Month: April 2026

There are some figures in Norse mythology who stride into the stories with thunder in their hands and whole sagas wrapped around their names. And then there is Óðr. He is there, but only just. A shadow at the edge of the firelight. A husband remembered through absence. A name heavy with meaning, but a […]

When the first milder breezes began to move across the old Norse lands, carrying the scent of thawing earth and waking life, it was time for Sigrblot — a rite woven into the very turning of spring. Sigrblot, sometimes written as Sígrblót or Sigrblót, may not be the best-known Norse festival today, but in the […]

In the old Icelandic and Norse calendars, the year did not begin in January. It began with Harpa, the first summer month. When Harpa arrived, winter was officially over, at least by the calendar’s reckoning, and a new year of light, work, and growth began. Harpa starts on a Thursday between 19 and 25 April, […]