Hrethe's Day Color: Red Element: Fire Altar: Set on a red cloth four red candles, incense of many woods, a horn of mead, and a curved sword. Offering: The morning exercise at Gymnastika shall be energetic dancing. Daily Meal: Wholegrain bread, cheese, and meat with honey mustard. Invocation to Hrethe Hail, herald of the spring, Battler against the cold of winter! Hail, warrior goddess with flying hair And sword lifted against The razor-sharp winds! Hail, Lady whose arrows Shoot down the snowflakes, And the clouds of rain! Hail, Lady who is always victorious! May we take hope from your courage That the warmth shall come again In the fire of your wake And the sheen of your blade. Chant: Spirit of Wind and Fire Spirit of Wind and Fire Come with the Sun (The mead is passed around and shared, and the rest is poured out as a libation to Hrethe.)