Sadly most of us, myself including only know our family bloodline as far as grandparents or maybe great-grandparents, and that usually where it stops. I know that I must do better than that. Like many others, I tend to talk a lot about my ancestry, and often I talk as if I represent my ancestors, and I don’t know if it’s right to do this, without first becoming familiar with your immediate family ancestry.
Some are going back to the basics, back to nature, and simple organic living, whilst others are blindly racing forward towards fast paced, technocratic urban existence
Some hear the call of ancestors and nature, and they answer that call by discovering their ethnic roots, going back to nature and learning the self-sufficient ways of their ancestors. Others are blindly racing forward towards trans-humanism
I’m learning as I go, and just now learned that the Slavic god Jarilo, or Yarilo, a son of god Perun, and god of springtime, fertility, vegetation, male youthfulness, and sexuality was/is celebrated during springtime, some say April 22, but there are other dates mentioned by other sources. It makes perfect sense why this God would be celebrated during spring time, since spring time is the time when life is a reborn, the time of mating
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Jaryło/Jarilo/Yarilo - Slavic God of Spring, War, and Agriculture - Slavic Mythology Saturday
As I work on my upcoming Slavic fantasy book series, I'll be talking about Slavic creatures, history, and gods. Next up, Jaryło/Jarilo/Yarilo, a Slavic god o...
In Slavic culture the small pure water springs that are located under old large trees were always considered sacred/divine. Slavic folklore, and old tales often mention these little springs, usually beneath old large Oak trees. Old Slavic seers, wise men & women used the water from these springs for their rituals. Collected morning dew water was also used for such rituals. After Christianization happened, the Orthodox church either destroyed, or laid claim to, and started using the old pagan sites, and buildings. I’m sure in some villages, the Slavic peasants continued to revere these springs under old trees, and treat them with respect even after Christianization. The springs were no longer looked at as being connected to their native pagan faith, because they were forced to change it for Christianity, but the springs remained sacred/divine