Rusty Bertrand on Nostr: Yule started in Iceland on the 12th and lasts till the 6th of Jan. Þrettándinn is ...
Yule started in Iceland on the 12th and lasts till the 6th of Jan.
Þrettándinn is much, much weirder, and gloriously so: it is a time of talking animals, aquatic metamorphoses, naked dancing, supernatural gifts, and precognitive dreams. It is what Helga Einarsdóttir, the Museum Educator at the National Museum of #Iceland, calls a liminal time or “a border between two worlds”.
The bonfires in January celebrate all of the fairies and elves who are said to be departing on Þrettándinn, and many local celebrations elect Fairy Queens and Kings who lead ‘elf dances’ around the fire.
#Elf dance traditions may originate with a popular play called “Nýársnóttin,” or ‘New Year’s Eve,’ which was written by Indriði Einarsson in 1907 and first featured the King and Queen of the elves.
#mythology #christmas
https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2013/12/30/thirteen-things-about-threttandinn/
Þrettándinn is much, much weirder, and gloriously so: it is a time of talking animals, aquatic metamorphoses, naked dancing, supernatural gifts, and precognitive dreams. It is what Helga Einarsdóttir, the Museum Educator at the National Museum of #Iceland, calls a liminal time or “a border between two worlds”.
The bonfires in January celebrate all of the fairies and elves who are said to be departing on Þrettándinn, and many local celebrations elect Fairy Queens and Kings who lead ‘elf dances’ around the fire.
#Elf dance traditions may originate with a popular play called “Nýársnóttin,” or ‘New Year’s Eve,’ which was written by Indriði Einarsson in 1907 and first featured the King and Queen of the elves.
#mythology #christmas
https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2013/12/30/thirteen-things-about-threttandinn/