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SUMMARY:Open Online Álfablót 2023 (First Sacrifice of Winter Nights)
DESCRIPTION:The Troth Open Online Álfablót 2023 (First Sacrifice of Winter Nights)\nWe will be broadcasting this ritual live on Twitch\, YouTube and Facebook at 1900 UTC (1500 EST)\nAlfablót is the ritual that opens the Heathen Holy Tide of Winter Nights. It is a Blót (Sacrifice) to the Álfar (Elves). \n  \n \n  \nYou can learn more about the Elves and what we believe about them here in our section on Spirits. \nIn short\, Elves are powerful spirits in this world who settle in particular places like graves\, grave-mounds and other kinds of holy or hallowed ground. Today\, Álfar is used by most Heathens as a term for their male ancestors. The historical practice of Heathenry didn’t have such a strong affiliation and used that term Álfar in that more general sense of a powerful spirit that resided in a holy place. \nWinter Nights is a Holy Tide (a period of a few days between different phases of the moon) where we remember our beloved dead\, reflect on our own lives and the meaning of love\, loss and memory. It’s the “after-party” after the wild times we had during the Harvest Holy Tide\, where our thoughts begin to turn inward. \nThis will be a virtual event hosted by our President and CEO\, Lauren Crow\, who will conduct the ritual for the benefit of any Heathens who want to be a part of a Winter Nights ritual but just don’t have a means to do it themselves or people who are just curious as to how a Blót looks and how people do them. \nFrom the Event Description:\n“Winter Nights/Vetrnætr” is a holy tide we celebrate in Asatru/Heathenry/Norse Paganism at the end of the fall season and the beginning of the “Winter Nights.” Winter Nights is mentioned by the medieval Icelandic historian Snorri Sturlusson as one of the three major holidays on the Pre-Christian calendar in his chronicle “Hiemskringla” alongside Sigrblót (“Victory Sacrifice”\, celebrated between Spring and Summer) and Yule (celebrated on Midwinter moon\, the first full moon after the new year).\nÁlfablót isn’t a “holiday” as much it is “a thing one does during the Holy Tide of Winter Nights.”\n\nSome Heathens think of it as an offering for one’s male ancestors. Others think of it as an offering to honor the protective spirits of that land and community (as opposed to the protective spirits of the family)
URL:https://thetroth.org/event/public-online-alfablot-2023/
LOCATION:The Troth\, 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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