tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post3820029536285162491..comments2022-04-01T22:18:28.895+13:00Comments on Hagstone: I is for IrminsulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-25489029358041060962012-05-13T22:43:47.067+12:002012-05-13T22:43:47.067+12:00Thank you very much for your comment! That means a...Thank you very much for your comment! That means a lot :)Sannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-78261292124937312962012-05-13T02:35:53.241+12:002012-05-13T02:35:53.241+12:00Two things: You just cleared up a question I'v...Two things: You just cleared up a question I've always had. I could never figure out why this group of fishermen, who lived in some of the most trying areas of the world, all of a sudden hated Christianity and fought some of the bloodiest battles. The brutal destruction of their Irminsul would definitely have brought rage with them. I was listening to something... they called it berserkergangr? I think that's how it's spelled. Anyway, thankyou for clearing that up for me, I'd have flown into a blind rage as well. <br />I'd also like to take a minute to appreciate the way you handled this. It is a hard thing to objectively look at the past, and not begin to become subjective. I find a little bit of rage welling up in me as I read this. But, I have promised myself that I'm not going to become a Christian basher. I feel that does little to nothing for me personally: I don't have to invalidate their faith to validate mine. While we've all come across "those" Christians, the ones who have little respect for anything that isn't in their book; who will try to convert you with horror stories of hell; and who will narrow their eyes at your Pagan beliefs, and claim that their god can beat yours; they are not all that way. I wasn't, then again, a solid argument could be made that Christianity was never mine... But I digress. <br />The point was thanks. I have a lot of catching up to do, and you provide not only a good basis of information but sort of a series of starter holes, so I can go digging for knowledge. This is invaluable to me!Sannhetssøkendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516132512287663326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-89616452763284517482012-05-09T16:29:56.310+12:002012-05-09T16:29:56.310+12:00Thank you :DThank <i>you</i> :DSannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-1778144073712334962012-05-09T16:29:28.011+12:002012-05-09T16:29:28.011+12:00You mean the stylisation of the symbol? I agree th...You mean the stylisation of the symbol? I agree that it's an odd symbol to use to represent the Irminsul. It's rather a modern version, in a sense. The scrolly bit are called a "palmette". The particular version of the symbol that tends to get used (with the palmette) is based on the Externsteine relief, which to be honest might not have a single thing to do with an Irminsul. The idea was put forward by an archaeologist in 1929 and he didn't really provide any evidence for it, so it's not an idea that ever got accepted. It may be just a chair. It may well be a palm tree in the Externsteine relief but in that case it probably symbolises a biblical story rather than the Irminsul. :) <br /><br />I might be more annoyed at the form the symbol takes, but honestly when the thing you're trying to represent is just a pole it looks a bit silly just on its own.Sannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887563528046709686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-88560604350695207672012-05-09T14:24:24.907+12:002012-05-09T14:24:24.907+12:00I didn't know of this symbol, not being a foll...I didn't know of this symbol, not being a follower of Germanic paganism, but I have learned much from your post today. I am glad you blogged this instead of skipping a week. Thank you so much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159516027905181034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288389374807674671.post-54303136864740795082012-05-09T02:16:00.026+12:002012-05-09T02:16:00.026+12:00I've also heard from one of my local Heathen f...I've also heard from one of my local Heathen friends, who is Theodish, that this tree may in fact be a palm tree. <br /><br />-SoliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com