Welcome!

Welcome to the Swyn Weavers Kindred!

We are an inclusive Heathen community based in South-Wales (UK), though we also operate online and may host events further afield.

Our group purpose is to foster frith and community with individuals who identify as Heathens or with the Northern traditions (i.e Norse Paganism, Asatru, Vanatru, Rokkatru, Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, Trolldom etc.) - and those who are interested in learning more. We want to provide opportunities for conversation, ceremony, pagan education, and connection to the ancestors and deities, which are not always accessible in many post-Christian societies.

Our group is non-hierarchical and we aim to take it in turns to lead events and blots. Some of our members have had training in certain contemporary Pagan traditions, though none have yet been recognised by the community as fulfilling the role of gyðja, goði, or völva.

We firmly advocate for Inclusive Heathenry, valuing and inviting the involvement of all people, inclusive of their gender, sexual orientation, physical and learning abilities, economic background, ethnicity, and race. Children are welcome to our events with a guardian, unless we specify that otherwise. We seek to co-create not only an inclusive community, but also an affirmative community who uplifts and celebrates each person. As such, we support and have signed Declaration 127 and the Declaration of Deeds and recommend that all Heathen groups display their stance on this clearly so that people who are marginalised in our societies can easily locate groups who provide a safe and affirmative space for them. We absolutely condemn the appropriation of Heathen culture and history for the use of bigotry, racism, homophobia and such like - which we find to be both morally reprehensible and completely ahistorical.