Þorri (Porri): Old Man Winter, Husband’s Day, and the Full-Moon Feast

If winter had a personality, Þorri would be the bit where it stops being “festive” and starts being serious. In the old Icelandic calendar, Þorri is the fourth winter month, landing roughly mid-January to mid-February — the deep stretch of winter where the ground stays hard, the nights feel endless, and you really find out […]