Johnny Appleseed is a folk hero of America. In real life he was a man born around the birth of the nation named John Chapman who went around speaking of the spirit world, bartering apple trees, and wandering in the woods. His story was ripe for mythology and he eventually ended up in American Folklore as "The Spirit of the Frontier" existing as a folk hero and forest spirit. A more modern title of his is "The American Dionysus" which was given to him due to the plentitude of cider apples that were planted by him, as well as wildman archetypal aspects.-TLK

Benjamin Franklin once tried to promote an American Phonetic Alphabet of his own design. Each letter would make a single sound he also removed letters such as "C, J, Q, W, X and Y" Which he thought were redundant. This was done in a similar vein to his push for the Turkey as our national bird. In order to spearhead new ideas and define American culture as a distinct and new way of doing things. Neither the Turkey or the Alphabet ended up taking off though. So the Latin Alphabet and Bald Eagle remain.-TLK

An old video I made years ago, Happy 4th of July my fellow Wylde Hyperborean Folk across the pond from Mother Europa.-TLK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiqZI9MczEA&list=PL0IsLiQJnTeIjFgl_us995y3IAEHpLJDa&index=14

American-Grove Mindset. #Regrowthesacredgroves

Hello to all those out there in the Wastelands on this fine Independence Day, today we discussed the continuation of European Pagan customs into American culture. Especially those that pertain to Midsummer, as you sit near the bonfire and hear the noises fall to earth, enjoy the tales of days gone by of Folk heroes of the frontier, and of the line of tradition from ages long gone and down to us. Just as Lady Liberty holds a torch, so too do we hold that of our traditions in our hand. A flame that we pass soul to soul, generation to generation. Stay Strong, Stay Great, Stay Wylde. https://youtu.be/-vmm2g8rtAs

Happy 4th of July

Thomas Jefferson was a founding father and the third president of the United States. During his life he served as ambassador to France helping secure them as an ally in the revolutionary war. He also wrote the declaration of independence, served as vice president and president, bought the Louisiana purchase, sent men to fight muslim pirates, published the Jefferson Bible, helped push both the Germanic government system and freedom of religion as core values, he served as the idealist for the Yeoman among the founding fathers. When he eventually died he died the same day as his rival John Adams, on July 4th, 1826. At his home of Monticello, with all its splendor and agricultural experiments.-TLK

Legacy: Thomas Jefferson is one of what I will call the "Big 3" of the founding fathers alongside Washington and Franklin. his actions resulted in our independence, westward expansion of the nation including my home state of Iowa, founding of the navy to fight Muslim Pirates, the integration of numerous crops such as Sesame which he kept in his gardens, but the most enduring legacy is his push for freedom of thought and the pursuit of happiness among the people. He envisioned an Arcadian world in America full of self sufficient Yeoman. The Jefferson Monument holds several quotes and a statue of the Founding Father, in a structure reminiscent of Greek shrines and temples. In a way his very legacy was one of freedom and the right to choose who and what we wished to be. Was her perfect? No. Was he a great man who is a Founding Father a Romulus and Remus to our nation? Yes, yes he was. -TLK
P.S.- I plan on doing longer blog posts on many of the founding fathers. I want to do more research before I do Jefferson.

As promised a wee bit longer post on Jefferson, he'll also be the first founding father to get a deep dive in time. Hope everyone had a good 4th.-TLK
P.S.- The Ameriposting will go back down to regular levels after the Holiday.

A Summer Day by Arnold Bocklin 1881

For any Balts out there, our friend Daug put this out about a year ago-TLK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Ymc5g6_To

The figure of Mother Goose, is an interesting one. She appears as an imaginary author of French Fairy Tales & English Nursery Rhymes. She appears as a women in a witches hat riding atop a goose. She has her origins in far older folklore perhaps as far back as Frau Herre riding a goose in Gaulish art or figures such as Berthe Pedauque "Swan-Footed Queen" who was absorbed by Christian artists, she was a swan or goose footed goddess who spun tales and flax in French folklore. Mother Goose even appears in old Pantomimes alongside another figure with folkloric deity origins, Harlequin.-TLK

The altar of Ragutis
Discover this pagan place at https://paganplaces.com/places/the-altar-of-ragutis/
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In Dutch Folklore "Fro" is the son of Nerthus and was gifted Gullin the first boar, which was made by the dwarves out of gold. This boar Gullin along with Fro showed the people how to plow the fields and taught them agriculture, using Gullin's tusks as a plow. People eventually learned how to make a more efficient plow themselves, but the teachings of Fro and Gullin remain relevant to this day, Gullin would become the father of all Tusked animals including boars and walruses.-TLK

The wonders of the canopy

For anyone who didn't know one of our ongoing projects is "The God of the Day Book" A book intended as a sort of intro into the diverse gods across European cultures. 365 deities one for each day of the average modern calendar. Below is one such example that will be in the book stay tuned as I hope to have it finished by Harvest time ;)-TLK