Feast of Sleipnir, Sothis

In the Asatru faith, today is the the feast of Sleipnir, the legendary eight-legged horse belonging to Odin, the Father-God of the Norse pantheon. Sleipnir carries Odin between the world of the Gods and the world of matter. The eight legs symbolize the directions of the compass, and Sleipnir's ability to travel through land and air.

In the ancient Egyptian calendar, today marks the reappearance of Sothis (Sirius), signalling the beginning of the annual Nile floods.