Rituals of first millennium CE heathens..?

[Briton]

Are there any rituals or practices that were common and constant in heathen practice?

I am writing a rite as part of my ancestral veneration whereupon every year offering is made to a certain group in my ancestry, not as worship but as thanks. Although I do not personally believe in any gods, I know gods were important to most of my ancestors and I want to honour this fact by incorporating recognition (not syncretism) of what was important to them both in the words and in the actions of the ritual. Would a heathen, when petitioning Odin or one of the other gods, have carried out a particular ritual that we have archaeological evidence for?

[Rick]

Re: Rituals of first millennium CE heathens..?

I doubt you'll find archaeological evidence for most any ritual, much less one that specific. Primary and secondary sources would be your best bet. That said, while I by no means have all (or any, really) primary and secondary sources commited to memory, I doubt you're going to find much there, either. Wanna thank your ancestors? Then thank them. I don't think you're going to find words from 800 CE that will connect you to your ancestors better than words of your own.