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A Heathen Serenity Prayer

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  Týr, Grant me the Serenity to acsept the things I can not change. Þórr, Grant me the Courage to change the things I can. Óðinn, `Grant me the Wisdom to know the difference.

The Triple Horn Symbol

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The Triple Horn Symbol is sometimes called Horn Triskelion, Triple Horn of Odin, The Three Horns of the Mead of Poetry.  My personal interpretation of this symbol I use for my Mead Label. All Rights Reserved.  The Three interlocked drinking horns is an important Norse symbol. First found on the 9th century Snoldelev runestone, discovered in 1775 in Denmark.  The  Snoldelev runestone of Denmark. Modified original image by Ktp72 .  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Tears for Baldur

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  Tears for Baldur     Tears for Baldur is a mead made with green tea. This batch has a crisp and light flavor of  citrus  with  subtle floral hints,  along with  a  sharp bitterness.      The name comes from the story of the death of Baldur. Baldur was one of the sons of Odin with his wife, the Goddess Frigg. Baldur was beloved by most and was his mother Frigg's favored son. To protect him, she made all things promise not to harm him, Including the trees, and stones and any other danger she could think of; but she overlooked the little mistletoe plant, and never got it's promise. Once the Gods learned of Baldur's invulnerability, they made sport of it by shooting arrows and throwing spears at him. They all missed because the weapons refused to harm him. Loki saw Baldur's blind brother Höðr being left out, and had a plan to spoil the fun. Loki  knew Frigg had overlooked the  mistletoe and fashioned an a...

Triple Horn Mead Est. 2020

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     I started brewing mead at home shortly after the Pandemic of 2020 got started. I had been interested in it for a while; I have a few friends who make mead at home and showed me how easy it is to get started. Like many other people, not going out anymore was just the push I needed to start a new home project.