Alternate Names: Bēow, Bēo Iconography: Barley, Barleycorn Domains: Brewing, Harvest Historical Attestation Beowa, also spelled Bēow or Bēo, is a prominent figure in Anglo-Saxon pagan mythology as a spirit of barley and the god of agricultural fertility. He is also known as the Barley spirit, and is associated with the […]
Blót
Introduction The event called blót is one of the most common, and important devotional rites of organized Heathen practice. The sacrifice could (and can still) be a very simple one, but on high feast days would typically involve feasting and speeches. Our approach here, is to view blót broadly as “a ritual […]
