Scythian gold belt buckle depicting horses & men under a tree, 4th – 3rd century BCE

"Freyja is most gently born: she is wedded to the man named Ódr. Their daughter is Hnoss: she is so fair, that those things which are fair and precious are called hnossir. Ódr went away on long journeys, and Freyja weeps for him, and her tears are red gold. Freyja has many names, and this is the cause thereof: that she gave herself sundry names, when she went out among unknown peoples seeking Ódr: she is called Mardöll and Hörn, Gefn, Sýr. Freyja had the necklace Brísinga-men. She is also called Lady of the Vanir."
-Gylfaginning-
Painting: Golden tears by Gustav Klimt

Scythian equine gold plaque, c. 4th century BCE

"Witch" by Hjorvind

Little Red Riding Hood - Edition
• Artist: Kerry Darlington

Opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia 🇷🇺

There is a negative connotation on Trickster deities, that need not be there. The result of this mindset is due to the influence of the devil and Christianity. Trickster deities such as Veles, Hermes, Reynard, Prometheus, Odin, Loki, Puck, and more. They master magic, invent alphabets, find and bring back gifts for the gods and their people. Puck is a romantic and will matchmake lovers who catch his eye, Loki brought back Gullinbursti, Mjolnir and other great gifts that the gods use, Prometheus gave man fire and crafts, Hermes the alphabet and much more. The "Trickster" category is a broad and complex one, that is more of a means to simplify a deity than to outright explain it. None of these deities as tricky as they may be, are evil. Most were in fact beloved by their own people and still are. They are teachers, guardians, romantics, and helpfully cunning. To allow "Trickster" to be a negative is to ignore 10's of thousands of a years of history for less than 2000.-TLK

A little info on Slavic god Veles and his magic. Veles is the main god from the pagan pantheon of my Slavic ancestors that I most resonate with. Although I often look up at the stars and dream of the endless universe, I’ve always been more earthbound. I never understood those who wish to break away from the earthly realm in order to fly away to some abstract spiritual realm or heaven. To me earth is a spiritual realm, and it can be a heaven if humanity wanted to make it so, but unfortunately due to the fact that modern humans operate from a low-based consciousness, and ruled by evil and greed they continue to create hell on earth. The places that are still pure, sacred and divine are the areas still untouched by humans, still wild and untamed. All of the areas covered by modern civilization, and urban cities are hellish to me. That’s why I’m longing for the old ways, when humans still lived according to the laws of nature, in-tuned with Mother Earth, and aligned with her cycles.

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