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Skaði: Building on the Old Foundations

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The handout for our January 2013 discussion:

 

Literature:
(Compiled primarily from Arlea Anshutz’s Skadhi Page at   http://www.wyrdwords.vispa.com/goddesses/skadhi/index.html

Skaldskaparmal 3
Skadi, daughter of giant Thiassi, took helmet and mail-coat and all weapons of war and went to Asgard to avenge her father. But the Æsir offered her atonement and compensation, the first item of which was to choose herself a husband out of the Æsir and choose by the feet and see nothing else of them. Then she saw one person’s feet that were exceptionally beautiful and said: Continue reading →

Yule 2008 report

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For its last official blót of the year, Keeper of Seasons Hall met on December 21, 2008 to celebrate the opening of the Yule season.  Though the Hall normally holds its blóts outdoors, Yule is usually an exception;  as in previous years, we met at the home of one of the Hall members.  For 2008, I had the honor of acting as host for the Hall. Continue reading →