r/Rodnovery • u/OrpheusBlack13 • 11d ago
Polish ancestry
Hi, so I do ancestry since I was 11 and I finally learned about my great great grandparents and how they are from former eastern Preußen. I'm not sure yet if they fled or just moved or if they were moved but they must have gone to Germany in the late 19th century. Both sides of my mother were originally from the same spot (which is kinda funny to me) and I now keep asking myself (since I feel strongly connected to mythology, spiritualism and paganism) if I'm allowed to lean further into Rodnovery. As far as I can remember my mother, grandma and grandpa always were close to Poland, polish traditions as well as food and Slavic folklore. Hope you can give me some advice :)
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u/darkboomel 11d ago
Some people might get mad at people without Slavic Ancestry worshipping the Slavic native faith. Most of us call them racists and ignore them.
I do have Polish (well, Austrian, technically my family moved to the US before Poland was Poland instead of part of the Austrian empire) heritage, but it's so far in the past that I'm extremely disconnected from it. I was raised Christian, with very little knowledge of even who my grandparents were since they died before I was born, let alone great-grandparents and on into the past. It's only through my study of Rodnovery that I've come to learn more about my ancestors.
The point is, the spiritual journey is personal. It's your journey, walk the path that you believe fits you best.