What should we call ourselves? Everyone should have an identity, only we seemed to be lessed with the wrong names!
At first I told poeple that I was a Heathen, and said it with pride, for that is what I believed I was! Then the bombshell hit that Heathen was a derogitory name given to us by the Christians, as someone who was uncilvlised and living on the heath! I live in the town, and feel that I am very civilised thank you, therefore Heathen went out of the window!
So, I thought to myself, If I can not be a Heathen, I had better call myself a Pagan! Like so many others, I proudly told the world who and what I was, but what is a Pagan? According to the dictionary:
Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller", "rustic"[1]) is a blanket term, typically used to refer to polytheistic religious traditions, although from a Christian perspective, the term can encompass all non–Abrahamic religions.
Well blow me! It meant exactly the same thing!!!!
So should anybody ask me what I beleive I now say that I am Asatru, a name not made up by a Christian, and that describes exactly where I come from. Yes, some people may ask what that is, but that gives the chance to educate them to the glory of the Aesir!
I urge others to do the same and dump the preconcieved Christian slurs that have hung upon us for almost 2000 years!
HAIL THOR AND HIS KINDRED!
