#havamal

[broomsick]

Crooked and far | is the road to a foe,

Though his house on the highway be;

But wide and straight | is the way to a friend,

Though far away he fare.

Hávamál - The Sayings of Hár, stanza 34

Hail Óðinn ❤️

[cursecuelebre]

“My imagination expanded, I became wise, I grew, and I thrived. One word chased another word flowing from my mouth, one deed chased another deed flowing from my hands.” Havamal 141 Óðin’s Wise Words

[hiljametsa]

Ósviðr maðr vakir um allar nætr ok hyggr at hvívetna. Þá er móðr er at morni kömr, allt er víl sem var.

'A foolish man lies awake all night and worries over everything. He is tired when the morning comes, yet all his problems remain.'

Hávamál 23 Norse text by Crawford.

[deadhaven]

Have you learned enough yet, Allfather?

(motif designs originally by Jonas Lau Markussen; redraw of this)

[paganpillar]

Óðinn the Allfather: ruler of Valhalla and God of wisdom, magic, runes, war, prophesy, victory, poetry, and death.

[w-y-r-d]

[renegade-hierophant]

ᚼᚢᛆᚱᛋ ᚦᚢ ᛒᚰᛚ ᚴᛆᚿᚿᛐ ᚴᚢᛂᚧ ᚦᚢ ᚦᛂᚱ ᛒᚰᛚᚢᛁ ᛆᛐ ᚮᚴ ᚵᛂᚠᛆᛐ ᚦᛁᚿᚢᛘ ᚠᛁᛆᚿᛑᚢᛘ ᚠᚱᛁᚧ

Hvars þú bǫl kannt, kveð þú þér bǫlvi at ok gefat þínum fjándum frið.

When you recognize evil, say it is evil and give your enemies no peace.

Hávamál 127

[theblazingvalkyrie]

THE WISDOM OF ODIN

“It is better not to pray at all

than to pray for too much;

nothing will be given that you won’t repay.

It is better to sacrifice nothing

than offer too much.

Odin carved this

before the birth of humankind,

when he rose up

and returned again.”

- Haavamal, 145

[father-of-the-void]

I know that I hung on a windy tree nine long nights, wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run.

— Havamal 138

[ozarkdirtwitch]

[lionofchaeronea]

Cattle die, kinsmen die, the self must also die; I know one thing which never dies: the reputation of each dead man. -"Sayings of the High One (Havamal)" 77, from the Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington

[broomsick]

Just discovered this gold mine of a website page making a comparative study of Carolyne Larrington’s original edition and revised edition of the Hávamál. Truly a find!

[poeticnorth]

"Write Havamal but in haiku meter", I said, "it'll be a fun project".

Well, after writing not even half of the poem into 101 haikus so far, I am seriously regretting my life choices.

[hiljametsa]

Hvars þú böl kannt,

kveðu þat bölvi at

ok gef-at þínum fjándum frið.

“When you see evil,

say that it is evil

And give your enemies no peace.”

- Hávamál 127

[bowldrips]

*youth pastor voice* "According to verse 61 of the Hávamál it is more important to be washed and fed before you Pokémon Go to the Þing than—."

[losthomisexual]

Mini havamal zine

This is a mini havamal zine i made with my favourite stanazas. Both for my own use and giving to anyone who tries to give me a bible haha