↟ Skaði - The mythical goddess of the Northern wilderness ↟
❄️ She hunts in the mountains of Scandes with a bow and cross-country skis, and sometimes Skaði is associated with the winter dís. Living among frost giants in Trymheim and Jotunheim, and the giant Tjasse is her father.
❄ In Norse mythology the story goes that she came to Asgard to avenge her father, the giant Tjasse who was killed by the gods of Asgard. Instead of revenge the gods offered her a compensation - she would marry one of them. To do so, she had to choose by looking at their feet while they're lined up behind a cloth.
❄ Skaði wanted to marry the god of light Baldr, and thought that the most beautiful feet must be his. But it was not, those feet belonged to the god of the sea; Njord. The marriage was not successful, Njord wanted to live by the sea in his dwelling Noatun. Skaði wanted... - continues in comment below ⬇️
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❄️ She hunts in the mountains of Scandes with a bow and cross-country skis, and sometimes Skaði is associated with the winter dís. Living among frost giants in Trymheim and Jotunheim, and the giant Tjasse is her father.
❄ In Norse mythology the story goes that she came to Asgard to avenge her father, the giant Tjasse who was killed by the gods of Asgard. Instead of revenge the gods offered her a compensation - she would marry one of them. To do so, she had to choose by looking at their feet while they're lined up behind a cloth.
❄ Skaði wanted to marry the god of light Baldr, and thought that the most beautiful feet must be his. But it was not, those feet belonged to the god of the sea; Njord. The marriage was not successful, Njord wanted to live by the sea in his dwelling Noatun. Skaði wanted... - continues in comment below ⬇️
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Let us face ourselves. We are Hyperboreans. Beyond the north, ice, and death. Our life, our happiness 🔱 Artist: Johan Bauer, Sweden 🇸🇪
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↟ In search for Hyperborea ↟
This Sunday will be something big - stay tuned 🌲🌲🌲
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This Sunday will be something big - stay tuned 🌲🌲🌲
Native Scandinavian man from Sweden 🇸🇪
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↟ This is Scandinavia ↟
The North, The land and the people beyond the Northern Wind, Thule, Hyperborea - Scandinavia has since ancient times been mythical and unexplored.
❄ Scandinavians was first mentioned by the greek historian Herodotos, who writes about Aristeas -a poet who lived 700BC. He told he had ventured the North which he called Hyperborea, and met the people who he called "Hyperboreans" or "The people North of the northern Wind". This people is described to be quite tall with light skin and hair. They lived with harsh winters and decended from the northern wind itself, and are identified as today's native Scandinavians.
❄ Herodotos mention a snow nymph whom also decended from the northern wind -Skaði from Old Norse mythology. Skaði is the mythical goddess of the wilderness who hunts in the Scandinavian mountains Scandes, with a bow and...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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The North, The land and the people beyond the Northern Wind, Thule, Hyperborea - Scandinavia has since ancient times been mythical and unexplored.
❄ Scandinavians was first mentioned by the greek historian Herodotos, who writes about Aristeas -a poet who lived 700BC. He told he had ventured the North which he called Hyperborea, and met the people who he called "Hyperboreans" or "The people North of the northern Wind". This people is described to be quite tall with light skin and hair. They lived with harsh winters and decended from the northern wind itself, and are identified as today's native Scandinavians.
❄ Herodotos mention a snow nymph whom also decended from the northern wind -Skaði from Old Norse mythology. Skaði is the mythical goddess of the wilderness who hunts in the Scandinavian mountains Scandes, with a bow and...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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We have found it, and we are a part of it! 🔱
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↟ Vårdagjämning - Spring Equinox ↟
🇬🇧 - in comment below ⬇️
🌱 Idag infaller vårdagjämningen i Skandinavien som enligt gammal nordisk tradition räknas som vårens första dag, när tjälen i marken släpper och naturen sakta fylls av pånyttfödelse. Nu går vi in i Vanernas tid - den feminina delen av året förknippat med livgivande, fruktbarhet och solen, Sunna.
🌱 Vårdagjämningen ger förebud om vår och förr i Skandinavien var det en av årets viktigaste dagar att uppmärksamma, man tände stora brasor likt vi gör än idag vid Vanadisblotet och Valborgsmässoafton. Arbetet följde årstiderna och när våren kom övergick arbetet i gårdarna i en energirik period - det är nu som vårbruket med plöjning, harvning, gödsling och sådd inleds. Vid vårdagjämning var det viktigt att läsa tydor (tolkningar av bland annat djurens beteende och naturens egenskaper) för att...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan ⬇️
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🌱 Idag infaller vårdagjämningen i Skandinavien som enligt gammal nordisk tradition räknas som vårens första dag, när tjälen i marken släpper och naturen sakta fylls av pånyttfödelse. Nu går vi in i Vanernas tid - den feminina delen av året förknippat med livgivande, fruktbarhet och solen, Sunna.
