Tag: Jól
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Yule with Fjorn (2024)
ᚶᛚᛂᚧᛁᛚᛂᚶ:ᛁᚢᛚ — Gleðileg jól! It’s that time of year again. All my pagan and heathen friends are extra festive, sharing feasts and wishes of warmth with everyone. I love seeing their meals, offerings, and personal customs! After several difficult years (personally), I’ve found this Yule particularly refreshing. Having healed enough to celebrate again, I managed…
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Yuletide with Egil and Arinbjorn
Gather ’round the hearth, Hall Companions! I have been gone for quite some time wandering about gathering some much-needed fresh air, but now it is time for me to return and share a story—and given the time of year, I’d say a tale about Yule is in order! Last year, we talked about how the Yule…
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King Hakon the Good Complicates Yule
As many are of you are already aware, this time of year is popularly regarded as a Revived Yuletide with the Winter Solstice typically being the beginning of this ‘New’ Old Yule. Yet, although I too regard this day as a New Yule, I must also admit that this is not historically true. Long ago,…
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Hord and the Mound of Soti the Viking
Today is Old Yule Eve, and I have quite the story to share with you all tonight! A wanderer by the name of paganoldsoul requested that I tell stories about Odin and Yule, and so I have found one worthy of a retelling. While it may not be exactly what they had in mind, it is…
