Väinämöinen, The Eternal Sage

Väinämöinen is the most famous and prominent of all Finnish mythological figures. He is a God, a Hero and a Sage!
In the Kalevala Väinämöinen is the main hero being responsible or involved in most of the epics stories and plot, during which he invents the Kantele (a Finnish instrument) and is responsible for the formation of much of the Finnish landscape.

However the Kalevala was altered slightly by it's collector and writer Elias Lönnrot who downplayed the role of the Bear Cult in Finnish Myth and Spirituality, as well as the prominence of Väinämöinen demoting the most prominent god of the Finn's to a Human Hero and placing a Christian Sky-god Archetype in charge (Ukko). Though in the Kalevala Väinämöinen still maintains much of his role and power and is master over the land due to his knowledge, experience and connection to it as opposed to ownership able to use Runesong to win duels and shift the environment at his whim.-TLK

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Stone stacking by streams, ponds and other places destroy all sense of the wild.
Stacks are an encroachment, enforcing one’s presence on others after you have gone home.

Stone stacking erodes soil and accelerates erosion, destroying the cool undersides of stones that are asylums for millions of invertebrates.
It may seem neat and a nice picture for social media, but it’s an affront against the first and most important rule of venturing into the wilderness:
leave no trace.

In a nutshell… leave it like you found it.

Some clarification needs to be made from the earlier post about stone stacking:
https://t.me/BCNeanderthalMindset/2428

Not to say that all forms of building stone markers are wrong, but do they serve a purpose?

Our people have been using rocks and stones to place importance upon a place or event for a very, very long time and with good reason. Locations of important events such as battles, sacred areas and devotion to the gods themselves are a few reasons.
Battle sites where much blood has been shed, memorials to great chieftains, gods that are venerated by the tribe are rendered honor by erecting stone monuments in praise and memory.

Stone markers are also used as navigational posts both on land and at sea, so setting up whimsical stone stacks could potentially mislead a traveler if they have never seen the marker that they should be looking for.

An ancient Scottish blessing, “Cuiridh mi clach air do charn” means “I will put a stone on your cairn”, which means to render honor and memory to family and kin. Important sites like the Clava Cairns (Scotland), Spir Mountain Cairns (Sweden), Dolmen di Sa Coveccada (Italy), and the Dolmens of the Western Caucasus (Rus) are a few of the more well known ones.

We have used these monuments in the past and it would do us well to keep up the practice, although not under impulsive vagary and vanity. I implore that if you feel inclined to practice stacking stones in pursuit of sacred traditions, please return the environment to its natural setting.

Bragi The Best of Skalds

First Maker of Poetry, Best of Skalds, Poet of the Gods

Who do the gods and men look to for eloquence? For Inspiration? For Hope & Comfort? Whose voice quickens the soul calling forth tears from the eyes of even the most stoic of men? There is but one god with such power. Bragi!

It is Bragi who travels with impunity across the realms as diplomat and skald. It is Bragi to whom the Skalds praise and the Sons of Kings drank! It is Bragi that is the first poet the Lord and Chieftain of Poets and Creativity!

It is Bragi's Runesongs which comforts the Einherjar in Valhalla when they fear they are forgotten or ignored. It is Bragi who holds no fear in challenging Odin's decisions or that of any other god. It is Bragi whose speech is so powerful runes form upon his tongue!

When finally Bragi must rest he comes to his beloved, singing to her in her orchards, his Golden Muse, his treasured wife the lovely Idunn.-TLK

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