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Pagan & Shinto News: Sweden Considers Banning Hate Groups from Using Norse Symbols

Pagan & Shinto News: Sweden Considers Banning Hate Groups from Using Norse Symbols

Last updated on: May 26, 2019 at 9:56 am by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: Sweden Considers Banning Hate Groups from Using Norse Symbols 2019-05-26T09:56:48+00:00 Megan Manson

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Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week:

Sweden considers banning hate groups from using Norse symbols
Head of ancient Roman goddess statue found near Colosseum
Minutes found for 1980s meetings about Japan ministers’ visits to Yasukuni Shrine

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Ancient Origins
This week reports emerged claiming that depictions of the runes and Norse symbols such as Thor’s hammer may soon be banned in Sweden…

Summer solstice 2019: Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year
The Telegraph
he summer solstice, otherwise known as the longest day of the year, is fast approaching, marking the return of brighter evenings, festivals, picnics and barbecues…

6 Metro Detroit shops for witches, Wiccans and spiritualists
Detroit Free Press
As the market for New Age products expands, more metro Detroit shops are popping up to cater to the trend…

‘Blood witch’ claims she got rid of menstrual cramps by smearing period blood on her face
The Sun
A self-confessed ‘blood witch’ has claimed smearing her menstrual blood on her face and lips is ‘empowering’ and helped relieve her cramps…

No True Heathen
The Wild Hunt
Since my March column on the Christchurch terrorist attacks and the response from practitioners of Ásatrú and Heathenry, there have been at least four new stories in the media connecting hate crimes and terrorist violence to modern iterations of Germanic and Norse religions….

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Human beings tend to place themselves into categories…

Shinto News

Minutes found for 1980s meetings about Japan ministers’ contentious visits to Yasukuni Shrine
The Japan Times
Minutes of 1980s panel meetings on visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine by ministers have been found at the Cabinet Secretariat, a government official said Thursday…

Second rotation of ‘Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art’ opens at CMA
News 5 Cleveland
The second rotation of the internationally-acclaimed exhibition, Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art, which features art work from outside of Japan for the first time, will be available for viewing to the public on Thursday, May 23…

Okage-yokochō: Catering to Foodies at Ise Shrine
Nippon.com
Since 1993, the Okage-yokochō area at Ise Shrine has been a haven for food-loving tourists visiting the Mie Prefecture destination…

Other News

Head of ancient Roman goddess statue found near Colosseum
Daily Sabah
Archaeologists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved head from an ancient Roman statue near the Colosseum, Rome’s city council said on Friday…

Army denies soldier’s request to grow beard in observance of Flying Spaghetti Monster religion
Army Times
In April 2018, a heathen soldier applied for an exemption under the updated policy and was approved for a beard waiver in accordance with his faith…

A Viking-themed tapas bar is opening in Stockport – and you can drink mead from a horn
Manchester Evening News
Vinaböd Tapas Bar has taken over the former Allotment site…

Father’s Day 2019: Paganism, roses and how the campaign to celebrate dads was won
The Telegraph
Father’s Day, the official calendar date to honour our wonderful dads and celebrate fatherhood, is fast approaching…

The dark side of sumo wrestling – and the etiquette of watching a bout
The Telegraph
The roots of sumo – whose kanji symbols translate as “striking one another” – date back an estimated 1,500 years and, like many of Japan’s most defining cultural activities, are deeply entwined with the nation’s Shinto belief system…

Spanish Woman Can Disinherit Sons Who Accused Her of Witchcraft, Judge Rules
Patheos Nonreligious: David Gee
A dead woman in Spain just won the legal right to cut two of her sons out of her will after they repeatedly accused of being a witch…

Sierra Leone: Father of two kids ‘tortured’ over witchcraft, seeks justice
Politico SL
The father of two children allegedly tortured over allegations of witchcraft is seeking justice for them…

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