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Fri, 03 May 2019 11:36:07 -0400

#^https://www.businessinsider.com/us-soldier-who-worships-norse-god-thor-permitted-to-keep-beard-2018-4

Devin Rogers

Fri, 03 May 2019 12:43:57 -0400

Pretty cool isn't it, beards are now an option for anyone following Asatru in the military now. Allowing hammers on gravestones and Asatru on dogtags was our last biggest victory. The hardest thing for us will be allowing public worship spaces on bases as we aren't real into big overly organized groups and priest classes like other churches.

Chloe

Fri, 03 May 2019 12:49:50 -0400

The military's prohibition of beards largely dates back to World War I and the introduction of chemical warfare. Soldiers were no longer permitted to wear beards because they got in the way of gas masks.

So that is where clean-cut came from. I thought it was a culture thing.

Unlike Sikhs, Norse pagans are not required to wear beards as part of their faith

Devin Rogers

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:40:28 -0400

Yep beards break the seals on gas masks but you can use full face masks. Yes Asatru doesn't really have dogmas on dress or style, we are very supportive of individualistic relationship with deities so our traditions are quite diverse and varied between regions groups and individuals. Our ancestors did have beards though so many of us connect to them by doing the same, especially those who follow a warrior path. However heros like Njal a law man was beardless so it's not a rule for all.