Thanks to Adam Pearson.
"THE VIKING VIEW OF THE SELF
Unlike the Christian notion of a one-part or monopartite soul, the Norse view is multipartite or has several parts like Plato's model in the Republic, Freud's model, ot the main view presented in the Qabalah.
First, the Norse saw us as having a physical form, the hamr (equivalent to the G'uph in Qabalah and implying some aspects of the Nephesh).
Second, they believed we had a thinking mind and mental personality-spirit, the Hugr (like the Ruach of Qabalah).
Third, and very interestingly, they saw us as having a familiar spirit who is linked to us and travels to a destination before we get there to suss out the place -- or even appearing in the dreams of someone we will see tomorrow, the fylgya.
Finally, they believed we had a transferrable notion of "luck/fortune" or hamingja, that we inherited through our family heritage and could transfer to others either temporarily during life or permanently after death, to a living relative."
'Mercy has a human heart. Pity a human face: And Love the human form divine, And Peace the human dress.' ~ William Blake. ________________________ "If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?" ~ Dogen ________________________ All of us human beings, need compassion and growth. My aspiration is to wake up, open my heart and touch yours.
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