Just wanted to say thank you to everyone sharing and commenting on this video. It actually started very poorly compared to other videos. But through your support its reaching much further! You all are amazing, and I am so glad the information in this video is meaningful to so many of you ❤
So excited to see more mundane venerations. As a housewitch connecting to scottish heritage, elevating the household to the magical is my way, empowering cooking spoons, banishing synonymous with cleaning countertops, and speaking to the creaks in the floors. So happy to learn more about house spirits!
Red Rabbit, I love that you call yourself a "house witch". I love the idea of empowering wooden spoons. Banishing as cleaning. There is magic in the mundane. ❤
I’m so glad you talked about house spirits! They do not get the credit they are due. They are an important part of my daily practice. I honor them daily and keep a spot on my altar, along with my ancestors, guides, and Goddess, so they know how important they are to me. Too many experiences for me not to give daily acknowledgement to them.
@@metalcatmom5891 happy to. I have representations, in the form of statues, on my altar with objects I feel they like. I have a candle dedicated to them that I light often and an offering bowl where I give anything from flowers to candy occasionally. Daily, I light incense for them and verbally communicate my thanks for their protection and aid.
@@metalcatmom5891 I call out a small quiet greeting to them every morning, or when I enter or leave the house for the day. Acknowledge them in whatever way seems fitting for you. Works well for me and the spirits in my dwelling.
Thank you so much for this amazing video! I am from Finland and lived my childhood in the late 80's and 90's and my parents passed much of their knowledge of finnish pagan traditions to me and one was honouring our house spirits. Nisse is called Tonttu in finnish. I remember many times we would take food for the Tonttu who we believed lived in our Sauna which was common since not all houses have a fire place so a sauna would be the "heart" of the house. Days that included some sort of celebration wether it be either of my parents getting a raise at work or me finishing a grade at school or days like the new years eve the Tonttu was always remembered too and something was left for him in the sauna. I remember vaguely one christmas when I was maybe 4-5 years old being uppset that we didn't bring the Tonttu any gingerbread cookies so later that day before I went to bed my mom gave me a few cookies to leave the Tonttu. One of the best momeries I have from childhood :) Excuse my english!
I have always felt like there was a little something "extra" about a house and home and that is why vacant houses seem to decay faster than occupied ones. House spirits are a good way to describe it! I remember as a child, crying because I was afraid we would move and I loved the house and the "extra" I didn't have words for (My parents still own the house and live there...I visited yesterday 😁). I frequently talk to my house. I always have, even when I had no idea what Paganism was. It just felt right. When we sold the first home we owned, I thanked the house, let it know what was going on, and asked it to care for and protect the new people, just as it had done for us. I introduced myself to the new to me house and asked it to accept us as it's new people and promised to care for it and asked it to care for me. It just felt natural.
I can relate. When a child my parents moved from our home to another. I remember such a deep feeling of sadness that I visited each room and said goodbye, I was 9 maybe 10 at the time. We had moved to a larger house and instantly I sensed unease regards the back bedroom and hated every night I had to sleep there. It was around that time I developed a fear of open cupboard doors and hated my feet dangling over the bed afraid of what lurked in the darkness under it. For nearly a year after we moved in cats gathered outside the window and howled, it was honestly scary, they never showed up during the day. That house had something weird about it, is all I can say.
@jessiewilliams6561 That second house does sound weird. We bought our current home last year, and I felt happy and at ease here right away. So I should probably do a little offering and remind the house spirit that I love it here, and I am grateful for the shelter and feeling of safety.
I adore your topics, ideas and how your mind works! You're doing more for the Pagan community than the rest of the "big leaders" have done in the last 50 years. This topic is very dear and close to my heart (random comment: I loved the Tolkien quote on your Domovoy altar 😁) and it was a big part of the thesis I wrote for Sakura foundation that has won me the trip to Japan; so you can imagine how delighted I was to see YOU cover this, so very heartwarming, topic I did my part - spread the good word far and wide, until the Hall!
Pagan witchy suburban housewife here. Once, I started to tend to a kitchen altar and leave offerings for our home’s spirit there, chores seems to go smoother and I have more cheerful disposition about cooking and cleaning. It could be that honoring our home keeps my mind on the gratitude of our possessions and our shelter or maybe the house spirits feel honored and the energy in our home has been upgraded. Either way I will continue to honor our house spirits and thank you for your thoughtful Pagan content. Bright blessings your way.✨🖤✨
I definitely want more videos like this! 🤗🙌♥️ I have recently discovered your channel and I quite enjoy your videos thus far! I am eager to view all of your other videos. Keep up the good work! 👏🏻👏🏻👍
@@TheWisdomOfOdin itreally was/is! Could I bug you for a recommendation on a book about the more nordic european folkmagic? Im from Sweden and I feel drawn to that more grounded earthly connected type of witchcraft or paganism. If you get a ton of comments and dont have the time I will understand. Just thought I might as well ask 😊
I've spread the link to this video far and wide! I 100% want you to continue making content like this--and I hope you will be able to continue to do so. It is in the home, our daily practices, and the spiritual relationships we build in that context that comprises to the true heart of Paganism. It's incredibly important to start conversations like these--and I hope more and more content creators choose to do so. How we live as Pagans matters so much! Perhaps even more than how we perform rituals on special occasions. I have but a small presence on social media (followers/subscribers-wise), but I am happy to do what I can to get this video more eyeballs. For what it's worth, last January I began a video series I call "The Pagan Housewife" that's focusing on Pagan living and taking care of the spiritual part of the home. You're alone--and I sincerely hope this video performs better than your wildest expectations.
