This article uses a correct word to describe Christianity “ethnocide.” After all, it was Christianity that destroyed the different pagan kingdoms & tribes of Britain, which led to the unification of England under Christianity.
Today we are taught that conversion to Christianity was done peacefully. That our pagan ancestors welcomed Christianity with open arms, but was it really so? It wasn’t done overnight. It appears they used the trojan horse method. Christianity had to first infiltrate each pagan kingdom & tribe individually, establish power, and plot from within.
I think that because pagan kingdoms & tribes of Britain were converted to Christianity gradually, overtime, this created a division between the people. It became “those pagans” or “those Christians”
Those kingdoms that accepted Christianity as a state religion viewed other Christian kingdoms as their “Christian brothers”. Am I saying that before Christianity/monotheism took over, the pagans were coexisting in peace, and never warring? Well, according to official history that’s not the case, but we can’t know for sure can we, since those who write our history are exactly the descendants of Christian reformers who took over the previous pagan hierarchy & way of life.
All I know, is that although the pagan ethnic cultures, nations around the world were different, and had their own identity, they were all globally united under similar principles, traditions, rites, philosophies, respect for her mother earth and nature, sense of responsibility for future generations of life, reincarnations, and other values and understandings... The endless wars seemed to have started with the coming of monotheism...
Today they show us films & tv series about how the good, peaceful Christian kingdoms were invaded & raided by evil, bloodthirsty pagans! They put a lot of effort into showing us the gruesome details of how the barbaric pagans raided the Christians. How they raped, slaughtered, and even hoisted the Christians up in the air by a rope, and dropped them just for fun. Is this really how it was? Or maybe it was the other way around? I suspect that they’re showing us the opposite of what happened.
Today we are taught that conversion to Christianity was done peacefully. That our pagan ancestors welcomed Christianity with open arms, but was it really so? It wasn’t done overnight. It appears they used the trojan horse method. Christianity had to first infiltrate each pagan kingdom & tribe individually, establish power, and plot from within.
I think that because pagan kingdoms & tribes of Britain were converted to Christianity gradually, overtime, this created a division between the people. It became “those pagans” or “those Christians”
Those kingdoms that accepted Christianity as a state religion viewed other Christian kingdoms as their “Christian brothers”. Am I saying that before Christianity/monotheism took over, the pagans were coexisting in peace, and never warring? Well, according to official history that’s not the case, but we can’t know for sure can we, since those who write our history are exactly the descendants of Christian reformers who took over the previous pagan hierarchy & way of life.
All I know, is that although the pagan ethnic cultures, nations around the world were different, and had their own identity, they were all globally united under similar principles, traditions, rites, philosophies, respect for her mother earth and nature, sense of responsibility for future generations of life, reincarnations, and other values and understandings... The endless wars seemed to have started with the coming of monotheism...
Today they show us films & tv series about how the good, peaceful Christian kingdoms were invaded & raided by evil, bloodthirsty pagans! They put a lot of effort into showing us the gruesome details of how the barbaric pagans raided the Christians. How they raped, slaughtered, and even hoisted the Christians up in the air by a rope, and dropped them just for fun. Is this really how it was? Or maybe it was the other way around? I suspect that they’re showing us the opposite of what happened.
This information on Baba Yaga you did not know/how they flipped the character image of the Russian people.
Turns out the Slavic mythological character Baba Yaga we all know, is not the real Baba Yaga.
Below I’ve translated this video from Russian into English. My translation isn’t perfect.
Baba Yaga was known as the goddess Yoga, or Yaginya matushka/mother. Supreme deity of Slavic people. Always kind-hearted, loving and wonderful, patron of orphan children. She traveled through Midgard world either on sky fire wheel, or by horse on lands where lived the ancestors of the great race, and the descendants of God Rod.
She collected orphan children from villages and cities. People recognized her by her tenderness, motherly kindness, and her golden boots, and would point her to where the orphans lived. She brought the orphan children to her skete/settlement at the foothills of the mountains. For protection it was surrounded by skulls of various animals. It was located in the thickest of the forest in what is today known as Altai republic Russia.
