모드라니흐트
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' or ' (; Old English for "Night of the Mothers" or "Mothers' Night") was an event held on or around the northern hemisphere's longest night of the year (the winter or hibernal solstice), by Anglo-Saxon pagans. The event is solely attested by the medieval English historian Bede in his eighth-century Latin work . It has been suggested that sacrifices may have occurred during this event. Scholars have proposed connections between the Anglo-Saxon and events attested among other Germanic peoples (specifically those involving the , collective female ancestral beings, and Yule), and the Germanic , f
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Vinony's link graph records 56 inbound references to 모드라니흐트, and connects out to Germanic calendar, valkyrie and winter solstice.
Vinony files it under Anglo-Saxon paganism, December observances and Events in Norse mythology.
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- Instance of
- blót
- Religion
- Anglo-Saxon paganism
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- described by source
- The Reckoning of Time
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