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| DescriptionSAs årsting 2008-04-26 blot Ale stenar.jpg |
English: Forn Sed: Sveriges Asatrosamfund (i.e. The Swedish Asatru Society) holding blót (an Asatru ceremony). The three ceremony leaders at the Spring blót in the ancient monument Ale stenar near Kåseberga at Österlen in Scania in the "south of Sweden in connection with the Annual Thing och the Society 26th April 2008." Note that the altar is the actual ground. And that the cult images has the simple forms of symbolic genitals for the fertility deities (a male genital for the Old Norse god Freyr. And a female genital for the Old Norse goddess Freyja).
Svenska: Forn Sed: Sveriges Asatrosamfund håller blot. De tre blotförättarna från vårblotet i fornlämningen Ale stenar vid Kåseberga på Österlen i Skåne i samband med samfundets årsting 2008-04-26. Notera att altaret är själva marken och att gudastöttorna har formen av en stiliserad fallos för Frej och en stiliserad vulva för Freja. Foto av Gunnar Creutz.
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| Author | Gunnar Creutz |
| Camera location | 55° 22′ 57.3″ N, 14° 03′ 16.08″ E  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  55.382583; 14.054467 |
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