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![A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1676181996l/111172531._SX98_.jpg "A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas")
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In addition to legal assemblies such as the one at Thingvellir, major public rituals were part of the celebration of the three big festivals around which the Viking calendar turned. One of these was Winter Nights, which was held over several days during our month of October, which the Vikings considered to be the beginning of winter and of the new year generally. The boundary between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead was thin, and all sorts of uncanny things were bound to happen.
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― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
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There must be something ghostly in the air of Christmas — something about the close, muggy atmosphere that draws up the ghosts, like the dampness of the summer rains brings out the frogs and snails.
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― Told After Supper
― Told After Supper
