Holidays and Traditions

For the Vikings, death was not an end, but the beginning of a new journey. The soul continued on to Valhalla, Fólkvangr, or Hel, depending on a person's...

Viking weddings were more than social contracts – they were sacred ceremonies where vows were made before the gods...

When the sun was at its highest and the night barely existed, the Vikings celebrated the summer solstice – one of...

In the Viking Age Nordic region, the Thing was more than a place for law and decision-making – it was also a time...

As April draws to a close and flames begin to dance across Scandinavian hills, it’s easy to think of Walpurgisday as a student festival of choir singing...

In Nordic folklore, they dance in the dawn mist. Light, almost transparent, floating over meadows...

Among all the Viking Age blots, the Disablot was one of the most enigmatic and revered. It was held to be the dísir...

In the cold, dark Northern Europe, midwinter was the most charged time of the year during pre-Christian times, including...

If the Disablot was the festival of women, then the Alvablotet was the festival of silence. It was a secret blot,...

When the year's harvest was harvested and the cold of winter began to set in, the Vikings held the autumn sacrifice...

When the Nordic winter finally began to give way, and the snow slowly retreated from the fields, the Vikings held their...