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There are lists on the Asatru Alliance, Asatru Folk Assembly, and Troth websites that, like most introductory "primers" all have one thing in common: they're the Wiccan Eightfold Year with Viking-sounding names:
Wiccan Sabbats---------A?satru? Tides?(McNallen)
Yule?Dec. 21 Yule?----about Dec 21
Imbolc/Candlemas?--Feb. 2 Charming of the Plow?Feb. 2
Lady Day?March 2----- Summer Finding?March 21
May Day?May 1---------May Day?May 1
Summer Solstice?June 21-Midsummer?about June 21
Lammas/Lugnasad?August 1--Freyfaxi?August 1
St. Michael?s?Sept. 21----Winter Finding?September 21
Samhain?Oct. 31-----Winter Nights?October 31 Table 1.
What we actually have in "Heimskringla" is the following:
Yule?ca. December?unspecified range
Summer-finding?mid April
Winter-finding?mid October
The only truly fixed Tide in heathenry is Yule, imho. In fact, in the ancient calendar, December was named "Before Yule" and January was named "After Yule" . . . as though Yule was so sacred it literally stood *outside* time. Yule is a twelve day Tide, beginning with a Mothersnight vigil and continuing with feasting, gifting, sumbels and blotar until 12th night.
Throughout Scandinavia, Midsummer bonfires are hugely popular NOW . . . but unmentioned, to my knowledge, in the Lore. Most heathens will still burn a sunwheel and/or leap a bonfire on that date; here in Texas we like to do a Sunnasblot, but a Sigrblot (Victory Blot) to Odhinn is also appropriate.
The ones in between---spring and fall---should be *agricultural* and tied to your local seasons of seedtime and harvest, ideally. Many Asatruar *do* still follow the "Classic Asatru" eightfold year, and the major orgs offer several lore-based "days of remembrance" a month to give kindreds something to do, but more and more, the direction heathenry is taking is local.
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Asatru holidays?
