Many Asatruar reserve this date as a 'day of remembrance' for the Viking warrior poet Egil Skallagrimsson, who is to many the embodiment of the "Viking Ideal." Egil was a violent, often bloodthirsty pagan fighter, but also a healer, an accomplished poet, adventurer, and devoted family man who prized loyalty.

See also: Egil Skallagrimsson and the Viking Ideal, The Grave of Egil Skallagrimsson Found?

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