Night of the Dísir

Here is how to celebrate Night of the Dísir: - Ancestor Table: Set a place at your table for your Dísir. Offer bread, milk, and a lit candle. Speak the names of the women in your maternal and paternal lineage as far back as you know them. Modern adaptation: Gather photographs or objects belonging to female ancestors. Speak to them directly. Ask for guidance.

Night of the Dísir is a Norse festival. A second observance honoring the Dísir deep in the winter dark — the protective female ancestral spirits who walk the world as the year turns toward Yule. Set a place at table. Speak the names of your female ancestors. Ask for their protection through the hardest months.

The spiritual theme of Night of the Dísir: The women who came before — their strength woven into your bones. Reflection prompts: Which ancestral women do you carry most strongly in yourself? What wisdom would your grandmothers and great-grandmothers give you for this winter?

The deities honored at Night of the Dísir are: The Dísir, Freyja, Frigg. A second observance honoring the Dísir deep in the winter dark — the protective female ancestral spirits who walk the world as the year turns toward Yule. Set a place at table. Speak the names of your

A second observance honoring the Dísir deep in the winter dark — the protective female ancestral spirits who walk the world as the year turns toward Yule. Set a place at table. Speak the names of your female ancestors. Ask for their protection through the hardest months.