Asatru Holidays - March 2024 - Olvir of Egg ｜ Ostara
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In this episode, we learn a little bit about the holidays, holy days, and days of the remembrance, those special holidays of our people, the Great Aryan Folk, the members of the Church of the Ise Seal and the Ossetra Folk Assembly.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and folk of all ages
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So it's time to learn a little bit about the holidays holy days days of the remembrance those special
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people the great Aryan folk the members of the church of the I seal the Ossetra folk assembly all
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So, on March 9th is our Day of Remembrance, just like every month.
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And in this month, we celebrate in honor, Olvir of Egg.
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And also following that, we observe on March 16th,
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because that's the weekend, the Saturday, the easiest day for most people to get together.
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But more officially this year, on the Spring Equinox,
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Alright, so let's get into it and learn a little bit about these special days.
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We're going to start again on March 9th with the Day of Remembrance for Olvil of Aang.
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Sometime between 1020 and 1021 Common Era,
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the Christianization of pagan Europe was well underway.
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King Orof II was ensconced on the throne of Norway.
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Much of the country had been baptized under threat of torture and death.
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Such things, however, were not enough to deter the faithful,
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and eventually word reached the ears of King Orof II
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of gatherings in and around Trondheim of a very pagan nature.
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Olvir of Egg, a leader and a gothi of his people,
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was elected by his people to speak to the king on their behalf
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An intelligent man, Olvir was called before the king on two separate occasions
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to defend the stories of pagan festivals and feasts.
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in which neighbors drank and feasted as friends.
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Both times, Olver left behind an unconvinced king,
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and when spies told him a third time of an Easter festival being arranged for the people,
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and set out to ambush Olvir and the men and women who worshipped with him.
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Olaf's men ambushed Olvir and his pagan community.
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Olvir was killed, and many of his people were tortured, mutilated, or killed.
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Once a great stronghold of the pagan faith, Trondheim had been taken.
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On the surface, they are stories of death and defeat.
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But we have to look past the surface of all of these stories.
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Here, with Orvir, we see a man who loved his gods,
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and despite all of the pressures of his ancient world,
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but he also did the best he could for his people.
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In the face of adversity, Orvir did his best to provide and protect his people from the
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We have the right to choose our faith, but there will always be obstacles.
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In these times when our native faith is still so small and our heritage is being challenged
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by the multicultural whirlwind, remember Olvil.
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Provide a safe place for your folk to be away from the harm of the societal norm.
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Remember that sometimes smart words are acquired instead of rash ones.
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We'll follow up the day of remembrances for Olvir with a much more, well, happy holiday.
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Ostara this year is observed on March 16th, but more officially celebrated on the spring
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Conquering goddess of the dawn, radiant lady of spring, you ride boldly out of the east,
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conquering all before you may your lights chase away the darkness may your warmth banish the cold
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ostara is the celebration marking the beginning of spring the cold dreary days of winter are
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finally coming to an end. The sun is warming the frozen soil. Life is once stirring from
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the depths. Ostara is a celebration in every way. Our ancestors celebrated life and the
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survival of another long winter. They celebrated the birth of lambs, calves, and horses. They
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They celebrated the blossoming fertility of the world around them.
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In today's fast and hectic world, now is a good time to stop and take a deep breath.
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Let the sun warm your face and take the time to thank the gods and the ancestors for seeing
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The small plot of the garden that you planned for during the charming of the plow is almost
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It is too cold to plant seeds directly into the ground, but this is a good time to begin
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If you are not working on a garden, then you should be moving into the planning stages
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of your Charming of the Plow project to the beginning stages of the active stage.
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The winter months are stationary by nature, but winter is over.
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Now it is time to leave the introspection in favor of action.
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Thank you so much, everybody, for listening in again
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as we learned a little bit about the holidays, holy days, days of remembrance of our people.
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I so look forward to talking to you all every single month.
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But until then, hail the gods, hail the folk, hail the AFA, hail Odwira Weg, and hail Ostara.
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