 The Scandinavian "dísablót" is associated with the Anglo-Saxon "modranect" ("mothers' night") by Gabriel Turville-Petre.The Anglo-Saxon month roughly equivalent to November was called blot-monath.The number of references to the Disir ranging from the Merseburg Charms to many instances in Norse mythology indicate that they were considered vital deities to worship and that they were primary focus of prayers (e.g.