Nine Noble Virtues

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{{Short description|Moral and situational ethical guidelines in certain groupings of Odinism and Ásatrú}}
The '''Nine Noble Virtues''', '''NNV''', or '''9NV''' are two sets of moral and situational ethical guidelines within certain groupings of [[Germanic neopaganism|Heathens]], typically those with folkish views such as [[Germanic Neopaganism#Terminology|Odinists]] and members of the [[Ásatrú Folk Assembly]] (AFA). One set was codified by John Yeowell<ref name=Rocking>{{cite magazine|title=Rocking For Satan|magazine=Searchlight Magazine|date=November 1997|volume=22|pages=6–7}}</ref> (a.k.a. Stubba) and John Gibbs-Bailey (a.k.a. Hoskuld) of the [[Odinic Rite]] in 1974,<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book|title=This Is Odinism: Guidelines for Survival|publisher=Committee for the Restoration of the Odinic Rite|year=1974}}
|2={{cite book|title=This is Odinism: Guidelines for Survival|publisher=Raven Banner|year=1983}}
|3={{cite web|url=http://www.asatrufolkassemblyblog.org/2009/07/asatru-like-most-other-religions-has.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174339/http://www.asatrufolkassemblyblog.org/2009/07/asatru-like-most-other-religions-has.html|archive-date=2015-09-23|title=Asatru Rules for Personal Conduct|website=Asatru Folk Assembly Blog|first=Stephen A.|last=McNallen|date=2009-07-23}}
}}</ref><ref name="The 9 Noble Virtues - OR Site">{{Cite web|url=https://odinic-rite.org/main/the-nine-noble-virtues-and-charges-of-the-odinic-rite/|title=The Nine Noble Virtues and Charges of the Odinic Rite|website=The Odinic Rite}}</ref> and the other set codified by [[Stephen A. McNallen]] of the [[Asatru Folk Assembly]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asatrufolkassemblyblog.org/2009/07/asatru-rules-for-personal-conduct-part.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174340/http://www.asatrufolkassemblyblog.org/2009/07/asatru-rules-for-personal-conduct-part.html|archive-date=2015-09-23|title=Asatru Rules for Personal Conduct—Part Two|website=Asatru Folk Assembly Blog|first=Stephen A.|last=McNallen|date=2009-07-24}}</ref><ref name=McNallen>{{cite book|last=McNallen|first=Stephen A.|title=An Odinist Anthology: Selections From The Runestone|page=13|publisher=Ásatrú Folk Assembly|year=1983}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book|last=Snook|first=Jennifer|title=American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2015|pages=70–72|isbn=9781439910979}}
|2={{cite book|last=Linzie|first=Bil|title=Germanic Mythology|url=http://heathengods.com/library/bil_linzie/germanic_spirituality.pdf|year=2003|page=25}}
}}</ref> They are supposedly based on [[virtue]]s found in historical [[Norse paganism]], gleaned from various sources including the [[Poetic Edda]] (particularly the [[Hávamál]] and the [[Sigrdrífumál]]),<ref name="The 9 Noble Virtues - OR Site"/> and as evident in the [[Icelandic Sagas]]).

The '''Nine Charges''' are a different list of more explicitly phrased moral or ethical guidelines codified at about the same time.<ref name=SnookLinzie>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book|last=Snook|first=Jennifer|title=American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2015|page=71|quote=one of the original lists, published by the Odinist Committee [old Odinic Rite], founded in 1972, was referred to as the 'Nine Charges'}}
|2={{cite book|last=Linzie|first=Bil|title=Germanic Mythology|url=http://heathengods.com/library/bil_linzie/germanic_spirituality.pdf|year=2003|page=42}}
}}</ref>
The '''Six-Fold Goal''' is yet another list of virtues, given as "Right, Wisdom, Might, Harvest, Frith and Love" by [[Stephen Flowers|Stephen Flowers (a.k.a. Edred Thorsson)]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite book|first=Edred|last=Thorsson|title=A Book of Troth|year=1992|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=Llewellyn Publications|page=115|url=https://archive.org/details/bookoftroth0000thor|url-access=registration|isbn=0-87542-777-4}}</ref>

The '''Aesirian Code of Nine''' is also used by some practitioners of [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|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){{r|Rocking}} 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''.{{r|SnookLinzie}}
[[Stephen A. McNallen]] compiled a similar list under the title "Some Odinist Values" in the [[Asatru Folk Assembly]] journal ''The Runestone''.{{r|McNallen}}

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"Nine Noble Virtues"
#[[Courage]]
#[[Veritas|Truth]]
#[[Honour]]
#[[Fidelity]]
#[[Discipline]]
#[[Hospitality]]
#[[Self-sufficiency|Self Reliance]]
#[[Industriousness]]
#[[Perseverance (virtue)|Perseverance]]
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"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{{r|McNallen}}
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==Nine Charges==
The Nine Charges were codified by the Odinic Rite in the 1970s.<ref name="The 9 Noble Virtues - OR Site"/>
#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.

==See also==
* [[LaVeyan Satanism#The Nine Satanic Statements|Nine Satanic Statements]] – assertions made by [[Anton LaVey]] in ''[[The Satanic Bible]]''
* {{annotated link|[[Numbers in Germanic paganism]]}}
* {{annotated link|[[Seven virtues]]}}
* {{annotated link|[[Wiccan Rede]]}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.friggasweb.org/nvirtues.html The Nine Noble Virtues For Kids (And Other Interested Parties)]
* [https://asatru.org/ The Asatru Alliance]
* [https://www.runestone.org/ Asatru Folk Assembly]
* [https://www.odinic-rite.org/ The Odinic Rite]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051123223416/http://www.thetroth.org/memsvc/stewards/flyers/benw/flyer3.pdf Heathen Ethics and Values]

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