Bede tells us that the Anglo-Saxon pagans divided the year in two and that the winter began on the full moon in October and that this night was called Ƿintirfylliþ.
This is presumably the Autumn festival of the pagan English.
Austrfararvísur tells us that in Autumn, among the Swedes, a blot took place at a hof for elves and that it was associated with Odin.
Since many pagan festivals in Europe take place in late October and are associated with All Saints day and the dead, we deduce that the Autumn festival of the Germanic pagans was held on the full moon to the elves who we understand from Icelandic and English sources, were associated with the noble dead and with barrows.
On the full moon of October I wish you a glad Winterfylleth or alfablót. Hail the noble ancestors!
https://youtu.be/H5Y1RqCbuJE
This is presumably the Autumn festival of the pagan English.
Austrfararvísur tells us that in Autumn, among the Swedes, a blot took place at a hof for elves and that it was associated with Odin.
Since many pagan festivals in Europe take place in late October and are associated with All Saints day and the dead, we deduce that the Autumn festival of the Germanic pagans was held on the full moon to the elves who we understand from Icelandic and English sources, were associated with the noble dead and with barrows.
On the full moon of October I wish you a glad Winterfylleth or alfablót. Hail the noble ancestors!
https://youtu.be/H5Y1RqCbuJE