Asatru Folk Assembly - November 07, 2025


ÁsatrĂș Holidays - November 2025


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00:00:00.000 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and folk
00:00:26.760 of all ages.
00:00:34.000 You know what time it is.
00:00:36.720 It is the beginning of November 2025
00:00:40.260 and it's time to go over the holidays, holy days, and days of remembrance of our folk.
00:00:47.980 Alrighty then.
00:00:50.340 How's it going, AFA?
00:00:53.140 Let's talk about November.
00:00:56.000 Coming up in just a few days, a couple days, this Sunday.
00:01:00.920 November the 9th is the Day of Remembrance of Queen Sigrether.
00:01:06.680 And we follow that up just two days later with Einherjarblot.
00:01:13.280 Now, following midweek, of course, we will celebrate it on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
00:01:20.080 And that this month is the 15th for Einherjarblot.
00:01:23.560 and we have a very special new day of remembrance first time celebrated just announced a couple
00:01:30.660 weeks ago maybe even a week ago but not that long is going to be for king sex raid and he is uh one
00:01:40.080 of our new heroes along with king uh seawald seawald and he will be celebrated on november the 18th
00:01:52.640 Alrighty then, let's get down to it and learn a little bit about these very special days.
00:02:02.420 As I said, November the 9th is the day of remembrance of King SigrĂ°r of Sweden.
00:02:08.260 Also known as SigrĂ°r the HĂĄtti, was a proud and noble Alcitru woman who knew her worth
00:02:17.240 and kept true to her loyalty to the Æsir.
00:02:21.160 She had the honor of marrying the powerful King Erik the Victorious of Sweden, earning
00:02:25.780 her the title of Queen of Sweden.
00:02:28.560 With this marriage, she became the most powerful woman in all of Sweden, even acting as regent
00:02:35.620 after King Erik's untimely death.
00:02:38.440 She was described by Snorri Solarsson as the wisest of women and prophetic about many things.
00:02:46.240 Because of her great reputation and wealth as a Dowager Queen, she was highly sought
00:02:51.680 after by many nobles throughout Scandinavia.
00:02:55.060 One of these was her foster brother, Harald, who decided to visit her on his way to raid
00:03:00.380 in the Baltic Sea region.
00:03:03.240 After they shared a feast, Harald became sullen and embarrassed when Kling Sigurdsson mentioned
00:03:08.300 that her power in Sweden was comparable to his in Norway.
00:03:12.960 After ruminating on this for some time, Harald decided to officially propose marriage to
00:03:18.280 Queen Sigurther, as a marriage between the two would give him power over most of Scandinavia.
00:03:24.480 She rejected his offer, as he was already married to a woman named Asta, however Harald
00:03:30.320 insisted this did not matter as he believed Asta was not worthy of a man of his station.
00:03:36.320 Queen Sigurther stuck to her guns, riding away to her castle.
00:03:41.120 followed her home with a retinue of soldiers, and they arrived to find another suitor, Wiesewaldir
00:03:47.400 of Garthariki. Queen Sigrethir housed them in the same quarters, fed them large amounts
00:03:54.340 of drink, and then ordered her men to burn down the quarters and kill any survivors. 0.97
00:03:59.880 This was meant to send a message to all petty kings in the area who would seek to marry her 1.00
00:04:05.420 for the wrong reasons. Queen SigurĂ°ur was later being wooed by Olaf Tryggvason of Norway,
00:04:13.560 a familiar figure to many of our heroes, and the same Olaf who had forcibly converted his
00:04:18.260 own fault in the name of Christ by means of threat, torture, and murder. But she eventually
00:04:25.540 agreed to marry him. To celebrate this, Olaf sent her a gold ring that he had won in some
00:04:33.660 conquest. But Queen Sigurdr's goldsmith discovered that it had only been gold plated, making
00:04:40.980 Queen Sigurdr distrust Olaf. When he later arrived in Sweden, he informed her that she
00:04:47.340 must abandon the Isir and convert to the foreign faith of Christianity in order for their marriage
00:04:53.320 to be fulfilled. She immediately rejected this offer to betray our gods, saying, I shall 0.88
00:05:01.160 not abandon the faith that I had previously held, as have my many kinsmen before me, shall
00:05:07.120 also make no objection to you believing in what god you like."
00:05:12.460 As expected, this enraged Olaf, and he first insulted her age and beauty, then struck her
00:05:18.420 across the face with a glove.
00:05:21.420 Queen Sigurdur reacted as calmly as possible, and told him that his actions may very well
00:05:26.900 cost him his life.
00:05:29.780 She already had a reputation for being prophetic, and sure enough, Olaf the Christian was later
00:05:36.900 killed by a united front of both Christian and Ausatrusque Scandinavians, the Battle
00:05:41.960 of Svold in September of the year 1000.
00:05:47.380 Queen Sigurður is an example to all of our folk for her unwavering loyalty to the Æsir,
00:05:55.400 her folk, and her noble ancestors.
00:05:59.520 She is especially an example to the noble women of our folk, as she remained steadfast
00:06:05.020 and undaunted in her faith and personal convictions.
00:06:09.180 She refused to marry any man who was not worthy of her station, as well as any man who would
00:06:15.020 force her to abandon her long-standing troth with the Aesir.
00:06:19.900 May all of our people stand with our gods, and may we all reclaim and retain our nobility 0.99
00:06:25.680 no matter what lies ahead of us.
00:06:28.640 Hail, from SigurĂ°ur, Sweden.
00:06:31.600 Hail, the Asatru Folk Assembly.
00:06:35.920 And with that, we come next up in the month chronologically with Einherjarblot,
00:06:42.880 following on officially the 11th, which coincides with Veterans Day, but will observe it on the 15th.
