In the Skaði post, I talked about a dream that I had years ago with two Polar Bears. Years later, Skaði revealed that the bears were Her and her ex, Njörðr. I learned that He's the Norse Vanir God of the Sea, father of Freyr and Freyja. Other than the dream, I didn't meet Njörðr again until 2020-21, when I was a member of the Wyrd Sanctuary. I think it was after one of our rituals. I tranced to a twilight desert that was empty, yet had weird shadows that stretched across the barren landscape. The time passed from twilight and slowly dimmed. I found myself standing next to a massive vegvisir, half submerged in the ground, yet ticking like a clock. Although not an ancient symbol--definitely not viking--vegvisir is like a compass that represents wayfinding and protection. Although I've read that it's also not a compass, which is fine, but that's what it is to me. I didn't even know what the symbol was when I first saw it. Giant and strange, the whole scene was. In...
As I wrote my post for Artemis , another Huntress was in my brain, wanting a post, too. Years ago, like in the early 00's, possibly late 90's, I had a dream that's still stuck with me. In the dream I was sitting on a mound or an igloo, with two polar bears. A silent male and a talkative female. In my experience, animal spirits don't use human language, but the Deities disguised as animals do. In the dream, I joined the female and we walked and talked. The quiet male stayed on the other side of the mound. I still can't remember what we talked about. I thought the Deity in disguise was Artemis, but it wasn't. For a long time, I didn't know Who these bears were. 2014-15, I was introduced to Loki through a story where He tied his balls to a goat in order to make a Jötunn laugh. It was so ridiculous and it remains my favorite Loki myth. The Jötunn who laughed was Skaði--a bow wielding Wintery Gian...