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Idunna Homepage

Welcome to the home page for Idunna: A Journal of the Northern Tradition, more familiarly known simply as Idunna. Hopefully, this page will answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the Troth's quarterly journal for our readers.

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Current Issue

Question 1.1: What was the last published issue?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 5 April, 2007

The last issue of Idunna to be shipped was #71, whose topic was "Walpurgisnacht". It was sent out on 30 March, 20007.

Question 1.2: What is the status of the next issue?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 5 April, 2007

The next issue, number 71, will focus on Runes. It is expected to be sent out sometime in June 2007.

Question 1.3: What will be the themes of forthcoming issues?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 18 June, 2006

Here are the themes for our next few issues. Submission deadlines are subject to change:

Issue # Theme Submission Deadline
72 Runes 15 April, 2007
73 The Land 15 August, 2005
74 Yule Fires 15 November, 2006
75 Beowulf 15 February, 2008

If you're interested in writing something for any of these, we'd love to hear from you! Please read our submission guidelines and contact the Shope.

Question 1.4: How is Idunna sent out?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 18 April, 2002

Idunna is usually sent out via First Class mail, the same way normal personal and business correspondence is sent, from Oakland, California. Issues are sent via Air Mail (i.e., First Class) to all our overseas subscribers. Delivery time varies, depending on your location and the efficiency of your local post office.

Question 1.5: Where's my Idunna?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

There are several reasons you may not have gotten your Idunna yet:

Question 1.5.1: I waited six weeks, I haven't moved, and my membership's current -- so where is it?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

If you've waited as long as the above guidelines suggest, and you haven't moved without telling us and your Idunna still hasn't arrived, then please contact the Shope's office. A replacement issue may be sent at the Shope's discretion.

Question 1.5.2: Oops! I moved (or my membership lapsed) and forgot to tell you. Can you send me a replacement?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

We always print a few extra of each issue, available for five dollars each. Contact the Shope for details.

Section 2: What Is Idunna?

Question 2.1: What is Idunna?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

Idunna is the (ideally) quarterly journal of The Troth, an organization dedicated to exploring, practicing, and promoting the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic peoples. Each issue explores a theme of interest to the organization and its members.

Question 2.1.1: What were some past topics?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 5 April, 2007

Idunna has covered the following themes in the past few years:

Issue # Theme Featured Authors
28 Teutonic Social Structures Larsson, Hodge, EyvindR, O'Halloran
29 No Theme Declared
30 Holda Groa, Wawrzniak, Karpen, Linzie, Paxson
31 Baldr Haxton, Paxson, Gundarsson
32 Troth Hodge, Thorsson, Wawrzniak, Gundarsson
33 Thor Zimmer, Turner, Thorskegga, Gundarsson
34 Yule Karlsdottir, Gundarsson
35 The Vanir Alfgeir, Gundarsson, McGrath, Mendes, Raudhildr, Jordsvin
36 Holy Earth Gundarsson, Aswolf, Jormundr, Paxson, Alfgeir
37 Seidh
38 Galdor Thorsman, Gundarsson, Elsden, Alfgeir, poetry
39 Heathen Crafts Stine, Sagadis, Bekhildr, Thorsman, Paxson
40 Marriage Hodge-Rose, Rauthulfr, Knorr, Lale
41 Odin Aswynn, Thorsman, Wodening, Wilson, Paxson
42 Wyrd Bainbridge, Chernik, Kramer-Rolls, Paxson, Muninn, Wodening, Lale
43 Frigga Paxson, Landreth, Sagadis, Wodening
44 Iceland Paxson, Wood, Knorr, Black, Tifft, Groa
45 Vinland Paxson, Gundarsson, Groa, Sigmundsson, Chernik, Wood
46 Children Knorr, Elsden, Paxson
47 Humor Thorsman, Haywood, Stigard, Krasskova, Olds
48 The Sea Campbell, Elsden, Jordsvin, Tifft, Ahlberg-Venezia
49 Ancestors Oertel, Kraemer, Knorr, Koch, Krasskova, Blain, Jordsvin
50 Celebrating the Troth Thorsman, LaFayllve, Jordsvin, Oertel, et al.
51 Freyja Jordsvin, LaFayllve, Chernik, Heithvala, Gangar, Knorr
52 Totems and Guardians LaFayllve, Jordsvin, Knorr, Grafeldr and Anders, Paxson, Kramer-Rolls
53 Heathen Music Grafeldr and Anders, Reimer-Møller, Gundarsson, Waggoner, Paxson, Lafayllve, Terpstra, Hodge
54 Tyr Bainbridge, O'Halloran, Culver, Graham, Stephens, Krasskova
55 Hofs and Harrows Loucks-Schultz, Knorr, Paxson, Jordsvin, Washington, Ruck, Lafayllve, Angell, Chernik
56 Mead Knorr, Grafeldr/Anders, O'Halloran, Murray, Tippel, Jordsvin
57 Freyr Jordsvin, Blalock, Paxson, Gundarsson
58 Fire and Ice Hodge, Waggoner, Wodening, Lafayllve, Jordsvin, Washington, Paxson, Belcher
59 Ostara Oertel, Burgess, Jordsvin, Martinez, Waggoner, Paxson
60 The Hero Jordsvin, Knorr, Mendes, Gundarsson, Dawe, Barkley
61 Weyland the Smith Jordsvin, Runameistari, Fowlbeard, Hodge, Carlson, Oertel
62 The Worldtree Jordsvin, Rose, Waggoner, Washington, Oertel, Anders
63 Poetry Zimmer, Jordsvin, Hart, numerous others
64 Viking Games Waggoner, Ballard, Vidar, Raeder, Thorsman
65 Magic Hobson, Knorr, Jordsvin, Hesse, Macha, Waggoner, Goodfellow, Wood, Blake
66 Jotnar Blake, Paxson, Waggoner, Bainbridge, Hansen, Howard-Hobson, Williams
67 Idunna Blake, Rose, Gundarsson, Howard-Hobson, Paxson, Farnell, Hultquist
68 Angle-Land Pollington, Knorr, Culver, Wodening, Paxson, Rose
69 Law Waggoner, Knorr, Asgardson, Tyrsson, Rose, Farnell
70 Afterlives Waggoner, Rose, Wood, Rowand-White
71 Walpurgisnacht Rose, Waggoner, Lafayllve, Rowand-White

