Chapter 32: Tribal wedding (2)
Priest Veria counted them and made sure that the number was correct.
She again ordered to her deputy Bona, "You take all the women behind the veil. Remember, the unclean must be screened out, and we cannot be deceive by them."
Bona, wearing a small antler helmet, will inherit Veria''s work. After Veria''s death, Bona will be the abbot of all major sacrifices.
She is an excellent sessor trained by Veria and is very loyal to her beliefs.
Thanks to those simple clothes, Bona quicklypleted the inspection.
Until now, the girls from Novgorod are still pure, and the ceremony can go on.
Bona led all the girls out of the curtain and sent them to their husbands.
She approached Veria and reported cautiously, "They all passed the inspection, they are all pure."
"Very good. What you said must be the truth, because..." Veria pointed to the sky, "The Valkyrie looks at us."
The great priest who is revered by the people pointed at the sky, and the people kneeling on one knee raised their heads subconsciously.
Rurik is also holding up his little head, seeing the sky full of stars and the bright Milky Way.
In another time and space, due to severe light pollution and haze interference, urban residents have been unable to see the Milky Way, and even the light of the Pris has been submerged by the urban glow.
The people in this era have a lot of leisure time at night to think about what the sky full of stars represents.
Romantic and serious people in Fort Rose think that a certain shining spot in the stars is Asgard, and there is a Valha temple inside.
All the heroic spirits of the warriors are in the sky. Every night, the heroic spirits can watch their tribes and their descendants in the sky.
Based on this ideal, Arik held the hand of his newlywed wife and looked up at the sky, and couldn''t help crying.
It has been seven years, and he always believes that his father''s heroic spirit has been watching him until tonight''s wedding.
Everyone looked up at the sky, and the star studded night gradually began to change.
In this era, people in Northern Europe eat a lot of fish, so they generally have excellent eyesight. They can see details far away, and they can also see the whole process of Aurora''s emergence.
Suddenly someone shouted presumptuously, "Look! There is light."
"It''s Aurora! Brunhilde is here!"
"Ah! They are just like us, following this ceremony as spectators..."
The stone boat altar is crowded with people, and the crowd has gathered more than two thousand people. Nearly half of the poption of the Ross tribe has gathered here.
For decades, the tribe has not gathered thousands of people on the altar like today.
Even if it was Hanukkah during the extreme night, there has never been a lively day.
On a clear night in winter, the northern lights appear almost every day, but the aurora is strong or weak.
Veria is the most experienced person. Based on her life experience, she believes that Aurora is more and more dazzling than when she was younger, just like the development of the Ross tribe, which is getting stronger and stronger.
Actually, the aurora is indeed bing stronger.
The climate in Europe is still at the peak of the cold period. It has already begun to change. This process of change will continue for hundreds of years, and the climate will slowly warm up.
The sr activity has intensified, and the residents of Northern Europe can feel the aurora more dazzling.
Veria was agitated, and she subconsciously felt that her actions really moved Odin.
She stretched out her arms andmanded everyone except her to kneel on one knee in the attitude of a pious person, and she herself held a cane iid with amber and gems in both hands and gathered it over her head.
With her old face facing the emerald aurora, she read the ancient and obscure mantra aloud.
Just as they were doing the ritual to worship Odin collectively, Otto, the leader in charge of the sacrifice, and his party had already dealt with the five deer.
For all the Nordic Vikings, their poor living conditions forced them to take advantage of all the prey beasts.
Deer blood has been collected, and after sprinkling with salt, it will be made into special food. The fishy smell is very challenging, so don''t worry about it.
Otto and his guys walked into the stone ship altar carrying the deer carcass. Here, the stone ship altar looks like a sanctuary, and most people have no right to enter it. There are also priests who take care of it on weekdays to prevent stray tribal children from entering and desecrating.
Otto and his buddies are recognized warriors, and they are responsible for bringing in the greatest sacrifice.
The steaming deer carcasses were ced, as if God was moved, and the mes of the oilmps on each stone of the stone ship altar quivered.
No one thinks that this is because of a small wind, they all believe that this is the evidence that moved Odin.
What kind of sacrifice are five deer?
Rurik, who knelt on one knee for a long time, felt ufortable, but his birth mother Nia forbade him to stand up, so Rurik had to continue to be patient.
He heard people whispering, and everyone was very happy. The so called Nordic star, Odin recognized the five deer "enjoyed" by the Ross tribe.
"Ah! It''s ridiculous! Even if they worship a king, the gift of five deer is too shabby!"
But after another thought, the gift of the five deer should be a great courtesy to them.
All the sacrifices were in ce, and the Otto group who was carrying the deer retreated to the back of the altar very skillfully, pulled out their saber into the snow, and then knelt on one knee.
The priest Veria ordered everyone to be serious, and finally, based on her memory, chanted a blessing spell to the northern lights in the sky.
All she speaks is Gnostic, because she is too old and she just said too much, her voice bes a little hoarse.
Even so, Rurik basically understood the content.
This is a hymn to Odin and Valha. It is fair to say that it rhymes, but the content is rather cramped.
Rurik has Liu Li''s spirit after all. He now has a lot of understanding of the Vikingmunity, and he also knows that it is unfair to give them a purely violent and barbaric evaluation.
Like the Ross tribe, they have documents that must be written on wooden boards to record old things. Didn''t you think they could still write poetry?
They are also people with literary ideas!
"Faust" and "Song of Nibelungen" and other Nordic ancient books are preserved forter generations. I am afraid the true situation is that arge number of ancient books have disappeared due to loss.
ording to Rurik''s understanding, it should be the tribal priests who have mastered these books. If they no longer believe in Odin in the future, the ancient books will also be annihted in history.
"The hymns that sung by Priest Veria, I have to ask her to write it out this winter. And the so called library in her priest''s cabin, where the contents can be preserved. It''s best to let the illiterate group of the tribe learn it. As long as it bes a popr thing, it can be better passed on to future generations."
The whole wedding ceremony is actually the most important part of the solemn prayer of the priests.
Even the priests are very nervous, whether the tribe and the inws of another group of aliens in the distance have received the oracle inpliance.
It now appears that the Valkyrie appointed by Odin to cruise has basically confirmed the decision of the tribe.
The long chanting ended, Veria, who was standing for a long time wearing a huge helmet, was almost exhausted and sat slumped on the ground.
Veria insisted on continuing to host, she opened her arms again, and ordered the people who were almost muscr on one knee to get up, especially the neers.
The pure wedding ceremony officially begins.
Like Arik and Peravina, the two suddenly forgot their fatigue.
Because of the matter just now, she has already understood very well. The pure Peravina believes that her identity has been recognized by the God of Varangian.
In fact, the same is true. The Varangian created the Odin Valha belief, and they themselves identify with Odin.
The people of the Ross tribe have recognized the marriage to Novgorod, and the future sailing of viking will have one more task, which is enough.
Then, the wedding ceremony officially begins!