Essence
Blood, spit and honey make this potent drink: the poetry mead.
Action
Power gathered from the blood of the murdered. If you have sipped this with
it’s terrible past you are only choosing to be good.
Never forget that one word from you is like poetry and can make love or
start wars.
Speak and see what happens.
Watchword
Sweet beautiful words spoken by a heart that is dark
Heart
You have learnt from your past and can say just the right thing in a few
words.
Essence
Odin’s ravens; Thought and Memory. They fly out from his shoulders
to see all and return to tell. They are wise enough to choose what to recall
and report.
Action
These ever reaching messengers make the decisions decisions are made from.
They observe our every move and interpret in their own way.
Watchword
Wonder, recall and fly. What you say is believed.
Heart
You are observant and reliable.
Essence
Freyja’s brother who dared to sit upon Odin’s all seeing throne
to look upon the nine known worlds and all the unknown ones as well.
He saw and fell for Gerd the giantess and suffered horribly for love.
Action
Win through with help of others and melt the impossible heart but only after
great suffering.
Watchword
See hearts beat and hope falls with tears when love calls.
Nothing stops you from going where you will and doing what you choose.
Heart
You live by your own rules, yet you are nothing without love.
Essence
The pretender god would die to get what he wants
All-father god of war and poetry
Action
Sit upon the Slab-throne and see all
Great sacrifice leads to the greatest power
Concentrate on using your great powers or others will slip their trickery
by you to end worlds.
Watchword
Peace friend my word is never challenged
Heart
You instinctively know what others do and have the power to rule.
Essence
This ferocious wolf grew and grew.
The monstrous son of a beautiful giantess he was tricked, bound and buried.
Action
This rage is buried deep and will burst out to end worlds.
Watchword
Wait in dark below and when time is ripe burst forth roaring.
Heart
Usually you are quiet, but can rage fiercely if it is called for.
Essence
This beautiful ghostly deity, she tall and strong, will march with you.
Shapely, armoured, let her lead by choosing you.
Action
Her strength is in those who think they lead.
Never doubt her power to direct or control or one bad sign and she will
drop you.
Watchword
Calmly brave and looking ponderously ahead, “Look there is destiny”.
Omens come and she turns from you to call, “Who will lead for me now!”
Heart
Others follow you while thinking they are making the decisions.
Essence
She is like the sea, with as many moods and ways; calm, choppy stormy...
The party giver and brewer, she is entertainer to those who feel they are
gods.
Action
Watch for her water spouts or even worse Tsunami.
She drags the sailors down in her nets and their endless sufferings entertain
her.
Watchword
As drowned souls wail and roam haplessly, “Sing for me, dance for me,”
she sickly laughs.
Heart
You are a party giver with a crazy sense of humour.
Essence
This Farmers wife was chosen by Heimdall and as a result was blessed by
all the gods to become the Mother of all Farmers.
Action
All are nurtured and flourish around her.
A gardener of renown who need do no more than show you the spade.
Watchword
All are beautiful and capable of great growth when blessed with what they
need.
“See from the ground they grow”.
Heart
People gladly do the work for you; all you have to do is smile.
Essence
Grew from the very first ash branch
The Mother of many children; she is the Mother of us all.
Action
She stepped out of the tree to become first woman.
Watchword
“Live simple and do not fight”
She instructs us with a smile, it is her belief that babies do not cry,
“See,” she says as she cares perfectly and calms.
Heart
You nurture others with a fresh new approach to life.
Essence
The enormous cow of creation:
First born giants gain strength from her milk.
Immovable she brings us all to our fullness.
Action
Fills and makes content in a simple yet powerful way.
As she licks the first ice to make giants so she can reshape you if need
be.
Watchword
“Drink your queemy milk and wipe your chops”
Her rasping tongue will lick you into what shape is needed: be remade.
Heart
You feed and nurture others, shaping them up for the job in hand.