Thank you! It means a lot! Its really quite fascinating that the pagan practices that do still exist have been kind of forgotten about in this modern pagan awakening. So I believe its very important to keep talking about things like house spirits!
I absolutely love this. Its videos like this keep me coming back every time. Every day things are magical, every day things are ritual. Thank you for the lovely video!
There is/was actually a pretty popular TV-Show for kids in germany dedicated to Kobolds (a Kobold) called Pumuckl, which pretty much pictures kobolds exactly for what they are 😀
I recently went to Southern New Jersey Pagan Pride event and they had a workshop on exactly this. Very informative and educational so I thank you for the intricate details u went into on this practice. Great video as always 😊
Hi! Ukrainian folk witch here :> there's a variant of the Domovyk or Domovoy tradition where some carry an ember from the old hearth or fireplace into the new one, or ritually transport a broom from the old house to the new one, to transport our Domovyky from one house to another :> some of us believe that the Domovyk is a variant of an ancestor, and thus the spirit is attached to the family rather than the specific dwelling
I work in the food industry as well as a Baker and a Chef. I leave fresh herbs in hidden spots then gather them and place them at a huge tree behind my building. I really appreciate the information in this video as well as seeing your home and how you set things up. I was watching this while prepping for the day and then the ending came up. I laughed so hard that my boss came back to see what was going on. Haha! 🤣🤣 Loved it!!
My daughter's swedish mother in law would greet the house spirits when they went to their summer house before she would step into the summerhouse. She lives in Sweden.
Ginger to ginger, you are blowing my mind!! I just finished watching the druid video and am now enjoying this one :) Sharing your channel with a client creating a school of modern druidry. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, wisdom, and gifts! - Alexandria
All of this was very cozy to listen to with rain pouring and hot tea. Most especially hearing other people talk about Nisse. Many many stories about Nisse in my house as a kid. I used to carry a doll around with me like a baby when I was little. I get sentimental about the folk stories. Fun to have practice to go along with them.
I loved this video! If my boyfriend wasn't so ocd about being tidy, I'd create a small space somewhere as well 😁 (it's a very small house, no extra rooms or wall spaces) I might have to go and find a secret space in the wardrobe or something instead! Keep making those amazing studies 😁
Sidenote: your audio in the intro is perfect. I am listening with open ear buds. Flipping from another, rather "ringy" video to yours startled me because it sounded like you were in the room. Kudos!
THANK YOU!!! I am a firm believer that house spirits (husvaettir) and the spirits of the land (landvaettir) and I am grateful that both have a venerated place in the Fellowship of Northern Traditions :)
Wow … I really enjoyed this .. We have always commented that our house has good vibes … I’m going to start leaving offerings … when the offering are done I can put it on a big rock in my back yard for the Landdisir as an offering I already ask Odin for wisdom ,Thor for Strength, and Idun for health 👍
I love how this video popped up right when I was looking into house gods. This house protected me through Ian I need to do something to honor it. Thank you!
Hey first video I got to say thank you. You got a subscriber pretty cool video. It's unfortunate as so much information has been lost over the years it's really nice to see some of this history and information come back.
I was looking for something to listen to while I was cleaning up my home, and this was perfect. I am going to make a simmer pot as soon as I clean a pot. I am hoping this will help me value my house cleaning
this is exactly the type of info I look for. all the other standard stuff has been rehashed over and over, meanwhile stuff like the info in this video is being forgotten. Thank you for all you do!
I'm a berber from north Algeria , and also here we believe in house spirits who like like guardians of our houses when we're outside from evil spirits , and we when our ancestors built our houses they always made the doors shorter than the average height of a man so everytime someone gets inside the house he inclinates as a sign of respect for the spirits
Yes yes yes! This is so important. Thank you SO much for making this video! Mundane/daily venerations are so overlooked and yet are the most interwoven, vital, ancient, and consistent elements of land-based/animist/pagan/norse life.
This made my heart so happy. I have some fun spirits in my home and they borrow items randomly and then bring them back usually. My step daughter used to leave water out for them each night.
I remember as a kid being scared of the laughter in the walls, the sound of running in the halls, the sounds of people talking )specifically two old ladies). My mother would tell me that houses have memories and these memories echo through the house, that all old houses have these memories and that they’re nothing to be scared of. I doubt she remembers. After that I would sit and listen to these memories, I have vivid memories of seeing two old ladies in the hall chatting while they knit, a memory of a little boy running through the hall laughing while playing with his toy, i remember hearing this. I was so sad to leave the house because I’ve grown to love listening to it’s memories. I feel as if there is a spirit in eveything, even before I discovered the term. I would treat everything like it had a spirit (except my phone, I abuse this thing so much, even physically and verbally. It works 10/10).
