From the Hwítmerscingas

Writings

Songs, poetry, lore, and writings on craft from the people of Hwítmersc.

In the collection

Lore · Paper

Where the Profane Cannot Profane

Iron, Holy Fire, and the Paradox of the Wíh; why iron profanes, and how the holy fire continually cleanses the grate.

Crafts · The heargweard’s first lesson

Need-Fire and the Holy Flame of the Wíh; its history, theology, and the craft of bringing forth fire by friction.

Crafts · Harvest Home

A wheatsheaf for Harvest Home; an illustrated guide to shaping, baking, and keeping a harvest loaf.

Lore · Paper

Cyclical Myth and the Making of an End; Hwítmersc’s theological reading of the myths gathered into Ragnarök.

Lore · Paper

Eorxnawang and the Crossing of the Dead; an account of passage into the afterlife within Hwítmersc’s theology.

Lore · Paper

John Barleycorn and the Drowned Kings of Ing.

Lore · Paper

Ing, Elfhame, and the Keeping of the Land.

Lore · Paper

Ing and the Continuance of Kingship.

Lore · Paper

Ing and the Gifts of Kingship.

Poem & Song · Scéarptóð’s sPELL

The forging of Hwítmersc’s langseax, and the smith who brought it into being.

Song · English folk ballad

A ballad of Weyland’s captivity, vengeance, and flight.