Comments on: Easter in Sweden and Elsewhere http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere Old-fashioned Girl in a Post Modern, Hi-Tech World... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Newbee70 http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-251 Newbee70 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:07:02 +0000 http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-251 Happy Easter Cordelia; may today bless you with Christs promises. Happy Easter Cordelia;
may today bless you with Christs promises.

]]> By: Will http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-306 Will Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:56:53 +0000 http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-306 This fascinates me. I seldom get to hear a non-academic view of scandinavian cultural holidays. We here in America have Yule, Easter, Halloween and other holidays and seldom are we told why they are the way they are. Unless of course your only 2nd generation born here. My Grand parents on both side were from Scandinavia. Bergen,Askoy and Malmo in fact. Heck I knew who Thor was before Christ. Most holidays, and especially Yule and Easter have roots in the pagan holidays of our ancesters. I find that I grew up with more heathen holiday practices then Christian, even though thats why we have the holidays here in America. Imagine Easter deriving from the pagan holiday of Ostera a fertility celebration involving Frey I think. My Yule is very much scandinavian. The early Christian priests had to do alot of adapting to conform to what our ancestors practiced to convert them. Its awsome that we were able to keep so much even in worship of another God. I would love to hear of more first hand holiday practices in Scandinavia. I think we will find we have some more in common. Its one thing to read it in a book or web site its so much better to hear it from a regular person who grw up in it. This fascinates me. I seldom get to hear a non-academic view of scandinavian cultural holidays. We here in America have Yule, Easter, Halloween and other holidays and seldom are we told why they are the way they are. Unless of course your only 2nd generation born here. My Grand parents on both side were from Scandinavia. Bergen,Askoy and Malmo in fact. Heck I knew who Thor was before Christ.

Most holidays, and especially Yule and Easter have roots in the pagan holidays of our ancesters. I find that I grew up with more heathen holiday practices then Christian, even though thats why we have the holidays here in America.

Imagine Easter deriving from the pagan holiday of Ostera a fertility celebration involving Frey I think. My Yule is very much scandinavian. The early Christian priests had to do alot of adapting to conform to what our ancestors practiced to convert them. Its awsome that we were able to keep so much even in worship of another God.

I would love to hear of more first hand holiday practices in Scandinavia. I think we will find we have some more in common. Its one thing to read it in a book or web site its so much better to hear it from a regular person who grw up in it.

]]> By: Cordelia http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-308 Cordelia Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:09:22 +0000 http://www.vikingprincess.net/54/easter-in-sweden-and-elsewhere#comment-308 Scandinavian folklore, good topic! It's a topic that interests me anyway. There are plenty of Swedish people who read this blog actually, despite it being in English. More Later C. Scandinavian folklore, good topic! It’s a topic that interests me anyway. There are plenty of Swedish people who read this blog actually, despite it being in English. More Later C.

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