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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
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Simona Kossak
Simona Kossak was a Polish biologist, and animal advocate. She was said to have lived in a house in the forest with a lynx that slept in her bed and a pet crow named Korasek that would often terrorize and steal from people. Taking card keys, money, permits, and attacking people walking or riding bikes. Her interactions and care for animals would lead to many of them being loyal friends with her. One such animal was Żabka a rather large female boar Simona had raised since she was a day old, and that walked beside her and guarded her not unlike a dog. Even asking for pets and rubs. She also had a herd or "Pack" of deer that she cared for and would follow her around. She was a staunch advocate of animals and fought to defend the Lynxes and Wolves of Poland's oldest forests. This odd life style led many to call her a witch. Though perhaps in the oldest terms of the word they were not far off, as there is something magical about the way in which she lived.
Simona Kossak was a Polish biologist, and animal advocate. She was said to have lived in a house in the forest with a lynx that slept in her bed and a pet crow named Korasek that would often terrorize and steal from people. Taking card keys, money, permits, and attacking people walking or riding bikes. Her interactions and care for animals would lead to many of them being loyal friends with her. One such animal was Żabka a rather large female boar Simona had raised since she was a day old, and that walked beside her and guarded her not unlike a dog. Even asking for pets and rubs. She also had a herd or "Pack" of deer that she cared for and would follow her around. She was a staunch advocate of animals and fought to defend the Lynxes and Wolves of Poland's oldest forests. This odd life style led many to call her a witch. Though perhaps in the oldest terms of the word they were not far off, as there is something magical about the way in which she lived.
I don’t know the name of the artist, but I can tell he/she was definitely Slavic
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Viking-age decorated ax (Scandinavia)
11th century CE
11th century CE
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Illustration for Sleeping Beauty by Heinrich Lefler 1905
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
In French folklore onions are used to predict the weather.
If the onions had especially thick skins then it is said to predict that there will be an especially cold, harsh winter ahead.
If the onions had especially thick skins then it is said to predict that there will be an especially cold, harsh winter ahead.
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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.
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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.
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Miniature Greek Gold Column Capital, 4th-3rd Century BC. In the shape of a Corinthian capital, the base with a ring of beads and two rows of acanthus leaves, volute support at each of the four corners of the abacus with granulation.
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Greek geometric pottery, 8th century BC. Pelicans in swastika. Archaeological Museum of Argos.