I need to know what I need for Blot?

Question

I asked Eir to help my mum get better and I said I would give her something good what should I give.

Answer 1

Taken from my old kindreds website.............

"The following was written after an Eir Blot in 2003:

..........members have frequently called upon Eir, and offered her many a libation, and she has always been reliable and generous with her gifts. The passage from Svipdagasmal suggests that some kind of sacrifice was usually made to the goddesses on Lyfja Mount (The Mountain of Healing) for health; indeed, the mere climbing of the mountain would seem to a sacrifice of sorts in itself. This, combined with Eir's less than loquacious nature (as mentioned in Our Troth, as well as experienced by ..........., a ....... member who is a devotee of Eir), suggests that getting a "helping hand" (as the Eddic Poet calls it) from Eir might be difficult. It has been our experience, however, that the effort put forth and the intention are more important than the gift itself.



Though mostly silent, Eir has made her presence (through visions and feelings) known to ........, especially during rituals dedicated to her. Eir also has an impeccable "bedside manner", and freely offers emotional counsel and support when healing, for whatever reason, is not possible for the person praying to Eir (or the individual he/she may be praying on behalf of). When emotional healing is in order, Eir does not magically make everything better, like some wonder drug, but helps the individual upon a path that leads to healing (change of lifestyle, etc). Like the worshippers of old climbing Lyfja Mount, one must make an effort to work for healing, rather than sit back and expect the goddess to effect a change without aid from the patient."


and here is the passage mentioned in the post blót passage above.

(Svipdag said:)
"Tell me, Fjolsvith, For fain I would know;
answer thou as I ask:
what the mountain is hight which the maided doth
dwell on, aloft and alone?"

(Fjolsvith said:)
"Tis Lyfja Mount hight, and long has it been
for the sick and the halt a help:"
for hale grows wholly, though hopeless she seems
the woman who wins its height."

(Svipdag said:)
"Tell me, Fjolsvith, For fain I would know;
answer thou as I ask:
what the maids are hight before Mengloth's knees
that sit in sisterly wise?"

(Fjolsvith said:)
"Hlif one is hight, Hlifthrasa another,
a third, Thjothvara;
eke Bjort and Bleik, Blith and Frith,
Eir and Aurbortha."

(Svipdag said:)
"Tell me, Fjolsvith, For fain I would know;
answer thou as I ask:
do they help award to their worshippers
if need of help the have?"

(Fjolsvith said:)
"Ay, they help award to their worshippers,
in hallowed stead if they stand;
there is never a need that neareth a man,
but they lend a helping hand."


Svipdagasmal 36 - 40. Hollander translation



I hope this helps.

Hail Eir, Hail the Gods.