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уторак, 18. јануар 2011.

Asatru holidays

 


Asatruans, same as other neo-pagans, celebrate the Solstices and the Equinoxes . Besides them, some other holidays are celebrated, specific to the Nordic religion, and I will proceed to explain some of them.
February the 15th is celebrated as the day of renewal, dedicated to Freya nd Vali. Vali is Odin’s son who survives Ragnarok and so Odin continues to live through him, renewed. As for Freya, it is obvious that she renews and is reborn in every new plant that starts growing again in spring.
Celebrated on the 2nd of February and the 2nd of November are holidays dedicated to Disir. Disir is the plural of Dis and signifies the female Deities considered to be mothers of tribes. During their lifetimes these women were priestesses or queens of tribes, deified after death.
Walpurgis, the festival celebrated from the 22nd of April till the 1st of May is dedicated to Odin and the Goddess Walburg. It’s believed that these nine days of the holiday represent the nine days Odin hang on Yggdrasil, sacrificing himself so he could come to know the secrets of the Universe.
                                                                      
List of Holidays:


December 20th-31st – Yuletide
February 2nd-15th – Disting
March 20th-21st – Ostara
April 22nd-May 1st – Walpurgis
May 30th – Einherjar
June 20th-21st – Middsummer
July 31st-August 1st – Lithasblot
September 22nd-23rd – The Fall Equinox


Complete list of holidays can be found here: http://www.asatru.org/holidays.php

Vanadis & Uroš