Interesting. I’ve also seen a Russian documentary where they were talking about the parallels between Vedic knowledge, language and traditions, and native pagan Slavic faith, traditions and language, and I remember them mentioning a certain Hindu wedding tradition that dates back to the Vedic times, and how this tradition didn’t originate in India, but somewhere in the North Pole, or close to it. I don’t remember the specifics of this ancient Hindu wedding tradition, but it was something in the sacred words that the groom says to the bride. Among the different things that the groom tells his bride according to this wedding tradition, the groom also asks his bride if she can see the polar star in the sky, and she has to say yes to him. The documentary was pointing out that the polar star is either invisible from Indian sky, or it’s very difficult to see it, which according to them means that this wedding tradition must have originated somewhere else where you can clearly see the polar star, a place where this star is significant. That’s the one thing I remember from that documentary. I’ll try to look at it again to learn some more information.

I’ve also mentioned before that old Slavic language, and even some words in modern Russian language are very similar to archaic Sanskrit language. I know that Veda means knowledge in Russia even now. The Russian word for witch is Vedma.

Slavic and Vedic

As in India, divinity for Slavs is nebo (Skt. नभ nabha, sky; Kashmiri nab, sky), and div is a point of light that can be used variously. The generic name of God is bog (Skt bhag भग or भगवान्). Some important Slavic religious notions are faith, vera (Skt. parā, परा, going beyond, which signifies faith), holy and sacred, svet (Skt. śveta श्वेत् for bright), peace and agreement, mir (Skt. maitri मैत्रि) and paradise, rai (Skt. rayi).

Some terms in Slavic are closer to Iranian forms of Sanskrit words, but that is to be expected since the Iranians were the immediate neighbors of the Slavs. We see this most strikingly in the Slavic divinity Simargl, which is clearly close in linguistic terms to the Iranian winged monster, Sīmorg (Skt. Śyena-mṛga, श्येन मृग, falcon bird). But its usage amongst the Slavs as divinity is quite like in the great Vedic Agnicayana fire altar, where it symbolizes time.

Apart from the usage of Vedic terms for a variety of philosophical and religious concepts, the Slavic conception of divinity as impersonal is identical to the Vedic. The Slavic religion must be seen as representing a description of the inner space of the mind, which is consistent with its conception as a mystical tradition based on contemplation.

The One Reality in the Vedic religion has an expression in triplicate in various sets of polarities together with the process between the two, as in examples of light, activity, and darkness and God, Goddess, and attributes.

The common Slavic polarities are:

Rod-Rozanica like Skt. Rudra-Rudrāṇī रुद्र-रुद्राणी (Rod, by itself, could also be Ṛta, the Law)

Sud-Sudenica like Skt. Siddha, सिद्ध् (Kashmiri sĕd, for Śiva)

Belobog-Chernbog (white god- black god, Skt. bhadra-bhaga and cherun-bhaga, भद्र-भग छेरुन-भग, auspicious and inauspicious gods (Kashmiri cherun छेरुन् means Skt. मलिनित)

Zhibog-Zhiva (Skt. Śivabhaga-Śivā, शिवभग, शिवा)

Khors Dazhbog and Jutrobog. This is Skt. Svar (स्वर् Sun or Light), Dakṣabhag दक्षभग for the Sun and Candrabhag चन्द्रभग for the Moon.

The triplicateness of reality is represented by Triglav, Tribog (Skt. tribhaga, त्रिभग). The three-headed divinity encompassing the three divisions of the universe into heaven, movement, and earth, or past, present, and future, and so on. Triglav is interpreted as the equivalent of Skt. Trimurti.

Svarog (Skt. svarga स्वर्ग) represnting heaven, which is where heroes go.

Ognebog (Skt. Agnibhaga, अग्निभग, Fire God.) He is equated with Simargl, since the fire ritual took place on the Falcon altar.

From: https://subhashkak.medium.com

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Art by Vladimir Kireev
“THE STAR"
To the collection of the First Museum of Slavic Mythology
(Tomsk)

I call her the Polar-star

Amazon female warriors in Russian history

http://www.dianaburgin.com/Ch1Amazons.html

S.S. Solomko. Russian bogatyr, Nastasya Korolevichna. Slavic female bogatyr, or bogatyrsha

Female bogatyr Nastasya Mikulichna, daughter of Mikula Selyaninovich (art by A. Ryabushkin,1898)

I’ve already shared these old links before. I’m only resharing them again for people who didn’t get a chance to learn about this, and are interested to do so. Many of the skeletal remains of these ancient female warriors were discovered by archaeologists in my place of birth Rostov-on-Don, a home of Don Cossacks. This makes me question the official history of Slavic Cossacks, and their origins

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2015/08/18/2000-year-old-unlooted-sarmatian-woman-burial-discovered-russia/

These earrings have a story to tell. Unfortunately, we don't know most of it. They were most likely made in Constantinople around 600 CE, perhaps as an imperial gift to a Visigothic ruler of medieval Spain, where they were found in Extremadura. The Visigoths by that point had become the settled rulers of the Iberian Peninsula, and had established trade and diplomatic contacts with the Byzantine Empire. And its known that the Visigoths particularly prized Byzantine jewelry. @GreekLeague

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Titania and Oberon are the fairy king and queen known to pop culture, similar to Puck they too have roots in the folklore before Shakespeare popularized them. Though unlike Puck it is less blatant. Titania is often thought to have her name derived from Diana, who became the fairy queen and a witch goddess in European folklore. With the name being contorted with time and translation by the time of Shakespeare. Oberon however is often thought to come from French folklore and originated from the dwarf/elf Alberich most well known from Wagner's operas though he originated in folklore long before than. Both these origins are generally accepted though there are obvious holes a more clear origin has yet to emerge in my research. - TLK

Coming at you from the wasteland of modernity, Celtic God and the Lorekeeper are joined by The Dread Pirate McThunder who has made port and called us up with a brick. We sit back with a pint and spin some yarns on Davy Jones, Naval traditions, privateers, shanty's, Mermaids, and more. This is a wet one get your sailor gear lads and lassies and get ready to find your sea legs! This is Hyperborean Radio thanking you for tuning in.
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Todays new Tribe of the Fox video is less serious than usual, it is more a fun exercise in brain gymnastics. Why? We are going to look at the Hindu chakra's and see what Norse deity connects with what chakra. This is a video response on a video from the YT channel 'Norse magic and beliefs'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOGxUTEChp0

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The life of ancient man had two focal points: this life (tämänpuoleinen), or the profane / mundane, and the hereafter (tuonpuoleinen), or the sacral / holy. In his dwelling, man was relatively close to the mundane focal point. When giving an offering at an anthropomorphic sacred rock, he was close to the sacral focal point. In the forest or on water, he was somewhere in between.

In Sparta as in Athens administrative bodies and officials had also judicial powers and duties. The two kings, the five ephors, and a council of twenty-eight elders constituted the criminal court. The ephors were the presiding officers. The elders were recruited from the nobility; the ephors from the whole people.

Robert J. Bonner & Gertrude Smith, Classical Philology (1942)

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Disarm them. Take back the power. Be fearless.

Did you hear about this archaelogical find of a large Roman city in southern France comprising stunning first century animal mosaics?
https://www.inrap.fr/en/discovery-antique-uzes-12596