Forwarded from Stam van de Vos🦊, hekserij en heidendom van de Lage Landen
What is this oakwood board that the Tribe of the Fox seen in the Museum of Antiquaties? It almost looks like modern art but is is from 400 BCE! Was it a respresentation of a deity? I think it is more likely a sign for the facade or roof of a building. You can still see in the north and east of the Netherlands and also the north of Germany today. Sometimes i even spot old symbols on modern buildings. It is amazing and very cool that old elements of European culture keep on living over the millennia😎❤️. (museumpicture: own work Tribe of the Fox. other picture: wikipedia own work Rasbak)
I see very similar decoration carvings on the old pagan Slavic cottages/log houses
Forwarded from Stam van de Vos🦊, hekserij en heidendom van de Lage Landen
This rooftop-ornament depicts swans but it is called an 'owl-board'. Sounds confusing, right🤔? Originally owlboards had an hole for owls to go in and out. In the Netherlands you can find owlboards in the north (like Frisia) and the east (Saxon part of the country) and in Germany in the northwest (also Frisian and Saxon lands). Recently i noticed brandnew houses that had owlboards...pretty nice👍🏻🙂! (picture wikipedia: Arch)
Forwarded from Stam van de Vos🦊, hekserij en heidendom van de Lage Landen
Even the sound is still the same,
wooden shoes on stone pavers.
Totally from earlier times,
brought back to this time.
Once again on my feet,
from the mud of my childhood.
Dirkje
wooden shoes on stone pavers.
Totally from earlier times,
brought back to this time.
Once again on my feet,
from the mud of my childhood.
Dirkje
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored) (T.L.K.)
Joan of Arc is nowadays considered a Saint and a Holy Maiden. It can be easy to forget she was burned as a witch and spent centuries afterwards framed as a horrendous and demonic witch by the clergy. This was due to her involvement in the "Witch Cults" she even met "god" at a Faerie Tree, and was likely using the names of saints to cover up who she really talking too, whether fae, gods, or fellow "pagans". More than likely she wasn't even fully aware of her nature as a Pagan, as many many people would continue calling themselves Christian while doing nothing of the sort, From Spain and France to Russia. Where some "Christians" have never even heard of Jesus. Joan was seen as a hero or even embodiment of the deity, effectively functioning as the godhead. The fact that she "dressed in man's clothes" especially her unwillingness to stop indicated to the Church and modern researchers her membership in a Diana-Style cult of a deity. Joan is not the only "saint" put over a folk hero with more pagan origins.-TLK
Forwarded from • Hellas • Ελλάδα • Greece (Maria)
The Gold of Macedon
I. Gold Diadem with a bust of Aphrodite, early 3rd c. BC
II. Gold floral jewellery, fitted on ivory, Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, 325-300 BC
III. Detail from the inside of a silver kalyx, Sevasti, Pieria Prefecture, 350-325 BC
IV. Gold medal depicting Olympia, mother of Alexander the Great, Abukir, Egypt, AD 225-250
V. Gold Diadem with Eros, Sedes, Thessaloniki, 350-325 BC
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I. Gold Diadem with a bust of Aphrodite, early 3rd c. BC
II. Gold floral jewellery, fitted on ivory, Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, 325-300 BC
III. Detail from the inside of a silver kalyx, Sevasti, Pieria Prefecture, 350-325 BC
IV. Gold medal depicting Olympia, mother of Alexander the Great, Abukir, Egypt, AD 225-250
V. Gold Diadem with Eros, Sedes, Thessaloniki, 350-325 BC
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Forwarded from • Hellas • Ελλάδα • Greece (Maria)
The Macedonian tomb of Agios Athanasios, 325-300 BC
The frescoes’ styles combine the Doric and Ionic decorations and the tomb’s pediment shows a golden sun-disk between the two griffins facing each other. It’s also possible to see, just below the pediment, the stunning Ionian frieze.
The frieze depicts a “symposium” scene where 6 men (of which some a bearded while someone else are shown as beardless) are reclining on “triclinia” with some amazing examples of colourful textiles. The first man is shown with a raising arm, asking a female flautist to start playing some music. The banquet is full of fruits and vegetables displayed on three different tables near the “triclinia”.
On the entrance sides the archaeologists also found two men figures standing. Also we see the traditional Macedonian clothes and the famous Macedonian spear: the sarissa (σάρισα) introduced in the army by Philip II of Macedon. @GreekLeague
The frescoes’ styles combine the Doric and Ionic decorations and the tomb’s pediment shows a golden sun-disk between the two griffins facing each other. It’s also possible to see, just below the pediment, the stunning Ionian frieze.
The frieze depicts a “symposium” scene where 6 men (of which some a bearded while someone else are shown as beardless) are reclining on “triclinia” with some amazing examples of colourful textiles. The first man is shown with a raising arm, asking a female flautist to start playing some music. The banquet is full of fruits and vegetables displayed on three different tables near the “triclinia”.
On the entrance sides the archaeologists also found two men figures standing. Also we see the traditional Macedonian clothes and the famous Macedonian spear: the sarissa (σάρισα) introduced in the army by Philip II of Macedon. @GreekLeague
Forwarded from Eichengeflüster
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In addition to gods, our ancestors also believed in powerful middle beings, some friendly and some hostile to man. They populated mountains and valleys, forests and meadows with giants (Hünen) and dwarves (elves), personifications of the forces of nature.
These include the helpful little Mountain Men, whom the people still said to live in the mountains of Immenstadt a hundred years ago, the equally kind Elfs in the highest mountain alps, the Moss Women mentioned everywhere, the Memminger house spirit Schlorkhanns, who helps the girls sweep the house, but also the dreaded Schrättele, who causes the nightmares and braids the horses' manes into inextricable plaits.
In addition to gods, our ancestors also believed in powerful middle beings, some friendly and some hostile to man. They populated mountains and valleys, forests and meadows with giants (Hünen) and dwarves (elves), personifications of the forces of nature.
These include the helpful little Mountain Men, whom the people still said to live in the mountains of Immenstadt a hundred years ago, the equally kind Elfs in the highest mountain alps, the Moss Women mentioned everywhere, the Memminger house spirit Schlorkhanns, who helps the girls sweep the house, but also the dreaded Schrättele, who causes the nightmares and braids the horses' manes into inextricable plaits.
Forwarded from European Tribalism - Mythology, European culture, survival
'Die Ruine Rabenstein bei Virgen, Windisch-Matrei in Tirol'
Thomas Ender - 1840
#art
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Thomas Ender - 1840
#art
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Forwarded from European Tribalism - Mythology, European culture, survival
In the Proto-Indo-European language there are many words for animals and few for fruits, veggies, and grains suggesting a meat-based diet.
Combined with the fact that for example the Scythians were nomadic pastoralists makes the Keto diet a peak #IndoEuropean way of nutrition.
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Combined with the fact that for example the Scythians were nomadic pastoralists makes the Keto diet a peak #IndoEuropean way of nutrition.
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