Thruðheim Kindred is an Ásatrú organization serving all of East Tennessee. Our geographical coverage extends from Chattanooga north to Oneida and from Cookeville east to the Tri-Cities area, with Knoxville in the middle.

As Ásatrúar we follow the native beliefs of our Northern European ancestors. It is a tribal religion in that sense and so we do not proselytize unlike some of the universalist religions. It should be noted that all membership oaths are by invitation of the kindred only, however, we do not restrict membership on the basis of color, race, gender, or sexual orientation.

Thruðheim Kindred Statement of Faith I believe in the Aesir Gods, they who founded the Nine Worlds and created Midgard from the flesh of Ymir, and in the Vanir deities as well, beloved of the folk of Mankind, to whom they bestow their gifts of bounty and fruitfulness, they who have endured from the Yawning Gap until the day of Ragnarok. I am invested with the divine powers of Sense, Soul, and Being, which were bestowed upon me by the breath of the High Ones themselves. Therefore, I am kin to the Aesir and Vanir, and I look to them for guidance and comfort, and in return offer proper sacrifice. I have the knowledge of the Runes, for which Odin sacrificed himself on the World Ash Yggdrasil to learn. It is my duty and my right to honor my spiritual and ancestral family by practicing the Blotar during the Wheel of the Year and by the Ritual of Sumbel. I hold my reputation in this life as sacred, and I will honor my vows or be cast out of society as an oath-breaker. I know that though the Wyrd of my life is woven by the Norns, and that one day I must die, I may through my own actions win a place after death, whether it be joined with my spiritual ancestors or with the deities in Gladsheim.

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If you live in East Tennessee and seek fellowship in Ásatrú, please contact us at:

info@thrudheim.org

In frith and troth,
Thruðheim Kindred