Halberg

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Traditions

Legend tells that Tuisto, the father of the Halsteins, once had a boar by the name of Sæhrímnir who was stolen by the Northmen and butchered for a feast. The next day Sæhrímnir was reformed and attacked the Einherjar who of course thought this was great fun and slaughtered, butchered, and ate him again. This went on for nine days until Tuisto made his way to the hall of these dead and drunken ruffians and fought them all and took back his damn boar home. This little story tells us much of how the Halsteins view the Northmen.

Tuisto is accounted as being the son of an ancient sky-god and an ancient earth goddess most assume to be Goddess Berta, also known as Old Mother Frost, from the Rus people. Who the ancient sky-god is, only guesses can be made, as his name has been lost to such diversity the real story is lost. Tuisto is first and foremost a god of law and believed to have given the Halsteins their practice of wergild. Wergild is an ancient law that dictates, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.

Halsteins are buried with all the goods they need for the afterlife, and enough coin to pay any wergild they still owned any who had passed so that they might start their new life with no debt.