Asatru Folk Assembly - November 07, 2025


Ásatrú Holidays - November 2025

Topics
Einherjarblot celebration
Hosted by
Steve McNallen
Mentioned
Queen Sigrid Harald Hail King Sexred Asta Ausatrusque Scandinavians Snorri Solarsson King Sigur Olaf Tryggvason King Eric Garthariki KingSexRed Sigrethir Valhalla Valkyrie Alcetru Helm
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Length

13 minutes

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Word count

1,664

Sentence count

95

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3

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5

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12

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Summary

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Queen Sigurdr of Sweden was a proud and noble woman who knew her worth and kept true to her loyalty to the Æsir. She was described by Snorri Solarsson as the wisest of women and prophetic about many things. Because of her great reputation and wealth, she was highly sought after by many nobles throughout Scandinavia. One of these was her foster brother Harald, who decided to visit her on his way to raid in the Baltic Sea region. After they shared a feast, Harald became sullen and embarrassed when he mentioned that her power in Sweden was similar to his in Norway.

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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 Sigrðr of Sweden.
00:02:08.260 Also known as Sigrðr the Hátti, 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 Sigurður 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 Sigurður, 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.