Asatru

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proper noun

A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and other Norse gods and spirits.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ásatrú

  1. A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and other Norse gods and spirits.

    Lenz felt Parker was "disrespecting the gods" and "saying that he was teaching Asatru but what he was teaching was not Asatru."

    2008, Michelangelo Delfino, Mary E. Day, Death Penalty USA: 2005 - 2006, page 296
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    2004, Gundula E. Rommel, Asgard in America: Inventing European Ethnic Identity in a Post-industrial Pluralist Culture, Thesis (M.A.), page 8, Presenting themselves as deeply religious and, at the same time, open to scientific testing methods that would physically damage the revered bones, the Asatru claimants occupied an interesting middle ground between the opposing sides.

    Many people have not heard of Asatru or Heathenry...or they have a mistaken or distorted view of what it is. By offering classes and workshops on Asatru 101, the Gods, the Ancestors, the Vaettir, and the Runes...you can educate people about Asatru and raise interest in Asatru in your area.

    2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods, page 51

Origin

  1. IcelandicÁsatrú
  2. IcelandicÁsatrú
  3. EnglishAsatru

Borrowed from Icelandic Ásatrú.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 日耳曼新異教 /日耳曼新异教
  • 日耳曼新異教 /日耳曼新异教 (Rì'ěrmàn Xīnyìjiào)neopagan religion
Danish asatro, asetro
  • asatroneopagan religion
  • asetroneopagan religion
Finnish aasainusko
  • aasainuskoneopagan religion
Icelandic Ásatrú
  • Ásatrúneopagan religion
Indonesian Asatru
  • Asatruneopagan religion
Norwegian Bokmål åsatru, åsatro
  • åsatruneopagan religion
  • åsatroneopagan religion
Polish asatru
  • asatruneopagan religion
Portuguese Asatru
  • Asatruneopagan religion
Romanian asatru
  • asatruneopagan religion
Spanish asatru
  • asatruneopagan religion
Swedish asatro
  • asatroneopagan religion

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Cite this entry
APA

Asatru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asatru

MLA

“Asatru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asatru. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Asatru,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asatru.

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