Principles of asatru...?

Principles of Astra?

The nine noble virtues? I've seen variants of these, but I *think* they are:
Courage
Truth
Honor
Fidelity
Discipline
Hospitality
Industriousness
Self-Reliance
Perseverance

I starred this for the Asatruars I have as contacts. They can tell you anything you want to know, with a great deal more detail than I.

Stand and be true.

Lola is correct about the Nine Noble Virtues. There are also other variants depending on the path of the particular adherent or group. Some people don't subscribe to them at all while still maintaining the basic principles of the NNV. Some feel it is not anything that was codified by our ancestors (and they would be correct about that) and that we shouldn't do so either but rather study the H?vam?l and the Sagas - the sources from which the NNV and the Six Fold Goal were gleaned.

The Six Fold Goal is another behavioral guide for ?satr?ar, Odinists and other Nordic Heathens, but it's not very commonly discussed. The Six Fold Goal of ?satr? is Right, Wisdom, Might, Harvest, Frith and Love.

Nordic Heathenism of any variety, be it ?satr?, Forn Se?r, Theodism or any of our many other paths, is a very individual path. Practices and even how the deities are viewed and related to by the individual or the Kindred/Hearth can vary drastically. Our relationships with our deities and how they impact our lives is very personal. The things we have that unite us and that keeps us from fighting amongst ourselves (much - it does happen from time to time) is a shared culture and the shared values expressed by the NNV and the SFG. While some may say they don't follow the NNV and not everyone who is ?satr? has even heard of the SFG the truth of the matter is these values run deep within our faith. We don't really need them codified, in that I agree. However, it does help to have a handy little list so when someone asks "What do you believe" I can just open where I have it saved in Notepad, copy, paste and be on my merry way in time to raze the next village or hit the sales at the mall, whichever seems more appropriate.

I don't subscribe the Nine Noble Virtues. That's a concept that is only about 50 years old. Then again, I'm pretty orthodox in my practices.

The principles of Asatru, if you want to just really boil it down, is attempting to recreate both the worldview and folkway of our ancestors.

Now that covers a lot of ground. Ritual, worship, community, family, etc. There is no way to really answer all of that with out pages and pages of explanation.