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 The Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) is a white supremacist international Ásatrú organization, founded by Stephen A. McNallen in 1994. Many of the assembly's doctrines, heavily criticized by most heathens, are based on ethnicity, an approach it cal ...

. One set was codified by former member of Sir

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member ...

's British Union of Fascists and National Socialists, John Yeowell (a.k.a. Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld) of the

Odinic Rite The Odinic Rite (OR) is a reconstructionist religious organisation named after the god Odin. It conceives itself as a neo-völkisch Heathen movement concerned with Germanic paganism, Germanic mythology, folklore, and runes. As a white supremaci ...

in 1974,The 9 Noble Virtues - OR Site
/ref> and the other set codified by

Stephen A. McNallen Stephen Anthony McNallen (born October 15, 1948) is an American proponent of Heathenry (new religious movement), Heathenry, a Modern Paganism, modern Pagan new religious movement, and a white nationalism, white nationalist activist. He founded t ...

of the

Asatru Folk Assembly The Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) is a white supremacist international Ásatrú organization, founded by Stephen A. McNallen in 1994. Many of the assembly's doctrines, heavily criticized by most heathens, are based on ethnicity, an approach it call ...

in 1983. 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 Eadred (c. 923 – 23 November 955) was King of the English from 26 May 946 until his death. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife Eadgifu, and a grandson of Alfred the Great. His elder brother, Edmund, was killed try ...

during his time with the original AFA. They are supposedly based on

virtue Virtue ( la, virtus) is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. In other words, it is a behavior that shows high moral standard ...

s found in historical

Norse paganism Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is the most common name for a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peop ...

, gleaned from various sources including the

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(particularly the

Hávamál ''Hávamál'' ( ; Old Norse: ,Unnormalised spelling in the :Title: Final stanza: ../ref> classical pron. , Modern Icelandic pron. , ‘Words of he High One��) is presented as a single poem in the Icelandic , a collection of Old Norse poems fr ...

and the

Sigrdrífumál (also known as ) is the conventional title given to a section of the ''Poetic Edda'' text in . It follows without interruption, and it relates the meeting of Sigurðr with the valkyrie Brynhildr, here identified as ("driver to victory"). Its ...

), and as evident in the

Icelandic Sagas The sagas of Icelanders ( is, Íslendingasögur, ), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early el ...

). The Nine Charges are a different list of more explicitly phrased moral or ethical guidelines codified at about the same time. 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. 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."

Nine Noble Virtues

The list of "Nine Noble Virtues" is due to either John Yeowell (a.k.a. Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld), members of

, or alternatively due to

, at the time member of the ''Asatru Free Assembly''.Snook, Jennifer; American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement, Temple University Press, 2015. P. 70-72. Linzie, Bil
Germanic Mythology
July 2003, P. 25.

compiled a similar list under the title "Some Odinist Values" in the

journal ''The Runestone'' (re-published in anthology form in 1983).McNallen, Stephen A.; An Odinist Anthology: Selections From The Runestone, p. 13, AFA, 198

/ref> "Nine Noble Virtues" #

Courage Courage (also called bravery or valor) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Valor is courage or bravery, especially in battle. Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, h ...

Truth Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth 2005 In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs ...

Honour Honour (British English) or honor (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of socia ...

Fidelity Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty. Its original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of ''fealty''. Both derive from the Latin word ''fidēlis'', meaning "faithful or loyal". In the City of London f ...

Discipline Discipline refers to rule following behavior, to regulate, order, control and authority. It may also refer to punishment. Discipline is used to create habits, routines, and automatic mechanisms such as blind obedience. It may be inflicted on ot ...

Hospitality Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis de Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de J ...

# Self Reliance #

Industriousness Diligence—carefulness and persistent effort or work—is one of the seven heavenly virtues. It is indicative of a work ethic, the belief that work is good in itself. In students Bernard et al. suggest that diligence in students is define ...

Perseverance Perseverance may refer to: Behaviour * Psychological resilience * Perseverance of the saints, a Protestant Christian teaching * Assurance (theology) Geography * Perseverance, Queensland, a locality in Australia * Perseverance Island, Seychelles * ...

"Some Odinist Values" #Strength is better than weakness #Courage is better than cowardice #Joy is better than guilt #Honour is better than dishonour #Freedom is better than slavery #Kinship is better than alienation #Realism is better than dogmatism #Vigor is better than lifelessness #Ancestry is better than rootlessness

Nine Charges

The Nine Charges were codified by the Odinic Rite in the 1970s. #To maintain candour and fidelity in love and devotion to the tried friend: though he strike me I will do him no scathe. #Never to make wrongsome oath: for great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth. #To deal not hardly with the humble and the lowly. #To remember the respect that is due to great age. #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. #To succour the friendless but to put no faith in the pledged word of a stranger people. #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. #To give kind heed to dead people: straw dead, sea dead or sword dead. #To abide by the enactments of lawful authority and to bear with courage the decrees of the Norns.

References

* *
Heathen Ethics and Values
- Internet Archive version because original download link is broken.

External links

* ttp://asatru.org The Asatru Alliance
Asatru Folk Assembly

The Odinic Rite
{{Neopaganism Ásatrú texts Codes of conduct Virtue 1974 documents 1970s in modern paganism

Nine Noble Virtues

Nine Charges

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