On Saturday April 27th, the Ondheim Theodish Fellowship gathered at Thunreshof to celebrate May Day and perform our Sigrblot. Despite weeks of heavy rains, we were granted the gift of a perfect spring day for our gathering.
In the tradition of our tribe, lunch was followed by workshops. Our workshops are designed as an effort to build upon the bonds of community between tribe and guests, as well as further the education and understanding of our members and friends. First on the afternoons workshop list was Erik Karl’s presentation on linguistics and the roadmap between modern languages all the way back to Proto Indo European language. A truly fascinating examination of how language has evolved over time! Next up was a breakdown of the elements of Ritual and how to design and perform different rituals within our community and faith done by William Lord. A face to face explanation of the “Anatomy of a ritual” article on our website with some question and answer time for those who are developing their own personal, ancestral, and landvaettir rituals, which is a very important process for the development of our spiritual paths and practices.
After some more socializing, practice sparring, and axe throwing practice, we moved on to ritual and the tribal Sigrblot was held, sacrificing a forged spear to Odin for victory in the trials of the coming year. Ritual was powerful, and the post rituals omens all showed as well received. Ritual was followed by feast, and the calling of the raffle winners, with so many prizes donated for the raffle, much money was raised for the tribe, and many wonderful prizes received, from jewelry to honey, to god statues, and even a tanned squirrel hide
done by one of the children of the tribe. The generosity of the folk was incredible, and folk and guests alike won…
Symbel followed feast, and was an awesome event, filled with well spoken toasts, singing, and best of all, the official acknowledgement of the freeing of Jon and Ali thralls, as they have now earned their freedom and join the ranks of the full membership of the tribe. Congratulations to them as they have proven their might, mettle, and worth!
Odin grant us the wisdom to discover the right!
Thor grant us the strength to make it endure!
Freyr grant us prosperity in our work and worthing!
All Hail the folk of the Ondheim Theodish Fellowship!