We must constantly work as modern heathen parents to educate our children and pass on to them our Folkway, in all its richness and strength. Nothing is more important than our families and the children we bring into this world. Heathenry is very family-oriented, and encourages us to live responsible lives of honor. We also honor our ancestors and the spirits of the land. Modern Heathens honor the Gods that our ancestors honored, and we honor them in the ways that they did.

During the Christian conversion of Northern Europe, the ways of our People were replaced by the Christian religion, which originated in the Middle East, and was pushed northward by Rome. Asatru, or Heathenry, is based on the pre-Christian religion and way-of-life of our Northern European Ancestors. Link download : Stinson_Mark_Ludwig_-_Heathen_families.zip * 2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods - Version 1.0, page 28, I've seen several Heathenry ' 101 booklets and articles that made a lot of comparisons between '''Heathenry''' and Christianity.Title : Heathen families Nine modern fables for heathen children and a collection of essays regarding heathen families.Lewis (editors), ''Handbook of New Age, page 436, Thus Paganism has come to be an umbrella term for a diverse spiritual network, which also includes modern Shamanism and Heathenry. * 2007, Melissa Harrington, Paganism and the New Age'', Daren Kemp, James R.* 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition, page 23, Comparatively, they are understanding, if not accepting, of Neo-Pagan influence many Universalists even consider Heathenry to fall under the Neo-Pagan umbrella-a position most Folkish Heathens and Tribalists reject.People often discover ' Heathenry through finding the mythology of Northern Europe and attempting to learn more about the culture and spirituality of this part of the world. Thus, '''Heathenry''' is, in some sense, a reconstructed religion.

* 2005 ', Jenny Blain, ''Chapter Five: '''Heathenry, the Past, and Sacred Sites in Today's Britain'', Michael Strmiska (editor), ''Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, page 181, In Britain, Heathenry''''' is the most common name used for an emergent religion based on the old gods, goddesses, and spirits (wights) that were part of everyday life in Northern Europe before the coming of the Christian era.Any modern reconstruction of one of these religions Germanic neo-paganism.

Heathen Gods by Mark Ludwig Stinson