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Under "Rites and beliefs" the article mentions spring, autumn and summer blót. (not sure how to pluralise the word). However, in "Dates for the blóts", the article mentions autumn, midwinter and summer. Are the 'spring' and 'midwinter' ones the same thing, since they're the odd ones in each? —Morven 01:07, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
New research has found out, that original blot times differ a lot from todays new pagan blot times. There is NO proof of celebrating solstices or equinoxes in germanic heathenry. Yul was from mid january zo february. Midsummer around mid july. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Odinsson (talk • contribs) 13:04, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree with above comment as to "original blot times". Author of above comment obviously did not live back then, and even if he did he would be a first-hand source, and hence not trustworthy. What has happened since pre-christian times is something else: A shift in calendar system, from the previous Julian calendar system to the current Gregorian one. Dates in the previous system do not equal dates in the new system, so eg. any date for "Yul" (a calendar event) would be a different number of days from eg "winter solstice" (a real world phenomena) in the historic sources (Julian calendar) and now (Gregorian calendar) clsc (talk) 22:29, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The inset passage appears to be a quotation, but ends with a sentence that appears to comment on the quotation rather than be part of it. It also shifts rather oddly betwen the present tense and the past tense. Also contributors have added material to the inset text, even though it presumably a quotation. Here's the first version and the most recent version:
The German chronicler Adam of Bremen has described how it was done at the Temple at UppsalaatOld UppsalainSweden, ca 1070:
I have removed the additional text from within the quotation and have separated out the last sentence, but I'm still not sure whether the past-tense opening section up to 'phallus' is part of a quotatiob from Adam or not. Paul B 18:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
What language is blót - Icelandic? The『ó』is alien to all other Scandianvian languages - it looks very strange to me. Maybe we could move the page to blot (Norse religion) or something similar? / Habj 04:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"We don't know much about the rites...we can assume that it had to do with"
This stuff is just made up, pure fiction on the part of the wikipedian contributor? or is this derived from sources? References please folks.
The strange word Mornir probably means female Jotuns, because in Haustlöng faðir mörna is used as a kenning for Jotun.
I don't know about this. I've found an article which claims that Skadi was also called Mornir at times: http://www.matrifocus.com/SAM02/wheel.htm I first heard the name Mornir (not a strange word, as the name of a god of death. Oops, that came from me the other day. Evening Scribe 09:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Many contemporary Heathens perform the blót - at least, those who do something they call『blót』believe it to be a continuation of the ancient Heathen practice of blót. I don't want to start a pissing contest here, but I think it's both unfair and inaccurate to use language which relegates the blót to the distant past - as this article does consistently. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.75.166.187 (talk) 00:35, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to remove the text "The word is related to the English word bless and they are derived from blood, an important component in the rites." from the article. I have looked it up and the word seems to derive from "worship", but it may also derive from the latin flamen. It may be related to bless, but I have found nothing to indicate it's related to blood. // Liftarn
I made some changes to the Etymology section; hopefully no one minds. If I've gone overboard, I apologize, but I do find the new section superior. I'm not entirely sure the old blurb on húsl is appropriate here, though. If no one objects, I would rather remove it, though if information can be found which would justify it, I would support a new article under that name. --Aryaman (talk) 04:56, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Scratch that last bit: I just found Housel. --Aryaman (talk) 14:08, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The external links section could use an update, all three of the links listed are no longer valid. Anyone have an updated resource for these?
Ruhne (talk) 14:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If the Blót indeed was the name of an official ceremony, it seems to me that the word should begin with a capital letter in English, throughout the article. ??? 81.233.186.229 (talk) 15:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
From the Latin perspective. The proto-Indo-European bhlād is the Latin (and then Italian) blaterare. In Italian there is also "bla" used just in "bla bla bla" as sounds of blathering. The Latin flamen has an unknown origin.--93.147.21.3 (talk) 01:53, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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"Odin" probably is a post-christian era writing, than the original "Woden". Woden can still be seen in our culture, that revolves around "mead" and hash. So mostly such a god. People probably did not do Blot, as such people still do not do blot. It could however be a myth based on hatred towards christianity, and that crucifixion was madness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:FE0:C700:2:FCAD:3FAD:A8B1:E9F9 (talk) 21:40, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
All is in the title, Im not a big wikipedia editor so I dont know how it works, but there's clearly a missing source for the blood sprinkling on god statues and participants and all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.44.12.55 (talk) 14:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of the claims in this article do not have sources backing them up. I'm not making a judgement on whether or not the claims are true, but unsourced claims do not belong on Wikipedia.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Margretarson (talk • contribs)
In the introduction, the page is specified to be about the practice of the blot in cultures speaking Old Norse, differentiating it from Old English practices based on the word's cognate. Anglo-Saxon sources are later used to specify when some blots were performed. This is inconsistent as here it is suggested it is a practice common historically to both England and Nordic regions. My opinion is that the page should be extended to include all Germanic practices which are described by a cognate of blot given their seemingly consistent overall concept and elaborate on regional variations where permitted by sources.--Ingwina (talk) 12:10, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]