Plain-language reading on Polytheist traditions, Pagan practice, polyamory, community care, public law sources, and the conversations we carry forward from our episodes.
New guide
Polytheist Traditions Around the World
A growing, source-aware guide to distinct traditions and places. We begin with Norse and Celtic lifeways, while making room for careful future research rather than quick claims.
This guide distinguishes early texts and inscriptions, later retellings, archaeology, modern reconstruction, and modern personal practice. It does not treat every Pagan or Polytheist tradition as one system.
We begin with what a record can support and leave space for what remains debated, regional, or unknown.
Polytheist traditions
Norse Lifeways and Worldview: Start With the Sources
A source-aware introduction to the social worlds, places, stories, and practices associated with pre-Christian Norse-speaking communities—without treating modern retellings as a complete record.
8 min readPoetic and prose sources, archaeology, and modern scholarship read together with care
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Building Support for the Cause: A Sponsor and Donor Plan
A practical, transparent plan for resourcing House of Pagan Pride Inc’s educational and community work—without selling influence, promising tax deductions, or losing sight of the people the work is meant to serve.
12 min readCommunity funding principles informed by public guidance on ethical fundraising, donor privacy, and charitable-contribution eligibility
Major Norse Gods: What the Surviving Sources Associate With Them
A careful reading list for figures such as Óðinn, Þórr, Freyja, Freyr, Týr, Frigg, Loki, and Njǫrðr—focused on surviving texts and uncertainty rather than modern job titles.
9 min readNames and associations drawn from Eddic poems, skaldic language, and medieval prose—not a fixed pantheon chart
Celtic Lifeways: Regional Traditions, Not One Uniform Religion
A grounded introduction to the many peoples, languages, places, objects, and medieval literatures gathered under the word “Celtic”—without turning them into one timeless system.
9 min readArchaeology, ancient external accounts, and distinct Irish and Welsh medieval manuscript traditions
Deities in Irish and Welsh Source Traditions: Names, Stories, and Uncertainty
An introduction to figures in medieval Irish and Welsh literature, clearly labeled by source tradition and kept separate from claims about a single pan-Celtic pantheon.
10 min readMedieval Irish and Welsh literary sources, with source tradition and limits named at every step