eliwan

As I've been reading pagan oral tradition, songs, prayers, myths... etc. I am of course an individual who is able to make my own interpretations of things. Because I know Finnish, I've read a lot of Finnish oral poetry or runosongs. They utilize epithets and alternate names A LOT. And reading through all of that, it's like I've opened a third eye or something and started seeing connections between things I could've never imagined. Deep cosmology feels like something that is reserved for "proper" religions and I am so incredibly excited whenever I find something like that from the poems. It's like I've discovered some massive, exciting thing I would like share with everyone, but nobody around me really cares.

What I've come to notice is that my interpretations can differ quite a lot from the ones that exist in commercial and popular culture, which are often based on something that was decided in the 19th century. The pop culture info you can learn quite easily about is so surface level too. It's a whole different deal when you start understanding the "mythic language", like which kind of symbolism refers to what.

Not sure if anyone here can relate. I don't have any already existing template to go by, so the fact that any day I can find some exciting line that reveals something new about how people used to think in an archive of over 100,000 runosongs... It's kind of intoxicating? I finally stopped resisting and started ranting about something publically (which might interest you if you're interested in Freyr), I really just feel like I need an outlet for... any of this :D

Any relatable experiences, tips or other discussion?