The Nine Noble Virtues of Asatru:
1.Courage, Bravery, Standing up for what you believe in.
2.Truth- Honesty in all things both to yourself & to others.
3.Honor- To do as you say and to act upon your convictions.
4.Troth- Loyalty to the self, family, friends, & the Gods & Goddesses.
5.DISCIPLINE Self--Rule- Judgment & Self Control to govern yourself by your convictions.
6.Hospitality- To freely share your gifts with others.
7.Industriousness- To work wholeheartedly both hard & intelligently. To keep thinking & growing as a person.
8. Self-Reliance. Rely on others as infrequently as you possibly can. But don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it!
9.Perseverance- Don't give up at what you do until you feel it is completed & done well.
The Nine Charges
1. To maintain candour and fidelity in love and devotion to the tried friend: though he strike me I will do him no scathe.
2. Never to make wrongsome oath: for great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth.
3. To deal not hardly with the humble and the lowly.
4. To remember the respect that is due to great age.
5. To suffer no evil to go unremedied and to fight against the enemies of Faith, Folk and Family: my foes I will fight in the field, nor will I stay to be burnt in my house.
6. To succour the friendless but to put no faith in the pledged word of a stranger people.
note I personaly take all at there word till they prove themselves false then I deal with them accordanly!
7. If I hear the fool's word of a drunken man I will strive not: for many a grief and the very death groweth from out such things.
8. To give kind heed to dead men: straw dead, sea dead or sword dead.
9. To abide by the enactments of lawful authority and to bear with courage the decrees of the Norns.
These beliefs are the core of ASATRU they guide us through our daily lives. We have no set book such as the BIBLE but we do have the EDDAS. They are a collection of the stories of the Gods written after the people were converted to Christian faith. But they are a good source for learning about our faith. There are also other works that can help a person in there studies of our faith .So don’t hesitate to look in other books for information even if they are treating our faith as a religion of the past!
