Because honour varies from person to person, it is one of the more difficult virtues to describe. Put simply, honour is the feeling of inner value and worth. In the Eddic poem, the Havamal, there is a stanza: "Cattle die, Kinsmen die, one day you yourself shall die, but the reputation of the dead never dies." for example, if peers typically come to you for advice and trust your word, that would be following the virtue of honour. However, if peers stay away from you when they need advice, and seek confirmation in your word, then that would not be following the virtue of honour. As the Havamal says: A bonny fire is a blessing to man, and eke the sight of the sun, his hearty health, if he holds it well, and to live one's life without shame. and, All undone is no one, though at death's door he lie: some with good sons are blessed, and some with kinsmen, or with coffers full, and some with deeds well-done.
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Essentials of the Asatru Tradition
SpiritualeThis is a book of the Asatru morals and ethics, Deities, Terrestrial spirits, and all else asatru.
