Nine Noble Virtues

The Nine Noble Virtues, NNV, or 9NV are two sets of moral and situational ethical guidelines within certain groupings of Heathens, typically those with folkish views such as Odinists and members of the Ásatrú Folk Assembly (AFA). One set was codified by former member of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists and National Socialists, John Yeowell[1] (a.k.a. Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld) of the Odinic Rite in 1974,[2][3] and the other set codified by Stephen A. McNallen of the Asatru Folk Assembly in 1983.[4][5] However, others believe that the earlier set, the one the Odinic Rite claim they codified, were originally put together and labelled as the Nine Noble Virtues (the “9NV”) by Edred Thorsson during his time with the original AFA.[6] They are supposedly based on virtues found in historical Norse paganism, gleaned from various sources including the Poetic Edda (particularly the Hávamál and the Sigrdrífumál),[3] and as evident in the Icelandic Sagas).

The Nine Charges are a different list of more explicitly phrased moral or ethical guidelines codified at about the same time.[7] The Six-Fold Goal is yet another list of virtues, given as "Right, Wisdom, Might, Harvest, Frith and Love" by Stephen Flowers (a.k.a. Edred Thorsson) in 1989.[8]

The Aesirian Code of Nine is also used by some practitioners of Heathenism, consisting of "honor, knowledge, protect, flourish, change, fairness, conflict, balance and control."

  1. ^ "Rocking For Satan". Searchlight Magazine. Vol. 22. November 1997. pp. 6–7.
  2. ^
    • This Is Odinism: Guidelines for Survival. Committee for the Restoration of the Odinic Rite. 1974.
    • This is Odinism: Guidelines for Survival. Raven Banner. 1983.
    • McNallen, Stephen A. (2009-07-23). "Asatru Rules for Personal Conduct". Asatru Folk Assembly Blog. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  3. ^ a b "The Nine Noble Virtues and Charges of the Odinic Rite". The Odinic Rite.
  4. ^ McNallen, Stephen A. (2009-07-24). "Asatru Rules for Personal Conduct—Part Two". Asatru Folk Assembly Blog. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  5. ^ McNallen, Stephen A. (1983). An Odinist Anthology: Selections From The Runestone. Ásatrú Folk Assembly. p. 13.
  6. ^
    • Snook, Jennifer (2015). American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement. Temple University Press. pp. 70–72. ISBN 9781439910979.
    • Linzie, Bil (2003). Germanic Mythology (PDF). p. 25.
  7. ^
    • Snook, Jennifer (2015). American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement. Temple University Press. p. 71. one of the original lists, published by the Odinist Committee [old Odinic Rite], founded in 1972, was referred to as the 'Nine Charges'
    • Linzie, Bil (2003). Germanic Mythology (PDF). p. 42.
  8. ^ Thorsson, Edred (1992). A Book of Troth. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications. p. 115. ISBN 0-87542-777-4.