{"title":"29.09. Wednesday","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18pt;\"\u003eOn the 29th of September we celebrate the Germanic Wodanstag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanksgiving festival for the entire harvest in honor of Wotan\/Odin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is customary for Wodan to be invoked during the harvest and at the harvest festival \"for good grain in the coming year.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small part of the field is left unmowed, the ears are tied together and sprinkled with water. The reapers turn their scythes and whetstones towards the bunch of ears and call upon the god Wodan three times:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWode, Wode,\u003cbr\u003eHale dinem Rosse nu Foder.\u003cbr\u003eDu Distel un Dorn:\u003cbr\u003eTom andern Jahr beter Korn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Wodan's horse \"Sleipnir,\" a wreath of ears interwoven with flowers is made; this wreath is sprinkled with water by the wreath binders. During the water consecration, the god Wodan is also invoked. The words \"Du Distel un Dorn ...\" are a plea for a better harvest in the coming year. – Where thistles and thorns stood this year, abundant grain shall grow then. The wreath is handed over to the lord of the manor. Wodanstag is to be understood as a consecration and sacrificial festival, which we celebrate with sacred pagan rituals and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Wodanstag, the Thanksgiving festival is celebrated on September 30th, with the festivities transitioning into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cpre\u003e\u003cspan class=\"acris-tinymce-span\"\u003eSources:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"acris-tinymce-span\"\u003e\"Handbook of German Mythology\" by Professor Dr. Karl Simrock, page 598, Verlag Adolf Marcus, Bonn, 1878 edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"acris-tinymce-span\"\u003e\"German Sacrificial Customs in Agriculture and Livestock Breeding\" by Dr. Ulrich Jahn, page 164, Verlag Koebner, 1884 edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/pre\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/nordwelt-versand.de\/en\/collections\/anstehende-feiertage-29-09-wodanstag.oembed","provider":"nordwelt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}