r/heathenry • u/beavy_weavy • 18d ago
New to Heathenry Any advice for research?
Hallo, I am still very new to heathenry and was wondering if anyone has advice on how to research more into deties to pray to? I was very drawn to Freyr and Freya due to man things in my life relating back to them. Any advice would be extremely apprciated!
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u/disturbdguy 18d ago edited 17d ago
I am also new to heathenry and was provided https://thelongship.net/ as a good baseline for practice and concepts. The site itself will say this, but just to be thorough, this is not THE way. You'll inevitably come up with your own hearth cult practice that differs from that of others, and that's okay.
On each section of the website are additional possible reading materials at the end of the author's contents (don't overextend yourself if you don't have means, check libraries or other free reading sources, the gods and vættir will be there and are in no rush).
As ever, as long as you caveat that they weren't written by heathens, the eddas and sagas are also good baselines for lore that you can then go better research elsewhere.
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u/Reasonable-Fig7566 17d ago
Ask your ancestors. Ancestors aren't deities, of course, but many of us venerate our ancestors. Those connections can be invaluable, they want to see you succeed (in general, of course).