About the Helmberi Kindred

This is the Helmberi Kindred, we are an Asatru/ Norse Pagan group in Northern Nevada. We live by the Nine Noble Virtues, and the Rede of Honor.  These teach us to be Honorable, trustworthy and truthful individuals. We will write more about these in later posts.

We organize ourselves as our ancestors did.  Our Chieftain is our leader and representative to society.  He is responsible for all the mundane aspects of our lives:  land, housing needs, food, clothing, work, protection, discipline, and the order of the Kindred. The Queen is the Chieftain’s other half, she assists the Chieftain, and is the Mother figure of the Kindred, she plans the feasts, coordinates the mundane activities, and reminds everyone of upcoming events.

Our Gothi and Gythia are the next two important people in the structure of a Kindred.  The Gothi is the male spiritual leader. His responsibilities include, calling on the Gods, performing male-centric Blots, spiritual adviser to all that request guidance, work in conjunction with the Gythia, Rune divination, and sharing his knowledge with the Folk.

Gythia, is the female spiritual leader. Her responsibilities include, calling on the Goddesses, performing female-centric Blots, spiritual adviser to all that request guidance, work in conjunction with the Gothi, sharing her knowledge with the Folk, Sied magic, and the education of the children.

Sword Bearer, he is the protector of the Kindred, he also keeps track of the oaths taken and is tasked with reminding people of their oaths.

Harbarth and Rose

Skald, is the record keeper of the Kindred, he or she is the historian and secretary. Keeping records of all that is needed and learning the stories of our ancestors to pass down. The Skald also keeps a history of the kindred. There are others that are needed but this is the bare bones minimum for a functioning Kindred.

Our Chieftain is Harbarth, He is away from us right now but not by choice. He joins us as often as possible by video chat, and we all have the ability to email or talk to him when we need to. Our Queen is Rose, his other half. She is still learning her duties, but has grown a lot in the last year.

Our Gothi is Egil, he fills in when needed for Jesse, his Blots are powerful and have great meaning.

Our Gythia is Asila, she is a powerful speaker and an excellent teacher, her Blots are often full of poetry and/or song.

Our Skald is Helga, who works closely with Asila with making sure the kindred is taken care of. She keeps the records and the histories. She is also studying under Asila to be assistant Gythia of the kindred.

Asila, Egil, and Helga

Our Sword Bearer is Dan, he is a powerful protector and growing stronger and steadfast in his understanding of his responsibilities and duties to the Kindred and his family.