heathenry
Non-Christian folk religion
Heathenry is the practice or condition of being a heathen—that is, someone who follows a non-Abrahamic religion or, historically, someone considered uncivilized by Christian standards.
In contemporary use, heathenry most often refers specifically to modern pagan religious movements that reconstruct or revive pre-Christian Germanic, Norse, or Anglo-Saxon spiritual traditions.
Practitioners may call their faith heathenry rather than paganism to emphasize its distinct cultural roots.
Belief in multiple deities
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
veneration · devotion · faith · sacred · cosmology · worldview · reciprocity · neopaganism
Chief Norse deity
- ThorGermanic thunder deity
- FreyjaNorse love goddess
- LokiNorse god of deception
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
Asgard · Ragnarok · Midgard · Valkyrie · Bifrost · Mjolnir · Fenrir · Balder
Things presented or given
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- SaxonsGermanic British settlers
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- BeowulfOld English epic's protagonist
sagas · skald · runes · Tacitus · pre-Christian · tribal · chieftain · thane
Education-driven societal reform
- kindredRelations by blood
- folkishOf traditional common culture
- universalistBeliever in absolute principles
- tribalistOne prioritizing group loyalty
polytheism
Belief in multiple deities
pantheon · veneration · devotion · faith · sacred · cosmology · worldview · reciprocity · neopaganism · earth-centered
Odin
Chief Norse deity
Valhalla · Asgard · Ragnarok · Midgard · Valkyrie · Bifrost · Mjolnir · Fenrir · Balder · Heimdall
offerings
Things presented or given
mead · hearth · divination
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- SaxonsGermanic British settlers
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
Beowulf · sagas · skald · runes · Tacitus · pre-Christian · tribal · chieftain · thane
reconstructionism
Education-driven societal reform
- kindredRelations by blood
- folkishOf traditional common culture
- universalistBeliever in absolute principles
tribalist · continental · Scandinavian · revival · community
heathenryChristianity
Faith based on Jesus
monotheism · Islam · Judaism · Catholicism · Protestantism
heathenryatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · irreligion · agnosticism · materialism · secular humanism