Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
In a 1666 list of Pagan Gods and miscellaneous entities, Laurentius Petri mentions "Tontucupit" (modern Finnish: tonttukupit), meaning "elf cups". Clearly this is a reference to cupstones, in the cups / indentations of which food was left — and this mention reveals that the entities called tonttu (plural: tontut) were the ones receiving the food.
In Sweden, it's the jultomte ('Yule elf') who is the traditional bringer of gifts on Yule, whereas in Finland Santa's elves are called joulutonttu. So, when we in modern times have people leaving milk and cookies for Santa, what do we in fact have?
We have an
u n b r o k e n
c o n t i n u a t i o n
of Pagan practices from the era of the cupstones into modernity. L i v i n g ancient tradition.
In Sweden, it's the jultomte ('Yule elf') who is the traditional bringer of gifts on Yule, whereas in Finland Santa's elves are called joulutonttu. So, when we in modern times have people leaving milk and cookies for Santa, what do we in fact have?
We have an
u n b r o k e n
c o n t i n u a t i o n
of Pagan practices from the era of the cupstones into modernity. L i v i n g ancient tradition.
Forwarded from 🌻🌷Oakwood Forest 🌳 🦌
Paganism never died in Europe. It's LIVING. It's regional, local. It's folk culture. It's not dogmatic. It is experiential. It's not in any book, but it is in MANY books. It is in the language, landscape, stories, practices, and legends. Uploading a talk on this later tonight!
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/photographer-captures-still-practiced-pagan-rituals-of-europe
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/photographer-captures-still-practiced-pagan-rituals-of-europe
Fox News
Photographer captures still-practiced Pagan rituals of Europe
Photographer Charles Fréger spent two years journeying through 18 European countries to document still-practiced pagan rituals. Here is a selection of his images.
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
In a 1666 list of Pagan Gods and miscellaneous entities, Laurentius Petri mentions "Tontucupit" (modern Finnish: tonttukupit), meaning "elf cups". Clearly this is a reference to cupstones, in the cups / indentations of which food was left — and this mention reveals that the entities called tonttu (plural: tontut) were the ones receiving the food.
In Sweden, it's the jultomte ('Yule elf') who is the traditional bringer of gifts on Yule, whereas in Finland Santa's elves are called joulutonttu. So, when we in modern times have people leaving milk and cookies for Santa, what do we in fact have?
We have an
u n b r o k e n
c o n t i n u a t i o n
of Pagan practices from the era of the cupstones into modernity. L i v i n g ancient tradition.
In Sweden, it's the jultomte ('Yule elf') who is the traditional bringer of gifts on Yule, whereas in Finland Santa's elves are called joulutonttu. So, when we in modern times have people leaving milk and cookies for Santa, what do we in fact have?
We have an
u n b r o k e n
c o n t i n u a t i o n
of Pagan practices from the era of the cupstones into modernity. L i v i n g ancient tradition.
Forwarded from Folkish France
French artist Gustave Doré is famous for his illustrations of literary works he made in the second half of the 19th century. Here is an example of his talent: Merlin et Vivianne (Merlin and Vivien), for Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King, a cycle of twelve narrative poems retelling Arthurian legends.
These myths are both shared by Britain and France, probably due to the common Welsh and Breton lore.
These myths are both shared by Britain and France, probably due to the common Welsh and Breton lore.
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“Build and Breathe”
by Carolyn Emerick
What even is reality?
All that is and isn’t seen?
Which is real and which might be
a smear upon a mirror unclean.
Words can paint a portrait true,
or a likeness dark with gloom.
But the words I have for you
weave on an otherworldly loom.
And what is true is what we make,
when we value what’s at stake.
The things we give and what we take
morph into the life that we create.
It’s time to build, it’s time to breathe.
It’s time to whisper in the eaves.
It’s time to render and to cleave.
But most of all, we must believe!
Dig in the soil moist and deep
to lay down seed we’ll future reap.
Mortar into bricks must seep
and fortify the castle keep.
Inside the walls a gift was gave
to yon maid and husband brave.
A fair wee bairn born in the cave
ere the wild churning waves.
With each smile fair one brings
all the reminisce of spring.
And the joyous bells do cling
for tribe eternal ere to ring!
by Carolyn Emerick
What even is reality?
All that is and isn’t seen?
Which is real and which might be
a smear upon a mirror unclean.
Words can paint a portrait true,
or a likeness dark with gloom.
But the words I have for you
weave on an otherworldly loom.
And what is true is what we make,
when we value what’s at stake.
The things we give and what we take
morph into the life that we create.
It’s time to build, it’s time to breathe.
It’s time to whisper in the eaves.
It’s time to render and to cleave.
But most of all, we must believe!
Dig in the soil moist and deep
to lay down seed we’ll future reap.
Mortar into bricks must seep
and fortify the castle keep.
Inside the walls a gift was gave
to yon maid and husband brave.
A fair wee bairn born in the cave
ere the wild churning waves.
With each smile fair one brings
all the reminisce of spring.
And the joyous bells do cling
for tribe eternal ere to ring!
Some interesting history I had never heard before. Thought it timely considering the state of world affairs.https://www.thenational.scot/news/15151138.letters-ii-as-many-as-100000-scots-were-sold-into-slavery/?ref=fbshr
The National
Letters II: As many as 100,000 Scots were sold into slavery
I WAS struck by the article on Scotland’s role in the African slave trade (No sugaring the pill of our country’s slave trade role, The National,…