In mountain foothills settlement where goddess Yaginya was performing this ancient fire rite ceremony on orphan children, there was a temple of god Rod carved from within the mountain. Near the temple in the rock there was a special deepening that Slavic Volkhvs (Slavic Pagan priests) referred to as “Pesh Ra”. From this name came the Russian word “bake” (petch/petsh). As well as the word “cave” (Peshera).
From this special deepening in the stone called (Pesh Ra) sticks out a stone-platform separated by a ledge into two equal deepenings called “Lapat” which was later called “Lapata” (Peel/ shovel-like tool)
In one corner closer to Pesh Ra, Goddess Yaga placed sleeping children dressed in traditional white costumes. In another corner Goddess Yaga placed dry brushwood. After which Lapata/lopata was pushed back into Pesh Ra, and Yaginya would light the brushwood. As Lapata/Peel was pushed back inside the Pesh-Ra, a special mechanism lowered the stone-slab on ledge of lopata, and would separate the deepening with the children in it from the fire. Basically the children were unharmed.
To all those who beared witness to this fire ritual that the orphaned children were dedicated to ancient Slavonic gods, and for the most part no one will see these children again in worldly life. These children were separated from regular society, and taken to be raised in the temple by Slavic Volkvhs.
Turns out the Slavic mythological character Baba Yaga we all know, is not the real Baba Yaga.
Below I’ve translated this video from Russian into English. My translation isn’t perfect.
Baba Yaga was known as the goddess Yoga, or Yaginya matushka/mother. Supreme deity of Slavic people. Always kind-hearted, loving and wonderful, patron of orphan children. She traveled through Midgard world either on sky fire wheel, or by horse on lands where lived the ancestors of the great race, and the descendants of God Rod.
She collected orphan children from villages and cities. People recognized her by her tenderness, motherly kindness, and her golden boots, and would point her to where the orphans lived. She brought the orphan children to her skete/settlement at the foothills of the mountains. For protection it was surrounded by skulls of various animals. It was located in the thickest of the forest in what is today known as Altai republic Russia.
In mountain foothills settlement where goddess Yaginya was performing this ancient fire rite ceremony on orphan children, there was a temple of god Rod carved from within the mountain. Near the temple in the rock there was a special deepening that Slavic Volkhvs (Slavic Pagan priests) referred to as “Pesh Ra”. From this name came the Russian word “bake” (petch/petsh). As well as the word “cave” (Peshera).
From this special deepening in the stone called (Pesh Ra) sticks out a stone-platform separated by a ledge into two equal deepenings called “Lapat” which was later called “Lapata” (Peel/ shovel-like tool)
In one corner closer to Pesh Ra, Goddess Yaga placed sleeping children dressed in traditional white costumes. In another corner Goddess Yaga placed dry brushwood. After which Lapata/lopata was pushed back into Pesh Ra, and Yaginya would light the brushwood. As Lapata/Peel was pushed back inside the Pesh-Ra, a special mechanism lowered the stone-slab on ledge of lopata, and would separate the deepening with the children in it from the fire. Basically the children were unharmed.
To all those who beared witness to this fire ritual that the orphaned children were dedicated to ancient Slavonic gods, and for the most part no one will see these children again in worldly life. These children were separated from regular society, and taken to be raised in the temple by Slavic Volkvhs.
The continuance of the original text about Baba Yaga and her association with orphan children & fire ritual
Back to the original discussion about Matushka/Mother Yoginya. I stopped at the part where orphan children & brushwood were placed on lapata , and pushed back inside Pesh Ra. After this Yoginya would light the brushwood. As Lopata was pushed back inside the Pesh-Ra, a special mechanism lowered the stone-slab on ledge of lopata, and would separate the deepening with the children in it from the fire. The children were unharmed during this fire ritual
As the fire was lit inside of Pesh Ra, the Volkhvs/slavic wizards/Priests would transport the children from Lapata/Peel to a room of the temple. These children were raised in Temple to become priests and priestesses: As the children got older, they’d marry, start families & continue their kin.
