Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes)
The Cornucopia
The Cornucopia AKA "The Horn of Plenty" is an ancient European symbol of abundance. It may have found its origins in goats or Aurochs horns. The Modern image is known from the myth of Infant Zeus being cared for by Amalthea a nourishing Goat goddess. Who broke off one of her horns which provided unlimited nourishment. However the image of the Cornucopia is much older appearing in a 13K year old stone carving in France alongside a goddess figure. Or the Thousands year old depiction of the god Svetovid. Indicating that it is much older than it first appears. Other goddesses such as Abundantia and Fortuna are also depicted with the Cornucopia and the symbol has grown a life of its own. Being depicted in all manners of forms including as a coat of arms. Medieval Monks would often depict Mother Earth with a Cornucopia in Illuminations, The personification of Summer often holds one, and in America it is one of the symbols of Thanksgiving. A time of gratitude for kin and the time of plenty. -TLK
The Cornucopia AKA "The Horn of Plenty" is an ancient European symbol of abundance. It may have found its origins in goats or Aurochs horns. The Modern image is known from the myth of Infant Zeus being cared for by Amalthea a nourishing Goat goddess. Who broke off one of her horns which provided unlimited nourishment. However the image of the Cornucopia is much older appearing in a 13K year old stone carving in France alongside a goddess figure. Or the Thousands year old depiction of the god Svetovid. Indicating that it is much older than it first appears. Other goddesses such as Abundantia and Fortuna are also depicted with the Cornucopia and the symbol has grown a life of its own. Being depicted in all manners of forms including as a coat of arms. Medieval Monks would often depict Mother Earth with a Cornucopia in Illuminations, The personification of Summer often holds one, and in America it is one of the symbols of Thanksgiving. A time of gratitude for kin and the time of plenty. -TLK
The "Barbegazi" (from French "barbe-glacée", "frost-beard") hailing from Alpine folklore is a type of gnome fond of the snowy summits and mountainous terrain.
Hiding in their caves or cottages during summer, they emerge during the winter using their enormous feet as skis to traverse the mountainsides.
Hiding in their caves or cottages during summer, they emerge during the winter using their enormous feet as skis to traverse the mountainsides.
Fimbulvetr, which means "great winter," is the prelude to Ragnarök, also known as “The twilight of the gods” which concludes with the great apocalyptic battle of the Norse gods.
This years-long snowfall will end all life on Earth, paving the way for the gods to wage war, and as the dust settles, new life is born marking the dawn of a new age.
Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors… Lif and Lifthrasir.
This years-long snowfall will end all life on Earth, paving the way for the gods to wage war, and as the dust settles, new life is born marking the dawn of a new age.
Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors… Lif and Lifthrasir.
Family Tree
Knowing your cultural background and where you came from can help develop a strong sense of who you really are.
The way you relate to family stories and create narratives helps establish our unique, authentic cultural identity as People of the North.
But if we go even further back in time we realize that we are just part of an even older tree of life whose root is buried somewhere even deeper in the past and whose branches we as Hyperboreans share.
Our ancestors actually knew all this, or at least had some kind of awareness of its implications.
Knowing your cultural background and where you came from can help develop a strong sense of who you really are.
The way you relate to family stories and create narratives helps establish our unique, authentic cultural identity as People of the North.
But if we go even further back in time we realize that we are just part of an even older tree of life whose root is buried somewhere even deeper in the past and whose branches we as Hyperboreans share.
Our ancestors actually knew all this, or at least had some kind of awareness of its implications.
This is where our inherent need to procreate, to ensure the continuation of ourselves comes, but ultimately to ensure the continuous growth of the tree of life comes from.
Every new generation is a new incarnation of the same family tree. Every new generation gets a chance to develop into something new and beautiful. Every generation is held by the fact that it is growing on the branches which grow on the trunk, whose roots reach deep into the past.
Remember this as we head into Yule. Old familiarities can be rekindled, and new acquaintances can be made in the Hyperborean tree of life that we are part of.
Every new generation is a new incarnation of the same family tree. Every new generation gets a chance to develop into something new and beautiful. Every generation is held by the fact that it is growing on the branches which grow on the trunk, whose roots reach deep into the past.
Remember this as we head into Yule. Old familiarities can be rekindled, and new acquaintances can be made in the Hyperborean tree of life that we are part of.
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes)
Ancestor and Nature Spirits
Many "Nature Spirits" of Europe are also "Ancestor Spirits" as there are many Nature spirits that originate as the souls of the dead. The most notable of these is the House Spirits Such as Brownies, Domovoi, Lares, Fairy Godmothers, and Tomte. Though there are also spirits of natural areas and functions that begin their existence as the spirits of the dead. Some tales of Black Dogs include them originally being human spirits who take the form of these fertility spirits on the wild hunt or to interact with the living. These often become protective spirits to areas and people, or become Wind Hounds which bring fertility through the air. In the Slavic Areas and Beyond the Rusalki are the spirits of women who died and became river spirits. Perchta, an Alpine Goddess, is said to be Queen of the Ghost Children and caretaker of lost souls. Many of these child souls chose to stay with Perchta and become one of her many Perchten rather then to reincarnate or go to the ancestors.-TLK
Many "Nature Spirits" of Europe are also "Ancestor Spirits" as there are many Nature spirits that originate as the souls of the dead. The most notable of these is the House Spirits Such as Brownies, Domovoi, Lares, Fairy Godmothers, and Tomte. Though there are also spirits of natural areas and functions that begin their existence as the spirits of the dead. Some tales of Black Dogs include them originally being human spirits who take the form of these fertility spirits on the wild hunt or to interact with the living. These often become protective spirits to areas and people, or become Wind Hounds which bring fertility through the air. In the Slavic Areas and Beyond the Rusalki are the spirits of women who died and became river spirits. Perchta, an Alpine Goddess, is said to be Queen of the Ghost Children and caretaker of lost souls. Many of these child souls chose to stay with Perchta and become one of her many Perchten rather then to reincarnate or go to the ancestors.-TLK