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Durga Temple at Aihole in Karnataka, India.

Built in (possibly) 7th century AD, these stone framed windows have clear Indo-European iconography.

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I’ve also come across information that says ancient people looked up at a very different sky than the one we see now. The book of Veles mentions the time of 3 moons.

Puck

Puck “Robin Goodfellow” “The Jester of the Faerie Court” “The King of Faerie” “The Oldest Old Thing in England” Among the fey perhaps no figure is more well known, more infamous, and more representative of them as a whole than that figure known as Robin Goodfellow. Or his much simpler title “Puck”. The figures of the Faerie court were more or less set in stone once, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” was set to pen and ink. Oberon and Titania sat at the top and below them was their court and Robin Goodfellow was the jester at the hand of The King of the Fey, Oberon. Yet it was not always so. The figure of Puck is in fact older than the depiction of Oberon and Titania as his master and mistress. Far older, far darker, far hairier, and far stronger. Puck, is one in actuality one of the most powerful members of the fae. No other work has had more of an impact on Puck's story than that of William Shakespeare's masterpiece “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. From here comes the bulk of Puck's modern personality and abilities, but most of all his station. He is the jester, the servant of Oberon. Yet, in the folklore Puck is far more prevalent than Oberon or Titania who find their origins in German and Roman myth respectively, and has far more claim to the throne of the fae than either of them. The fae are central to the animist practices of much of Europe, and Puck functioned as a prominent fertility spirit in English customs.
While Puck is often depicted as a child or even infant, sometimes with horns, sometimes without them. His much older depictions were more akin to wild men and satyrs. Often with a broom and an immense phallus. Puck's most well known epithet that of Robin Goodfellow is a combination of Robin a word for the devil, and Goodfellow an archaic term for pagan or heathen. He even found himself influencing other figures of folklore such as Robin Hood and Santa Claus. The former received his name as well as his role of May King from the influence of Robin Hood, while Puck's trademark laugh of “Ho, Ho, Ho!” overtime became more associated with Santa than Puck. This trademark laugh often arose after Puck performed a prank, such as posing as a beggar or chimney sweep then running away when someone approached him about a job or alms, cackling like a man man. Puck's association with both May Day and Chimney sweeps, eventually transferred over to the now defunct profession and May Day was known as the Chimney Sweep's Holiday. In this way Robin Hood's role in May Day celebrations could be considered him functioning as godhead or holy man for the much older figure of Puck.
Puck is also associated with the Pooka, a mischievous trickster as well as house spirit. Puck and the Pooka even share a favored prank of pretending to be a horse using their shape-shifting and then throwing people from their backs into a nearby body of water. Puck would often shapeshift to help those in need, especially lovers as he would sometimes play matchmaker. Though at other times Puck would change shape to lead people astray from the path, often as a Will-o-the-wisp. This gave rise to the expression “Puck has visited you this night” for those who have become lost. Puck often appears beside other folkloric figures, such as The Grim, Tom Thumb, and Oberon. Despite his love of performing pranks, he absolutely despises to have them performed on him and will take swift vengeance on those that have wronged him even in good fun. He is said to favor April 1st as a day for pranks by some. Though others will tie him into Samhain (Halloween) traditions as a fertility figure. Puck often wandered England and beyond, having his fun, playing tricks or matchmaker and all the while helping people where he could, his influence stretches far back, to before he appeared in Shakespeare's play and perhaps before The Anglo-Saxon arrival on Great Britain. Perhaps he truly is “The Oldest Old Thing in Britain” and he'll continue to help, hinder, and have his fun with us for ages to come.

The Orphic Egg - Ancient Greek Symbol of life and creativity

It is an egg with a serpent wrapped around it. This egg represents the cosmic egg from which Phanes, a diety, was birthed. Phanes was the diety of procreation and life.
Orpheus was a famous singer from Greek myth. He sang the Cerubus to sleep so he could pass through Hades and rescue his wife.
Phanes was created from the Orphic Egg. Phanes was a hermaphrodite, male/female, deity of light and goodness. He was one of the first gods born of the watery abyss of time. He in turn created the other gods.
The egg and snake represent the cosmos circled by the creative spirit.

Eofor-līc scionom, ofer hlēor-bergan: gehroden golde, fāh ond fýr-heard, ferh wearde hēold: gūþ-mōd grummon.

Boar-shapes shone over the cheek-guards adorned with gold,gleaming and fire-hard; keeping guard of life, raging with warlike spirit.

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Elias Muukka (1853 – 1938) 🇫🇮 — Väinämöinen playing his kantele. Triptych. (1914)

Slavic folk art style

Slavic goddess Mokosh

Gandalf, from the Lord of the Rings is a popular and well known figure in modern culture. However, Gandalf is an amalgamation of multiple influences and cultures. While one of the most notable deities he is influenced by is Odin. There is at least 4 other mythic figures who serve as inspirations for Gandalf. The Dwarf "Gandalf" (Magic Staff-Elf) due to initially being a dwarf in early versions. While the wizard Merlin has obvious aspects the two other notable figures are Rübezahl, a mountain spirit from Bohemian folklore whose visage was used as the inspiration for his appearance. Which Tolkien wrote on a postcard featuring him. The final notable inspiration is Väinämöinen, a Finnish deity and wizard/shaman. With at least 5 mythic sources of lore is it any wonder Gandalf is so influential.-TLK

Maybe you loved fairytales as a child because you knew they held a lot of truth.

Scottish Children in the 1920s

Tunnel of Light, Arizona 🇺🇸