Vilia the priest counted them to make sure the number was correct.
She ordered her deputy Bona: "Take all the women behind the curtain. Remember, the unclean ones must be screened out, and we cannot deceive them."
Wearing Bona, who wears a small antlered helmet, will inherit Vilia's work. When Vilia dies, Bona will be the abbot of all major sacrifices.
She is an excellent successor trained by Vilia and is also very loyal to her beliefs.
Thanks to those simple linen clothes, Bona quickly completed the inspection.
As of 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 Vilia and reported cautiously: "They have all passed the inspection, and they are all pure."
"Very good. What you say must be the truth, Because..." Villa pointed to Tianyu: "The Valkyrie is looking at us."
The great priest who was respected by the people pointed to Tianyu, and the people kneeling on one knee subconsciously raised their heads.
Rurik also raised his little head and saw the stars in the sky and the bright Milky Way.
In another time and space, due to severe light pollution and interference from smog, urban residents can no longer see the Milky Way, and even the light of Polaris is drowned by the city's glow.
People in this era have a lot of free time at night to think about what the stars in the sky represent.
The people of Roseburg romantically and seriously believe that a shining point among the stars is Asgard, and there is a Valhalla in it.
The heroic spirits of all warriors are in the sky. Every night, the heroic spirits can watch their tribes and their descendants in the sky.
Based on this ideal, Ali took his newlywed wife's hand, looked up at the sky, and couldn't help crying.
Seven years have passed, and he has always believed that his father's heroic spirit has been watching him until his wedding tonight.
Everyone looked up at the sky, and the night dotted with stars gradually began to change.
In this era, people in Northern Europe ate a lot of fish, so they generally had excellent eyesight. They could see details far away, and they could also see the entire process of Aurora gradually emerging.
Suddenly someone shouted wildly: "Look! There is light."
"It's Aurora! Brünnhilde is here!"
"Ah! They are just like us, watching this ceremony as bystanders..."
There are many people around the stone boat altar, and the crowd has gathered more than 2,000 people. Nearly half of the population of the Ross tribe has gathered. Here it is.
For decades, the tribe has never had thousands of people gather at the altar like today.
Even during the Hanukkah days when it was completely dark, it was never as lively as it is today.
On a clear night in winter, the northThe aurora appears almost every day, but the aurora can be strong or weak.
Villa is the most experienced person. Based on her life experience, she believes that Aurora is more and more dazzling compared to when she was young, just like the development of the Ross tribe. Getting stronger and stronger.
In fact, the aurora is indeed getting stronger.
The climate across Europe is still at the peak of the cold period, and it has begun to change. This change process will continue for hundreds of years, and the climate will slowly warm up.
As solar activity intensifies, northern European residents can feel the aurora becoming more and more dazzling.
Vilia was excited, and she subconsciously felt that her actions really touched Odin.
She stretched out her arms and ordered everyone except her to kneel down on one knee as a pious person, while she herself held a staff inlaid with amber and gems in both hands and gathered it above her head.
Her old face faced the emerald green aurora and recited ancient and obscure mantras loudly.
While they were collectively doing the ritual of worshiping Odin, Otto, the leader in charge of the sacrifices, and his party had already dealt with the five deer.
As with all the Norse Vikings, their harsh living conditions forced them to exploit the beasts of prey for all they had.
The deer blood is collected, sprinkled with sea salt, and made into special food. The fishy smell is very challenging, but the best thing is that it satisfies your hunger, so don’t worry about it.
Otto and his men carried the deer carcass into the stone ship altar. Here, the Stone Ship Altar is like a sacred space, and ordinary people have no right to enter it. There are also priests who guard it on weekdays to prevent random tribal children from accidentally entering and desecrating it.
Otto and his men were recognized warriors, and they were responsible for carrying in the largest sacrifice.
The steaming deer carcass was placed, as if God was moved, and the flames of the oil lamps on each stone of the stone boat altar trembled.
No one thought that this was due to a small breeze, they all believed that this was evidence that Odin was moved.
What kind of sacrifice are five deer? !
Rurik, who had been kneeling on one knee for a long time, felt uncomfortable all over, but his biological mother Niya forbade him to stand up, so Rurik had to endure it.
He heard people whispering, and everyone was in a very happy mood. The so-called Nordic god Odin recognized the five deer "enshrined" by the Ross tribe.
"Ah! How ridiculous! Even if they worship a king, the gift of five deer is too shabby!"
But then I thought about it, the gift of five deer is too shabby for them. They should be treated with great courtesy.
With all the sacrifices in place, Otto, who was carrying the deer, and his party retreated behind the altar very skillfully, pulled out his swords and stuck them in the snow, then knelt down on one knee.
It was Priest Vilia again. She ordered everyone to remain serious. Finally, relying on her memory, she chanted a blessing spell facing the Northern Lights in the sky.
She spoke all in Norse. Because she was too old and had just spoken too many words, her voiceBecoming a little hoarse.
Even so, Rurik basically understood its content.
This is a hymn to Odin and Valhalla. To be fair, it rhymes very much, but the content is quite cramped.
After all, Rurik has Liu Li’s spirit. He now knows a lot about the Vikings, and he also knows that it is unfair to judge them as purely violent and barbaric.
Just like the Ross tribe, they have documents that record past events that must be written on wooden boards. Didn’t they ever think that they could also write poetry?
They are also people with literary and artistic ideas!
Old Nordic books such as "Faust" and "Niebelungenlied" have survived for future generations. I am afraid that the real situation is that a large number of ancient books have disappeared because they were lost.
According to Rurik's understanding, it is the tribal priests who should be in control of these classics. If they no longer believe in Odin in the future, the ancient books will also be lost in history.
“I have to ask her to write the hymns sung by Priest Vilia this winter. And the so-called library in her priest’s cabin must be preserved. It’s best to let the tribe All these illiterate people should learn it. As long as it becomes popular, it will be better passed down to future generations."
The entire wedding ceremony is actually the most critical thing about the solemn prayer of the priests.
Even the priests are very nervous about whether the in-laws of the tribe and another group of strangers in the distance have received a legal oracle.
Now it seems that Odin has basically confirmed the tribe’s decision by entrusting the parade of Valkyries.
The long singing was over, and Vilia, who had been standing for a long time wearing a huge helmet, almost collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.
Villa insisted on continuing to preside. She opened her arms again and ordered the people who were kneeling on one knee with almost stiff muscles to stand up, especially the newcomers.
The pure wedding ceremony officially begins.
Like Arik and Peravina, the two people immediately forgot about their fatigue.
Because what happened just now is very clear, the simple Peravina believes that her identity has been recognized by the Varyag people's god.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The Varangians created the Odin-Walhalla belief, which they themselves identify with and is also identified with Odin.
The Ross tribe has approved the marriage to Novgorod, and there is one more task for the future Sorgon voyage, which is enough.
Then, the wedding ceremony officially begins!