Here they are saying the same thing I said years ago. They compare Tolkien’s Elves to Irish mythological god-like race Tuatha De Danann. I’ve pointed out the parallels between the two. Both were said to be tall, graceful, fair-skinned, with ethnic European appearance. Both are said to either be immortal, or live extremely long lives. Both had supernatural powers, and were very spiritually endowed. Both had a deep connection with nature. In Celtic mythology, the Tuatha De Danann leave towards the end to Tír na nÓg (Land of Youth). In Tolkien’s books the Elves leave towards the end to Valinor (Land of Undying)
I saw someone’s video where they shared this scene from film “300”. I’ve seen this film many years ago, but never really paid attention to this scene. Listen to what God king Xerxes says to Leonidas. He wants him to kneel, submit, and obey. And if he refuses, Xerxes will do everything in his power to destroy their culture and erase all memory of it
Leonidas:
Let me guess.You must be Xerxes.
Xerxes: Come,Leonidas.Let us reason together.It would be a regrettable waste...it would be nothing short of madness were you, brave king...and your valiant troops to perish...all because of a simple misunderstanding.There’s much our cultures could share.
Leonidas: - Haven't you noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning.
Xerxes: Yours is a fascinating tribe. Even now you are defiant...in the face of annihilation and the presence of a god. It isn't wise to stand against me,Leonidas. Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies...when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory.
Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine.
Xerxes: You Greeks take pride in your logic. I suggest you employ it. Consider the beautiful land
you so vigorously defend.Picture it reduced to ash at my whim. Consider the fate of your women.
Leonidas: Clearly you don't know our women. I might as well have marched them up here,judging by what I've seen.You have many slaves, Xerxes...but few warriors. It won't be long before they fear my spears...more than your whips.
Xerxes: It's not the lash they fear...it is my divine power.
But I am a generous god.
I can make you rich beyond all measure.I will make you warlord of all Greece.You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa.Your Athenian
rivals...will kneel at your feet...if you will but kneel at mine.
Leonidas: You are generous...
as you are divine...O king of kings.Such an offer only a madman would refuse...But the...The idea of kneeling, it's...You see, slaughtering all those men of yours has...Well, it's left a nasty cramp in my leg...so kneeling will be hard for me.
Xerxes: There will be no glory in your sacrifice.I will erase even the memory of Sparta
from the histories.Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned.Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out...and their tongues cut from their mouths. Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death.The world will never know you existed at all.
Leonidas: The world will know
that free men stood against a tyrant.That few stood against many.And before this battle was over...that even a god-king can bleed.Swan and goose symbolism, and mythology is found in many cultures, but I think that symbolism of swans and geese much like the swastika symbol was brought to these cultures by one single source. Today we call them Aryans. Swans are very big in Slavic culture. If you search through Slavic folk art, you’ll see swans everywhere. I know that Hyperboreans also used swan symbolism