Segerblot Vikingarnas påsk?

Vikings and Easter  

The Segerblotet "Victory Blot"... The Vikings' Blot closest the time of todays Easter.

And if you think about it... We celebrate that Odins hunt in the winter was successful Odins hunt is over the winter and something we brought up on one of our dokumentaty Christmas Tales. So it this hunt they may have been thinking about more then what many people assume from the book Edda from Snorre.

The Victory Blot is the 3rd Blot that Odin establishes in Svitjod, it takes place at the beginning of summer. This Blot is also discussed about when it should have taken place, some claim that it is at the spring equinox, others at the eve of Walpurgis Mass. But the Blot should take place at the beginning of summer, today according to the Gregorian calendar April 14.

The Victory Blot, which celebrates the beginning of summer sometime in March/April/May, is an important festival that seeks victory and success. The term "blot" refers to the sacrificial rituals that are central to religious practice, and "segre", emphasizes the primary focus of the festival: to seek divine blessings in order to prevail in the many challenges that would come during the summer season.

Some people say:

"In our time the battles dosent always look like they did 1000 years ago and we now cleanse from the battles we ourselves have to fight and wish to win. We consecrate and sacrifice to the powers during this ceremony so that they will give us tools such as knowledge, will and power to win our personal battles"

The Victory Blote is not only a blot for future victories and successes, but it also marks the end of the winter half and the beginning of the summer half.... Odins hunt was a success.

The Victory Blote falls on the third full moon after the Midwinter Blote and lasts for three days from the full moon starts.

If you want to proceed according to the rule of distinction, the Victory Blote is the fourth full moon after the first new moon after the winter solstice.

I think it was Odins hunt they were thinking about and nothing else.. if he succeeded then there will be no Ragnarök and the landscape will start to become green in the spring. This is more logic then everything else

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