Our House Has a Name!

06/24/2012

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Yesterday, shortly after our Solstice ritual, the ancestors and Gods approved a name for our House: House Sankofa.

Sankofa is not a Norse word. It is an Akan word that encapsulates the idea that 'it is not taboo to reclaim and restore those threads that have been sundered."

Ours is a Norse house but here there is a place for anyone working hard to restore their ancestral traditions. Here there is a place for anyone devoted to service to the Gods and ancestors and land. Here all are family. Xenophobia after all, is not one of the Nine Noble Virtues.
 


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Rede Seeker
06/24/2012 09:18

Congratulations on receiving a name for your House. As I recall there is a Norse tradition when someone gives you a name, they also give you a gift. Do you have a gift for the House planned? Since the name speaking of threads, a tapestry may be in order.

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Nobody Special link
06/25/2012 10:23

Cool symbol. What is that?

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thehouseofvines link
06/25/2012 11:08

Congratulations! May your House flourish!

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Galina
06/25/2012 11:50

The symbol is a traditional symbol for the concept of "Sankofa."

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Rede Seeker
06/29/2012 18:20

Concerning House Sankofa - consider the name as Galdr.

From Thorsson's 'Rune-Song' (p. 37):

Sankofa = san-ko-fa

san = sowilo-ansuz-nauthiz = guiding-awareness-necessary

ko = kenaz-othila = creative-order

fa = fehu-ansuz = dynamic-awareness

My rede: san = connecting with our Ancestors; ko = they reveal the sundered threads and we restore them; fa = those threads become vital and energized once more.


Another redeing:

san = sowilo-ansuz-nauthiz = kevels turning; we take in what is offered, make it part of us, and return it to the World with our 'flavor/essence' added; all done in response to compelling need

ko = kenaz-othila = physical transformation/change in physical state in harmony with Ancestral Spiritual Power

fa = fehu-ansuz = dynamic power communicated

The word 'sankofa' may be rooted in a different culture, but the energy essense of the sound speaks as clearly to the Northern Tradition.

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