Kauna
Kauna tears the winds of night
flutters not by your breath
The ice melts by your light
Kauna revales pale traces
Kauna seeps into secrets
Lights up the eyes
The fire cleanses my mind
Kaun, the flame burnes

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/kauna-kauna.html

February is called Sol-monath in Old English which supposedly means "mud month" according to Bede, but philologically it is literally spelled "sun-month" and makes me think it has to do with the days getting longer again, similar to how the Celts celebrate Imbolc. Lent occurs at the end of February, and the word actually comes from the Old German meaning springtime and lengthening. (And to the ancient Germans March was called Lenzin-manod.)

In Old Saxon, February is Sune-manoð which again literally means "sun month"

This is the kind of food we ate with my dad's German family. I still make this about once a week!https://germanculture.com.ua/main-dishes/beer-bratwurst-braised-with-onions-and-apples/

Sharing some bindrunes from a rune master I trust.

Wikipedia is occasionally decent. From the article on Finnish Paganism:


The Finnish pagans were also animists, worshipping local nature deities at site-specific shrines to that particular deity. These shrines are thought to be mainly "tree-gods": wooden statues or carvings done in trees or treestumps, depicting human figures, and have been scarcely preserved. One confirmed Stone Age wooden statue has been found in Pohjankuru, and folklore about worshipping tree-gods has been documented.

A beautiful example of what you can do on just 1/3 of an acre! https://youtu.be/HAZwj23DxVE

Schneewittchen und Rosenrot - Snow White and Rose Red, kept safe by a bear who turns out to be a prince! A metaphor for the animating spirit of such noble animals. The bear in this Grimm tale may also be a reference to the shapeshifting nature of the berserkers (bear shirts) and Paleolithic bear cults. The name of the legendary English hero Beowulf is Old English for "bee wolf" or a bear.

A really nice break down of Celtic/Germanic Ethnos and It's sustainability compared to Civilization with it's large cities.https://youtu.be/c9QH-ejntJA