“Telling the bees” is a European tradition which consists of alerting the bees to major events in the family, especially deaths.
It was believed that failing to do so would incur a penalty of sorts, such as loss of honey production or angry bees. The members of the family would speak deeply and honestly to the hives.
It was believed that failing to do so would incur a penalty of sorts, such as loss of honey production or angry bees. The members of the family would speak deeply and honestly to the hives.
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes)
Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science by Louis-Ernest Barrias 1899
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes)
The Wild Huntress is a title given to many goddesses including Gode, Perchta, Harke, Diana, Habonde, Baba Yaga, Frikka, but most notably Holle. Holle is a leader of The Wild Hunt as well as it under a different name "The Parade of Spirits" on Halloween or as the Pennsylvania Dutch call it Allelieweziel. After the Eternal Hunter takes the Plant spirits, Holle leads a procession across the sky dressed as an ethereal white woman, collecting the land spirits and ancestral spirits taking them to her mill for reincarnation. A Pennsylvania Dutch custom is to have a parade at about the same time, dressing as famous Mythical figures of Yule and similar holidays. Such as the Yule Cat, The Faithful Eckhart, among others. Mimicking the Procession of spirits, deities, and ancestors seen across the sky with Frau Holle.-TLK
The battle with the sea king dragon saving Princess Anastasiya Vahramyeevna.
Yeruslan Lazarevichis is the Russian folk-tale hero depicted.
Yeruslan Lazarevichis is the Russian folk-tale hero depicted.
The Zmey is a mythical Slavic dragon, that typically has 3 heads, and appears as the villain of many tales.
In some tales, a hero must challenge a Zmey to rescue a kidnapped princess.
One Zmey even guards the Slavonic underworld (similar to the role of Cerberus)
In some tales, a hero must challenge a Zmey to rescue a kidnapped princess.
One Zmey even guards the Slavonic underworld (similar to the role of Cerberus)
Forwarded from The American Spirit
The statue of the Roman god Vulcan on Red Mountain, in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and the city’s symbol.
Cast from local iron in north 1904, Vulcan has carefully watched over the state’s largest city for over 100 years atop Red Mountain.
Why Vulcan? Because he represents, and is the god of the steelworker, the ore miner, which is very much in tune with the hard-working, industrious American spirit.
Cast from local iron in north 1904, Vulcan has carefully watched over the state’s largest city for over 100 years atop Red Mountain.
Why Vulcan? Because he represents, and is the god of the steelworker, the ore miner, which is very much in tune with the hard-working, industrious American spirit.