Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків) is a 1965 film by the Soviet filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the classic book by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. The film was Parajanov's first major work and earned him international acclaim for its rich use of costume and color. It also features a detailed portrayal of Ukrainian Hutsul culture, showing not only the harsh Carpathian environment and brutal family rivalries, but also the various aspects of Hutsul traditions, music, costumes, and dialect. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb6GMSG2cEY

The symbol of Crescent moon and star, or just the crescent moon by itself did not originate from Islam. It pre-dates Muslim Faith by thousands of years. Much like how a symbol of cross pre-dates Christianity, or the six pointed star (star of David) predates Jewish nation. Symbols such as Swastika, Crescent moon, Cross, six pointed star, and other symbols come from deep antiquity, and some of them are untraceable. Various religions, tribes, nations and other groups adopt these symbols, and use them for their own reasons. Earlier today I heard a researcher say that crescent moon symbol is connected to Scythians as well

We are so in the dark about our history. We don’t know what the heck happened in the past and who was fighting who. No one is left alive now to tell us what happened past 100 years ago. We rely on available official information, but all of the available official information was made available to us for a reason, because someone wants us to absorb this information. To search through alternative sources is difficult, because it’s hard to pinpoint authentic sources. We are searching in the dark, but something tells me one day we will learn the truth about our genuine history & origins.

This is a short clip from 2017 Russian film “I AM DRAGON.” It was all right. I’m glad they’re starting to make Slavic pagan themed films in Russia. This film somewhat reminded me of Persephone and Hades. The sweet beautiful maiden stolen by dark prince and taken to his dark cave, but the evil dragon prince ends up falling in love with the young kind maiden who melts his frozen heart. Dragons are a part of Slavic mythology, so that was accurate, but I’d like to see more European pagan mythology show in modern films

Along with the crescent moon symbol on Russia’s monument that is said to relate to Scythians, there also a snake there. You see the little snake on the shield? The bottom picture is an image of Scythian goddess Liga. You see the snakes there as well? Does this remind you of something? It immediately reminded me of Christian/Orthodox Saint George who is always depicted killing a serpent. It also reminds me of Ireland and Saint Patrick who supposedly driven all of the snakes from the land

What snakes/serpents/dragons did they kill or driven from land?

It’s alway something relating to Christian forces wiping out the previous hierarchy, and its always presented as those evil serpents/snakes. It’s confusing, because some sources claim any knowledge, tribe, society, or order that’s connected to reptile/serpents/dragon is evil, while others say the opposite. Who really knows? The Bible says that the snake/serpent is evil, but I know that the Bible will always mislead the public by demonizing the previous pagan faith as evil or demonic. I personally think the Bible presents a lot of things backwards. I’m not saying there isn’t any wisdom in the Bible, but those seeds of truth that are included in Bible are half truths, distorted or misrepresented truth

I was pleasantly surprised to see producers include this beautiful druid dance scene in TV series I was watching called “outlander.” I’m always happy to see the mainstream present the old ways of Europeans in a positive light. You see the sun rising at the end of the scene? It is said that the Celtic druids, much like Slavic pagans, as well as ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun among other gods and deities.

🇺🇸 Pouring sap into a container to be boiled down into maple syrup, Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont, 1940

Book by the woman featured in the talk above. It looks interesting. I might read it to foment thought because I’m sure the concept is found in European indigenous culture also.

You have to give credit to these people for realizing Christianity rendered Western consciousness a dead zone. But it’s heartbreaking that generations of white spiritual anthropologists had no notion of the depth found in their own folk culture. This lady is Basque for crying out loud! One would think there is a lot there to dig in to! But being raised in America, she seems to have looked everywhere but Europe. Then again, I’m new to her. Should read more before jumping to conclusions.

She’s got very good points in the above talk, though. Like a female Joseph Campbell.
https://amzn.to/2PV0mJ9

Gorgeous art!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/sunsofhyperborea.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/the-art-of-vsevolod-ivanov/amp/

Russian artist Vsevolod Ivanov depicts his idea of ancient Rus land, and its cities made up of wooden buildings. That is how most people imagine ancient Russia to be. They even call it “Деревянная Русь” (wooden Rus) meaning that ancient Russians used only wood to build with. However, today many Russian alternative researchers argue against this view of ancient Russia. These alternative Russian researchers are finding more of the buried buildings in Russia made of white stone. There are finding remains of white stone buildings beneath the red brick buildings and beneath wooden buildings. So it turns out that ancient Rus wasn’t only all wooden buildings but stone buildings as well. I found that the further back we go in history the larger stone structures become. Before the antique civilization, which consisted of giant stone buildings, temples, palaces, etc.., there was megalithic civilization, made of enormous stones