English Identity

The Origins of the English

Sons of Ing - Sons of England,

Noble Sons of the North.

Woden-Born Warriors and War-Lords,

Wielding the Sword of the Sword-God.

Woe-wielder, land-waster,

Sword of the Sword-God.

To Hengest passed the Hun-Bequest,

The Sword of AEtla - the Scourge of God,

Wielding the war-sword, wasting the land,

The Sword of the Hunas, passed to the Engel-Kin.

Once more the Mighty Sword of the Hunas

Passes to the Engel-Kin,

To be wielded by a new Hengest

- A new wielder of werold-raedan (*) -

A world conqueror, Divine Hero,

Wielding the Sword of Wayland,

Forged by the Divine Smith of the Gods.

Hengest led the Engel-Kin to these lands,

To smash the might of Rome;

So shall the New Rome tremble

Before the Might of the North.

Wulf Ingessunu.

(*) This is taken to mean world-orderer or world-ruler rather than the usual translation of "way of the world" which makes no sense whatever. Those who study Tradition will recognise the image of the King of the World who appears as the World Ruler from the Immovable Centre.

The divine origins of the English must never be lost in a world that is now ruled by chaos & disorder. The ruling elite of the English Tribes all claimed direct descent from the Gods, and Woden in particular. Woden was the god of the Aethlingas or Nobles. Since the first leaders of the war-bands that fought and settled in these islands were Hengest & Horsa - the Divine Twins - then another direct connection to the Gods can be found. Going one step further there are yet another set of Divine Twins (father & son this time) in Cerdic & Cynric who founded the West Saxon Royal Line. Here we see the foremost ruling line of the English, the one that actually played the foremost role in creating the Nation of England.

Legend has it that King Aethelstan wielded the Spear of Destiny; it was he who really created the English Nation and welded the ancient tribes into a wholeness. We should never underestimate the power of myth, which is Eternal Truth and not the "lies" for which this word is used today. In our English Mythology we find our roots, and without roots no tree can ever live. Our roots are our past, which is enshrined in our English Myth; for those who can read and understand the truth can be found hidden away from the oppressive eyes of those who seek our destruction.

The mass of people could never understand, so the truth was hidden in myth, legend, fairy-tales, and folk-lore. Only those who studied, and who know and see can understand, and can unravel the mysteries of our past. This is the role of the Initiate who has the role of spreading this knowledge that it may never be lost. Sometimes it is necessary to keep it secret, and to hide it away from those who would distort or even destroy it. Other times, when catastrophic change is due, change that could make its destruction possible, it is necessary to let out these secrets, to spread it around so that it has a better chance of survival. This is one of the times we have to use the latter method.

The English are the Sons of Ing and the direct descendants of the Sword-God called Ing. The name Saxons could well derive from the Root SAK which means to cut, to cleave and which gives rise to the Seax or short sword of the English - it could also tell us that we are the descendants of the Sword-God. We have to go back, way back, into the far distant past in order to find our roots. Back into a time before time began.....

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