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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:57 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:13 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:42 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:09 am
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When I think of Uruz, the first thing that comes to mind is of a giant wild ox, much bigger and stronger than a man, being hunted and stalked by a small group of men, but especially the young boy who steps forward to make the first strike and mark his first big kill.
I think that this evokes in me a very powerful feeling. There is definitely a sense of being up against a larger opponent or force, but also that combination of fear/excitement/bravery that comes from stepping up and going head to head with such a force and the confidence that you will walk away the victor.
In addition to this, I get from Uruz a sense of structure. There are things we have limited control over that effect how we live our lives. To relate it back to the auroch, if the hunt is successful, there is now food for a while, or food to be stored for winter when hunting is scarce. If the hunt isn't successful, you must hunt again until you succeed and for each unsuccessful hunt, you must be more frugal to make what you have last.
In the Icelandic poem, Uruz is likened to the rain, and I find this reinforces this. Rain isn't as big a hindrance today, but it does still effect some of what we choose to do. But just like with the auroch, sometimes there are circumstances that make things harder, but you still have to go forward and do what needs to be done.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:40 am
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It's interesting that the Anglo-Saxons retained the "auroch" definition when there weren't any aurochs around them.
I don't see the structure or the control, myself. I don't think they hunted the aurochs for food. Food would be more Fehu, cattle; why bother hunting a big, powerful bovine for food if you already have some rather less angry ones milling around? Unless you don't have enough of them to see you through, I suppose. So I tend to think of auroch hunts as for different reasons, hence my connection to the male mysteries. I think it's less about necessity, more about proving oneself, about strength and pride. For me it's almost the opposite of control: the throwing off of ropes and chains, of pure physical strength and endurance.
Slag, for example, is what you get after the smelting process. If you're put under pressure and you're bad iron, all you get out of it is slag.
I have issues with the reindeer line. Possibly because I don't know anything about reindeer, and I've rarely been in snow. Is this a reference to reindeer being sure-footed, or able to survive tough situations? The poems have always seemed rather different to me.
In terms of the story of the rune line, Fehu is the primal beginning, Uruz would link more obviously to Audhumbla. Paxson talks a bit about Audhumbla and tries to reconcile the "slag" and "drizzle" to the fire and ice of the creation story. Following this along, Uruz is the becoming-physical, the taking shape, the material energy, while Fehu is more of the potential energy.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:32 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:06 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:40 am
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:53 am
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:15 am
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:58 am
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:51 am
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 6:16 am
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:09 am
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