Asatru

Ásatrú English Alternative forms en Ásatrú with diacritics, acknowledging Icelandic derivation Etymology en :bor is:Ásatrú + 1 Proper noun A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and 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. en 2008 Michelangelo Delfino; Mary E. Day Death Penalty USA: 2005 - 2006 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xJ8bZFKoe1cC&pg=PA296&dq=%22Asatru%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vVXvUomWIIWqkwX34YH4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Asatru%22&f=false 296 Lenz felt Parker was "disrespecting the gods" and "saying that he was teaching Asatru but what he was teaching was not Asatru." en 2009 Mark Ludwig Stinson Heathen Gods 51 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HRwA7WENnxQC&pg=PA51&dq=%22Asatru%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vVXvUomWIIWqkwX34YH4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Asatru%22&f=false 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. Coordinate terms Derived terms en Asatruan Asatruar Asatruism Brosatru Nazitru Wiccatru a follower of Asatru slang, chauvinistic version of the modern Norse religion slang, derogatory, racist or neo-Nazi themed versions of the modern Norse religion a syncretism of Wicca and Germanic neopaganism Translations neopagan religion Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 日耳曼新異教 Rì'ěrmàn Xīnyìjiào Danish: da asatro c, da asetro Finnish: fi aasainusko Icelandic: is Ásatrú f Indonesian: id Asatru Marathi: mr आसात्रू m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb åsatru m f, nb åsatro m f Nynorsk: nn åsatru f Polish: pl asatru n Portuguese: pt Asatru m Romanian: ro asatru m Spanish: es asatru m Swedish: sv asatro c See also en Forn Sed Lokean Odinism Rokkatru Theodism Vanatru godi hof venerator of Loki veneration of Odin veneration of the underworld gods, such as Loki, Angrboda, Fenrir, and Hel Anglo-Saxon neopaganism veneration of the Vanir gods Anagrams en aarstu Aratus en 3-syllable words en Germanic paganism