Tonight you will be honoring Freyr and the Álfar. In essence you will be honouring your male ancestors.
It is said that Freyr received Álfheimr as a gift for when he cut his first tooth. The Álfar (like the Dísir) are a somewhat mysterious class of mythological being. There are modern Heathens who associate them with their male ancestors (just as the Dísir are associated with female ancestors), while others may see them as powerful nature spirits (the lines between land spirits and spirits of the dead who were buried in the ground could often be blurry). Regardless ... Read even more
