ᛃ· Hall of Norse Calendar
Norse Calendar.
Seasons, blots and the old Norse year as it was lived.
ᚦ · About this hall
The Hall of the Norse Calendar follows the year the old North actually lived. The Norse counted only two seasons — summer and winter — divided by the great festivals of Sigrblot in spring and Vetrnætr, the Winter Nights, in autumn. Yule held the long dark, Disablot honoured the female ancestors, and midsummer was marked by fire on the longest day. Articles in this hall trace each blot and seasonal observance to its source — Snorri, the Heimskringla, Adam of Bremen — and explain how the Icelandic and Old Norse calendars were structured, named and reckoned. A grounded place to learn the rhythm of the old year as it turned across Scandinavia.
Gathering writings…