Talk:Winter Solstice Festival

Trivia Removal
Elbaf is based off viking lore and has nothing to do with Christianity so the trivia should be removed. SeaTerror (talk) 02:35, September 24, 2018 (UTC)

The trivia is comparing the practices of Lent to the Winter Solstice Festival; the origin of Lent is irrelevant. And there are several parallels given with the fasting, the feasting beforehand and the point about semla being eaten on Shrove Tuesday. So unless you can find a Scandinavian/Viking observance that parallels this better, there's enough comparisons to real-world Lent practices for this to remain trivia worthy. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 05:06, September 24, 2018 (UTC)

It isn't irrelevant at all. It's trying to strongarm a reference to something that's unrelated. SeaTerror (talk) 19:06, September 26, 2018 (UTC)

Is semla even a Viking food? Dragonus Nesha (talk) 15:37, September 27, 2018 (UTC)


 * It did originate in Scandinavia, but the origins of its use are in Shrove Tuesday and Lent. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 19:35, September 27, 2018 (UTC)

"originate in Scandinavia, but the origins of its use are in Shrove Tuesday and Lent " That's an oxymoron. SeaTerror (talk) 00:25, October 6, 2018 (UTC)

That's not what oxymoron means, nor is that a contradiction. The food originated in Scandinavia and when Christianity came to that region, semla became traditional to eat on Shrove Tuesday, like pancakes in other regions.

You also didn't answer the question: Is semla even a Viking food? Dragonus Nesha (talk) 02:20, October 6, 2018 (UTC)

Actually it is. Something can't originate from two different things so yes it is a contradiction. Also yes. Scandinavia is Viking. SeaTerror (talk) 02:36, October 6, 2018 (UTC)

Not quite, Vikings may be Scandinavian but not everything Scandinavian is Viking. Dragonus Nesha (talk) 03:09, October 6, 2018 (UTC)