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So for Mabon/Haustblot/Equinox, I’ve made it a tradition to make my favorite recipe: apple dumplings! I made them from the crispin apples posted earlier and they were absolutely delicious, though I do prefer having granny smith’s to use for the recipe! I hope your equinox was balanced and beautiful! Do you have any traditions for the sabbat?

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Winter Finding/Haustbløt - September 22nd-27th

Starting on the autumn equinox (northern hemisphere for me), it is a celebration of the start of preparing for winter and represents the second harvest of the autumn.

Modern Day Winter Finding

- weather and fire laws permitting, celebrate with a bonfire - Go to a local farmer’s market and find fresh fruits and vegetables to prepare a feast with. - spend time (safely) gathering wild edibles - preserve food for the winter (canning, freezing, dehydrating) - make sure your animals are prepared for the winter (warm bedding, vaccinations, etc) - make sure YOU’RE prepared for the winter (warm bedding, blankets, hot drinks, etc) - offer bløts to the Gods (Odin, Freyr, Freyja, Thor, Sif, others) - start making mead for Yule - Get your house clean for winter

sources The Rational Heathen

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Vinternettene - Winternights  October 14th

It is customary that every year at sundown on 14th October, heathens will celebrate vinternettene (winternights), also known as høstblot (autumn blot), vinterdag (winter day) or vinternatt (winter night).

14th October was the day that Scandinavians would turn over their primstav to mark the beginning of the winter half of the year and welcome the cold weather returning, a tradition that pre-dates Christianity in Scandinavia. Marked with the symbol of a mitten (as it was customary to knit new mittens for the coming cold weather), it is also said that the weather on vinternettene will be a signal of the weather for the coming winter.

The sacrificial blot accompanying this was usually dedicated to Frøy (Freyr), alver (elves) and the diser (disir). Asking that Frøy will return swiftly to sow the seeds of rebirth and that we make it safely through the coming cold and snow.

Til års og fred!

Winternights - vinternettene ❆ 14th of October.

Also called haustblot, winterday or winternight. Marked on the #primstav with a mitten or vott in norwegian. And markes the start of the winter side of the primstav. The weather of the day is said to represent the weather for all of winter.

Was inspired by @hedendom to share a photo of my primstaves.

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