Sugaar, as "The Serpent in the Lauburu"

New song by a heathen artist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHC4dfs2_Q

Heimdal and his Nine Mothers. W.G. Collingwood

Rübezahl, also known as Krkonoš is a deity or spirit of central Europe residing in the giant mountains also known as the Krkonoše. He is a prominent figure in German, Polish, and Czech folklore. He is a shapeshifter and lord of the mountains. Taking the form of a gnome, goblin, giant, woodwose, old man, handsome prince, old granny, and even a headless apparition with a three legged horse. He is known to aid those who are pure of heart but to harm or even kill those who are malevolent, rude or lying. He often takes the role of a trickster sometimes helpful such as giving away gold disguised as horse manure sometimes much more malevolent going so far as to crush the bones of a thief by throwing him to the ground. He has a thing for maidens and one of his most famous stories involves him capturing a princess and taking her to his underground kingdom, where he gifts her roots such as Turnips in order that she may make them change into the form of whatever she desires, friends, pets, or wild animals. However they rot and whither like the roots they are. Eventually in order to return to her love the Prince Ratibor the princess tricks Rubezahl into counting all the Turnips in a meadow which in order to get correct and prove his love he does over and over to check his count. The maiden escapes and Rubezahl pursues summoning lightning bolts in a attempt to halt her escape with Ratibor. Here is where he gained the nickname Rubezahl “Turnip counter” Though he despises this name and it is unwise to call him that lest you earn his fury and anger and instead the titles of “Lord of the mountains” or “Lord John” are much more preferred. Rubezahl is also the lord of weather in his mountains and can summon whatever weather he wishes in his kingdom. He is said to be the prince of gnomes and rules the underworld with its marble halls with subjects of goblins and gnomes who manage the fire beneath the land to create minerals and precious metals. Miners often looked to gain his favor in order to have access to the minerals he made within his mountains careful not to lose his favor and incur his wrath. Like many old pagan deities Rubezahl was made into a demon by christians with many of his oldest appearances being that of a horned and hoofed demon, perhaps tying into the horned god of the region Holler. Rubezahl is also said to take part in the wild hunt similar to Wotan and Holler. He also carries a cane, staff or club that looks like an uprooted tree and is a defender of the animals and forests of his lands. He if often known for testing the people who walk his mountains for their pure hearts and aiding or harming them accordingly. Given that he rules over the metals and minerals of the land he is often called “Treasure keeper” for the hoard of treasure he is said to possess. He is also said to have been the one who gifted Sourdough bread to people showing them how to make it. Tolkien himself has referred to him as the inspiration for Gandalf in his elderly man form. He often took the form of a toad and if someone were to harm the toad their leg would break within a few steps. He was most well known in Bohemia and Silesia. An important distinction between Rubezahl in Czech and German folklore is the Czech had him more in the role of protector of who they perceived as corrupt German landlords. Rubezahl may be a memory of Wotan but it is more likely he is a similar regional deity or spirit specific to the mountains who may have fed into the legends that we now see as of Wotan in Germany. What is your favorite thing about Rubezahl?

When we first began we jumped straight in and overtime we came to understand how to accomplish our goals. HeimdallR's Home became Hyperborean Radio to more reflect our desire for change, to recall the past to move to the future. The Wylder Folk just as with any name is a wish, we wish to awaken the Wild soul in our people, to show a better way, a truer way, a way that is ours, deep inside our wild spirit waits to roar forth, across the wasteland of modernity, the saplings grow amongst the decay. The enchanted forests of old sing the old songs that quicken our memory, and beat the battlefield drums of our group spirit, the bloodlore flows, the collective unconscious fires off, and together we can build a home again in a world where the wild spirit runs free. We are the Wylder Folk, we follow our old ways, we broadcast a message of hope and courage out through the crumbling husk of the age we live in, and as the age of heroes begins, we know that with the beacon lit, all roads lead home.

