{"id":2692,"date":"2021-01-15T13:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T13:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/?page_id=2692"},"modified":"2021-02-16T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T18:32:09","slug":"hlautbollinn-ur-heidnum-sid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/en\/hlautbollinn-ur-heidnum-sid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blood Cup - from Old Norse ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2692\" class=\"elementor elementor-2692\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b2fff9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b2fff9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6dfb3d\" data-id=\"a6dfb3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8abc10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8abc10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3375\" alt=\"hlautbolli\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/galdrasyning.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rsz_1museum13.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-238cfd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"238cfd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbff828\" data-id=\"bbff828\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b815fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b815fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 1960, a strange object was discovered in Go\u00f0dal. A stone with a hole engraved in the middle, making it a bowl.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">The bowl, ur cup, disappeared for years but resurfaced in the summer of 2002 and was given to the Museum og Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft to keep and preserve. Because of stories of a pagan hofr\u00fast in Go\u00f0dalur it was possible that this was a Hlautbolli (blood cup) used in the old Norse religion for ceremonies involving sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">Numerous research was made on the stone with methods of pathology, archaeology, geology, and other fields. During the pathologist\u2019s research it became apparent that on the bottom and edges of the bowl was old blood. This turned out to be the blood of an animal.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">We have a description of a blood cup in Eyrbyggja Saga where it says:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u201cOn the pedestal there should stand a blood cup and therein a blood spear and wand to strew blood from the cup. The blood was called <i>hlaut<\/i>, i.e. the blood of an animal sacrificed to the gods.\u201d<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saga bollans S\u00e9rkennilegur steinn fannst n\u00e1l\u00e6gt gamla b\u00e6jarst\u00e6\u00f0inu \u00ed Go\u00f0dal \u00ed Bjarnarfir\u00f0i um 1960 \u00feegar veri\u00f0 var a\u00f0 byggja \u00fear sumarh\u00fas. Steinninn hvarf s\u00ed\u00f0an um \u00e1rabil og birtist aftur sumari\u00f0 2002. Steinninn var \u00fe\u00e1 um sumari\u00f0 afhentur Galdras\u00fdningu \u00e1 Str\u00f6ndum til var\u00f0veislu. Steinninn er \u00far s\u00f6mu bergtegund og algengur er \u00ed bergg\u00f6ngum \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu. 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