Asatru

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See also: Ásatrú

English

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Alternative forms

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  • Ásatrú (with diacritics, acknowledging Icelandic derivation)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Icelandic Ásatrú.

Proper noun

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Asatru

  1. A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and/or other Norse gods and spirits.
    • 2004, Gundula E. Rommel, Asgard in America: Inventing European Ethnic Identity in a Post-industrial Pluralist Culture, Thesis (M.A.), page 8,
      Presenting themselves as deeply religious and, at the same time, open to scientific testing methods that would physically damage the revered bones, the Asatru claimants occupied an interesting middle ground between the opposing sides.
    • 2008, Michelangelo Delfino, Mary E. Day, Death Penalty USA: 2005 - 2006, page 296:
      Lenz felt Parker was "disrespecting the gods" and "saying that he was teaching Asatru but what he was teaching was not Asatru."
    • 2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods[1], page 51:
      Many people have not heard of Asatru or Heathenry...or they have a mistaken or distorted view of what it is. By offering classes and workshops on Asatru 101, the Gods, the Ancestors, the Vaettir, and the Runes...you can educate people about Asatru and raise interest in Asatru in your area.

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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  • Brosatru (slang, chauvinistic version of the modern Norse religion)
  • godi (an Asatruar priest)
  • hof (an Asatruar temple)
  • Nazitru (slang, derogatory, racist or neo-Nazi themed versions of the modern Norse religion)
  • Wiccatru (syncretism of Wicca and Germanic neopaganism)

Translations

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See also

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  • Lokean (venerator of Loki)
  • Odinism (veneration of Odin)
  • Rokkatru (veneration of the underworld gods, such as Loki, Angrboda, Fenrir, and Hel)
  • Theodism (Anglo-Saxon neopaganism)
  • Vanatru (veneration of the Vanir gods)

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