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Pagan Name of the Month — Evan
Pagan Name of the Month features a name currently in the American or English top 100 which has what I like to call “Pagan umph.” This month’s choice — Evan — features in both the American and English...
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Rune Names — Is
The darker mood of Hægl and Nyd remains as we reach Is — Ice — in the runes. The forms it takes in the various runic systems are: Eldar Futhark: *Isaz Anglo-Frisian: Is Marcomannic: His Younger...
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Imbolc
Over the course of today and or/tomorrow, most Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere will be celebrated Imbolc (down under, it’s time for Lughnasadh). Both Imbolc and Lughnasadh are what are often dubbed...
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Agatha — Good Goddess!
First of all, apologies to anyone who happened by yesterday when my blog was temporarily “suspended/archived.” Thankfully it was a system error, and the nice people at WordPress sorted it out very...
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Nook of Names Pick of the Week — Argent
It was the full moon last night, which is the inspiration for today’s pick of the week, the little heard Argent. Argent falls into the categories of both “surnames as first names” and “word names,”...
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Rune Names — Jera
Jera is one of those runes which features only in a couple of alphabets — the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Frisian. Eldar Futhark: *Jēran/*Jēraz Anglo-Frisian: Jera The runic alphabet shifts again with...
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Rune Names — Eo
From the cycle of the seasons, and the fruition of hope and perseverance of Jera, Eo takes us to the cycle of life and death itself. For Eo — more formally Ēoh — is yew, a slow-growing, very long-lived...
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Pagan Name of the Month — Genesis
It’s really quite surprisingly how many names in the UK and US top 100 have Pagan roots when you start to dig below the surface. Take Genesis, currently ranked 89th in America. Most of its use is no...
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St David’s Day — from a sunny (yes, it is!) Wales! As a St David’s Day present, here are the entries from Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names for David and Dewi. David ♂ Biblical name of Hebrew...
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Nook of Names Pick of the Week — Zaqar
A rare little gem for this week’s pick of the week. You may think it is Arabic, but it is not. It comes from a related but much, much older language. It’s actually Akkadian — the Semitic language of...
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