Ullr is the soul bridge of winter, the timeless link between dark and light. Many are the animals who are part of the deep forest, dark night myths; reindeer, lynx, raven, wolf, coyote, animals who flow with the wind without barrier.

Original talisman, handmade of porcelain clay, leather & copper
Talisman is ~ 2 x 1 inches, […]

Ellie took this photo of me on the patio during our open studio. I am wearing an Ullr talisman - you can get a sense of scale.

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At right is another Ullr talisman.  They are each unique, handmade of high fire porcelain and leather. This group of talismans represent the animals who wander the branches of […]

The Tree of Life
is always
Rooted in the Heart
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I don’t remember where i first discovered this saying and imagery.  it turns up on old Swedish embroidery samplers. I’ve been using it for several years as a knitting pattern to create small bags to hold polished stones.
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Small magic
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The story behind the image is much older […]

Playing in the mud - one of my favorite things.

The talismans have grown out of my interest in Scandinavian mythology, runic symbols and history. Or her story as in the example that follows.

Unn the Deep Minded:
Unn was an Icelandic chieftain who is often credited with bringing democracy to Iceland and Scotland as well as […]

Happy new year by the old reckoning.

Brightest blessings of this solstice dawn ~

Tracks in the snow, bobcat’s crossing over coyote’s and hare’s. Signs of life everywhere.

The Sami say:

We are born out of the heart of the White Reindeer
Born of Ellun into Illian

(born of radiance into joy)
 

This is the Mother’s night, last of the winter-nights, ladder to the milkyway the soul bridge, the third night of the standstill before Solstice dawns. Tonight according to ancient myth ellen, […]

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Raven

White Raven
The Blessing

Soul’s bridge

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K-wee-uu
I often hear them first
wings pushing air

White Raven
Wings almost dissolving it seems, so rapid is the movement that even the camera wants to blend earth and sky, as if to illustrate a still told, long ago story of White Raven as the bridge between earth and the spirit / creator.
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A pair of Ravens have taken […]

20 June midsommarafton
Namnsdag Linda
from lind, linen
Linda in Swedish means bandage, or twine. Lind has an ancient meaning rooted in the myths as the wedding veil. The story goes that on mid summer night the faeries celebrate the Golden Wedding. It is the night when the work of the faeries and devas of […]

19 may
Namnsdag: Majken, May- light
Alrik, very powerful, soul gift

Spring Murmurs

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Under the elder tree lies the faerie portal.
A passage for those who are able
to enter the out-of-time.

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Full moon on Alrik seems especially fitting.