Davy Jones, is a modern sea deity of the European people. He has recently gained popularity thanks to the near lovecraftian representation in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. He is often considered a spirit of the sea or by many Christians lore the “devil of the sea” with Davy Jones locker being the Hell to the Fiddlers Green sort of meadow of the ancestors/Heaven. He is said to be able to manipulate the wind and sea to a degree in order to help or hinder sailors. When in human form he often takes the form of a fisherman or a pirate but is also able to change into different forms of sea life such as an ancient barnacle encrusted whale or a large octopus or squid or really anything, this is so well known that once when an ancient looking whale was caught it was if they had caught “Davy Jones himself”. When sailors die at sea and sink to “Davy Jones Locker” this is often used as a euphemism for the sea floor and in common parlance a kind of hell, but is actually a sort of reward or kindness or even gift given by Davy Jones who then takes the sailors onto his crew who can sail for eternity or as long as you like.
A sort of eternal voyage for those who have the sea in their hearts. Davy Jones himself was said to have opened his Locker especially for Stormalong the American folk hero/demigod and original able bodied sailor, though in others Stormalong sails amongst the clouds for eternity. Davy Jones is often treated as a member of King Neptune's court especially during Equator crossing ceremonies in the US navy. Numerous attempts to Christianize or make foreign Davy Jones have occurred from accusing him of being Jonah to King David to an English pub owner to a sort of Indian spirit. The story of his love for Calypso is actually a part of his folklore and was not made up for the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Davy Jones is even featured in the United States official Navy Song where it is sung “Sink their boats to Davy Jones Hooray!”. So next time you are at sea and see a rather old fish or beast of the deep perhaps it is Davy Jones getting a good look at you, for he is not to a specific ethnic group but to our people when we are among the sea. What is your favorite thing about Davy Jones?

The Family of The Grand Duke of Hesse by Heinrich Von Angeli 1879

Baba Yaga is an interesting goddess, she is most often thought of as the Boogeyman in modern contexts, but she is actually a far older and influential goddess. She is the one who tests the courage of heroes, the one who helped Vasalisa the Beautiful, a Russian heroine. She is also at times considered the love of Veles. In many tales Baba Yaga is depicted as living near or across a river of fire. A motif in folklore that indicates the boundary between this realm and that of the dead. In essence Baba Yaga dwells at the liminal spaces of life and death, while also governing rites of passage for the living.-TLK

Titania and Oberon are the fairy king and queen known to pop culture, similar to Puck they too have roots in the folklore before Shakespeare popularized them. Though unlike Puck it is less blatant. Titania is often thought to have her name derived from Diana, who became the fairy queen and a witch goddess in European folklore. With the name being contorted with time and translation by the time of Shakespeare. Oberon however is often thought to come from French folklore and originated from the dwarf/elf Alberich most well known from Wagner's operas though he originated in folklore long before than. Both these origins are generally accepted though there are obvious holes a more clear origin has yet to emerge in my research. - TLK

This is mildly funny-TLK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqeakPDC5i4

Externsteine is an ancient monument in the Teutoberg Forest. It has many carvings some pagan some "Christian", with specific openings that help pinpoint the Summer Solstice. It was likely an ancient cult site associated with Eostar as a Summer Goddess and Ostara the Saxon Moon goddess, as the large stones were also called "Moon stones". The monument is also the origin of the modern symbol of Irminsul, where the symbol is depicted as cut down while the modern symbol is standing up in honor of the old god Irmin.-TLK

Some good American Folky tunes with mentions of one my favorite myths the Wild Hunt-TLK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoNkcgdznjk

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”by Gustave Doré

Coming at you from the wasteland of modernity, Celtic God and the Lorekeeper are joined by The Dread Pirate McThunder who has made port and called us up with a brick. We sit back with a pint and spin some yarns on Davy Jones, Naval traditions, privateers, shanty's, Mermaids, and more. This is a wet one get your sailor gear lads and lassies and get ready to find your sea legs! This is Hyperborean Radio thanking you for tuning in.
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Krodo Statue in Bad Harzburg
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One of my favorite songs that reminds me of Midsummer-TLK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHCpGbaYBs

One of the traditions of European Summer Solstice Traditions involves the romantic nature of floral wreaths. Women would make the floral wreaths and give them to the men they liked as a sign of having feelings for them, if the men returned the crown or gave his oak leaf crown to her it was a sign he liked her back. In many occasions they or any other established couple would jump over ceremonial fires, cementing their relationship spiritually. This was likely intended as one of the precursors to allow for mated couples to form and the potential for pregnancy to begin similar to earlier spring customs like Easter and May day. As many holidays acted as a pattern of courting, mating, and family making.-TLK

Happy Summer Solstice from all of us Wylde Folk at Hyperborean Radio. Hope you're doing well out there in the Wastelands of Modernity.


