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Blót

Blót (Old Norse and Old English) or geblōt (Old English) are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its meat. Old Norse sources present it as a central ritual in Old Nordic religion that was intimately connected with…

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Etymology and meaning

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Modern period

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Blót

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Blót

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related to Role of blood and stallar · 35
Blót → Ancient Greek, Building, Christian, Christian Scandinavian, Dómaldi, Eddic, Eyrbyggja, Freyja, Germanic, Hauksbók, Hervarar, Iceland, In Hyndluljóð, In Hákonar, In Ynglinga, It, Jewish, Landnámabók, Moses, Norway
related to Banning and suppression · 20
Blót → CE, Christian, Church, Early Norwegian, England, Frostaþing, Iceland, In, In Norðhymbra, Kent, King Wihtred, Law, Similar, Sverrir Sigurðarson, The, The Anglo-Saxon Penitential, The Older Gulaþing Law, Theodore, This, When Christianity
related to Killing of humans and other animals · 19
Blót → Adam, At, Borg, Both, Bremen's, Closer, Freyr's, Frösön, Hofstaðir, Iceland, It, Jämtland, Old Norse, Osteological, Similar, The, This, Uppsala, Viking Age
related to Feasting and drinking · 18
Blót → Borgarthings-Lov, Christianity, Den, Family, Feasts, Frostathings-Lov, Gulathings-Lov, Horses, Hákonarmál, In Iceland, Norwegian, Old Norse, Sacrificial, Scandinavian, Scandinavians, Sigvatr, Sweden, Valhǫll
related to Incorporation into Christian culture · 17
Blót → All Saints' Day, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christmas, Den, For, Freyr's, Gulathings-Lov, In Hákonar, King, Mary, Njörðr's, Norway, This, Tryggvason, Upon
related to Modern period · 16
Blót → After, Birgitta, Christmas Eve, December, Further, Germanic, In, North Ronaldsay, Olaus Magnus, Orkney, Reconstructionist, Sandwick, Sow Day, Sweden, This, Yule
related to Location · 14
Blót → Blótkelda, Goðakelda, Icelandic, It, Kjalnesinga, Migration Period, Möðrudalur, Mývatn, Old Norse, Some, Sources, These, This, Viking Age
related to Religious and cultic leaders · 12
Blót → Certain, Folke Ström, HaþuwulfR, In Iceland, Late Iron Age Scandinavia, Old Norse, Scholars, Sigurðr Hlaðajarl, Stentoften, This, Trøndelag, While
related to Blót strengthening evil spirits · 10
Blót → After, Christian, Following, Geirstad, Geirstaðaálfr, Geirstaðaálfs, It, Several, Shortly, The
related to Etymology · 9
Blót → Christian, God, Gothic, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, The, The Proto-Germanic

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sacrifice saga also old heathen blood recorded christian practice sources norse religious animals gods sacrifices king place ritual often sacrificial

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
blót-auðigrinstance ofThese include adjectives0.80text
blót-guðinstance ofOther compounds include recipients of worship0.80text
blót-bolliinstance ofItems with religious function can also include it as a prefix0.80text
bogsinstance ofwith rulers gaining enough power to centralise sacrifices and ceremonies to their own homes rather than in outdoor spaces0.80text
lakesinstance ofwith rulers gaining enough power to centralise sacrifices and ceremonies to their own homes rather than in outdoor spaces0.80text
as had been done beforeinstance ofwith rulers gaining enough power to centralise sacrifices and ceremonies to their own homes rather than in outdoor spaces0.80text
godsinstance ofalong with beings0.80text
elvesinstance ofalong with beings0.80text
heathen vættirinstance ofalong with beings0.80text
Blótkelda at Möðrudalurinstance ofThis idea is also reflected in Icelandic placenames0.80text
Goðakeldainstance ofThis idea is also reflected in Icelandic placenames0.80text
the Viking Age birch stump found underneath the church at Frösöninstance ofSimilar observations have been made at other sites0.80text

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