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The Nine Noble Virtues
of Asatru



There are many variations of the Nine Virtues. No one list is better or worse than any other. You would do well to learn them all. Here is one version of the Virtues.

STRENGTH IS BETTER THAN WEAKNESS...
Let others revel in their vulnerability! We are not ashamed to be strong. The cult of the anti-hero will find no support in us, and the Gods we follow are not for the weak.


COURAGE IS BETTER THAN COWARDICE...
By facing life's struggle with courage, we constantly extend our capabilities. Without courage, nothing else can be done!


JOY IS BETTER THAN GUILT...
Let us take pleasure in our humility, rather than being ashamed of who we are. Misplaced guilt - because of our sexuality, or our strength, or our greatness - has enslaved us long enough!


HONOR IS BETTER THAN DISHONOR...
We must be true to what we are, and we must insist on acting with nobility rather than baseness. Our interior standards must be banners held high in our hearts.


FREEDOM IS BETTER THAN SLAVERY...
We have no masters! Those who would enslave us, whatever their excuse, are our enemies. The totalitarian ant nest is repugnant to us who demand the free, bracing wind of the Northlands.


KINSHIP IS BETTER THAN ALIENATION...
The isolation and loneliness of modern life is foreign to us, nor is it a necessary evil. We call our Folk to return to kith and kin, to family, clan, and tribe.


REALISM IS BETTER THAN DOGMATISM...
Blind faith has no place in Asatru. Our ancestors may have been sublimely mystical, but they were at the same time severely practical. No pie in the sky, we must act in this world rather than calmly wait for the next.


VIGOR IS BETTER THAN LIFELESSNESS...
Let us dare to be all that we can be! Let us take risks and taste the richness of life, passivity is for sheep. We refuse to be mere spectators in life.


ANCESTRY IS BETTER THAN UNIVERSALISM...
Asatru is not for all. It is a product of the soul of the Northern European peoples and is best suited by it's very nature to our needs.



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