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The Stentoften Stone, bearing a runic inscription that likely describes a blót of nine he-goats and nine male horses bringing fertility to the land. [1]Blót (Old Norse and Old English) or geblōt (Old English) are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its ...
If famine or plague occurs, a sacrifice is made to Thor; if there is war, a sacrifice is made to Wodan; if a marriage is to be held, a sacrifice is made to Fricco. Adam continues that "every nine years there is a communal festival of every province in Sweden held in Ubsola; and those already converted to Christianity have to buy themselves off ...
Furthermore, some findings from the Viking Age can be interpreted as evidence of human sacrifice, including children as young as four years old. [51] Sagas occasionally mention human sacrifice at temples, as does Adam of Bremen. Also, the written sources tell that a commander could consecrate the enemy warriors to Odin using his spear.
The Icelandic historian Snorri Sturlusson, who was well-informed of Swedish matters and visited the country in 1219, [9] explained in the Heimskringla (1225): In Svithjod [10] it was the old custom, as long as heathenism prevailed, that the chief sacrifice took place in Goe month [11] at Upsala. Then sacrifice was offered for peace, and victory ...
Raud the Strong was a large landowner, described as an eager practitioner of the Norse pagan sacrifice ritual blót, and a sea-farer. Raud was known for his beautiful longship, a boat larger than any of Olaf's, with a dragon's head carved into the bow. The ship was called “The Dragon” or “The Serpent.”
Archaeologists found 50 Viking-era skeletons in Åsum, Denmark.. Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these ...
In later Scandinavian practice, human sacrifice appears to have become more institutionalised and was repeated periodically as part of a larger sacrifice (according to Adam of Bremen, every nine years). [72] Evidence of human sacrifice by Germanic pagans before the Viking Age depend on archaeology and on a few accounts in Greco-Roman ethnography.
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