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| Keywords: Alfablot at boulder with flash.jpg en Forn Sed Álfablót at boulder The picture is taken at an álfablót held by the Gothenburg kindred Godthiod at 7th November 2009 at a boulder at Getsjön i e Goat Lake Tunge parish Ale hundred Västergötland Lilla Edet municipality Västra Götaland Sweden Álfablót is a Norse ceremony honoring the dead ancestors and elves and it's corresponding to the Celtic Samhain The boulder has a tradition of being thrown by a giant It has the number Tunge 36 1 in Swedish National Heritage Board's database over ancient monuments Godthiod was a kindred within the Swedish Asatru Assembly now Forn Sed Sweden The altar consists of three cult images of the three Norns Urð Verðandi and Skuld the Norse goddesses of Fate and three lighted cressets on the ground These are placed in front of the boulder The boulder is used as a blóting stone during the ceremony and is thus receiving libations In the background to the right is a lighted torch In the foreground we can see a strange pattern in the bedrock of the place The photo is taken with a flash after the ceremony when the offerings have been taken away Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige Altaret utgörs av tre gudabilder föreställande de tre nornorna Urd Verdandi och Skuld och tre tända marschaller på marken Dessa står framför flyttblocket Flyttblocket används som blotsten under ceremonien och mottager då libationsoffer I bakgrunden till höger lyser en fackla I förgrunden ser man det märkliga mönster berget har på platsen Fotot är taget med blixt efter blotet sedan offergårvorna blivit sända eller soade jämför senda och sóa i Hávamál strof 144 10180300360001 RAÄ-nr Tunge 36 1 own Gunnar Creutz 2009-11-07 ImageNote 1 173 341 124 102 564 635 2 The three Norns Urðr Verðandi and Skuld ImageNoteEnd 1 Forn Sed Sweden Photos of paganism by User Achird Seasonal ceremonies November 2009 in Sweden Neopagan altars Glacial erratics with traditions in Sweden Public domain files by Gunnar Creutz | ||||
