Autumnal celebrations?

[zionwood]

Please tell me, if you will, about Germanic/Nordic autumnal celebrations, especially any around the autumn equinox.

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[Malcolm]

Theres wintenights round about september and recently there was freyfaxi

[Toki Wartooth]

Theres wintenights round about september and recently there was freyfaxi

...What does that mean? I'm confused.

[TheWomanMonster]

...What does that mean? I'm confused.

Toki from my understanding:

Freyfaxi is a harvest celebration essentially, with special emphasis on the God Freyr.

Winternights falls at the equinox marking the passage into colder darker weather. Another feast day to celebrate the abundance of the years harvest.

[Toki Wartooth]

Toki from my understanding:

Freyfaxi is a harvest celebration essentially, with special emphasis on the God Freyr.

Winternights falls at the equinox marking the passage into colder darker weather. Another feast day to celebrate the abundance of the years harvest.

Ooooh. I thought I was reading typos or something, I don't know. :lol: Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.

[zionwood]

Thanks. Can anyone tell me what is done, specifically, to celebrate Winternights?

[Baldwin]

Freyfaxi can be often equated to Lughnassadh or Lammas. Winternights is similar (in my experiences) to Samhuinn, though the placement can vary - anywhere from the Autumnal Equinox to Nov 10-11.

[Mjollnir]

Theres winternights round about september and recently there was freyfaxi

Freyfaxi is a modern invention, it's nothing more than a Viking coat of paint on Lammas and was not celebrated by our ancestors.


Thanks. Can anyone tell me what is done, specifically, to celebrate Winternights?

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not for nothing but doesn't anyone read or do research anymore? It's mentioned in Heimskringla.



Winternights falls at the equinox marking the passage into colder darker weather. Another feast day to celebrate the abundance of the years harvest.

In the vein of what the OP asked it is going to vary and depending on where you live because you can only plant and harvest at certain times of the year.

[TheWomanMonster]

In the vein of what the OP asked it is going to vary and depending on where you live because you can only plant and harvest at certain times of the year.

Good point, I always forget not everyone lives in the same region as I do.
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[S_Wodening]

Vetrnætr or Winter Nights is the one authenticated autumn festival in the lore. It was celebrated anywhere from mid-October to early November. The Disir or tribal mothers were honored at that time. Amongst the Anglo-Saxons the Idesa or Disir were not honored until Yule.

[LunarSoldier]

Haligmonath (September) Autumn Equinox that was celebrated by the Anglo-Saxons. Then there are Winterfylleth (October) and Blotmonath (November).

[Æon Flux]

Höstjämningsblot is one... (autumnal sacrifice) ((Norse))where at the end of September you say farewell to the bright part of the year while greeting the dark part of it, you usually pay tribute to Sunna, Odin or Freya. Combined with the Autumnal sacrifice celebration a Harvest sacrificial celebration can also be held, when you thank the harvest gods (predominantly Frey) for the harvest.
Since you are welcoming the dark part of the year it is also customary to greet with it other deities such as Skadi.