Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

calendar dedication replacing or paralleling a divine month

calendar_dedication_replacing_or_paralleling_a_divine_month

A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Calendar Rules and Sacred Units. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


norse

  • Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI; lines 6151-6159 confidence: medium

    Vali's month in Norwegian calendars is marked by the bow, called Lios-beri or light-bringing, and falls between mid-January and mid-February.

    The passage says Vali's light-bringing month in Norwegian calendars was dedicated by early Christians to St. Valentine.

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