Our Creed
General Values
- The purpose of the Hungarian Ásatrú Community is to maintain such a community and online presence, which gives all the opportunities for followers of our path to actively practice their religion.
- It is our duty to practice and preserve the Germanic-Scandinavian pagan traditions - which we call Ásatrú - in our modern world.
- Our values are mainly based on the Eddas, complemented by all the other written and visual sources of our tradition. Our understanding integrates the up-to-date academic research too.
- Our religion is polytheistic. The focus of our practice is on praising the Æsir, the Vanir - and all the other gods related to them - through regular rituals (blóts and symbels).
- We also express our gratitude towards the ancestors in these rites. Without their unwavering work we couldn’t inhabit the world that we have today.
- We also believe in nature being a living, dynamic and sacred reality, towards which we turn in awe. Protection of the environment is a shared responsibility of all of those who follow our religion.
Our Activity
- The love of our homeland is a logical consequence of our respect towards the ancestors and the nature spirits. Similarly how many Hungarians practice Christianity, Islam and Judaism, religions that come from a Middle Eastern cultural context, our religion is completely compatible with our national identity.
- By no means does our community aim to isolate itself from the established society. Quite the opposite: we aim to richen Hungarian cultural life with our values and our members all work hard on contributing to the Hungarian community.
- The Hungarian Ásatrú Community does not condone missionary work, which goes completely against our worldview both in theory and practice. Even more, the history of our tradition is marked by the traumas caused by medieval Christian missionaries, the effects of which we still suffer to this day.
- Our outward presence is therefore limited to two activities: educating the wider public about our values and practice, and guiding those on our path, who show a more serious interest in it.
- Our events are open to all that are curious about us, even if they belong to different religious denominations. If you liked to get to know us better, but afraid, that accidently disrespect any of our customs, still feel free to contact our members in advance. We always welcome good intentions.
Human Rights
- Being followers of a polytheistic worldview, we believe in cultural and especially religious tolerance. It’s important for our group not to disrespect or provoke other cultures, religions or any different types of identity, and we expect the same treatment from others towards us.
- The Hungarian Ásatrú Community is a non-political organization. Of course all of our members have the right to have a personal opinion in that matter, but they shouldn’t bring that to our events. We don’t take a stance in political matters.
- We don’t welcome any form of hate speech or other kind of offensive behavior on our community platforms. We see individuals as being capable of taking responsibility for their words and actions and therefore we will act upon them according to that.
- We follow the universalist branch of Ásatrú, which means that we believe in the right of every human being to practice our religion, regardless of their ancestry and nationality. Even though we are happy to welcome anybody to our events, let that person self-identify as folkish, tribalist or odinist, we still require from them to act in accordance with our values.
- Unfortunately our religion has a small, but loud and aggressive section too, which adores neo-nazi values, glorifying hatred and advertising terroristic behavior. This is the cursed heritage of the Third Reich, where national socialist ideologists projected their own identity into an ancient Germanic past. The Hungarian Ásatrú Community strictly distances itself from these fanatic ideologies and groups.
The members of the Hungarian Ásatrú Community swear their oaths on their rings, claiming that they live their life in accordance with these values. Our deeds and words are in harmony to all that is written here. Some of the listed points are only guidelines, while others are obligatory - but whether which passage falls in which category is obvious. We ask therefore all the newcomers at our events and the learners on our platforms to respect these bylaws. And we also ask the mighty Æsir, the majestic Vanir and the just god Ullr, whose ring the righteous ones swear their oath on, to hallow our creed!