Gothi
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Gothi or goði was a position of political and social prominence in the Icelandic Commonwealth. The term originally had a religious significance, referring to a pagan leader responsible for a religious
A depiction of a goði leading the people in sacrificing to Thor in this painting by J. L. Lund
Ásatrúarfélagið
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Ásatrúarfélagið, also known simply as Ásatrú, is an Icelandic religious organisation of heathenry. It was founded on the first day of summer in 1972, and granted recognition as a registered religious
Gothi
…Ljósvetningagoðorð and Öxfirðingagoðorð. In the early 1970s, the words goði, goðorð and allsherjargoði were adopted by the Icelandic neopagan organization Ásatrúarfélagið. Following this, goði, godi or gothi is often used as a priestly title by modern adherents of various denominations of Germanic neopaganism. Feudalism…
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and other members of Ásatrúarfélagið walk to a blót at Þingvellir in the summer of 2009.
Jörmundur Ingi is sworn in as allsherjargoði in July 1994.
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, fourth allsherjargoði, at a ceremony in June 2009
The Ásatrú graveyard in Reykjavík