We should celebrate our heritage and be proud of the many achievements of all our ancestors, regardless of where they may come from, all the while staying true to our own lineage.
Knowing this, we are obligated to bring strength to our tribe, our family, and our ways so that our birthright passes more vigorous to those who come after us.
This is the path of ethnic faith.
This is the way.
Knowing this, we are obligated to bring strength to our tribe, our family, and our ways so that our birthright passes more vigorous to those who come after us.
This is the path of ethnic faith.
This is the way.
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Forwarded from The American Spirit
Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak on the west side of Colorado Springs.
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In quite a few regions of Central and Western Europe, during the colder months leading up to Yule, one should be mindful to take extra precautions with ensuring the home is spic and span.
A Schnabelperchten throng may venture your way, looking for untidy homes.
In some areas of the continent, celebrants dressed as Schnabelperchten (perchta) stop by to inspect your house to make sure its clean and tidy
Schnabelperchten come to the homes of families to either reward those who were diligent and hardworking, or to punish for laziness.
The reward is silver coins in shoes or buckets of hardworking people, and the punishment is to cut open the belly of a lazy person with the help of their huge scissors and stuff them with straw and stones.
Be warned!
A Schnabelperchten throng may venture your way, looking for untidy homes.
In some areas of the continent, celebrants dressed as Schnabelperchten (perchta) stop by to inspect your house to make sure its clean and tidy
Schnabelperchten come to the homes of families to either reward those who were diligent and hardworking, or to punish for laziness.
The reward is silver coins in shoes or buckets of hardworking people, and the punishment is to cut open the belly of a lazy person with the help of their huge scissors and stuff them with straw and stones.
Be warned!
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Bronze figurines of deities from the ‘Treasure of Weißenburg’, one of the most important discovered hoards north of the Alps, consisting of around 150 statues, figurines of deities and various vessels.
It's theorized to be the inventory of a temple. The statues were buried in the 3rd century AD and discovered in 1979 by chance during gardening work.
Photo: Archäologische Staatssammlung München
It's theorized to be the inventory of a temple. The statues were buried in the 3rd century AD and discovered in 1979 by chance during gardening work.
Photo: Archäologische Staatssammlung München
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“In the northern English region of Yorkshire, travelers at night sometimes heard the sound of clanking chains and saw a strange looming figure called Jack-in-Irons.
Jack said nothing, threatening or otherwise, but his presence was nonetheless said to be quite frightening.”
`Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore’
-P. Monaghan
Jack said nothing, threatening or otherwise, but his presence was nonetheless said to be quite frightening.”
`Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore’
-P. Monaghan
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Folklore is quite literally ancestral and racial memory passed down from one generation to the next.
Mythology serves the same purpose, but at its core it tends to have a much larger scale than folklore.
Because of this wide encompassing nature, and it’s genesis being one that is slow and arises from the subconscious, Myths have a tendency to be more easily found than folklore due to their being more widespread.
This is a specific reason why I hold folklore more near and dear than the more popular held mythological stories and legends (even though our myths are no less important).
The stories of the folk (folklore) have no real agenda other than the passing of a tribe’s customs and beliefs to the next generation.
The stories, beliefs, customs, and traditions of a people that are gifted to family and kin keep cultural identity flourishing and vibrant, and this is where folklore can be found both alive and well.
Mythology serves the same purpose, but at its core it tends to have a much larger scale than folklore.
Because of this wide encompassing nature, and it’s genesis being one that is slow and arises from the subconscious, Myths have a tendency to be more easily found than folklore due to their being more widespread.
This is a specific reason why I hold folklore more near and dear than the more popular held mythological stories and legends (even though our myths are no less important).
The stories of the folk (folklore) have no real agenda other than the passing of a tribe’s customs and beliefs to the next generation.
The stories, beliefs, customs, and traditions of a people that are gifted to family and kin keep cultural identity flourishing and vibrant, and this is where folklore can be found both alive and well.
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