#alfablot

Samhain/Halloween/All Hallow's Eve is coming up soon, and as a baby pagan, I'd like to know the Norse version, if there is any.

I'm very fluid in my practice as to whether it's Norse or Celtic, and I'm aware that it can be interchangeable, but it would still be nice to know.

So, what are the differences between Vetrnaetr, Alfablot, and Samhain/Halloween? Is there a Norse version of Halloween? What do you do on that/those day(s)? Any resources you can point me to (preferably not a video, if possible)?

Thank you so much!!! :D

hi omg it's so cool to get an ask from you, i love your blog!^^

most days i have pretty low energy so i don't do too much for the holidays. but this year im planning to do a little ritual that includes meditation and writing and then burning a letter to the people i love that have passed on.

i will get (or make) some treats (maybe chocolate or cookies or fruit and tea) and give that as an offering to my loved ones, Hel and the elves.

i will also probably do a tarot or rune reading in case any of them want to tell me something, and i will do something that day in honor of them. (for example i might give money to a homeless person for Hel, take some photos of my loved ones that are still here in honor of my grandpa, etc)

Blessed Samhain!

Pumpkin Mead Bread

Ingredients

1 cup pureed pumpkin (I actually puree my own because fresh tastes sooo much better)

1/3 cup melted butter (not that fake crap - get sticks, or even the imported ones)

1/3 cup white sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup mead

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of nutmeg

1 1/2 cup flour

Pinch of salt

Mix the butter and pumpkin together in a large bowl. Add sugars, egg, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and mead; mix up. Finally add baking soda and flour.

Bake in a greased bread loaf pan at 350° F for 45 minutes to an hour. Just keep an eye on it until it's golden brown on top and probably split open. I always do the knife test and sometimes bump it up to 375° F if the stove is being difficult.

Every year on Hel's Feast/Samhain we pull a rune reading for the new year.

Rune reading for Nov 1, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020

Uruz, Ansuz, Kenaz

With Uruz we're starting off with adversary or a trial. Things are hard right now and we may be going through some growing pains right now.

Ansuz will bring us beyond adversity through communication, wisdom, and sacrificing our preconceptions of the world and ourselves.