Forwarded from Staffordshire Folklore
Today is the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in Eastern Staffordshire.
The horn dance is a very old folk dance custom, a variant of which was recorded as early as 1532.
No one is entirely sure as to original purpose of the dance, popular theories include the affirmation of hunting rights in the nearby Cannock Chase, though many speculate it's actually a much older Pagan tradition, the original record of the dance only makes mention of the 'Obby' Oss (Hobby Horse).
The antlers themselves are real and have been dated with carbon analysis to the 11th Century. The are reindeer antlers and as there are no records of reindeers in England at that time it's supposed they were imported from Scandinavia.
The horn dance is a very old folk dance custom, a variant of which was recorded as early as 1532.
No one is entirely sure as to original purpose of the dance, popular theories include the affirmation of hunting rights in the nearby Cannock Chase, though many speculate it's actually a much older Pagan tradition, the original record of the dance only makes mention of the 'Obby' Oss (Hobby Horse).
The antlers themselves are real and have been dated with carbon analysis to the 11th Century. The are reindeer antlers and as there are no records of reindeers in England at that time it's supposed they were imported from Scandinavia.
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Today, 9AD, The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends after four days with a Germanic alliance defeating Roman forces and putting an end to expansion of the empire east of the Rhine.
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Yahweh The Devil
Revelation chapter 13 tells a harrowing story of how people in the "last days" will be put to death if they refuse to receive the dreadful "mark of the beast" in either their right hand or in their forehead. Christians are convinced that only "the devil" would inspire an evil law like this, but the truth is, Yahweh did this same exact thing in the Old Testament. [Ezekiel 9:5-7]
Show no mercy? Have no pity? Kill them all? Old and young? Girls and women and little children? Fill the courtyards with the bodies of those you kill? Does it even need to be stated that these are not the words of a loving god? Thus, does it look to you like there is any difference between receiving the mark of the beast or the mark of Yahweh? Does Yahweh seem any more loving or compassionate to you than "the beast"?
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From: What Is Wrong With the Bible? by Charles Giuliani.
@ChristianityExposed
Revelation chapter 13 tells a harrowing story of how people in the "last days" will be put to death if they refuse to receive the dreadful "mark of the beast" in either their right hand or in their forehead. Christians are convinced that only "the devil" would inspire an evil law like this, but the truth is, Yahweh did this same exact thing in the Old Testament. [Ezekiel 9:5-7]
Show no mercy? Have no pity? Kill them all? Old and young? Girls and women and little children? Fill the courtyards with the bodies of those you kill? Does it even need to be stated that these are not the words of a loving god? Thus, does it look to you like there is any difference between receiving the mark of the beast or the mark of Yahweh? Does Yahweh seem any more loving or compassionate to you than "the beast"?
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From: What Is Wrong With the Bible? by Charles Giuliani.
@ChristianityExposed
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Queen of the celtic tribe of the Iceni, Boudicca led a rebellion against the Romans, between 61-60 CE. The Iceni king Prasutagus divided his estates between his 2 daughters and Emperor Nero. When the king died, the estates were lost, and the Iceni lost their status as allies. Boudicca objected, suffered some beating, and her 2 daughters were raped. Seeking revenge, she mounted a revolt, which left cities (Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium), in ruins, and over 80 000 citizens died, in the process. At the battle of Watling Street, she was defeated by the governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus.
She is said to have committed suicide, by poisoning herself.
She is said to have committed suicide, by poisoning herself.
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Forwarded from The Conspiracy Hole (Brody Hyde)
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Vlad the Impaler: The True Story of Dracula
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This is the incredible story of Vlad the Impaler from his youth in Wallachia and childhood as a hostage to his wars against the Ottoman Turks and his great passion for impaling his enemies.
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This is the incredible story of Vlad the Impaler from his youth in Wallachia and childhood as a hostage to his wars against the Ottoman Turks and his great passion for impaling his enemies.
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