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"Ek fellr"
The theme of this track is the rebirth of WôðanaR, from the burial mound, as he falls down from the womb of Erþô, the Earth Goddess. His rebirth is symbolic, and he is in fact not the deity WôðanaR, but a youngster impersonating him. "Pretend to make real". He pretends to be WôðanaR to gain access to the realm of death (like a Troyan Horse) where he will learn secrets from the goddess Kelio, waiting inside. He chooses to become the dead resting inside and thus is allowed to take the valuables from the grave. They are his own. They are the items he used to own in previous lives. He has become the dead, a real man, initiated, chosen and finally worthy of a real name (Honour). We best know this ritual today as "Halloween" (the hallow evening), when children dress up as the dead (=WôðanaR) to gain access to the realm of death. He is not yet reborn though, and must live in the grave, the Middle-Earth, the world inbetween all worlds, until Yule, when he finally can be reborn and return. to the world of the living. On the Yule Eve the grave is opened up by the most beautiful lady of the house, and all the elves (=the spirits of the dead) return, along with the chosen ones who are to be reborn. They bring the items from the grave that they used to own in previous lives, as gifts from the elves - whom they have now become themselves. They are now divine men! A divine child is thus actually born on the Yule Day after all. Although explained with mostly Scandinavian terms here this initiation ritual was common to all the Ancient European cultures. This is a part of our common Pagan religion. Our European heritage.
The theme of this track is the rebirth of WôðanaR, from the burial mound, as he falls down from the womb of Erþô, the Earth Goddess. His rebirth is symbolic, and he is in fact not the deity WôðanaR, but a youngster impersonating him. "Pretend to make real". He pretends to be WôðanaR to gain access to the realm of death (like a Troyan Horse) where he will learn secrets from the goddess Kelio, waiting inside. He chooses to become the dead resting inside and thus is allowed to take the valuables from the grave. They are his own. They are the items he used to own in previous lives. He has become the dead, a real man, initiated, chosen and finally worthy of a real name (Honour). We best know this ritual today as "Halloween" (the hallow evening), when children dress up as the dead (=WôðanaR) to gain access to the realm of death. He is not yet reborn though, and must live in the grave, the Middle-Earth, the world inbetween all worlds, until Yule, when he finally can be reborn and return. to the world of the living. On the Yule Eve the grave is opened up by the most beautiful lady of the house, and all the elves (=the spirits of the dead) return, along with the chosen ones who are to be reborn. They bring the items from the grave that they used to own in previous lives, as gifts from the elves - whom they have now become themselves. They are now divine men! A divine child is thus actually born on the Yule Day after all. Although explained with mostly Scandinavian terms here this initiation ritual was common to all the Ancient European cultures. This is a part of our common Pagan religion. Our European heritage.