The Angloheathen High Gods

GRUND

Grund (previously Grond) is the ground of being, the ultimate foundation of existence. Grund is the Space-Time fabric within which is everything that exists.

A part of Grund is the Weird Mother who sees the deeds of the soul of the world - calculates their effect according to the weird law - and creates the world anew . She creates what is wonderful or what is terrible according to the law. She is merciless yet there is hope to get a good result for she is not arbitrary.

TIEWIZDER

Tiew Wizder is the God of Good Order. Tiew is the creator of everything worthwhile in our world. But Tiew lives in our world. Tiew is not the source of the Substrate of existence which has always existed, nor is Tiew responsible for everything that happens. It is the actions of the living beings which create the conditions for Tiew to come alive and produce what is good and life-enhancing.

WODENFREYA

Wodenfreya is our guiding power. Wodenfreya stimulates us so that Tiew flow through us and we become a source of constructive good order.

Wodenfreya has male and female characteristics and is known as Woden or Freya depending on which is to the fore in any situation.

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The OSWIGHTS (previously OSLORDS)

The Oswights are the divine powers - the abstract powers invisible to the eye but known by the effects they produce.

Some of the Oswights are:

THUNNER who breaks through resistance and the enclosures of giants to free the waters which are the resources of life that we may have have a place in which to live.

FRIGGER who is the deity of Love and Care.

INGFREY who is the good lord who supports the general prosperity.

MITRER who is the being who binds (MI) us one to another. Mitrer is the deity of Friendship and Association and of Civilization.

SIBBER is the being who creates bonds of siblinghood (brotherhood and sisterhood) thus binding us into a family.

WODDER (or GREATWODEN) is the stimulating power - the father of all . In contrast to TIEW , WODDER is amoral and the stimulation may have good or bad effects.

BUDDER is the divine being who wakes (BUD) us from the dream we imagine to be the real world so that we see a true likeness of the essential reality (BEDOM).

BALDER is the being who purifies our minds and hearts that they engage most fully in the service of the whole undistorted by selfish impulses.

HODDER is the being who makes warriors of us that we can defeat those who harm us. Hodder is focussed on his immediate surroundings and is blind to the wider context. Thus Hodder may easily be turned to bad purpose unless guided by a right-seeing being such as Balder.