Cody Cole

09/15/2026

09/14/2026

Heimdall
Part 1 of 7 of the Heimdall series

Who is Heimdall?
Before we can understand Heimdall there is something important we must understand: Heimdall isn’t just the Aesir that guards the Bifrost
He is associated with protection, watchfulness, boundaries, perception and defense, but in the old stories we are left with fragments of Heimdall and those fragments are truly fascinating

📜What do the Sources say?
Poetic Edda

Hyndluljóð (Stanza 37): This verse lists the names of his nine giant mothers (Gjalp, Greip, Eistla, Eyrgjafa, Ulfrún, Angeyja, Ímðr, Atla, and Jarnsaxa), who bore him at the edge of the earth
Rígsþula
The opening prose note explicitly equates Heimdall with Rígr (Rig), an alias under which he walks among mankind, visits human homesteads, and fathers the progenitors of thralls, freemen, and earls

Prose Edda
High introduces the disguised King Gangleri to Heimdall, calling him the white As, basically the bright, pure, and holy Aesir
He’s also known as Hallinskiði and Gullintanni because his teeth are pure gold. His ride is a horse named Gulltoppr
His senses are insane. He needs less sleep than a bird, sees perfectly day or night for over a hundred leagues, and can literally hear grass growing on the ground and wool growing on sheep.
He lives at Himinbjörg (“Heaven’s Cliffs”), right where the rainbow bridge Bifröst hits Asgard. His job is to guard the realm against giants. His signature gear is the Gjallarhorn, a horn so loud its blast reaches every one of the nine worlds.

Heimdallr as the Watchman
He stands at a boundary.
He watches
He listens
He waits
When that final crisis comes, he is destined to sound Gjallarhorn, the sound that Ragnarok is upon us.
That gives us a important starting point to understand Heimdall:
He is not merely watching for danger. He represents awareness of danger before it arrives.
Why does Heimdall Matter in today’s Age?
For a modern Norse Pagan, Heimdallr can be approached as a reminder that awareness is a form of strength
Pay attention to what is happening around you
Know your boundaries
Protect what has been entrusted to you
Don’t confuse being watchful with living in fear
The watchman doesn’t spend every moment fighting.He watches so that he knows when action is actually required.
Reflection
Where in your life do you need to become more aware before you act?Are you actually paying attention or are you simply reacting?

09/09/2026

⚔️ The Viking Age Was More Than Warriors

When people hear “Norse History”, they often picture ships, axes and battles, but the people of the Viking Age were more than just warriors
They were farmers, traders, craftspeople, explorers, parents, sailors and storytellers

📜 History
The Viking Age Is generally dated from around 793 to 1066 CE
Scandinavians travelled enormous distances
establishing trade networks and settlements stretching from the North Atlantic to Eastern Europe and beyond
Archaeology shows us a society built around farming, craftsmanship, trade, seafaring and community not just on warfare alone

🧠 The Lesson
The biggest lesson from this is
Don’t let someone else’s stereotype define your history
The Norse World was complicated
There was courage but also cooperation
There was conflict but also trade
There were warriors but also farmers and craftspeople whose work kept entire communities alive
History becomes more meaningful when we look at the whole human story not just the dramatic bits

09/08/2026

🌾 Jera ᛃ- You Reap What You Cultivate

You can’t harvest what you never planted
Jera reminds us that some things in life take time, patience, effort and consistency

📜 History

Jera is the 12th rune of the Elder Futhark
It’s reconstructed Proto Germanic name is generally understood as a year or harvest/yearly cycle

🧠 The Lesson
Jera teaches a simple truth
Your actions have consequences and results often take time
You plant
You nurture
You wait
Then eventually you harvest
Not everything happens when you want it to
Sometimes the work you’re doing today won’t show it’s results for min try s even years that doesn’t mean nothing is happening

🍃 Modern Application
Apply Jera to your life
You want to be more knowledgeable?
Study consistently
You want stronger relationships?
Invest in people
You want to grow spiritually?
Practice regularly
You want to accomplish something meaningful?
Keep showing up
Don’t obsess over instant results
Focus on what you’re planting today
Because your future self will eventually live with the harvest created by your choices

🔥Reflection Question
What are you planting in your life right now?
Are your daily actions creating the harvest you actually want?

ᛃ Jera reminds us
Growth has seasons
Trust the process
Do the work
Let time do its part

09/08/2026

Good morning Heathens
Rise with purpose
Walk with courage
Let all of our actions be reflected by the values we carry in our hearts
Whatever today brings, face it with strength, kindness and honor
Be a light where you can, stand strong when you must and always remember you have another step to take
Hail this new day

09/07/2026

⚔️Mythology Monday⚔️

The Mead of Poetry
Óðinn wasn’t satisfied with simply being powerful; he sought wisdom, knowledge and understanding
In the old stories, The Mead of Poetry ( found in The Prose Edda in the Skáldskaparmál) is a magical drink associated with wisdom and poetic inspiration
Óðinn went to great lengths to obtain it, showing just how valuable knowledge is in the Norse worldview
But there’s a lesson here for us today:

Wisdom isn’t something you inherit, it is something you pursue
Read
Question
Listen
Learn from your mistakes
Seek knowledge even when the answers challenge you
You don’t have to know everything
You just have to remain willing to learn

What is one piece of knowledge you’ve gained that changed the way you see the world?

09/07/2026

Good morning Heathens
Rise with purpose
Walk with courage
Let your deeds speak louder than our words ever could
Whatever today brings meet it with strength, honor and a willingness to grow
Be a light to those around you
Stand by your kin both blood and chosen kin
Make today count
The day is yours walk it well ☀️🛡️

09/06/2026

🍃 The Ancestors Are Part of the Story

You don’t have to know every name in your family tree to remember where you come from
Before us were people who struggled, celebrated, made mistakes, survived hard times, raised families, built communities and passed pieces of themselves forward
We are part of a story that started long before us
📜History
The Poetic and Prose Edda preserve references to ancestors and the importance of lineage, while the archaeological evidence from the Viking age, burial and ritual practices, shows that the dead remained significant within Scandinavian society.
The ancient Norse World wasn’t divided neatly into the categories we use today. Family, community, land, gods and the dead could all be understood as part of the larger network of relationships
🧠 The Lesson
Ancestral Veneration doesn’t have to mean blindly venerating everyone that came before you
Your ancestors were human
They had strength
They had fled
They made good choices and bad ones
Remembering them does mean repeating everything they did
You can honor the good without carrying forward the harmful
Sometimes the greatest way to honor those who came before you is to become a better link in the chain
🌲🍃 Modern Application
Learn their names
Listen to their stories
Look through old photos
Cook a family recipe
Visit a meaningful place
Tell the younger generation where their family came from
Place a glass of water or a offering on your altar
Remember those who aren’t your biological ancestors as well, people whose wisdom, kindness and sacrifices shaped the life you have today
Sometimes just saying
I remember you
I am grateful for what was passed down
I will carry forward what was good
Can become a meaningful act of remembrance
If your family history contains pain remember this you are allowed to honor your ancestors without becoming trapped by their mistakes
You can be the person who changed what gets passed forward

What are you doing today that you hope future generations will remember about you

🍃 we inherit more than names
We inherit stories and by our choices we decide what stories continue

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