TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video
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Lodurr airi water/fire triad on the level of elemental forces. Njord rules the bounty of the sea; Aegir<br />
personifies the sea itself. He is less well- wishing than Njord, though not as cruel and greedy as his wife<br />
Ran (robber).<br />
Aegir and Ran take those who die in shipwrecks, and it was customary for sailors to hide a little bit<br />
of gold about them during storms so that Ran might welcome them well if they were drowned. Aegir's<br />
hall is lit with shining gold, and thus gold is called Aegir's Fire. He is the brewer of ale for the Aesir and<br />
is associated with the rune laguz. The daughters of Aegir and Ran are the nine waves, who may also be<br />
the mothers of Heimdallr.<br />
Ran carries a net with which to catch the drowned. Aegir is associated with the great cauldron in<br />
which he brews ale, which may be related to the cauldrons of plenty in Irish legend.<br />
SOL; MANI<br />
Sol (Anglo-Saxon Sunna) and Mani are the personifications of the Sun and the Moon. It should be<br />
remembered that in all Germanic languages and cultures, the Sun itself is feminine, while the Moon is<br />
masculine. Although it is not uncommon for some neo-pagans to identify this or that Teutonic goddess<br />
with a moon goddess (Paul Schroeder), it is thoroughly incorrect. There are no moon goddesses in the<br />
Teutonic pantheon; the concept is linguistically and culturally impossible.<br />
Sol is called "the shining goddess" from whose fires the earth is protected by the shield Svalin,<br />
"Cooler." She is drawn in a wain by two horses, Arvakr (Early-Awake) and Alsvith (Very Swift),~ and<br />
pursued by the wolf Skoll.<br />
Mani is said to measure the time of the Moon's waxing and waning. In Teutonic thought, the Moon<br />
is not associated with emotion and the subconscious but with measurement regulation, and reason. He is<br />
attended by the two water-bearing children Hjuki and Bil, who are thought to be Jack and Jill of the folk<br />
rhyme. Mani is pursued by the wolf Hati Hrodhvitnisson (son of Fenris), also called Managarm, "Moon's<br />
Dog."22<br />
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