It was easy for Christian church to demonize Slavic faith & traditions, especially Slavic goddess Yaga, because when the foreigners witnessed this fire ritual, initiating orphan children, to them it looked as if barbaric, pagan Slavs put living children into oven to offer them up as a burnt sacrifice to their evil, bloodthirsty pagan gods. They had no idea that this fire ritual brought absolutely no harm to children. It brought nothing but good benefit to the participants.
Of course the foreigners who witnessed this ritual didn’t know any of this, and continued spreading their fairytales about evil Slavic pagans sacrificing children to their gods. Christianity demonized goddess Yaga, and turned her into an evil, old hag that cooks children and eats them.
Another thing that was completely misrepresented is that Yaga’s hut was walking on chicken legs. Researcher points out in this video that the misunderstanding was in the words used to describe the hut. To properly say that her hut was walking on chicken legs, it would need to be: Избушка/hut на/on куриных/chicken ножках/legs. However, it’s important to pay attention that her hut is not on куриных/chicken legs, but on курьих/smoke legs. The way you say “to smoke” in Russian language is «курить» (kurit). Researcher points out that possibly this may have been some sort of flying apparatus, or technology of some sort. In fairytales, Yaga’s hut is like a portal to different worlds, and is described to always be lit up day and night. It was almost like a lighthouse, but instead of being in an ocean, it’s in a forest.
Goddess Yoga/Yaga was always associated with swans, and swans are holy birds in Slavic & Hyperborean mythology... Apart from Yoga/Yaga being associated with orphan children, she also is said to help the heroes in fairytales, but not just any heroes, but the worthy ones. Goddess Yoginya/Yaga is not only related to dedication, but also to initiation...
Back to the original discussion about Matushka/Mother Yoginya. I stopped at the part where orphan children & brushwood were placed on lapata , and pushed back inside Pesh Ra. After this Yoginya would light the brushwood. As Lopata was pushed back inside the Pesh-Ra, a special mechanism lowered the stone-slab on ledge of lopata, and would separate the deepening with the children in it from the fire. The children were unharmed during this fire ritual
As the fire was lit inside of Pesh Ra, the Volkhvs/slavic wizards/Priests would transport the children from Lapata/Peel to a room of the temple. These children were raised in Temple to become priests and priestesses: As the children got older, they’d marry, start families & continue their kin.
It was easy for Christian church to demonize Slavic faith & traditions, especially Slavic goddess Yaga, because when the foreigners witnessed this fire ritual, initiating orphan children, to them it looked as if barbaric, pagan Slavs put living children into oven to offer them up as a burnt sacrifice to their evil, bloodthirsty pagan gods. They had no idea that this fire ritual brought absolutely no harm to children. It brought nothing but good benefit to the participants.
Of course the foreigners who witnessed this ritual didn’t know any of this, and continued spreading their fairytales about evil Slavic pagans sacrificing children to their gods. Christianity demonized goddess Yaga, and turned her into an evil, old hag that cooks children and eats them.
Another thing that was completely misrepresented is that Yaga’s hut was walking on chicken legs. Researcher points out in this video that the misunderstanding was in the words used to describe the hut. To properly say that her hut was walking on chicken legs, it would need to be: Избушка/hut на/on куриных/chicken ножках/legs. However, it’s important to pay attention that her hut is not on куриных/chicken legs, but on курьих/smoke legs. The way you say “to smoke” in Russian language is «курить» (kurit). Researcher points out that possibly this may have been some sort of flying apparatus, or technology of some sort. In fairytales, Yaga’s hut is like a portal to different worlds, and is described to always be lit up day and night. It was almost like a lighthouse, but instead of being in an ocean, it’s in a forest.
