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Forwarded from Albion
WISTMANS WOOD, DARTMOOR

The legendary Wild Hunt are located within Wistmans Wood, Devon, whose hellhounds are known as Yeth (Heath) or Wisht Hounds in the Devonshire dialect

The word wis is related to the Saxon word ‘to know’, with ‘wissman’ meaning ‘Wood of the Wise Man’. A more popular opinion, considering the wood’s location, is that it derives from the Devonshire word Wisht, which means pixie-led, or haunted. Dartmoor is notorious for its pixies, who seem to haunt every tor and outcrop.

From leading lost travellers astray to causing cars to crash along the empty roads, they have a mischievous reputation. If the name is correct, then Wistman’s Wood is one place where you can surely expect to be pixie-led if you aren’t careful.
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes) (Wylder Folk Lorekeeper)
Njordr is an often overlooked Scandinavian god, despite being of extreme importance. Being one of the core figures of the Vanir, and father of both Freyr and Freyja. While Njordr is often treated as akin to Poseidon in regards to being god of the sea this is a misnomer. It would be more accurate to associate Njordr with trade, sailing, and winds. He is even depicted at times with a bag of winds that he releases the wind from. His association with sailing and trading has also made him the god associated with wealth. It is possible due to the shifting nature of genealogies that the reason Njordr is the father of Freyr and Freyja is symbolic, and references the importance of trade in regards to Iceland which did not have as robust a form of agriculture as Europe proper. Causing the association of fertility directly with trade in Iceland's mythos. His importance was likely even higher in Scandinavia where the Vanir cult was of highest regard and married to Skadi, the goddess who Scandinavia is named after.-TLK
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Forwarded from ȺηтнαѕGαтє
Ancient Celts

Skin: Commonly described as fair, clear or white. (ref: Diodorus, Ammianus Marcellinus)

Hair: Long hair was the fashion, described as “thick and shaggy like a horse’s mane”, even satyr-like due to the treatment with limewater; the aristocracy favored large moustaches; and the Celts generally shaved their entire bodies, Caesar’s account further proven by iron razors and sprung iron shears found at the site of La Tene. Hair was variously mentioned as blond, flaxen or tawny, but either way further lightened artificially with lime. (ref: Caesar)

Height: Frequently described as very tall - taller than the Romans, the women bigger and stronger than Roman women. (ref: Diodorus, Marcus Borealis)

Fitness: The Celts are frequently attributed by historians with great physical prowess (“with rippling muscles”). In fact, fitness was so inherent to their customs, that any man exceeding the standard size was punished. (ref: Strabo)

Food/Diet: Grains, fruits, nuts, meat. Caesar describes them as living on “milk and meat”; Poseidonius also points out bread and fish. Cattle, dogs, hares, fowl and geese they grew only for entertainment or practical use.

Fashion: Striking clothing, dyed and embroidered in bright colors, striped or checkered cloaks. They wore form-fitting pants called “bracae”, tunics that were red, purple or multicolored, elaborate torcs as symbols of power, brooches, bracelets, hairpins and rings. They took great interest in their appearance, so that not even the poorest wore soiled or ragged clothing. Even cosmetic grinders have been found in Iron Age British contexts, signalling they might have used eyeshadow or blush. (ref: Diodorus, Flavius Arianus, Propertius, Amnianus Marcellinus)

Tattoos: The Britons were unique for their tattoos and the blue woad they painted their bodies with. (ref: Caesar)

Music: The most famous Celtic instrument is the Carnyx, styled in the form of an open-mouthed boar, emitting harsh, discordant sounds suited for battle. (ref: Diodorus)

Personality: High-spirited, hospitable, fond of feasting, straightforward, frank, courageous, etc. (ref: Diodorus)

Notable traditions: The head as the throne of the soul, hence the custom of severed heads as trophies; comradeship was important (those with most followers considered most powerful). (ref: Polybius)

Traveling: Some tribes were nomadic, ridden with wanderlust, others settled down in farming communities.

Spirituality: Animism (the notion that everything is animated with life, including nature), the worship of nature, a vast pantheon of gods that differed from tribe to tribe, but had common deities as well (ie. Cernunnos).
Forwarded from Æhtemen
Eolh-secg

We all know this rune, commonly called the Life-rune. It's usually translated as Elk-sedge; however I recently found a reference where the plant was also recorded (in Old English) in the following terms; eolugsecg, eolxsegc, illucseg, ilugseg and ilugsegg – this changes the meaning somewhat. According to Johannes Hoops in their book 'Über Die Altenglischen Pflanzennamen' (1889) the root eoletes means water and they compare this rune to the plant Sea Holly (Sea Thistle). The word secg was used in Anglo-Saxon compound words to mean 'sword' which describes the sharp ended holly for sure!

"die Meerdistel hat ihren Platz am häufigsten im Sumpfe; sie wächst im Wasser, verwundet grimmig, brennt blutig jeden Mann, der sie irgend angreift".

"The sea thistle has its place most often in the swamp; it grows in the water, wounds fiercely, burns bloody every man who attacks it".
Forwarded from Hyperborean Reflections🍄
One of my favorite quotes from The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell