Blót
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Blót or geblōt are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its m
The Stentoften Stone, bearing a runic inscription that likely describes a blót of nine bucks and nine stallions bringing fertility to the land.
A reconstructed Viking Age hall at the Lofotr Viking Museum in Lofoten, Norway
A drinking scene on an image stone from Gotland, Swedish Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm
A painting of a goði leading the people in sacrificing to an idol of Thor by J. L. Lund
Heitstrenging
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Heitstrenging is an Old Norse practice of swearing of a solemn oath to perform a future action. They were often performed at Yule and other large social events, where they played a role in establishin
Earl Sigvaldi swearing an oath to conquer Norway at the memorial feast of Harald Bluetooth. Halfdan Egedius: Illustration for Olav Trygvasons saga (1899)