Asatru Holidays - May 2025 - Sumarmál ｜ Hoskuld
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Summary
Happy May Day! May is a month of holidays, holy days, and days of remembrance for the month of May. May 1st marks the beginning of the first day of the month, and on May 22nd marks the Day of Remembrance for John Gibbs Bailey, better known as Oscurd.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and folk of all ages, you know what time it is.
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It's time for the holidays, holy days, and days of remembrance for the month of May.
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Because remember, when the holidays fall on off days, we always move them to the third Saturday of the month.
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At least that's when most of us celebrate, because we can't celebrate mid-week.
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So let's get down to it, talk about Sumer Mall, or you might know it as May Day,
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and our Day of Remembrance for John Gibbs Bailey, also known as Oscurd.
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As I alluded to, May 1st is the official day of Sumer Mall.
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it follows northern knots which was the last day of April and of course we
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celebrate or observe them on off days so for May the general observance day is
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gonna be a third Saturday May 17th if you're hanging out at a half you're
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coming out to Sigurheim you're gonna do it on certain days
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Sigurheim's actually is this weekend we're gonna do it this set this Saturday
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Halfway between the spring and summer solstice, Sumer Moll is often considered to be the first day of summer.
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The spring rains that helped us to nourish the awakening fields have begun to taper off.
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both to celebrate the end of the harder days of winter
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and to bless themselves and their crops for a fertile and productive year.
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Men and women leapt over fires together or alone wishing for fertility in the coming year.
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The maypole was raised and around it people danced and wove ribbons.
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Women decorated their windows and doors with flowers and wove them into their hair.
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Sumer Mall is the coming together of men and women to celebrate life.
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We use this time to celebrate all the good things that we have.
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We've survived the harsh months when stagnation is so easy a thing to fall into.
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When the celebration is done, the real hard work begins.
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The plan that was set into motion at Disa Thing will now begin the active stage.
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Those seeds that you planted or that project that you planned at Alstra will now need real tending to.
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young maidens and gentlemen, and from what I've been told, they've got a bit of a hot
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streak going, and anybody that takes those ribbons home with them has ended up with a
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little bit of a bun in the oven in the next year or two. Apparently, that hot streak is
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still going and is unbroken and unblemished. So let's see what we can do if you're going
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John Gibbs Bailey, perhaps better known as Hoskold, was born on the 22nd of May, 1913.
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He was an Englishman who, along with Stubba, founded the Odinic Rite
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and spearheaded the reforging of Alcetru in Great Britain.
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Very little is known about his personal life outside of his clear devotion to the Isir and his folk.
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It is said that he founded our gods in the 1930s and immediately recognized an Alcetru.
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is meant to be lived and practiced with the rest of our folk.
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and they stayed in touch about Alcintru for the next 20 years
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before founding the precursor to the Odinic Rite in 1973.
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In these early days of the Odinic Rites is when he adopted the name Hoskull,
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which he took from the 10th century Icelandic gothi Hoskull Darakolson.
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He also spent his time formulizing the doctrine of the Odinic Rite, as well as eight of the nine noble virtues.
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By the end of the 70s, Haskold decided to step out of the public-facing role and let Stubba take the reins, leading the court to Gotar.
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He instead took on the duties of treasurer and continued to keep his personal life to himself.
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Beyond this, we know nothing about the remainder of Haskold's time in Midgarthor.
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He passed away on January 1, 2003, right after the twelfth day of Yorl.
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While his personal life remains largely a mystery, his impact on the history of Alcetru
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The very virtues we strive for today were coined by him, and countless Aryan men and
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women have come home to their native faith in the Aesir because of this alone.
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were given a chance to reconnect with their ancestors and the divine
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because of the 70 years of work done by Hoskord.
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But y'all know how it is. I can't leave you hanging without plugging some future
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stuff. And this summer, like every summer in the House of True Folk Assembly, is popping with stuff
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and events and just awesomeness. So, first up is Midsummer at Odenshof. Next month, the fourth
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weekend of June. Get yourself out to California. Get to Odenshof. It is amazing. I was out there
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And I'm just going to hang out with the folk, spend time.
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And if you haven't made it out yet to see the statues we have of the McNallans,
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You'll be amazed at how lifelike those things are.
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So fourth weekend of July, Tennessee, Sigerheim.
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My first Hof, a wonderful, wonderful folk representing the shining Baldr.
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Go hang out with Wittenfacic, Goethe Stamm, Goethe Erlinson, and those great, great folk.
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Go hang out at the homestead of Folkbitter Boardman.
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and just enjoy yourself, nice cool weather, what better place could be,
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what better trip could you plan for this fall than New England?
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The trees and the leaves are changing colors, the crisp, cool air,
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being with your folk around bonfires, and just coming together,
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we'll of course have our Feast of the Einherjahr