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Asatru is a Neopagan movement inspired by Germanic polytheism, in particular the Norse paganism as described in the Eddas. In Germany, the term Asatru is used in the wider sense of Germanic neopaganism.
Asatru is a group of Norse gods. - in icelandic: asa - tru: faith - asa tru
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The 9 Noble Virtues form the back bone of Odinism and are the guide lines to which a true follower should live by:
Odinic Rite:
1 - Courage
2 - Truth
3 - Honour
4 - Fidelity
5 - Discipline
6 - Hospitality
7 - Self Reliance
8 - Industriousness
9 - Perseverance
Asatru Folk Assembly:
Strength is better than weakness
Courage is better than cowardice
Joy is better than guilt
Honour is better than dishonour
Freedom is better than slavery
Kinship is better than alienation
Kinship is better than alienation
Realism is better than dogmatism
Vigor is better than lifelessness
Ancestry is better than universalism
courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
truth - a fact that has been verified
honour - Principled uprightness of character; personal integrity
loyalty - A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection.
hospitality - kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
discipline - Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
industriousness - persevering determination to perform a task
self-reliance - personal independence
perseverance - Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose
The Nine Charges were, like the Nine Noble Virtues, codified by the Odinic Rite in the 1970s:
To maintain candour and fidelity in love and devotion to the tried friend: though he strike me I will do him no scathe.
Never to make wrongsome oath: for great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth.
To deal not hardly with the humble and the lowly.
To remember the respect that is due to great age.
To suffer no evil to go unremedied and to fight against the enemies of Faith, Folk and Family: my foes I will fight in the field, nor will I stay to be burnt in my house.
To succour the friendless but to put no faith in the pledged word of a stranger people.
If I hear the fool's word of a drunken man I will strive not: for many a grief and the very death groweth from out such things.
To give kind heed to dead men: straw dead, sea dead or sword dead.
To abide by the enactments of lawful authority and to bear with courage the decrees of the Norns.
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