Talking About Words. There is one very special use of quotation marks which it is useful to know about: we use quotation marks when we are talking about words. In this special use, all varieties of English normally use only single quotes, and not double quotes (though some Americans use double quotes even here).
As Odinists, our spiritual beliefs are based upon life, not death. We believe that this planet and the other beings who reside here possess spirits, and we believe that we ourselves have immortal souls. We know also, that there is, in a very real sense, no such thing as time, or space, or death, but only change.
Like people before the rise of farming the Sumerians saw movement around them as the magic of spirits, magic being the only explanation they had for how things worked. These spirits were their gods, and with many spirits around, the Sumerians believed in many gods â gods that had humanlike emotions.The Sumerians believed that the sun, moon and stars were gods. They believed in a goddess of the reeds that grew around them and in a goddess of the beer that they distilled.The Sumerians believed that crops grew because of a male god mating with his goddess wife.hese spirits were their gods, and with many spirits around, the Sumerians believed in many gods â gods that had humanlike emotions. The Sumerians believed that the sun, moon and stars were gods. They believed in a goddess of the reeds that grew around them and in a goddess of the beer that they distilled.