*Abbots Bromley Dance, cont..*
References are made to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in 1236 and again in 1532 before continual mention from 1660 onwards, while the antlers the dancers carry have been radiocarbon dated to the late Anglo Saxon period (around year 1,000).
The procession and dance are performed once a year on Wake Monday, usually the first Monday in September, starting at St Nicholas Church.
So why dancing with antlers?
Nobody is really sure but the most popular theory is that this is reminiscent of an ancient hunting ritual to appease the god of the hunt or as an act to increase chances of a successful hunt.
References are made to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in 1236 and again in 1532 before continual mention from 1660 onwards, while the antlers the dancers carry have been radiocarbon dated to the late Anglo Saxon period (around year 1,000).
The procession and dance are performed once a year on Wake Monday, usually the first Monday in September, starting at St Nicholas Church.
So why dancing with antlers?
Nobody is really sure but the most popular theory is that this is reminiscent of an ancient hunting ritual to appease the god of the hunt or as an act to increase chances of a successful hunt.
One of the ten men plays the role of an archer. The other three unhorned dancers are a man dressed as a woman referred to as Maid Marian for some reason, a musician and a fool, or jester.
It could have once been a ceremony originally performed telling of the Wild Hunt, or perhaps to appease an older, more primal god of the hunt.
It could have once been a ceremony originally performed telling of the Wild Hunt, or perhaps to appease an older, more primal god of the hunt.
Word to the wise…
Mother Nature always wins in the end, and she is very patient.
Mother Nature always wins in the end, and she is very patient.
Angrboda is described as a jötunn, or belonging to a race of giants.
The Poetic Edda refers to her as the mother of Fenrir through Loki.
The Prose Edda tells of her as "a giantess in Jötunheimr” or land of giants, who is also the mother of the world serpent Jörmungandr, and the goddess Hel.
The Poetic Edda refers to her as the mother of Fenrir through Loki.
The Prose Edda tells of her as "a giantess in Jötunheimr” or land of giants, who is also the mother of the world serpent Jörmungandr, and the goddess Hel.
For you gamers.. This is her misrepresentation, as it should be known that popular media seeks to eradicate Hyperborean identity through any means.
Whether this be through flat out lies, or appropriating our identity as their own, a war for our identity is underway.
Be aware, and don’t take it sitting down.
Whether this be through flat out lies, or appropriating our identity as their own, a war for our identity is underway.
Be aware, and don’t take it sitting down.