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03.1.  =Charming of the Plow                   ;Note=call upon Odin, Frigga & the Land Spirits to heal the Earth and to keep it safe from harm
09.1.  =Day of Remembrance for Raud The Strong ;Note=put to death for his loyalty to Asatru {d}
15.1.  =Thorrablot                             ;Note=begin Old Norse month of Snorri
31.1.  =Imbolc (>Feb. 1)

02.2.  =Barri                                  ;Note=celebrate wooing by Frey of the Maiden Gerd, a symbolic marriage of the God of Fertility with the Mother Earth
09.2.  =Day of Remembrance for Eyvind Kinnrifi ;Note=Eyvind tortured to death
14.2.  =Feast of Vali                          ;Note=traditional celebration of the family, originally celebrated death of Hodr by Vali

09.3.  =Day of Remembrance for Oliver The Martyr ;Note=Oliver The Martyr was killed
20.3.  =Ostara, Vernal Equinox (>March 21)
28.3.  =Ragnar Lodbrok's Day                     ;Note=in RunicYear 1145, Ragnar raided Paris

09.4.  =Day of Remembrance for Jarl Hakon of Norway ;Note=restored the worship of the Old Gods and cast out the alien Christ
09.4.  =Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson           ;Note=Haakon the Great, one of the Jarls of Hladhir
;20.4.  =Sumarsdag, Sigrblot Summer's Day            ;Note=celebrate 1st day of Summer in the old Icelandic calendar
19.4.+1Th =Sumarsdag, Sigrblot Summer's Day         ;Note=celebrate 1st day of Summer in the old Icelandic calendar
22.4.  =Yggdrasil Day
30.4.  =Beltane, Walpurgisnacht, Walburg, May Eve (>May 1)

01.5.  =May Day                                ;Note=Celebrate the birth of spring & the gifts of Freya
09.5.  =Remembrance for Gudrod of Gudbrandsdal
18.5.  =Frigga Blot                            ;Note=rejoice in the warmth and splendor of Spring

08.6.  =Lindisfarne Day                           ;Note=793 CE Vikings raided and ransacked St. Cutherbert's monastery on Holy Island
09.6.  =Day of Remembrance for Sigurd The Volsung ;Note=Sigurd the Dragonslayer
20.6.  =Midsummer, Summer Solstice (>June 21)

09.7.  =Day of Remembrance for Unn The Deep Minded ;Note=powerful figure fron the Laxdaela Saga
29.7.  =Stikklestad Day                            ;Note=1280 CE Olaf the Lawbreaker (St. Olaf) was killed at the battle of Stikklestad
31.7.  =Mughnasadh (>Aug. 1)

09.8.  =Day of Remembrance for Radbod             ;Note=honor Radbod a king of Frisia
28.8.  =Freyfaxi                                  ;Note=Dedicated to the God of the harvest, time for harvest
09.9.  =Day of Remenbrance for Herman of Cherusci ;Note=leader of the tribe called the Cherusci
20.9.  =Winter Finding, Autumn Equinox (>Sept. 21)

08.10. =Day of Remembrance for Erik The Red ;Note=stalwart founder of Greenland, and father of Leif, the founder of Vinland ?28.10.
09.10. =Day of Remenbrance for Leif Erikson ;Note=man who beat Columbus to the shores of Vinland by 500 years
12.10. =Vetrarblot, Winter's Night          ;Note=old Icelandic Calendar, Winter begins on the Satyr's day between Hunting 11th and 17th
30.10. =Samhain (>Nov. 1)

09.11. =Day of Remembrance for Queen Sigrith of Sweden ;Note=Sigrith, defender of Asatru
11.11. =Feast of the Einherjar                 ;Note=honor those dead kin who gave their lives for Family and Folk
28.11. =Feast of Ullr & Skadi                  ;Note=celebrate the Hunt and to gain the personal luck needed for success

09.12. =Remembrance for Egil Skallagrimsson ;Note=great Viking Age poet, warrior & rune magician
20.12. =Yule, Winter Solstice (>Dec. 21.)
31.12. =Twelvth Night (>Jan. 1)             ;Note=culminates the traditional twelve days of Yule


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;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://www.geocities.com/odinistlibrary/OLArticles/OdinistCalander.htm
;http://www.odinsvolk.ca/O.V.A.%20-%20SACRED%20CALENDER.htm
;http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin/Blots/Lesser%20Feasts.htm
;http://www.asatru.org/holidays.php
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