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Location: Norra Hamnen, Luleå Sweden
Date: January 17
Time: 14:00
Blót Officiant: Nils Bergström
Assistant: Ragnhild Nord
Contact Person: Nils Bergström, [email protected]

The Blót Kindred Vergelmer invites you to the Midwinter Blót.
This blót is the second of the blóts instituted by Odin in Ynglinga Saga, a blót held at midwinter.
According to pre-Christian reckoning of time, the middle of winter (miðjum vetri) referred to the middle of the winter half of the year, which fell in February (corresponding to January 14 in today’s Gregorian calendar).
Midwinter only became synonymous with the winter solstice as late as the 18th century.
Sources mention hokunótt taking place at midwinter
(January/February), and it was hokunótt that marked the beginning of the heathen Yule season.
The Midwinter Blót / Yule has long been debated when exactly it occurred and what its origins were.
What is certain, however, is that Yule was not celebrated at the winter solstice, nor on December 24, nor on what is now known as Lucia.
The original time for the heathen Yule was in January/February, during the true midwinter period.

Everyone is welcome to participate in this blót.
Participants should bring their own blót offering.
You are also encouraged to bring your own drinking horn or cup; if you don’t have one, disposable cups will be available.
Please try to arrive on time, preferably by 13:45.
We will meet outside the gate at Norrbottens Theater, and from there walk together down onto the ice where the blót table is set.

After the blót, an initiation ceremony may be performed.
This means that before the Powers you leave your old faith behind and step into Ásatrú.
The cost is 100 SEK, and if you wish to receive a certificate of the performed rite, there is an additional fee of 60 SEK.
Payment via Swish is accepted.
Please inform the officiants on site if you wish to take part in this ceremony.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on site or through the email above.
See you there.

Link to the location, Norra Hamnen:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BYzCgqXx77d4GkWMA

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