🌱 Vårdagjämningen ger förebud om vår och förr i Skandinavien var det en av årets viktigaste dagar att uppmärksamma, man tände stora brasor likt vi gör än idag vid Vanadisblotet och Valborgsmässoafton. Arbetet följde årstiderna och när våren kom övergick arbetet i gårdarna i en energirik period - det är nu som vårbruket med plöjning, harvning, gödsling och sådd inleds. Vid vårdagjämning var det viktigt att läsa tydor (tolkningar av bland annat djurens beteende och naturens egenskaper) för att...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan ⬇️
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↟ Dísablót/Disting -an ancient Swedish thing ↟
🌕 Dísablót & Disting is an ancient tradition that is considered to have taken place today - at the third full moon after the new moon, after the Winter Solstice in Uppsala, Sweden. The blót was held to show reverence for Spring, to ensure good fertility and harvest for the coming year. Several gods are worshiped, mainly the Dísir - female goddesses of fate in our Norse mythology, whom can be both benevolent and evil. A dís exist for example the night, the wind and the rain - Skaði is sometimes associated with the winter dís.
🌕 Dísablót is one of the most famous blóts and like Hókunótt/Midwinter/Juólblót also one of the most misunderstood. According to the Heimskringla Saga, this Swedish tradition is "as old as Heathenry itself". Disting was taking form of a large market (named after the Dísir), which is still...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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🌕 Dísablót & Disting is an ancient tradition that is considered to have taken place today - at the third full moon after the new moon, after the Winter Solstice in Uppsala, Sweden. The blót was held to show reverence for Spring, to ensure good fertility and harvest for the coming year. Several gods are worshiped, mainly the Dísir - female goddesses of fate in our Norse mythology, whom can be both benevolent and evil. A dís exist for example the night, the wind and the rain - Skaði is sometimes associated with the winter dís.
🌕 Dísablót is one of the most famous blóts and like Hókunótt/Midwinter/Juólblót also one of the most misunderstood. According to the Heimskringla Saga, this Swedish tradition is "as old as Heathenry itself". Disting was taking form of a large market (named after the Dísir), which is still...- continues in comment below ⬇️
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↟ Glad Påsk! 🇸🇪 Skandinaviska barn från Sverige i traditionella folkdräkter från Leksand, Dalarna.
🇬🇧 - in comment below! ⬇️
🐣 Nu firar vi högtiden Påsk i Skandinavien - en numera kristen tradition, men som har sina rötter i hedendomen. Påsk har idag blivit en familjehögtid som barnen håller kär: att på påskaftonsmorgon leta efter gömda påskägg i trädgården, måla påskägg, äta traditionsenlig påskmat, pynta med påskris/fjädrar, påskliljor samt att på dymmelonsdagen klä ut sig till påskkärring och med en kvast flyga till Blåkulla enligt gammal svensk folktro från 1600-talet.
🐇 Påsk heter på engelska Easter och på tyska Ostern. Dessa båda ord har samma upphov och syftar på den germanska fruktbarhetsgudinnan Ostara eller Eostra, som dyrkades av de flesta Europeiska folkslag. För oss i Skandinavien är det jordgudinnan Gerd - den period då...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan
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🇬🇧 - in comment below! ⬇️
🐣 Nu firar vi högtiden Påsk i Skandinavien - en numera kristen tradition, men som har sina rötter i hedendomen. Påsk har idag blivit en familjehögtid som barnen håller kär: att på påskaftonsmorgon leta efter gömda påskägg i trädgården, måla påskägg, äta traditionsenlig påskmat, pynta med påskris/fjädrar, påskliljor samt att på dymmelonsdagen klä ut sig till påskkärring och med en kvast flyga till Blåkulla enligt gammal svensk folktro från 1600-talet.
🐇 Påsk heter på engelska Easter och på tyska Ostern. Dessa båda ord har samma upphov och syftar på den germanska fruktbarhetsgudinnan Ostara eller Eostra, som dyrkades av de flesta Europeiska folkslag. För oss i Skandinavien är det jordgudinnan Gerd - den period då...- fortsättning i kommentar nedan
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