Finally somebody talking about nissar they are very prominent in sweden an the knowledge is still there the grown ups talked about them and told folkstories when we where children the folktradition is still big in sweden
Great video and good to hear about all the different house spirits that people have honoured and still are doing all over the world. Growing up in the north of England in the 1960's a lot of old folk would talk about "leaving a bit of summat (something) for the Dobby of the house". No doubt this is where JK Rowling got the name for Dobby's character in Harry Potter. I also remember seeing some houses and old cottages with iron horse shoes above the door, I was told as a child they were for the fairies to swing on, but I understand iron is toxic to the fey, so it was obviously to keep them out of the home. By the 1980's a lot of all these old traditions of horse shoes and honouring the Dobby of the house seemed to have died out, when I returned to Yorkshire to visit friends I only saw the occasional horse shoe above the door and that was mostly in rural areas. Sad really. Thanks for sharing Jacob 🌺
I moved into my dream home less than a year ago. I’d love to have a House Spirit in here. Perhaps I already do because my home has a very peaceful vibe. Guess I’d better light a candle and put out a wee saucer of something for my ‘helper’😉 Thank you for this video!
Although I am on a different path I’ve absolutely loved your videos & for reminding me of the little folk who play miscellaneous games throughout our lives? For this I’m thankful & happy to make a small altar for my long lost friend/fiends. Blessed Be🔮
This was a great & different video, once again learnt some more stuff! I must be the house spirit’s favourite as I’m the only one whom doesn’t loose socks !
As someone who grew up partially in Sweden, I learned about a lot of these in children’s books and stories around holidays. It’s still a part of the culture today. My mom always blames the elves for stealing our socks 😂 after 20 years they are kinda mad and now we only have one of each sock. No joke.
Lately there’s been a huge change in energy in my apartment. I’m going through a divorce and my ex husband left and so did his father. They were both very toxic. I don’t feel scared by these “energies” or spirits. But I’m working through a lot of laundry and de cluttering. I want to cleanse my alter space.. My father in law put his phone on top of my offering plate for Freya. 😱 I immediately picked up his phone and said please don’t put anything on this area! He got mad at me… So I’m super happy they’re not here anymore and I can have my space the way I want it.
Whenever I see negative comments, or have less than positive conversations about topics like this I like to point out that they/that person was drawn to the video, or felt the need to engage in conversation. That draw means something
In the stories about domovoy, there is a way to move your domovoy from one house to another by trick. You set an empty, non transparent box or bottle and place some kind of treat inside. Then, in the evening you come and close it. You can not look inside. And then just place it in your new home and open it. Domovoy doesnt like it and you have to be sure, that in the house there is no more then one domovoy. This was still a thing when i was kid
As someone who has a homiegoblin in my house I appreciate this video. I ordered some runes from a dude in Norway and it came with a free goblin. Lucky me.
Great video and a good reminder to me that I have been ignoring our house spirit, Seamus. I leave pomanders (oranges studded w cloves) They smell wonderful and as they age they just shrivel and get very hard. Never had one spoil and I have some that are over 20 yrs old. You can also use apples - just have to use more cloves to get them from turning bad.
Would you do a video on the topic of elves/hidden people in Iceland/Nordic countries? (Sorry if I’ve got this mixed up and it’s completely different from your usual content!) Love these sort of videos though ❤
Very nice to see this topic brought up! I have been thinking and feeling lately that too much emphasis is put on the gods. If we look around at unbroken traditions of polytheism and animism around the world today, in tribal cultures, A LOT of it is on "spirits" of the home, of the forest, of animals. I'm not any kind of expert, not even an armchair expert, but I think the common folk, like you and I, put more emphasis on the animistic part, while the theistic (god) part is "later", or of the more organized religion-part that comes in more organized societies. If that phrasing makes any sense.
Great vid Jacob. Giving my offering to the algorithm gods. I keep an eye on your other channel in case you ever drop more hobbit, minimalism and hygge content.
Something in my house is stealing things. We've now lost two cookie sheets, a glass cake pan, and a fox lovey. We have no clue where they've gone and I suspect the fae.
Finally!!! A useful video. I've watched quite a few of your videos. I have to say, this one has been the most helpful. It's interesting, & great fun to learn about the mighty people of the past. To learn about spears, ships & shields. BUT, I'm not that person. I will never have a poem, song, or story written about me. So I hunger for the day to day activities & beliefs of the common, every day working people. How their beliefs affected & described their every day activities. Baking bread, cutting fire wood, gathering eggs. Just the every day things the "No Body Family" did to keep their homes running. And how their beliefs intertwined with those activities. I'm a single, male Pagan. Looking for "Historically accurate" ways to blend my beliefs into my daily activities. In a way that Honors The Goddess & God. House Spirits seem a wonderful way to show my respect to the Realms of The Gods.
