List of terms in Germanic mysticism
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This is a list of magical terms in Germanic mysticism dealing with various occult practices, traditions, and components of magic within Odinism
or Germanic Neopaganism
. This list is not intended for topics like stage magic, illusion, or other entertainment-based definition. It is also not for strictly paranormal topics, such as those dealing with UFOs, aliens, ghosts, near-death experiences, ESP, or other such articles. This list should also not include terms not specific to German mysticism.
Odinism
Odinism is a type of Germanic Neopaganism.Odinism may also refer to:*Norse paganism** the cult of Odin- See also :*Odinist Fellowship*Odinic Rite*The Odin Brotherhood*Wotanism, a Völkisch / White Nationalist movement*Wodenism...
or Germanic Neopaganism
Germanic Neopaganism
Germanic neopaganism is the contemporary revival of historical Germanic paganism. Precursor movements appeared in the early 20th century in Germany and Austria. A second wave of revival began in the early 1970s...
. This list is not intended for topics like stage magic, illusion, or other entertainment-based definition. It is also not for strictly paranormal topics, such as those dealing with UFOs, aliens, ghosts, near-death experiences, ESP, or other such articles. This list should also not include terms not specific to German mysticism.
A
- Armanen RunesArmanen runesThe Armanen runes, or Armanen 'Futharkh' as Guido von List referred to them, are a row of 18 runes that are closely based in shape on the Younger Futhark...
- AlthingAlthingThe Alþingi, anglicised variously as Althing or Althingi, is the national parliament of Iceland. The Althingi is the oldest parliamentary institution in the world still extant...
- Armanen
- Armanen
- Allsherjargode - a Germanic high priest
- AlgizAlgizThe Algiz is part of the ancient Nordic and Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, often equated to the modern day z, however was traditionally pronounced yr. The letter has come to symbolize many neo-pagan religions and is often worn as a pendant...
G
- GaldrGaldrGaldr is one Old Norse word for "spell, incantation", and which was usually performed in combination with certain rites. It was mastered by both women and men and they chanted it in falsetto .-Etymology:...
- singing of magical songs or reciting of poems, based on runic knowledge - Gandr - magic wand or projection of magic
- Germanic runic astrology
- Galdrastafr (galdrastafir) - A magical symbol or "magickal staves".
- Gythia (Gyðja) - 1. A goddess. 2. A female goði. 3. Priestess at a hof, hofgyðja.
- GothiGothiA goði or gothi is the Old Norse term for a priest and chieftain. Gyðja signifies a priestess.The name appears in Wulfila's Gothic language translation of the bible as gudja for "priest", but in Old Norse it is only the feminine form gyðja that perfectly corresponds to the Gothic form...
Goði (goðar) 1. Chieftain and priest in the old Icelandic Commonwealth. 2. Modern leader or priest of ásatrú. - GaldrabokGaldrabókThe Galdrabók is an Icelandic grimoire dated to ca. 1600. It is a small manuscript containing a collection of 47 spells. The grimoire was compiled by four different people, possibly starting in the late 16th century and going on until the mid-17th century. The first three scribes were Icelanders...
or Galðrbok - GrógaldrGrógaldrGrógaldr or The Spell of Gróa is the first of two poems, now commonly published under the title Svipdagsmál found in several 17th century paper manuscripts with Fjölsvinnsmál. In at least three of these manuscripts, the poems are in reverse order and separated by a third eddic poem titled, Hyndluljóð...
O
- Orlog - The collective Wyrd (or fate) of the world as a whole.
- Odic forceOdic forceThe Odic force is the name given in the mid-19th century to a hypothetical vital energy or life force by Baron Carl von Reichenbach...
- OdOD- Non abbreviated meanings of OD :* Od , a language of the Oad people* Od, a life force - see Odic force* Od, a Nordic god - see Óðr* Od, a replacement for "God" in some minced oaths- Health and medicine :...
- Odinic Runosophy
- Odinic Runology
- Ostara
S
- Seidmadhr or Seiðmaðr - practitioner of Seidhr - kona being female, madhr (maðrMan (word)The term man and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age...
) being male. - Seidkona or Seiðrkona - practitioner of Seidhr - kona being female, madhr being male.
- Seidr, Seidhr, {Seiðr}
- Sig runeSig RuneSig is the name given by Guido von List for the Sigel or s rune of the Armanen Futharkh, and is also used by Karl Maria Wiligut for his runes.-Nazism:...
- SigelSigelSigel may refer to:* Siȝel, the Old English for "Sun", see Sól ** the Old English name of the s-rune, see Sowilo rune-Surname:*Franz Sigel , Union general in the American Civil War...
- Stafr (stafir) - 1. Staff 2. Letter of an alphabet, even the runic one.
- Stallr (stallar) - Stall, a heathen altar.