As the long dark of winter deepens, November 25th opens the doorway to the Norse month of Ýlir, counted as the second month of winter in the Old Norse calendar, and also as the first among the Yule months. The Norse viewed the year in only two seasons, summer and winter. Ýlir usually reached from […]
Month: November 2025
Jól – The Winter Celebration of Yule
When the long darkness of winter closed in on the North, the Norse did what humans everywhere have always done: they lit fires, gathered in warm halls, and told stories to push back the cold. Jól (Yule) was one of the most important of these winter festivals—a sacred, liminal time that blended survival, magic, and […]