Each issue also features columns by the Steersman and the Shope, recipes from "Aunt Hilda's Kitchen," Rod Landreth's "Hip Heathen," Patricia Lafayllve's "News from Heathen Homelands", Hrafnkel Anders and Freyjavin Grafeldr's "From Meadhall to Metal" music reviews, book reviews, poetry, cartoons and artwork, and more!

Question 2.1.2: What sorts of things are in the average Idunna?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

It all depends on what readers have contributed -- but an average issue of Idunna can be expected to contain:

Question 2.2: How often is Idunna published?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 23 December, 2003

Idunna is published four times a year. Because of the Shope's work schedule, the Spring issue usually comes out in May, the Summer issue in September, Fall in early December, and Winter in March. This page is always your best bet to check on the current status of the next issue of Idunna.

In 2003, so that the season of each issue be brought into step with the seasons of the rest of the world, the Shope's Office published five issues of Idunna.

Question 2.3: Are back issues available?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

Yes, issues from #31 forward are usually available, depending on reprint status and demand. A list of all the currently available back issues is in every Idunna. Back issues cost five dollars each, and can be ordered through the Shope's office.

Question 2.4: Will Idunna ever be available online?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 10 March, 2004

Yes! Currently, the Shope's office is working in concert with the Nerd-Dis's office to make back issues of Idunna available online. This service will be free to current Troth members. More will be posted in this space as work progresses.

Nerd-Dis Update: I have made PDF documents of Idunna issues 35-39, 40, 41, 51, and all Idunnas since 55. As soon as a report from the Reckoner is available on how much revenue is generated through sales of back issues, the officers and the Rede will determine whether and when back issues should be made available online to the general public, if a price should be charged for downloading older online issues, and how much that should be.

Section 3: Who Is Responsible for Idunna?

Question 3.1: Who is responsible for Idunna?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

The publication of Idunna is the responsibility of the Shope's office. Currently, Diana L. Paxson serves the Troth in this capacity.

Question 3.2: Who writes the articles?

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 26 April, 2001

To paraphrase the American Public Broadcasting System, Idunna is made possible by Readers Like You! The Shope's office is always ready to take submissions of new articles, essays, poems, songs, book reviews, or any other literary effort you'd like the Troth to see. We try to maintain a balance between scholarship and creativity. If it can't be used in the current issue, send it in anyway -- who knows? A whole issue might be built around your submission!

Section 4: Submitting Articles to Idunna

Question 4.1: Idunna's submission policy

Question Added: 26 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 13 January, 2006

From the Idunna boilerplate:

We warmly welcome essays, research writings, short stories, poetry, artwork, and letters to the Editor on topics of general religious and cultural interest and announced themes. The easiest way for us is to receive e-mail (in plain text format) to the address below. followed by a hard copy via snail mail (for reference). Second best is to send a version in hard copy along with a computer file on 3.5" diskette in plain text format. Third best is a very clear double-spaced manuscript.

If your work includes photographs or other images, the best thing is to submit these as computer files, preferably in TIFF format and at 300 dpi resolution or greater. We can print images in other formats and at lower resolutions, but the quality will not be as good. Also note that we don't currently print in color, so make sure your image will look good in grayscale.

We try to acknowledge receipt and indicate whether submissions have been accepted for publication, but cannot always guarantee this. Submitted materials will be returned if you enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. In submitting works for publication, authors are deemed to have granted to the Troth the right to publish those works in one issue of Idunna, and/or compilations or archival editions. All other rights are retained by the authors.

Idunna does not accept materials that advocate, promote, or reflect discrimination or intolerance based upon race, gender, sexual orientation, and the like. We reserve the right to make minor editorial changes to articles and letters, for reasons involving grammar, spelling, style, and space.

Section 5: Advertising

Question 5.1: Does Idunna accept advertising?

Question Added: 14 April, 2007

Idunna accepts camera-ready or computer screened advertising compatible with our purpose and content, at the following rates:

We reserve the right to reject any advertising at our sole discretion, and to reset for stylistic compatibility. Advertising should be submitted in computer-scanned format (preferably as a TIFF file at 300 dpi or greater) to Diana L. Paxson, P.O. Box 472, Berkeley, CA 94701, or electronically to the address below.

Section 6: Contact Information

Question 6.1: How do I contact the Shope?

Question Added: 28 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 13 January, 2006

The current Shope (Director of Publications for the Troth) is Diana L. Paxson. She, and Idunna, may be reached in the following ways:

Question 6.2: Other Contact Information

Question Added: 28 April, 2001
Answer Modified: 13 January, 2006

The other Troth officer with responsibility for this FAQ is the Troth's Chief Informations Officer. The current holder of this position is Arthur Reyes. He may be reached via e-mail by contacting the general Troth contact address at troth-contact@thetroth.org.

The maintenance of this FAQ is the joint responsibility of the Shope and the CIO. Contact either one with suggestions, amendments, or corrections.

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