Sitting down to eat as a family, or tribe, carries with it a sense of the divine in itself. The very act of coming together with your bloodkin and companions to break bread is sacred in my eyes, as it gives the opportunity for uncontested quality time if you allow it.
Leave the mobile phones in another room, put the book down, and enjoy the blessing of one another’s presence in this hallowed act with your kin.
I think this is lost on us in the modern age, and will soon be out of reach when children leave and the elderly pass away.
This most hallowed of times should be held in high regard and cherished by all Hyperboreans. Make family meals important.

"The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
― Michael Pollan

Marya Morevna is a famous heroine from Slavic Folklore, yet she is more than she appears at first glance. The dying men declare she is their death, and she makes her camp amongst the dead. This and other aspects of symbolism has led many to believe that she is a disguised Morena hidden in Slavic folklore and his kidnapping by Koschei the Deathless and the eventual pursuit by Tsar Ivan is the tale of a Sun god trying to rescue his bride from the land of the dead. Tsar Ivan even has three sisters somewhat similar to the three Zorya connected to Dazbog they are then married off to a Falcon (Svarog?), an Eagle (Perun?) and a Raven (Chernobog? maybe?) they then reappear and after Ivan has failed and been chopped into pieces by Koschei and set adrift in a barrel bring him back to life, send him to the otherworld to find Baba Yaga get the fastest horse from her and return to rescue Marya and vanquish Koschei. These elements are eerily reminiscent of battles between Winter and Summer in European myths.-TLK

The Apotheosis of the Slavs (The Slav Epic #20) by Alphonse Mucha 1926

The Zorya are protective goddesses of the Slavs. Though they are an odd example being alternatively known as a Single goddess, two sisters, three sisters, and some even argue up to 5 sisters. Though the latter two are lost to time. They are said to watch the star Polaris to make sure Simargl does not get loose and consume the stars and the earth. They are looked to for protection by various tribes and are associated with the Morning, Evening, and Midnight stars. As a single deity she is said to be married to Perun and pull her veil over warriors in battle to protect them, while as a trio the Zorya are attendants of Dazbog opening the gates for him to enter and leave and then in the lap of Zorya the Midnight Star Dazbog will lay his elderly head down and die only to be reborn the next day as a youthful child and go across the sky again.-TLK

Vasalisa the Beautiful by Agnieszka Futa

One of the most blatant continuations of Slavic Ethnic Faith is found in the folk customs such as Embroidery, the above image is said to depict a "Mother Earth" style goddess likely Mokosh, embroidery featuring Mokosh is often used by women who are pregnant or doing women's work in order to gain protection and health for their infant and themselves.-TLK

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Sviatoslav I Igorevich was a hero of the Kievan Rus and a powerful pagan Grand Prince of Kiev. Despite his mothers conversion to Christianity Sviatoslav retained his pagan roots all his life, he honored the gods Perun and Veles. After his death he underwent Apotheosis and ascended to godhood. While his sons entered a Fratricidal war and ended up killing each other with his son Vladimir the Great eventually ruling the Kievan Rus Vladimir was initially Pagan and likely tried to identify himself with the pagan gods bringing various tribal gods together and raising pagan shrines and famously idols to the gods Perun, Mokosh, Stribog, Dazbog, Khors, and Simargl which was an attempt to connect the disparate tribes under his rule by appealing to their gods. Following the political and cultural instability of the abusive Christians Vladimir converted to Christianity and became known as St. Vladimir.-TLK

King Arthur is a mythical king of Britain. Yet while the Christians constantly try to paint him as their legend he is firmly a pagan figure. His name is even a call back and possibly hidden "Bear God" similar to "Artio" or the Witches "Robin Artisson". In this way Arthur maintains the ancient European tradition of the "Bear King", his role as destined king of the fae and tie into Morgan la Fey who is a remnant of multiple goddesses including the Morrigan, has pointed towards his status in some legends as "King of the Dead" this eventually led to him being a leader of the Wild Hunt in Brittany, as well as the folklore surrounding his soul appearing as a raven following his "death" or much more commonly known as "sleep" as King Arthur is the most famous of the Sleeping Kings of Europe.-TLK

Herne's Oak from the Merry Wives of Windsor By George Cruikshank

Saint George is a Minor Christian Saint that ended up as the most beloved and the Patron Saint of England. His Cross is used the flag of England. Like many saints though Saint George was used to cover up a preexisting cult of England. Either one to the hero Siegfried who slayed Fafnir, which would play into the tacked on tale of his slaying of the dragon. While others argue it covers up a god or hero cult of the same name, as many common names like George, Anna and even Margaret are often traced in their origin not to a Christian but a pagan Britain Origin.-TLK