Ocean Keltoi | Eir | Goddess of Healers and Natural Mysteries @OceanKeltoi | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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In this vid, we explore Eir, the Norse Goddess of healing. A Goddess on which there is scant information, but a vibrant modern practice.

Further reading:
- Practical Guide to Asatru by Patricia Lafayllve
- Roles of the Northern Goddess - Hilda Ellis Davidson
- Heimskringla
- Poetic Edda
- Prose Edda


00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Eir the Goddess of Physicians & Medicine
00:59 - Nafnathulur & The Valkyries
01:59 - Eir's association with healing - The Sayings of Fiolsvinn
03:30 - Woman in medicine & Heimskringla - Saint Olaf's Saga
05:33 - Alfgerd & the Droplaugarsonar Saga
05:59 - What we know about Eir & modern practice (SPG)
07:43 - Conclusion

music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio