Disting

It's close to the full moon and Febraury. Snowdrops remind us that winter is leaving and spring is not far. That time has come to celebrate the festival of the new season, called Disting, where the soil is cool and ready for the planting. The holiday itself is honouring the Disir, the name of female spirits of fertility who also protect the land. They could also be nature guardians that also kept close to certain families and areas or sites, including farms, wells, stones, houses. It was often believed that the Disir spirits could be angered if they felt disrespected, and they would take revenge against the individuals. No one really knows who exactly the Disir may be, in the order of deities, because they're mysterious. Some believe they could be goddesses or ancestral spirits. That may be because another name for Disting is Oimelc, an Anglo Saxon term for "ewe's milk" as implies a celebration of new life being born. Another name is "Charming of the Plough" when people have feasts in early February. When people worked close to the land these celebrations were in tune with nature.  

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