Yule lantern / traditional lantern - clan lantern white - ceramic

The heart symbol serves to emulate the life pulsar, and the Hagal rune (Younger Futhark) symbolizes, primarily, hail and snow, and in a deeper sense, according to the existential fundamental law, that the patterns of events of the past shape the present (in the image of the all-devastating hail, which, after melting, leaves the green land refreshed). Thus, Hagal symbolizes the energies that originated in the past and continue to act into the present.

In ancient times, the solstice ceremony was performed as follows: During a certain period (varying in length by region) before the winter solstice on December 21st, the candle stub from the previous year (which had to be kept in a special vessel throughout the year) is placed inside the lantern. The sun, having not yet turned, is symbolized by the light projected by the heart and rune into the room. The light must never go out during this time. On the night of December 21st, the burning candle is placed on top of the lantern - the sun has turned, or as the saying goes, has "gone over itself." The candle then remains on the lantern for a varying length of time (also depending on the region), in the Alpine region usually until after the "Raunächte" (January 6th). The stub of the last candle remains in that special place to light the way for the next solstice.

Its form symbolizes the Midnight Mountain. Due to the Migration Period, the custom emerged from East Frisia far into Scandinavia of placing a small light under the lantern as a symbol of the departing year. At the solstice, during the time of the returning light, a candle is lit on the lantern as a symbol of the victory of light over darkness, but also as a symbol of the eternal cycle of becoming and passing away.

The Yule lantern is new and has been crafted from natural-colored white clay based on authentic designs.

This is a NEW PRODUCT, handmade.

Suitable for 2 cm thick taper candles or tea lights!