21/12/2021 · Winter solstice traditions: Saint Lucia Day, Scandinavia As with many modern celebrations, ancient festivals observing the winter solstice merged with newer traditions to create the holiday season...
“Yule” can mean either a feast that celebrates the winter solstice or reference a wheel, depending on which country of origin you are speaking. Scandinavian ...
21/12/2021 · Call 612-871-4907 ext. 0 to be placed on a waitlist. Mark the shortest day and longest night of the year at ASI with ASI’s popular Winter Solstice Celebration. Since pagan days, solstice has traditionally meant the “year as reborn,” with ancient (and modern) Scandinavians fusing it into the longer “Jul” or Yule season.
21/12/2019 · A lesser known custom of Scandinavian Yule is the Yule Goat. In modern tradition it is often artfully crafted from sheaves of wheat and makes a perfect decoration for the Yule tree. In the Viking Yule the Yule Goat was rather important and personified the pair of goats belonging to Thor, god of thunder and lightning.
17/12/2020 · The Yule goat is a Scandinavian Christmas tradition based on Norse legends and worship of God Thor. God Thor was said to ride a flying chariot drawn by two goats in some Norse myths. It was believed that the goats Tanngrisnir ("Gap-tooth") and Tanngnjóstr ("Tooth-grinder"), who pulled Thor's chariot, provided food for the god and his friends.
Jól was celebrated as a sacramental feast or a blót, toasting for the passing of winter, for harmony, fertility and happiness in the new year, as illustrated by ...
Winter Solstice morphing into Yule or Christmas. The transition from Roman paganism to Christianity, with its similar rites, took several centuries. With the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity in the fourth century, customs were quickly appropriated and refashioned, as the sun and God’s son became inextricably entwined.
The word "solstice" originates from the Latin "sol" (meaning sun) and "statum" (stand still). It reflects what we see on the first days of summer and winter. At dawn for two or three days, the sun seems to linger for several minutes in its passage across the sky. "Turnings of the sun" is an old phrase, used by both Hesiod and Homer.
Dec 21, 2021 · Winter solstice traditions: Stonehenge gathering, England Although no one knows exactly why the ancient circle of Stonehenge was built, there’s no denying it lines up with the movements of the sun....
The Yule log tradition spawned delicious Yule log cakes. These were baked in hearths around Europe going back to the 1600s, if not earlier. Popular elements included sponge cake, marzipan and meringue. In the 19 th century, Yule log cakes got fancied up in Parisian bakeries, where they were called bûche de Noël. Today’s Yule cakes are often covered with chocolate or crème de …
Yule is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, ...
06/12/2020 · The Christmas Tree is a tradition that comes from a northern European tradition of bringing outdoor greenery indoors in the middle of winter. It was popularized in 17th century Germany, but has been practiced since the ancient times throughout northern Europe and certainly pre-dates the establishment of Christianity.
The Feast of Juul was a pre-Christian festival observed in Scandinavia at the time of the December solstice. Fires were lit to symbolize the heat, light and ...
Finalist, LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017. In ancient times, the days surrounding the solstice were called “Yule” and worshipped for the coming reawakening of nature. The Norwegian translation of “Christmas” is “jul,” and many Christmas traditions, such as the Christmas tree, originate from ancient Yule customs.
02/11/2020 · In Japan, the Winter Solstice celebration is known as Toji, and features traditions like eating a winter squash called kabocha and taking a hot bath with yuzu citrus fruits. Chaomos; Each year, the Kalasha or Kalash Kafir people of northern Pakistan celebrate the Winter Solstice with a festival called Chaomos. The weeklong celebration includes traditions like ritual baths, …
Dec 21, 2019 · While Stonehenge and Woodhenge are quite unique, structures to mark the solstices have been found throughout the ages and in many cultures, including in Scandinavia. Not all that surprising: Scandinavian winter days are rather short and winter nights very, very long, making winter solstice celebrations seem like rather a good idea!
22/12/2020 · Translated as “coziness,” The Epoch Times explains how mys is a Swedish tradition that seeks to combat the dread the cold, sunlight-lacking days …