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The statue 'Tors Fiske' by Anders Wissler in Stockholm (1903) depicts Thor fighting the Midgard serpent. Photo 2013

Survive The Jive VS The Wessex Nomad Death Match

Look who I had the pleasure of meeting! We had some great conversations, shared mead, and had a savage and intense fight (yes, fight)! What do you think we were fighting about? If you're lucky, you might witness the whole event soon enough!

Well fought mate!

Fighting Survive the Jive I had him on power, but Tom was far too quick for me! He won by forfeit after some well aimed gut punches. Well fought. ⚡️

The hamarsmark of Þórr as mentioned in Hákonar saga Góða has been a point of debate when it comes to authentic heathen customs, but it is attested among the Lapps as Johan Randulf (1723) records in the Nærøy manuscript:

(…) og alle saa vel giffte som ugiffte Finner der gaae til nadvere et glas øll, men besybderlig et glas brendeviin, om hand det haver og dypper de 3 fingre der udj, hvor med hand i siin pande teigner et kaars, som skal betyde Thors Kryds-hammer, dette giør hand til at forsikke Thor om sin stedsvarende troe tienste (…) (...) and all Finns, both married and unmarried, who go to communion have a glass of beer, but particularly in a glass of Brennivin if they have it, and dip three fingers in the glass, where with their hand on their forehead they draw a cross, which must mean Thor's Cross-hammer, this serves to assure Thor that they are his faithful servants (...)

It is further stated that on Christmas eve, the Lapps make the cross on their doors, or make said sign with a knife in beer or liquor when they drink, or in a pot of butter. Schefferus in Lapponia also states that the idols of Horagalles were marked with crosses on the chest of the idol with the blood of the sacrifices they gave to the god.

The Ohrid idol was recently discovered in the monastery of St. Naum, near Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. The idol is now located in the monastery yard on a plinth near the northeast corner of the church. Because it was used in the building construction its original context is lost. The ithyphallic figure is certainly pre-Christian. Dating is rather broad c 500 BC - 500 AD. Read about it here

Want to add that I do not agree with the conclusion that maritime bell beakers spread north with collective grave EEF types. IF the earliest bell shaped beakers really are maritime from tagus region then their spread is not by beaker folk and is not the bell beaker phenomenon. Said phenomenon is a package of grave attributes and begins in the region of SGC belgium/holland. SGC already buried their men with drinking vessels that look a lot like bell beakers to me. Maybe those vessels became influenced by a more southern pottery style but the entire package of BBC is from SGC. The inclusion of the drinking vessel in a grave comes from Corded ware

Group photo of attendees of HOD MidsummerThunor blot 2024