TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

Glossary
Aesir (eh-sir): Gods of air, war, and spiritual consciousness. Also, a term for gods in general.
Aett (eht; p1. aettir): “Eight” or “family;” the runes are divided into three aettir. The term is also used to speak of the
eight winds of the heavens (cardinal directions and points midway).
Alf (pl. Alfar): Elf.
Anglo-Saxon Futhark: The form of the runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, in which several runes were added
to the 24-rune Elder Futhark for phonetic, rather than magical, reasons.
Armanen (are-mahn-in): A modern German school of runic lore, using the 18-rune Armanen futhark developed by
Guido von List.
Asgardhr (ahs-gardhr): Dwelling of the gods; highest world on Yggdrasil.
Asynjur (ahs-in-yur): Feminine of Aesir.
Audhumbla (ow-dhumb-luh): Proto-bovine, created from the first mingling of fire and ice along with the proto-etin
Ymir. Represents the primeval shaping force.
B.C.E.: Before Common Era. The Common Era is a non-religious dating system which corresponds exactly with the
traditional B.C./A.D., but which uses the Common Era of Roman supremacy as the starting point for general
Western culture rather than relying on a Christian religious date. A Runic Era dating system, beginning from 250
B.C.E., also exists, but I do not use it here because it can be needlessly confusing.
Berserker (bur-zurk-er): A fighter possessed by his animal fylgja, usually a bear or a wolf, who becomes inhumanly
strong and fierce and does not feel wounds, losing his human awareness in battle-madness while the fit lasts.
Firepot: Brazier or burner for recels (incense).
Fylgja (fflg-ya): “Follower”; the Old Norse term for fetch.
Galdr (gahldr, p1. galdrar): Magical song, spoken or chanted part of a magical rite.
Galdrabok (gald-ra-bowk): Magical diary, grimoire.
Galdr-Magic: Runic magic, ritual magic (as contrasted with the shamamc seidhr-magic).
Galdr-Sound: Mantra consisting of the actual sound associated with a rune.
Gandr: Wand.
Gardh, Gardhr: enclosure dividing the wild space outside(utangardhs) from the social space inside (innangardhs).
Germanic: Either the cultures descended from the proto-Germanic tribe or the languages descended from proto-
Germanic. This is a linguistic and cultural term, NOT a racial term.
Ginnungagap (gin-oon-guh-gap): The magically charged primal void between fire and ice at the beginning of all
things.
Godhi (go-dhih): Chieftain/priest.
Hamingja (ha-mihng-ya): Personal power, mana, “luck.”
Hamr (hawmr): “Hide,” shape (of soul); normally shaped like lich, but can be changed.
Harrow: Altar.
Holy: Filled with the might of the gods; hallowed (used for an earthly object or action).
Horizontal Model: Worlds arranged into innangardhs/utangardhs: Asgardhr in the center, Midgardhr around it,
elemental worlds separated by an ocean.
Huginn (huhg-in): Thought; one of Odhinn’s ravens. Hugr (huhgr): Thought; the rational; the left brain.
Hvergelmir (hvair-gel-mihr): “Seething Cauldron”; the lowest level of the Well of Wyrd, from which the forces of
primal water ( [1, holding yeast and venom flow.
Hypostasis: An aspect or attribute of a god which is sufficently developed to act/be invoked on its own.
Innangardhs (in-an-gardhs): Social, ordered space; space inside the enclosure of human culture.
Jotun (yah-tun): General term for giantish beings (Ymir’s kindred):
etins, rises, and thurses.
Jotunheim: “World of Jotuns”; easternmost world, elemental air.
Kinfylgja: Personification of inherited traits and might; usually dwells with the head of family, or else the most
suitable member.
Kona (koh-na; p1. konur): Old Norse inflection; designates female (seidhkona, spakona, draumkona, etc.)
Krisjan: Old Norse spelling of Christian.
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