Goddess Yoga/Yaga was always associated with swans, and swans are holy birds in Slavic & Hyperborean mythology... Apart from Yoga/Yaga being associated with orphan children, she also is said to help the heroes in fairytales, but not just any heroes, but the worthy ones. Goddess Yoginya/Yaga is not only related to dedication, but also to initiation...
This is a witness account of one Russian soldier who served in army in Ural region in the 70s:
Soldier’s story about Pesh Ra/ or how he participated in “Hleba” fire cleansing ritual
From point to village is 8 kilometers. We soldiers often found work in the village. When finished with work, locals prepared for us delicious soups, freshly baked pirogi, and even put on Samovar with hot tea, honey and jams. This is no Army rations for you...
Sometimes locals would prepare the traditional “banya” steam-bath/sauna for the soldiers, but if you make it to “hleba” on a Friday, this kind of hleba I’ve never seen anywhere else ever again. I wish to repeat the entire process and everything I was taught by the locals in my own datcha (Russian summer vacation home).
this particular soldier was describing his experience of traditional folk practice, a fire ritual that the locals organized for him. It was a total of two sessions.
This fire ritual relates to renewal, cleansing/purification, obtaining new powers, and shedding of old skins. For Hleba rite just any stove won’t do. It requires a specific stove designed for this. Big enough to wash & steam in it, and for an adult to fit in it.
First the stove must be heated for a while. Only Birch tree logs must be used here. Other kind of logs were used on different days. After the charcoal is cleared from halls, comes the breads, for family and guests. After breads are baked and removed is when the stove is prepared for the participant to get inside.
A wide boards is pulled out for participant to sit on to avoid getting burnt. In special cases the participant is covered in dough. This first session the soldier completed without dough. The head gets covered, so that the hair don’t get burnt. Soldier got inside of stove with difficulty getting burned a little here & there. There wasn’t enough space to freely use the banya broom/sauna besom like in a regular banya/steam bath, but enough space for him to wash up. There was a bucket with clear water, and another one filled with honey & herb water.
He got out pink skinned, and very thirsty. They wrapped him in a sheet, and gave him raspberry hot tea until all of his sweat came out. He drank 2 whole Samovars/Metal heated tea container. Each time ringing out the sheet full of his sweat. Sweat was just pouring from him. Until suddenly it’s like someone turned off the faucet. No more sweat left. He was completely dry.
He then got dressed, and stopped to talk to the elder on his way out. The elder told soldier that he was holding up good so far, and that he must return to complete this fire ritual . Elder told the soldier that next session they were going to cover him with a special dough, and bake him. Soldier was confused by this statement. What do you mean by bake me, soldier asked...The elder said, yes, we will cover you with dough, bake you, and then remove the dough shell from you, and pour water from natural springs, or better yet collected morning dew over you. Then burry dough pieces under oak tree. Afterward a ceremonial/communal meal, and it will be as if you are reborn. The elder said that once in three years even the healthiest people need to do this ritual.
Soldier comes back to complete the fire ritual. The elder man & his wife had the soldier chop some wood, and then they took him up to a natural spring up on the hill beneath big oak tree to collect some water. While they were up on the hill, the old couple asked the soldier to sit still so that they can look him in his eyes for a little while. I’m assuming this was part of the process.
It was time to complete the fire ritual The female elder covered him with dough from head to toe, even his face, and the soldier went inside the oven. Dough began to dry, tighten on his skin, and suck all of the moisture out of him.
Meanwhile, outside of oven room the elders were chanting strange ritualistic songs.
Soldier’s story about Pesh Ra/ or how he participated in “Hleba” fire cleansing ritual
From point to village is 8 kilometers. We soldiers often found work in the village. When finished with work, locals prepared for us delicious soups, freshly baked pirogi, and even put on Samovar with hot tea, honey and jams. This is no Army rations for you...
