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22 votes • 22 hours Valhnútur retweeted
Hversu ógeðslegur þarftu að vera til að vilja meiða börn? Þetta er ekkert annað en tilraun til manndráps. Sá sem á heiðurinn á þessu er geðbilaður aumingi.
Valhnútur retweeted
Our ancestors, the Celts, stood on hills up and down Britain at the end of the harvest and the start of winter.
They lit the great fires, they feasted, and they masked their faces so the spirits who crossed the thinning veil wouldn’t recognise them. They looked into the flames for signs of the year ahead.
They called it Samhain. Later it blended with All Saints’ Eve and became the Halloween we still mark.
This is our history. These are our people.
Don’t forget where we come from.🫶🏻
I've heard so many people today referring to Halloween as an American holiday. I honestly thought most people knew by now that Halloween has its origins in Ireland and is, in fact, a European tradition.
Halloween's roots go back over 2,000 years to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival celebrated in Ireland that marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. It was believed that on this night, the boundary between the world of the living and the dead became thinner, allowing spirits to cross over.
Many traditions we associate with Halloween today have Irish roots. People lit bonfires, wore disguises to ward off spirits, and carved frightening faces into turnips long before pumpkins became popular.
When Irish immigrants brought these traditions to America, they gradually evolved into the modern Halloween celebrations we know today. Pumpkins replaced turnips, and customs such as dressing up and going door to door developed into modern trick-or-treating.
So while America certainly helped popularize modern Halloween, its origins are much older and deeply rooted in Irish and European history.
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Of the 326 people who voted, the majority (55%) believe Ásatrú should be reserved for people of European ancestry. Another 41% believe Ásatrú should be exclusive to those of Germanic ancestry, while only 4% believe Ásatrú should be universal and open to everyone.
I have, like many of you no doubt, always felt a very strong connection to Odin. His never-ending hunger for wisdom and knowledge has always resonated deeply with me.
Odin is not a god who simply possesses wisdom. He is a seeker, willing to make great sacrifices in pursuit of greater understanding. He reminds us that wisdom is not freely given, but earned through experience, hardship, and sacrifice.
What I have always admired is that despite all his knowledge, Odin never stops searching. There is always more to learn, more to understand, and more to discover.
Odin teaches us that we should never stop questioning, learning, and seeking wisdom, no matter where that journey takes us.
Hail Odin!
