Altars and Shrines


The following altars and shrines are shared by our membership to demonstrate how important it is to keep sacred space where one lives, no matter how large or small.  The Vanir are about everyday holiness and simple blessings, and so it makes sense that the most important seat of Vanic worship would be in one's home and/or on one's land, where it all begins.  We hope to inspire those who look at this site to construct their own sacred space at home and bring Vanaheim and Middle-Earth that much closer together.

Svartesól and Eosin's Altars & Shrines

  • Picture 1:  view of the altar to Nerthus, Freya, Frey, and Njord
  • Picture 2: close-up of the Frey statue
  • Picture 3: close-up of the ritual tools
  • Picture 4: nook for the house-wight
  • Picture 5: shrine to the fae folk

Brun's Shrines

  • Picture 1: outdoor weofod at Spiral Grove Hearth
  • Picture 2: indoor weofod by daylight
  • Picture 3: indoor weofod at night

Alex V.'s Shrines

  • Left: Altar to Fire, where daily devotions are done.
  • Right: Prayer bead tree, with prayer beads for (right to left) Gerda, Volundr, Ice, Freyja, Neorð, Nerthus II, Habondia

Alaric's Shrines

  • Picture 1: This is our household wéofod.  Statues (left to right) of Þunor, Fréo, Woden and Ing.  Also on the wéofod are the mead horn, several candles, a wand, a rattle, a recelsfæt and containers holding runes, herbs and resins.
  • Picture 2: A photo of our shrine to Ing Fréa.  Herbs and lilies grow around the perimeter of the shrine.  A brick path bordered with more herbs and shrubs leads to the entrance.
  • Picture 3: Another photo of the interior of the same shrine.  Here you can see the phallic image carved by Bob Stine.