Sometimes locals would prepare the traditional “banya” steam-bath/sauna for the soldiers, but if you make it to “hleba” on a Friday, this kind of hleba I’ve never seen anywhere else ever again. I wish to repeat the entire process and everything I was taught by the locals in my own datcha (Russian summer vacation home).
this particular soldier was describing his experience of traditional folk practice, a fire ritual that the locals organized for him. It was a total of two sessions.
This fire ritual relates to renewal, cleansing/purification, obtaining new powers, and shedding of old skins. For Hleba rite just any stove won’t do. It requires a specific stove designed for this. Big enough to wash & steam in it, and for an adult to fit in it.
First the stove must be heated for a while. Only Birch tree logs must be used here. Other kind of logs were used on different days. After the charcoal is cleared from halls, comes the breads, for family and guests. After breads are baked and removed is when the stove is prepared for the participant to get inside.
A wide boards is pulled out for participant to sit on to avoid getting burnt. In special cases the participant is covered in dough. This first session the soldier completed without dough. The head gets covered, so that the hair don’t get burnt. Soldier got inside of stove with difficulty getting burned a little here & there. There wasn’t enough space to freely use the banya broom/sauna besom like in a regular banya/steam bath, but enough space for him to wash up. There was a bucket with clear water, and another one filled with honey & herb water.
He got out pink skinned, and very thirsty. They wrapped him in a sheet, and gave him raspberry hot tea until all of his sweat came out. He drank 2 whole Samovars/Metal heated tea container. Each time ringing out the sheet full of his sweat. Sweat was just pouring from him. Until suddenly it’s like someone turned off the faucet. No more sweat left. He was completely dry.
He then got dressed, and stopped to talk to the elder on his way out. The elder told soldier that he was holding up good so far, and that he must return to complete this fire ritual . Elder told the soldier that next session they were going to cover him with a special dough, and bake him. Soldier was confused by this statement. What do you mean by bake me, soldier asked...The elder said, yes, we will cover you with dough, bake you, and then remove the dough shell from you, and pour water from natural springs, or better yet collected morning dew over you. Then burry dough pieces under oak tree. Afterward a ceremonial/communal meal, and it will be as if you are reborn. The elder said that once in three years even the healthiest people need to do this ritual.
Soldier comes back to complete the fire ritual. The elder man & his wife had the soldier chop some wood, and then they took him up to a natural spring up on the hill beneath big oak tree to collect some water. While they were up on the hill, the old couple asked the soldier to sit still so that they can look him in his eyes for a little while. I’m assuming this was part of the process.
It was time to complete the fire ritual The female elder covered him with dough from head to toe, even his face, and the soldier went inside the oven. Dough began to dry, tighten on his skin, and suck all of the moisture out of him.
Meanwhile, outside of oven room the elders were chanting strange ritualistic songs.
What a wonderful Russian/Slavic brotherhood. So nice to see all men singing both young & old, fathers & sons singing together a traditional song.
I usually viewed stag with antlers as a masculine, male God symbol, but just recently I’ve been learning about antlered female deer in different ancient myths. And no, this is not me promoting some feminist ideas. Deer mythology pertains to both masculine & feminine.
I was watching a Russian documentary the other day, and they were talking about a myth of Karelian people. According to this myth, the birthplace of the Slavonic people was on the horns/antlers of a fawn, and her name is Mirtsana. I know it doesn’t make sense for female deer to have antlers, supposedly Doe with anthers is rare event, but it exists.
Some people say that there’s truth encoded in this myth, because the Big Dipper has a star in it that today the scientists call by the name Mitsar/Mizar, and it does resemble something like a deer.
I was watching a Russian documentary the other day, and they were talking about a myth of Karelian people. According to this myth, the birthplace of the Slavonic people was on the horns/antlers of a fawn, and her name is Mirtsana. I know it doesn’t make sense for female deer to have antlers, supposedly Doe with anthers is rare event, but it exists.
Some people say that there’s truth encoded in this myth, because the Big Dipper has a star in it that today the scientists call by the name Mitsar/Mizar, and it does resemble something like a deer.