Here are some pictures taken after the blót where a God-pole for Skaði was raised in the Æsir Vé at Raven’s Knoll. (We do not allow photography or videography during the ritual.) All photo credits to Austin Lawrence, 2018. SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
What is HHG? The Hail and Horn Gathering is often called by its initials – HHG. The gathering is a Heathen religious festival held annually on the Canada Day long weekend at Raven’s Knoll. To learn about inclusive Canadian-style Germanic Neopagan religious practice, see the Wikipedia article “Heathenry in Canada”. This Read more…
The Goddess to be honoured in 2018 at the Hail and Horn Gathering is Skaði. She is a goddess of the mountains, forests, and wild places. She is was once an outsider to the Æsir, is fiercely independent, and committed to do right by her kin. This húsel feast menu Read more…
More formally, this dish could be described as “goat cheese balls, crusted with sumac and walnut in the Sarkland-style”. It is a dish inspired by Old Norse myth, specifically an interaction between a goat, Loki, and Skaði (Skadhi or Skadi). It will be served and offered at the Hail and Read more…
This is a modern Danish dish with very ancient roots, called Æbleflæsk. Apples and cured pork belly were ingredients used by the Germanic people’s into antiquity. It is the favourite dish of the Hail and Horn Gathering and – by popular demand – has been permanently added to the menu. Read more…
During the Viking Age the Baltic Sea was extensively travelled by populations centred in what is now Middle and Southern Sweden, Denmark, and the Western islands of the Baltic such as Gotland. These people travelled and traded widely forming alliances with both Slavic and Finnic peoples. There were intermarriages and Read more…
The Witan of Hail and Horn Gathering are excited to announce the many wonderful folks who will be guiding us throughout our 2018 event. As you have probably noticed the folk during last year’s Redemoot voted in favour of honouring Skaði in the Vé as well as all the important Read more…
Better Health Through Nordic Foodways Eating ancestrally and historically is popular amongst both mainstream nutritionists and in fad diets – from the Mediterranean diet to the Paleo Diet. The most recent scientific research from the massive “Diogenes Project” indicates that the Nordic diet provides one of the best regimes for Read more…
This dish was created to honour Thor, God of the Common Folk. In North America, classic scrapple is a loaf made from a very thick maize porridge mixed with spices, swine offal and head cheese, then fried. It shares a kinship with the Italian dish polenta, a cooking technique that Read more…
Austin “Auz” Lawrence designs the húsel feast menu each year. Auz also has a YouTube cooking channel called Heathen Hearth. Heathen Hearth presents recipes inspired by the historic and ethnographic imagination. Recipes can range from historic reconstructions, to traditional dishes, to fantasy creations. Foodways covered will include: historic forays into Read more…