Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Hymn to the Fleet-Footed Nights darken as summer fadesI turn to you now in prayerFleet-footed goddessVictory-BringerHarbinger of the coming springRaise your spearSo that I might find strengthRaise your voiceSo that I might…

Slowly throwing myself back into writing devotional poetry on a regular basis. This one is dedicated to Andraste (the goddess invoked by Bouddica, not the prophet from Dragon Age)

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An image of Freya riding a boar in a style of Japanese art. The Haiku Edda is written in large, red text, and Mythic Edition and Nico Solheim-Davidson are written in smaller black text.

Y'know that Haiku Edda thing I've occasionally posted about? Well, I'm pleased to unveil the cover art, designed by @ergigoat.bsky.social

And for anyone that's interested, here's the first poem from the book in full:
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Modern Galdralag — A Prayer To Idunn To Rejuvenate The Dead Idun and the Apples by James Doyle Penrose, 1890 A few years ago, I had the idea of making apple water as an offering for the dead. Essentially a way to rejuvenate or give sustenance to the dead. I…

Aaaaand I'm back to working on my "modern galdralag" stuff

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Chthonic Hymn to Idunn Lady of the Orchards,Where your gift blossomsWith the fading daylightI whisper now unto youRejuvenator, life-bringer,Who gives blessings of youthTo the mortal and dying godsWith the fruits of your …

Been a while since I wrote a Devotional Hymn to one of the Norse deities

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It feels a kind of projection, the talking to goddesses, gods, ghosts & others; a kind of talking 'as if' they will hear you. A sending out of self, to be met, somewhere, somehow, somewho. 'Cause at times you feel them answer back.

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Haikus of the High One — Odin’s Love Quests Billingr’s Girl, Bitch, and Odin by Lorenz Frølich, 1895 This excerpt is taken from Haikus of the High One, which is the second poem in my upcoming book The Haiku Edda: Mythic Edition. The Ha…

Another excerpt from my upcoming book, The Haiaku Edda

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[REVIEW] Freyja — An Illustrated Guide to the Goddess of Magic, Love and WarREVIEW] Freyja — An Illustrated Guide to the Goddess of Magic, Love and War Freya (or Freyja or Freja, depending on which spelling you prefer to use) has been in my practice since long before I became a Heathen, so I’m always excited when I find a new book about her.…

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Autumn Equinox Hymn to Nótt and Dag Hail to you, O Nótt,Who birthed the shining dayHail to you, O Dag,Born from night’s swarthy wombYour journeys equal in lengthYour journeys equal in timeNótt, long your ride becomesAs darkness…

Happy Autumn Equinox!

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Carmina Victricis — Song of the Victory-Bringer Sea-born, celestial, Victory-BringerRadiant one, with warmest heartStrife in battle and in loveYou do calm, for both warrior and loverSo fierce are you, that even stormsCalm their passionate rage i…

Forgot to post this yesterday, but here's a poem I wrote in honour of Venus Victrix

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[REVIEW] Pagan Portals: Brigantia — Warrior Goddess Brigantia is a goddess I’ve written about a fair few times on this blog, and even one who I co-wrote a book of devotional poetry about with Muriel Merser. So when I found out that a book abou…

Reviewed Pagan Portal: Brigantia on my blog. T'is my first book review, and probably will be my last, because I weren't overly impressed.

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Haikus of the High One — Odin’s Quest for the Runes Odin’s Self-Sacrifice by W. G. Collingwood, 1908 For the last few years, I’ve been working on a project called The Haiku Edda. This is essentially an attempt to write the Poetic Edda in…

For the last few years, I've been working on a book called the Haiku Edda. Tl;dr version — Imagine the Poetic Edda but written in haikus.

Here's an excerpt from it because I need a damn break from editing and formatting it:

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This is a mood.

Seconding this statement. Some of the Pagan and Wiccan communities can get very... Yeah 😬

Adding stanza numbers to the Haiku Edda at long last. Is there a quicker way to do it? I'm still on the first poem and one of the poems consists of 300 haikus (There's over 1500 in total in this project) 😅😭

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I was recently on the Witching Around Podcast, chatting about water nymphs. Who they are, how to work with them, etc

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Modern Galdralag — A Prayer to Rán for Safe Travels I haven’t been doing a great deal with my attempts at modern galdralag recently. Partially because I’m focusing on other projects, partially because the inspiration isn’t there. T…

Been a while since I posted one of my modern galdralag things

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Untempered Flames Sea-brightener, sea-swellerThe waves you set ablazeWith fiery, golden lightWhen your tears pour down,Droplets of reddened gold,From your piercing eyesThe waves you stir to angerWhen bloodied voice …

Wrote a new poem about Freya

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Trinox Samoni — Three Upon Bitus Arise now, O Venus,Draped in the sun’s golden lightUpon Bitus, where you bringWarmth and life to the groundAnd continue your ascentArise now, O Maponos,Crowned with the blazing sun,Upon Bitus…

I keep forgetting to post here.

Anyway, here's two pieces I wrote for Trinox Samoni

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Modern Galdralag — A Prayer to Nótt for Pleasant Sleep and Dreams I’ve been getting a bit slack with writing my modern galdralag stuff, so here’s one I write recently. This can be used for dream divination or any sort of dream work really. Nótt, Darkn…

Trying to get back into the swing of writing my galdralag inspired prayers. Here's one I wrote recently

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Available today!

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The cover of the book Brigantia: Songs of the Exalted by Nico Solheim-Davidson and Muriel Merser. It features a grey-eyed woman with long red hair, wearing a green chiton-style dress trimmed in gold. She has a gold helmet that features a swan, a golden spear in one hand, and a golden orb in the other.

This came in today!!! I absolutely love it, @northseapoet.bsky.social, your and Muriel's writing is beautifully moving and full of dynamic, exciting imagery. I can practically hear the forges singing. Well done! #brigiddevotee #goddessbrigid #brigantia #witchsky

YAY! I'm so glad you like it! 😄

Thank you!!

Also, just realised I put firstly instead of finally 😂🤦‍♂️

Firstly got the good news this morning. Five years post chemo and I'm officially cancer free! 🥳

Nothing Is Softer Or More Flexible Than Water, Yet Nothing Can Resist it — Taking A Look At Coventina Depiction of Coventina found at Coventina’s Well Hadrian’s Wall has had many deities worshipped along its great length, and has been home to various altars within or near its forts. Cov…

Back on my nymph nonsense. This time focusing on a goddess-nymph from Britain, who also was worshipped by Germans and Romans (take that modern concepts of pantheons)

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It's Sunday, so blog time! I've been having a recurring dream for the last few months so I've been focusing on dream journaling again. Here's my take on dream journaling & some tips to get you started ❤️

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Brigantia: Songs of the Exalted BRIGANTIA: SONGS OF THE EXALTED is a collection of devotional poems and hymns dedicated to the Gallo-British goddess, spirit, and nymph Brigantia. Often seen as a Celtic Minerva of iron-age Britain, o...

It do be out now!

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The book will be available from other online outlets in the coming weeks too