Painting:
Personification of Summer by Rosalba Giovanna Carriera

Remember to enjoy the little moments everyone, they often mean the most-TLK

Nordic Bronze Age (c.1700-500BCE) sun chariot from Trundholm, Denmark discovered in a bog in 1902. Could potentially be an early predecessor to the horse Skinfaxi who pulled Dagr (Day) across the sky in Norse mythology.

The name Cunobeline comes from common Brittonic Cunobelinos, meaning "Strong as a dog". He was a pre-Roman king in England from roughly around AD 9 until about AD 40. classical historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius mention him here and there, and many coins bearing his name have been discovered (Example above). Cunobeline controlled much of south-eastern Britain, including territories of the Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius, calls Cunobeline King of the Britons (Britannorum rex). From the usage of the word title "Rex" on several coinage, it seems Emperor Augustus regarded, or indeed recognised Cunobeline as a client king. Cunobeline appears in British folklore, and in Shakespear's play called Cymbeline.

A coin dedicated to Cunobeline

Elen, Elen is a british goddess whose name likely derives from a word for fawn or deer. She is often considered a very old and very important British goddess. Despite very little remaining in the modern day about her at least clearly. She appears in an Aisling (Vision dream) in the Mabinogion. Mascen Wledig (Who is often thought to be based on the Roman emperor Maximus) has a dream that involved a red gold castle. Inside two children are playing chess, a king is carving chess pieces, and the Beautiful Elen is there. Upon waking Mascen becomes obsessed with finding Elen and has his men go look for her and after finding her proposes to her, she accepts and asks for the territory of three chiefs as her bridal payment. Receiving the Isle of Britain, she then builds many roads which “Oddly” are said to predate the supposedly Roman time period the story is meant to reference. She then leads an army to protect Britain from invading Celts, as in this story she is Celto-Roman, and said to be Gaulish in descent. However a female antlered figuring, place names, and other finds mark her as a likely British deity that has remnants of a once wider spread through Europe. The combination of her name and the belief she is an antlered goddess of great age, combined with her association with paths and roads resulted in her becoming classified not only as an antlered goddess but a Reindeer goddess. Considered so old she is said to have originated when Doggerland connected mainland Europe to Britain and the reindeer still roamed onto what became the British Isles. This combined with what could be an egregious symbiosis of various Siberian and far north Shamanic tribes association with Reindeer have resulted in her being classified as a shamanic goddess. However, she is still likely to be a horned/antlered goddess and the common headdress featuring antlers as well as cave art depicting the animal does bring such a possible association to light, especially when the Mabinogion Elen and her sovereignty and Aisling come into focus. All this together causes her to be known as Elen of the Hosts, Elen of the ways, as well as her Christianized Counterpart St. Helen. She is also at times thought to essentially be a sort of Land Dis of Britain not dissimilar to Skadi, in that she represents the land that must be made fertile by joining a king/sovereign/leader(male) to the land. It is unclear if this is truly the case though an unfit king causing the land to become infertile does appear in the story of the Fisher King due to his “leg” injury. Possibly both originate from an older concept or perhaps both are christianized to a point. From there unfortunately is UPG, with her becoming known as both a physical deity and the Green Woman. A feminine counterpart to the Green Man. While I can neither confirm nor deny her status as such, I see no clear evidence of such. However she clearly was an important if somewhat forgotten deity. She is said to be continued in traditions such as Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in Staffordshire which typically uses Reindeer antlers, other sections include Roads such as the High Deer Road. The possibility of a sort of Deer Mother becoming more obscure as the animal she was associated with being extricated from the land she was associated with is not far fetched, and like many goddesses who never make it into the books the folk culture keeps alive some of the oldest and most treasured stories. For who bothers writing down what everyone knows? What is your favorite thing about Elen?

Call of the Wolf God : 2021