00:06:51.560 One of the most recognizable motifs in Asatru is that of the Viking warrior.
00:06:57.520 Helm, sword, beard, and blood.
00:07:01.180 Boys and girls have long been mesmerized by the stories of Valkyries
00:07:05.360 and the eternal feasting and fighting of the Ahriyar in Odin's Hall of Valhalla.
00:07:12.220 Pop culture has taken the Berserker and the Valkyrie and remade them hundreds of times.
00:07:18.940 Our ancestors lived in a different time,
00:07:21.200 when fighting wars and general viking was necessary for survival.
00:07:28.020 For a warrior to die in battle was the greatest honor.
00:07:32.100 Today, war is not necessary in the same way.
00:07:36.060 Most people scoff at war, urge their children to do better or be better.
00:07:41.640 For those of us who practice Alcetru, however,
00:07:45.000 we recognize the importance and the value of the warrior.
00:07:48.840 More important still is the importance and the value of those who have fallen, the Einherjar.
00:07:55.680 Once a year, we set aside a day especially to honor the Einherjar.
00:08:01.220 We raise a horn to the fallen warriors to thank them for fighting for our people and our freedom. 0.82
00:08:07.960 One way to celebrate is to set a place at the table for the Einherjar. 0.88
00:08:12.700 Serve them the same foods you are eating for dinner. 0.97
00:08:16.080 Pour them a glass of wine or beer.
00:08:19.260 When you are done, leave the plate outside under a special tree and offering.
00:08:24.420 Another way to celebrate would be to visit the graves of veterans at a local cemetery
00:08:28.920 and help to clean them up.
00:08:31.620 Leave some decorations or a small flag.
00:08:35.020 You don't have to have any veterans in your immediate family.
00:08:38.920 There's a guarantee somewhere down your ancestral lines you have family who fought in a war.
00:08:45.160 And just as likely that some of them didn't return from the front lines.
00:08:50.500 It is in your blood.
00:08:52.560 So raise that horn and raise it high.
00:08:55.700 Remember our fallen. 1.00
00:08:58.260 Hail the Ein-Hel-Yar. 0.98
00:09:00.480 Hail Olden. 0.99
00:09:03.360 And we'll follow that up.
00:09:06.220 Officially for the first time on November 18th, the Day of Remembrance for Sexrat.
00:09:12.020 KingSexRed is, as I said, a new hero, and as thus, he is very new to our honoring, and
00:09:22.820 we don't have an official write-up on him yet, so I'll give you a few key points from
00:09:29.500 the Wikipedia page, and I'll make sure to link that below, but as we all know, Wikipedia
00:09:34.800 is, eh. We'll get an official ride up here ASAP and everything will be good to go. We'll
00:09:42.420 make sure that we have that before his Day of Remembrance. And of course, his brother's
00:09:48.200 Day of Remembrance will be in December. Our story takes place in the early 600s in Essex,
00:09:57.080 England, and as brothers, the two, kings Sexred and Seward, served as kings of the East Saxons.
00:10:08.880 Their father, who was king, had converted to Christianity, and when he died, the two brothers
00:10:15.300 took over jointly as ruler and refused to accept the foreign fate of Christianity, openly
00:10:22.060 practiced Alcetru and gave permission to their subjects to worship our gods. It's a story
00:10:29.660 that goes back a long, long way. As long as the scourge of the desert is coming, creeping
00:10:34.980 into Europe, there have been men who stood as stalwart warriors of our faith and folk.
00:10:42.760 And King Sexred was one of them. Hail, King Sexred!
00:10:48.100 and that brings us to the end of
00:10:51.900 November y'all
00:10:53.220 the holidays, holy days, and days of
00:10:55.720 remembrance
00:10:56.240 but that doesn't mean we're quite
00:10:59.840 done, you know I have to tell you about
00:11:01.880 what's coming up next
00:11:03.320 the first week of
00:11:05.620 December, December the 6th
00:11:07.860 the dedication of
00:11:09.500 Frazehoff, Ostentown, Ohio
00:11:12.100 Alcetra Folk Assembly
00:11:13.700 the 5th Hof of the Iseer
00:11:15.560 dedicated to Invi Thraer
00:11:17.860 it's a very very exciting time and a great time to be of our folk one more hoth one more victory
00:11:26.960 y'all i'm gonna be there the alzharagothi is gonna be there gothar folk folk builders apprentices
00:11:35.700 you need to be there heck even the founder and githya mcnalens are gonna be there come on out
00:11:46.060 y'all celebrate worshiping the prayer and have a great time at our brand new hoth december 6th
00:11:56.840 you need to register please rsvp it's free there's a link on our website runestone.org
00:12:04.900 slash store please y'all rsvp so we got a head count for food but the event the dedication is
00:12:13.100 completely free. Just get your
00:12:15.280 butt there. I want to see 1.00
00:12:17.300 you and shake your hand and give you a hug.
00:12:19.520 Alrighty, y'all. I'll
00:12:21.260 see you next time.
00:12:23.280 Thank you so much for listening in.
00:12:26.080 And in the meantime,
00:12:27.920 Hail Queen Sigurthe.
00:12:30.500 Hail the 0.99
00:12:31.180 Einherjahr. 0.99
00:12:32.900 Hail King Sexred. 0.99
00:12:36.000 Hail the Fulk. 1.00
00:12:37.420 Hail the Aesir.
00:12:38.800 Hail the AFA.
00:12:40.680 And hail victory, y'all. Good night, everybody.
00:12:43.100 Thank you, buddy.
00:13:13.100 Thank you.