The Pagan Book of Days for Sunday, May 22
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Viking leader captured by the Northumbrians, then tortured and killed by being thrown into a pit full of venomous snakes. His death song expresses this unwavering faith in the afterlife:
“The Disir call me back home,
those whom Odin has sent for me
from the halls of the lord of hosts.
Gladly will I sup ale in the high seat
with the gods.
The days of my life are finished.
I laugh as I die!”
In East Anglia this day is also the last for picking dandelions for wine making.
Source
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
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