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May the light illuminate your hearts and shine in your life every day of the year. May everlasting peace be yours and upon our Earth.
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In addition to legal assemblies such as the one at Thingvellir, major public rituals were part of the celebration of the three big festivals around which the Viking calendar turned. One of these was Winter Nights, which was held over several days during our month of October, which the Vikings considered to be the beginning of winter and of the new year generally. The boundary between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead was thin, and all sorts of uncanny things were bound to happen.
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― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
