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The English ornithologist John Wolley spent 4 years (1853–1857) in Ylimuonio, Finland, amassing a large collection of eggs. For some reason, he carved a runic text in a mixture of Swedish and English on a stone in Muonionvaara. The inscription reads: “Vi ar i lant of Oskar friat of Viktoria of Inklant. This holi saita vit holt sint morak stil har lat Jon Volli of Matlok rit runs aftir Savastovols fal” [ We are in Oskar's land, freed by Victoria of England. This holy site with all its quiet land around (surroundings) has taught John Wolley of Matlock to carve runes after the fall of Sevastopol. ] [ Wäinölä 🇫🇮 ]

You vil hold ze hammer and you vill be happy!

Skipping the May pole at May fair today

While Easter month was certainly dedicated to Easter and we may reasonably assume that some of the rites became associated with May day, it is also clear that in Germany and England May day derives from a fire festival for Baldr which was called Pholtag "Baldr day" in Germany and also explains why the Anglo-Saxons called Baldr Bældæg "fire day". I suspect Baldr's fire day was held on the fifth full moon and so May day falling between Easter and Baldr's day, is a mix of the two.

The Norse god Baldr is the same as the English god Bældæg "pyre day" and the latter refers to some kind of fire festival in Germanic cultures. The two names sound the same but they are not cognates, however other evidence proves they are the same god as I show here https://odysee.com/@SurvivetheJive:c/balday:2?r=AEKqgwkPWidrWMdxwxNjBE8p3kA9tT6n

The Puritan scum banned May day. But we brought it back again along with the Monarchy!

In 1661 a 130 foot tall Maypole was erected in the Strand, London to celebrate the restoration of the English monarchy. A previous Maypole that had stood nearby at the remains of the medieval stone Strand Cross had been destroyed by the Puritans in 1644 for being seen as heathen in its nature. Another famous London Maypole once stood at the crossroads by St Andrew Undershaft church, which got its name from the fact that the Maypole stood taller than the church, hence the church was under-the-shaft. The Maypole was kept in Shaft alley but by 1517 celebrations had been stopped as they had become to rowdy!

The East Scandinavian cluster chads! Special thank you to Ryan Murray for creating the illustrations of the Late Neolithic Scandinavians.

The Heathen year has two parts, the winter half and the summer half. I don't see a problem with mixing West Germanic and North Germanic customs personally, but it generally speaking it is good to be consistent. The tenth moon marks the start of winter and is called Winterfylleth in Old English or Vetrnætr in Norse. This is six moons from Eastermonth so if following the English system then you celebrate Easter blot on the fourth moon, or Sigrblot for Odin in the Norse system. A lot of the English/German rituals of Easter/Ostara would be inappropriate in Scandinavia because Spring/Summer starts much earlier in England and North West Germany than in Scandinavia. So while the fourth moon marks the start of the light half of the year for all Germanic Heathens, in practice it is still snowy and cold in Northern Scandinavia. So naturally it is better ot pray to Odin for victory than to a dawn goddess who we infer was associated with the new life of the returning sun.

In addition to my new video about Easter, you should check out this older one which explains the connection of Easter to May day https://youtu.be/SkYkF184ceo