Logo by Neale "Aethelwulf" Rundgren https://t.me/AethelwulfArt

Father Frost and the step-daughter. Ivan Bilibin

Go listen to todays podcast with Neale Rundgren where we discussed the importance of inspiration and creativity in any creative field as well as the difficulties involved when inspiration runs dry which happens to all artists of any kind and how to find it again. We also oddly end up discussing architecture and how all of this stems from the biospirit.
https://anchor.fm/hyperborean-radio/episodes/Inspiration-and-Creativity-WNeale-Rundgren-e128e29

Today Freyja is often depicted with Tomcats however the word "Fress" which was translated to cat can also mean bear, as a result early depictions of Freyja depict her with cats or bears, before it was generally agreed that her carriage was drawn by cats. This was likely due to her association with witches, but in all honesty they don't really know. In other words whether Freyja is associated with cats or bears comes down to a translation of a word that could've meant either. Regardless of your personal preference the bear theory never really became popular and as a result Freyja has her cats and her boar Hildisivini, the cats eventually entered nearby Russian folklore where Thor came across two unwanted kittens of Bayun a magical cat from Russian folklore, Thor was tricked into taking the cats and gave them to Freyja. It is unclear how old this story is and it may have spawned as a way to explain the cats or it may be far older and cat was the correct translation.-TLK

Fairy Land by Gustave Dore 1881

Bride is a Scottish Goddess associated with life and the wife of the Summer King Angus. She is diametrically opposed to Beira the Queen of Winter who attempted to keep her weak and servile, however Beira's impossible tasks that she gave Bride were conquered one by one by Bride with the help of Father Winter. As Bride and Angus became husband and wife, the touch and power of Bride and Angus banished Beira as the Queen of Winter and brought Spring across the land. -TLK

"With passing time, its passage soon or late,
My bolts of lightning on the foe will rain,
On all who seek as slaves my people's fate
And strive to crush our spirits for their gain.-
But when the springtime comes with climate fair,
To Latvia's folk sweet showers I will send,
By day will give them clean refreshing air,
And to the darkness sparks of light will lend."

"To them in nature I will stay close by;
My voice of thunder in the sky will ring.
Of Perkons strong the name will never die;
The Latvian folk will ever of it sing.
I wish here now you other gods, apace,
Will follow close upon my guiding will,
And each one swear, at proper time and place,
For humankind a promise to fulfil."

- Perkons, Lāčplēsis

Teoksen Nimi 2 by Jarmo Mäkilä

Valkyrie are often depicted as beautiful and almost merciful warrior maidens, in the modern day they are even paired with Pegasus like horses from Greek Mythology. However, while the feminine psychopomp and death god are extremely prevalent and important throughout Europe, their is a darker and more gruesome nature to the Valkyrie's ability. Before a great battle "The Choosers of the Slain" would go to the battle and begin working a loom of entrails from the future battlefield, using heads as shuttlecocks, and using blades and other weapons in order to make the decisions as to who will live and who will die. The Valkyries are hard to pin down nowadays as some are goddesses, others are woman, while in other forms they are a class of spirit or god all their own like the Nornir.-TLK

New video from Harald the Swedish Farmer who joins us on Hyperborean Radio when he is able https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TI6-oKoirs

New post on the history of European Poetic Insult Battles "Flyting" by J. A. Coburn on the blog https://wylderhomesproject.life/2021/06/09/the-basics-of-flyting/

Before Europe began to travel the world and colonize Asia, The Americas, etc. The symbol of wildness and "Savageness" was the Wildman or Woodwose, a person covered in fur/hair from head to toe. However, after traveling around and finding most of the "Savage" races of man were relatively hairless in comparison a new appreciation of European hairiness entered the culture. Woodwose's became a common heraldic symbol, a new romanticism entered their mythology, and beards became a point of racial pride for Europeans and Beard Clubs and Competitions arose as a way of celebrating the hirsute and burly masculine beauty of the Hyperborean peoples, taking pride in being hairy like the wildman in comparison to the other races. -TLK

‘Cosmic growth’