on May 28th, 2009 by solitudeone
A quick little update, along with some further readings available for the-Asatru article post..
source: Norway Post
“The religious fellowship that worship the old Norse gods, the Aasatrufellowship Bifrost, will soon have their own burialplace in Oslo. This has been approved by the authorities, according to Aftenposten.
The new grave site will be shaped like the outline of a ship, and may only be used for cinerary urns, the newspaper writes.”
“According to their home page, the asatrufellowship Bifrost is a religious fellowship for modern asatru founded on norse custom, the pre-christian religious traditions. Since 1996 the Bifrost fellowship has been an officially recognised religion by Norwegian authorities.”
Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost,
“Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost, The asatru fellowship Bifrost, is a religious organization for modern asatru in Norway. Our religion is based on the religious tradition in Scandinavia and Iceland before the Christian era. The organization was approved by Norwegian authorities in 1996 and connects blotslag (local or regional groups of practitioners) and individual members. The blotslag are largely self-governed and have different points of focus within the faith. Members may be connected to a blotslag or directly to Bifrost.”
“No kind of discrimination based on origin, sexual orientation or other personal trait is acceptable within Bifrost –or anywhere else, if you ask us. Unfortunately and sadly, Norse symbols have been heavily abused in the past and even today by far right-wingers and outright nazis. One of our missions is reclaiming the expressions of the old customs so that they shall no longer be associated with hateful ideologies. Though different, all human beings possess indispensable intrinsic value, as do all living things.”
Some additional reading for further studies:
Het Rad, Netherlands
Eldaring, Germany-german language only
Bifrost-an interesting note:
In Norse mythology, “Bifrost” is the bridge between Midgard, (the realm of man), and Asgard, (the realm of the gods).
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