Þorrablót
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title:
Þorrablót
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Þorrablót is an Icelandic midwinter festival, named for the month of Þorri of the historical Icelandic calendar, and blót, literally meaning sacrifice. The historical context is from the Orkneyinga saga, where Þorri ("Frost") is an early Finnish king, the son of Snær ("Snow"). Hversu Noregr byggðist in the Flateyjarbók states that the Kvens offered a yearly sacrifice to Þorri at mid-winter. The modern festival arose in the second half of the 19th century, with the Romantic nationalism of the tim
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Icelandic midwinter festival
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorrabl%C3%B3t
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2023-11-06T14:51:44Z
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