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I explore hidden history & other alternative information, European/ Slavic pagan music & folk art, ethnic folk traditions & rites of indigenous European/ Slavic people, animism, and more...
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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.
I don’t know the name of the artist, but I can tell he/she was definitely Slavic
Forwarded from EarthlyElementss
Viking-age decorated ax (Scandinavia)
11th century CE
Mounted Knights by Viktor Vasnetsov 1896
Illustration for Sleeping Beauty by Heinrich Lefler 1905
Forwarded from Dan Eriksson (DFS)
My freedom is not up for negotiation.
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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.
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
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.
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
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.
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.
Greek geometric pottery, 8th century BC. Pelicans in swastika. Archaeological Museum of Argos.
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Loki by Piotr Celinsky
But nothing beats this Mjolnir 😄
(Thor by Guterrez)
Nehalennia is the Goddess of the Northsea and the rivers that flow into the Northsea. Therefore Nehalennia is a very important deity in Dutch heathenism/paganism. Nehalennia brings protection, joy and prosperity. Her energy is young and playful altough she is an ancient goddess. This morning i visited Her at the river Nieuwe Maas and made an offering to Her. That reminded me of a video Dirkje made about Nehalennia. In this video Dirkje reads a beautiful poem she wrote for our Goddess of the Northsea and talks about Nehalennia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPO7DLJEpRI
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Kulgam, the 'Land of Streams', still has traditional waterwheels which can be found in it's beautiful countryside.