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The blót (Old Norse neuter) was a Norse pagan sacrifice to the Norse gods and the spirits of the land. The sacrifice often took the form of a sacramental meal or feast. Related religious practices were performed by other Germanic peoples, such as the pagan Anglo-Saxons. The blót element of horse sacrifice is found throughout Indo-European traditions, including the Indian, Celtic and Latin traditions. ==Etymology== The word ''blót'' (Icelandic and Faroese: blót) is the Old Norse and Old English representative of the Proto-Germanic noun '' *blōtą'' "sacrifice, worship". Connected to this is the Proto-Germanic strong verb '' * *blōtaną'' with descendants in Gothic ''blōtan'', Old Norse ''blóta'', Old English ''blōtan'' and Old High German ''bluozan'', all of which mean "to sacrifice, offer, worship". The word also appears in the compound '' *ƀlōta-hūsan'' (attested in Old Norse ''blót-hús'' "house of worship" and Old High German ''bluoz-hūz'' "temple"). With a different nominative affix, the same stem is found in the Proto-Germanic noun '' *blōstrą'' "sacrifice" (attested in Gothic '' *blostr'' in ''guþ-blostreis'' "worshipper of God" and Old High German ''bluostar'' "offering, sacrifice"). This stem is thought to be connected to the Proto-Germanic verb '' *ƀlōanan'' "to blow, bloom, blossom", as are the words for "blood" (Proto-Germanic '' *ƀlōđan'') and "bloom" (Proto-Germanic '' *ƀlōmōn''). Sophus Bugge was the first to suggest a connection between ''blót'' and the Latin ''flamen'' (< *''flădmen''), and both words can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European stem *''bhlād-'' "to bubble forth; to mumble, murmur, blather".〔Bammesberger (1990:87); Orel (2003:50–51).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blót」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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