Feast of the Einherjar

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Point on ye sundial	Fry'day, Novembarrr 11 · 12:00 in the mornin' - 7:00 in the evenin'
Coordinates	Everywhere
This be from	The Asatru Alliance, Vincent Enlund
Para	The Asatru Alliance
Arrr, Tell us more!	Fogmoon, Blotmonath, Frermanudhr (November) 11th Feast of the Einherjar In Norse religion, the Einherjar (Old Norse "lone fighters") are spirits of warriors who had died bravely in battle. After they die, the valkyries, the battle maidens of Odin, escort half of the slain from the battlefield to Valhalla (these are the "einherjar"), which is part of Asgard (commonly described as the "Norse Heaven"); the other half went to Fólkvangr (Freyja's hall). The Grímnismál describes Valhalla as having five hundred and forty doors, and through each of them, eight hundred could march abreast (a hundred, hundrað, in Old Norse could mean either 100 or 120), indicating the size of the hall and the numbers of the einherjar. Every day the Einherjar are awakened by Gullinkambi, a rooster, and march out to the great field of Idavoll in the heart of Asgard to fight against each other in merry (and mortal) combat. At dusk, when they are all cut to pieces, save perchance a few, they are miraculously healed, and march back into Valhalla, where Andhrímnir, the cook of the gods, has prepared a meal for them from the beast Sæhrímnir and the mead milked from Heiðrún, a goat feeding on the leaves of the Læraðr tree. The einherjar then spend the evening and night in feast, served by lovely valkyries, until they all fall asleep, probably solidly drunk. The Einherjar will stand with the forces of the Æsir at Ragnarök, when Odin will call them up to fight the forces of the giants. The chosen heroes who sit in Odin’s Hall are the Einherjar. Today we honor those dead kin who gave their lives for Family and Folk. Today I remind many people that although we we celebrate the Feast of the Einherjar that does not mean the we do not recognize or celebrate Veterans Day, on the contrary, as Heathens we choose to expand our celebration of Veterans Days by adding the Feast of the Einherjar. On Veterans Day we celebrate all of those military persons that have served and are serving both living and dead. With the Feast of the Einherjar we celebrate all of those that have given there life as warriors in battle for family and folk. I look at today as a day not only to remember all of the fallen Heros but also to remind myself of all of those Heros that risk life and well being to better the folk today, EMTs, Fire Fighters, Nurses, Police Officers and of course mostly our proud Military Personnel. These are the folk that give of themselves to serve us, many time with little to no reward or recognition. On this day my wife and I like take my kids to the graves of the fallen heros and remind ourselves of there sacrifices, we will call on my family and friends in the military and say thank you, we will raise a horn to the Einherjar of the past, the present and the future to remember that their sacrifices have been recognized and welcomed. If you have friends or family who died in battle, visit their graves today, if that is not possible, drink a libation in their memory. Hail to the Einherjar and Hail to those Warriors that serve all of us today in every field. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242984882422183&ref=notif...