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Dustypuppy
February 17th, 2006, 04:58 AM
How do you approach this issue?Is it possible to see the Norse pantheon as aspects of an eternal panentheistic Divinity as they are portrayed as finite beings with their destiny mapped out at Ragnarok?
Gyda
February 17th, 2006, 10:09 AM
you can veiw them anyway you want. Most Heathens, veiw them as the individaul Gods/Desses they are and treat them as such myself being one of those people, though I come from a more Anglo-Saxon veiw. They are approach with great respect and friendliness.

Gyda
Hangatyr 13
February 17th, 2006, 02:15 PM
Does it matter if they're eternal or not? By the time they're gone, so will you. The story of Ragnarok is there to remind us that it's our chidren who carry on our legacy and that all things die, so death should be met with bravery.
Malcolm
February 17th, 2006, 02:20 PM
Not all the gods die at Ragnarok.
wolf
February 17th, 2006, 02:34 PM
Ragnarok has happened, is happening, and will happen. Time is circular.

That's what they've been telling me, anyway.
Hangatyr 13
February 17th, 2006, 08:00 PM
Ragnarok has happened, is happening, and will happen. Time is circular.

That's what they've been telling me, anyway.Yeah, it has multiple meanings. I know people who say that some of the prophecies in the Voluspa have been fulfilled, while others are coming to pass.
Rick
February 18th, 2006, 10:40 AM
The Gods are our Ancestors. It's as simple as that... how would you approach your grandparents?
Malcolm
February 18th, 2006, 02:48 PM
heh, usually with a good stiff drink Rick...
~Elise~
February 18th, 2006, 06:04 PM
heh, usually with a good stiff drink Rick...
For you or for them? :lol:

Elise
Malcolm
February 18th, 2006, 08:44 PM
Both, It wouldn't be right otherwise.
~Elise~
February 18th, 2006, 09:54 PM
sounds like we have ancestors in common.
Malcolm
February 18th, 2006, 10:36 PM
Its possible, :cheers: