Dísablót

The Dísablót was the blót (sacrificial holiday) which was held in honour of the female spirits or deities called dísir[1] (and the Valkyries[2]), from pre-historic times until the Christianization of Scandinavia.

[1][5] This suggests that the rite was performed by women, especially in light of what is generally believed to be their nearly exclusive role as priestesses of the pagan Germanic religion.

[8] The Icelandic historian Snorri Sturlusson, who was well-informed of Swedish matters and visited the country in 1219,[9] explained in the Heimskringla (1225): In Svithjod[10] it was the old custom, as long as heathenism prevailed, that the chief sacrifice took place in Goe month[11] at Upsala.

[12]The shrine where the Dísir were worshiped was called dísarsalr and this building is mentioned in the Ynglinga saga concerning king Aðils' death.

It also appears Hervarar saga, where a woman becomes so infuriated over the death of her father by the hands of Heiðrekr, her husband, that she hangs herself in the shrine.