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↟ Winter Solstice - The Return of the Light ↟
Today on December 22nd the Winter Solstice have occurred and we celebrate the Return of the Light here in Scandinavia. Today marks the shortest and darkest day of the year, the sun has the lowest noon height and the earth's axis of rotation leans furthest from the sun. The days are from now on slowly turning brighter - hope is again kindled 🕯
We have ancient traditions based on our different seasons and the position of the sun and the moon, like the Summer Solstice (Midsummer) and the first full moon after the new moon of the Winter Solstice (Juól), which was established long before the Christianization of Scandinavia. Much of the origin of the Old Norse roots still exists today in our current traditions, as our pagan ancestors once celebrated them.
Happy and blessed Winter Solstice! 🌞
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Today on December 22nd the Winter Solstice have occurred and we celebrate the Return of the Light here in Scandinavia. Today marks the shortest and darkest day of the year, the sun has the lowest noon height and the earth's axis of rotation leans furthest from the sun. The days are from now on slowly turning brighter - hope is again kindled 🕯
We have ancient traditions based on our different seasons and the position of the sun and the moon, like the Summer Solstice (Midsummer) and the first full moon after the new moon of the Winter Solstice (Juól), which was established long before the Christianization of Scandinavia. Much of the origin of the Old Norse roots still exists today in our current traditions, as our pagan ancestors once celebrated them.
Happy and blessed Winter Solstice! 🌞
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↟ ↟ ↟ GOD JUL ↟ ↟ ↟
🇬🇧 - in comment below! ⬇️
🎄 Julen är en mycket gammal Skandinavisk tradition som ursprungligen har sina rötter i de gamla germanernas vintersolståndsfirande och Juólblót/Midvinterblot. I fornnordisk tradition har ingen annan högtid haft lika stor betydelse och de äldsta skriftliga källorna finns i det så kallade Haraldskvädet från 900-talet. Där talas det om att kungen velat: "Drikku Juól/Jólnir - som kan refereras till att dricka för de nordiska gudarna, (främst Frej och Oden) samt önska för välmående och ett gott nytt år - vilket är det ursprungliga uttrycket för julfirande. Dock infaller den ursprungliga tiden för julen egentligen lite senare, mer om det i ett kommande inlägg!
🧙♂️ Under julnatten ansågs förfäderna komma tillbaka till gården och därför lämnade man mat och dryck ...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan ⬇️
God Jul & Gott Nytt År!
/↟ @NativeScandinavia ↟
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🇬🇧 - in comment below! ⬇️
🎄 Julen är en mycket gammal Skandinavisk tradition som ursprungligen har sina rötter i de gamla germanernas vintersolståndsfirande och Juólblót/Midvinterblot. I fornnordisk tradition har ingen annan högtid haft lika stor betydelse och de äldsta skriftliga källorna finns i det så kallade Haraldskvädet från 900-talet. Där talas det om att kungen velat: "Drikku Juól/Jólnir - som kan refereras till att dricka för de nordiska gudarna, (främst Frej och Oden) samt önska för välmående och ett gott nytt år - vilket är det ursprungliga uttrycket för julfirande. Dock infaller den ursprungliga tiden för julen egentligen lite senare, mer om det i ett kommande inlägg!
🧙♂️ Under julnatten ansågs förfäderna komma tillbaka till gården och därför lämnade man mat och dryck ...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan ⬇️
God Jul & Gott Nytt År!
/↟ @NativeScandinavia ↟
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↟ You are the latest reflection of your ancestors and within you they live, just as you will live in your descendants ❄️
Native Scandinavian mother from Sweden 🇸🇪
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Native Scandinavian mother from Sweden 🇸🇪
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↟ Midvinterblot/Juólblót/Hókunótt - Guóð Juól ↟
❄️ Native Scandinavians in Sweden celebrating Julblot and Midvinterblot at full moon. Today on January 25th this year, the first full moon after the new moon of the Winter Solstice occur here in Scandinavia. This is one of the most important dates in our pre-Christian culture, and according to our Old Norse calendar the original celebration of Jul/Yule takes place today together with Juólblót/Midvinterblot. Jul is a very old Scandinavian tradition that has it's roots in the old Germanic Winter Solstice celebrations and Midvinterblot.
❄️ It is the second blót that Odin enacts in the Ynglinga Saga, a blót during midwinter that lasts three nights. In the sources, midwinter is referred to as "Hókunótt" and it was at Hókunótt that the heathen Jul was celebrated. This blót is much disputed, but one thing that is...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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https://native-scandinavia.com/
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❄️ Native Scandinavians in Sweden celebrating Julblot and Midvinterblot at full moon. Today on January 25th this year, the first full moon after the new moon of the Winter Solstice occur here in Scandinavia. This is one of the most important dates in our pre-Christian culture, and according to our Old Norse calendar the original celebration of Jul/Yule takes place today together with Juólblót/Midvinterblot. Jul is a very old Scandinavian tradition that has it's roots in the old Germanic Winter Solstice celebrations and Midvinterblot.
❄️ It is the second blót that Odin enacts in the Ynglinga Saga, a blót during midwinter that lasts three nights. In the sources, midwinter is referred to as "Hókunótt" and it was at Hókunótt that the heathen Jul was celebrated. This blót is much disputed, but one thing that is...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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https://native-scandinavia.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C2hEiOdtyeE/?igsh=eHZnc3g0aHB2NWd1
When will you celebrate Juól next time? 🌝
Anonymous Poll
29%
24-25th of December.
27%
At full moon after the Winter Solstice.
44%
Both, cause why not!
Forwarded from Salgofnir
Defend your heritage 🔱
Artist: Johan Egerkrans, Sweden 🇸🇪
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C20EZVzty-D/?igsh=bHZ4NmNmaDV6NHNy
Artist: Johan Egerkrans, Sweden 🇸🇪
Follow @Salgofnir for motivational quotes and ancestral wisdom.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C20EZVzty-D/?igsh=bHZ4NmNmaDV6NHNy
↟ BALDER - The God of Light ↟
In Norse Mythology, Balder/Baldr is seen as the best and most virtuous of the gods. He is son of Odin and Frigg, and he lives with his wife Nanna and their child Forsete in Breidablik. A heavenly place untainted by any impure things.
Beautiful painting by Johan Egerkrans, Sweden 🇸🇪
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In Norse Mythology, Balder/Baldr is seen as the best and most virtuous of the gods. He is son of Odin and Frigg, and he lives with his wife Nanna and their child Forsete in Breidablik. A heavenly place untainted by any impure things.
Beautiful painting by Johan Egerkrans, Sweden 🇸🇪
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https://native-scandinavia.com/
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