Aesir & Vanir and more commonplace subjects. It's good to have something to look at when thinking about disputes as well. I don't think we'll ever recreate what our ancestors had to every detail (and frankly, who the hell would want to?), but it's nice to have a broad view of all the things that made up our/their culture and world. Well done Mark. May your hof and hall stand strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com