the Old Norse lunar calendar

The lunar calendar system that the Germanic peoples lived by in pre-Christian times. A calendar system following the lunar cycles to navigate the year. This video gives a break down of how the Old Norse calendar system worked, when the major occasions were, and how it can be followed today.

Chapters:
0:00:00 - 0:00:54 Introduction
0:00:54 - 0:02:16 Key point to understand the calendar
0:02:18 - 0:03:22 Midsummer maybe not a high festival
0:03:23 - 0:08:50 dating of the high festivals
0:08:51 - 0:11:43 other annual occasions
0:11:44 - 0:12:25 the Old Norse new year
0:12:26 - 0:14:00 the 12 lunar cycles of the year
0:14:01 - 0:14:41 the leap year
0:14:42 - 0:18:45 Closing thoughts

The calendar can be found here:

Research sources:

De Temporum Ratione (the reckoning of time). Bede.

Germania. Tacitus.

Gisli saga.

Heimskingla. Snorri Sturlason.

Landnamabok

The Festival Year, A Survey of the Annual Festival Cycle and Its Relation to the Heathen Lunisolar Calendar. Joshua Rood.

Viga-Glum saga

[The_Lady_Trēowwyrhta]

Thank you for doing this video. It’s super helpful and I will def be referring back to it in future!
Hail the Old Gods!

[Bjorn_Algiz]

Amazing video brother! Very awesome and informative! 🙂 hail! And happy Odins day!

[GothicRose-cbve]

It may not be accurate but I go by the moon phases and the weather in my area we have long summers and long winters short springs and short autum so I start with the first full moon in October as the first day of winter then 3 full moons or 3 months basically Dec is when I celebrate yule mid December or end of December for 3 days I celebrate yule then in the first full moon of towards summer I celebrate sigurblot I don't know if that's correct or not.