Forwarded from GeeDunk Nautica
“The Old Gentleman of Raahe”, is the oldest diving suit in the world, created in Finland sometime in the 1700s.
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
The hero Petru, from Romanian folklore.
Lorelai is a German siren or water spirit who sits on The Lorelei rock and sings a song that leads sailors to their doom. Her father is the Rhine itself, a river deity. However, the legend of Lorelei while it takes inspiration from folklore largely comes out of a literary tradition though the Lorelei rock does make odd noises that have inspired numerous legends including the idea that dwarves were banging around inside the rock.-TLK
Had Bunyan on the Brain so here is a longer essay on Bunyan himself. Enjoy-TLK https://wylderhomesproject.life/2021/07/08/paul-bunyan-american-heracles/
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Paul Bunyan, American Heracles
By I. M. Knosp America is a comparatively young country when compared to the cultures of Europe such as England, Rome, Sweden, and beyond. Yet we are not lacking in our own folklore, spirits, heroe…
The Aurora Borealis has numerous tales told of it throughout the Northern Hemisphere. In Finland it is the snow or fires being kicked up by the fox, while in Scandinavia some say it is the glittering of the Valkyries armor, while others say it is the ancient god Ullr putting on a display of his power for the other gods, or alternatively the snow from his skis, there is an obscure Celtic tradition that says it is the fires of giants readying themselves for war, while in America a tale of Paul Bunyan says it is him and Babe roughhousing up in Alaska/The North Pole where he retired.-TLK
Enjoy the first of many shorts from Hyperborean Radio, recorded in the wastelands of modernity.-TLK https://anchor.fm/hyperborean-radio/episodes/Everything-is-looking-up-radio-short-e1465ig
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Everything is looking up (radio short) by Hyperborean Radio (uncensored)
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Ullr & Ullrfest
Ullr is a Scandinavian god with ancient origins. He was called upon to witness the swearing of oaths, and is also credited with being the origin of the Biathalon. Despite limited amount of stories he was likely one of the "Big 6" gods of Scandinavia as I will term them, and tied into what we would call Vanir cults. A popular winter sports festival in Colorado "Ullrfest" has the Norse god at the center due to his association with Skiing and Winter. It has created a boom in his popularity and a 25 foot tall sculpture of the god is now present in the hometown of Ullrfest, Breckenridge, Colorado. -TLK
Ullr is a Scandinavian god with ancient origins. He was called upon to witness the swearing of oaths, and is also credited with being the origin of the Biathalon. Despite limited amount of stories he was likely one of the "Big 6" gods of Scandinavia as I will term them, and tied into what we would call Vanir cults. A popular winter sports festival in Colorado "Ullrfest" has the Norse god at the center due to his association with Skiing and Winter. It has created a boom in his popularity and a 25 foot tall sculpture of the god is now present in the hometown of Ullrfest, Breckenridge, Colorado. -TLK
Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
From the “Beyond Van Gogh” exhibit. Big city suppresses the spirit, Nature heals the soul.
Get to the wilderness, Hyperborean.
We belong there.
Get to the wilderness, Hyperborean.
We belong there.