Bragi's Colors: Blue and gold

Symbol: Harp

Altar Suggestions: Musical instruments of any kind; well-written, impassioned books, music scores; the words to good poetry and songs; Herb Bennet and Purslane; the rune Os.

Food and drink: Anything you’d give to an honored guest.

Service offerings: Help starving musicians and writers, or other performers. Take a young person to a concert, musical, play, or other type of performance. Introduce a friend to a type of performance or art with which they’re unfamiliar. Contribute to a charity designed to support the performing arts (look for one local to you). Give money to street musicians and street performers. Help to fund an activist who travels and speaks to people for a cause you support.

Contra-indicated:  Bad poetry or music. If you can’t write well and you want something special for Him, commission one of the aforementioned starving musicians and writers. 

Suggestions for Organizations to Donate To In His Name:

El Sistema: Bringing music to disadvantaged youth

Elizabeth George Foundation: Grants to struggling writers, teaching writing to disadvantaged youth.