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 (AFA). One set was codified by former member of Sir Oswald Mosley '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 in 1974, and the other set codified by Stephen A. McNallen of the Asatru Folk Assembly 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 during his time with the original AFA. They are supposedly based on virtues found in historical Norse paganism , gleaned from various sources including the Poetic Edda (particularly the Hávamál and the Sigrdrífumál ), and as evident in the Icelandic Sagas ).
5-509: 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." The list of "Nine Noble Virtues"
10-540: A disparate range of subjects. Flowers has worked to promote the European New Right . Flowers has established or been associated with the publishing companies named Rûna-Raven Press (c. 1993-2015), Lodestar Books (c. 2011-2019), and Arcana Europa Media (c. 2020-present). As Thorsson, he has been published by Arktos . In the Spring of 1995, due to inner turmoil, Flowers withdrew from any involvement with
15-578: Is due to either John Yeowell (a.k.a. Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld), members of Odinic Rite , or alternatively due to Edred Thorsson , at the time member of the Asatru Free Assembly . Stephen A. McNallen compiled a similar list under the title "Some Odinist Values" in the Asatru Folk Assembly journal The Runestone . "Nine Noble Virtues" "Some Odinist Values" The Nine Charges were codified by
20-707: The Odinic Rite in the 1970s. Stephen Flowers Stephen Edred Flowers , commonly known as Stephen E. Flowers or his pen name Edred Thorsson , is an American runologist , university lecturer, and proponent of occultism , especially of Neo- Germanic paganism and Odinism . He helped establish the Germanic Neopagan movement in North America and has also been active in left-hand path occult organizations. He has over three dozen published books and hundreds of published papers and translations on
25-704: The Ring of Troth. In August 1995 he and Dawn traveled to Iceland and England to strengthen the work of the Rune-Gild. In April 1996 Flowers retired from his position as Grand Master of the Order of the Trapezoid in order to focus more intently on Rune-Gild matters. A 2011 article in The Pomegranate described Flowers as a publisher of Alain de Benoist "who has openly expressed the importance of promoting
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