Blotstulka, or Blot

Blót

The blót was 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...

-Tulca, (11th century ) is a name known in legend for an alleged Swedish medieval queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

, spouse of King Blot-Sweyn

Blot-Sweyn

Sweyn was a Swedish king c. 1080, who replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer the blóts at the Temple at Uppsala. There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law, which suggests that his rule did not reach...

 of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 (reign 1084–1087). The name can be seen as the equivalent to that of her spouse, with the meaning: "The woman Sacrificer" or "The Maiden Sacrificer"; as her spouses name was "Sweyn the Sacrificer", which can also be translated to "The man who performs the sacrifices".

Biography

Not much is known about this Queen. The date of her birth and death is unknown. She is the possible mother of the alleged son of Blot-Sweyn, Eric of Good Harvests. She was married to Sweyn before he became king and was alive to be queen during his reign. She is the last known Pagan

Paganism

Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....

 queen in Sweden and in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

. She became queen of Sweden when her spouse ascended to the throne in 1084. In 1087, her husband King Sweyn was deposed and killed; according to tradition, by being surrounded in his home, which was set on fire. No murder of a female is recorded, and it was also the custom to allow the women of the household to depart from the building in such a situation. Queen Blotstulka is therefore expected to have survived the deposition of her spouse. The above is related from legend. Nothing factual about her life is known.