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Glögg: an ancient drink!🍷

✒️Hello everyone! Today I bring you a bit of European history and gastronomy, focusing on an ancient Scandinavian drink called "Glögg", which I had the pleasure to taste last night. Sources can be find at the end in APA formar!

What is Glögg?

Glögg or glogg (Danish: gløgg, Norwegian: gløgg, Swedish: glögg, Icelandic: glögg, Faroese: gløgg, Finnish: glögi, Estonian: glögi) is a spiced, usually alcoholic, mulled wine or spirit. It is a traditional Nordic drink that has been drunk since ancient times during the cold winters, and later, to celebrate Christmas.

Nowadays many people drink this drink at "Christmas", the Christian celebration, however, we know very well that it was an appropriation of pagan festivities.

In the Nordic countries, drinking mulled wine is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century. It was drunk especially by messengers and postmen who travelled on horseback or skis in cold weather.

How the Nordic countries gave us Christmas:

Long before Christianity had come to the Nordic regions, the pagans and other ancient Germanic peoples would celebrate the winter solstice each December, the time of year when the days were the shortest and the night's the longest. Friends and relatives would get together and enjoy food and drink in a festival known as Yule.

As Christianity swept across Germanic Europe centuries ago, many Yuletide traditions were adopted and absorbed into the Christian faith, mixing together to create the modern Christmas we celebrate today.

Source: UK History blog.

Traditional Swedish Glögg recipe:

You can find the recipe right here!🍷🍂

Sources:

How the Vikings gave us Christmas. (n.d.). Sky HISTORY TV Channel. Retrieved September 2, 2021, from https://www.history.co.uk/articles/how-the-vikings-gave-us-christmasWikipedia contributors. (2021, July 31). Glögg.

Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B6gg

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Mud Season Witchcraft ❄️☀️

So in my state, before we get “Spring”, we get mud season. This is when all the runoff of the melting snow completely drowns the roadside, resulting in huge puddles of mud everywhere, increased traffic, and many, many wet socks. In honor of this oddly early storm that’s not yet ruined my day, I’ve collected a few things from around tumblr to try to combat what’s about to become a waaaay bigger problem than it needs to be:

Safe Travels Spell from @magickspellrequests

Safe Travels Sigil from @thatgayguywitch

This very simple spell to protect one’s car from @visardistofelphame

Safe Travels emoji spell from @emojispells4u

This general use “Strength” sigil from @teapartyforthewitches, ideally sharpied onto your tires or the body of the car

Additional ideas:

sigils for finding a stable path written onto your tires

sigils for clear sight on (or taped to the corner of) the windshield

tokens of protection in the glove box

a generic ward against harm on the body of your car

spelling your shoes to avoid water, or to dry quickly. Could be sigils, but if you aren’t well versed in those, it could be knot work, enchantment, or your specialty

May the roads be clear and may you spend little time on them!

-Blessings!

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