The Pagan Saint George
Saint George is an "Originally" Turkish or Greek Saint, and his older myths have long been overshadowed by the English myth of his slaying of the Dragon. Saint George like many Saints functioned as a means to "cover up" older pagan gods. With Saint George he was largely a means to cover up Pagan Fertility gods. With his battle with the dragon being a battle of Summer vs Winter. While his name which means "Ploughman" or "To work the Earth" is more indicative of his function as a fertility figure. Other names for Saint George include "Green George" or "The Spirit of Spring", both seem to function as a callback to the Green Man of British Myth. His holiday functions as a Fertility festival and he appears in Mummers Plays in the role of a Fertility god next to other figures such as the Green Man. With numerous holidays being conjoined into his including the blessing of the plough. His fertility features and dragon slaying also call back to figures such as Ing, Beowulf, and Siegfried.-TLK
Saint George is an "Originally" Turkish or Greek Saint, and his older myths have long been overshadowed by the English myth of his slaying of the Dragon. Saint George like many Saints functioned as a means to "cover up" older pagan gods. With Saint George he was largely a means to cover up Pagan Fertility gods. With his battle with the dragon being a battle of Summer vs Winter. While his name which means "Ploughman" or "To work the Earth" is more indicative of his function as a fertility figure. Other names for Saint George include "Green George" or "The Spirit of Spring", both seem to function as a callback to the Green Man of British Myth. His holiday functions as a Fertility festival and he appears in Mummers Plays in the role of a Fertility god next to other figures such as the Green Man. With numerous holidays being conjoined into his including the blessing of the plough. His fertility features and dragon slaying also call back to figures such as Ing, Beowulf, and Siegfried.-TLK
Ireland, the land of Eire. Not the land of Jahova or the land of Krisha nor even the land of Odin! Eire be her name, though her name means “Plentiful” or “abundant”, remember she condemned Donn mac Miled to death with a calmness and certainty that reflects its finality.
Eire goddess of the clann Tuatha De Danann said upon gifting the land to the mortals “Warriors, welcome to you. It is long since your coming was foreseen. Yours is this land forever more until you or the land ceases to be. Than this, there is no better land in all of the world! No force shall you lay upon this land; you shall have no gain nor will your children of that which the land does not give freely. Gift to me this boon, that my name may be always upon this land of mine and yours.”.
For this reason is the land call Eire. The Land of Eire. Irelann. Ireland. This boon and curse is held so true that the High Kings of the long ago would marry to him Eire placing her above even himself for the benefit of both the land and her people!
Eire goddess of the clann Tuatha De Danann said upon gifting the land to the mortals “Warriors, welcome to you. It is long since your coming was foreseen. Yours is this land forever more until you or the land ceases to be. Than this, there is no better land in all of the world! No force shall you lay upon this land; you shall have no gain nor will your children of that which the land does not give freely. Gift to me this boon, that my name may be always upon this land of mine and yours.”.
For this reason is the land call Eire. The Land of Eire. Irelann. Ireland. This boon and curse is held so true that the High Kings of the long ago would marry to him Eire placing her above even himself for the benefit of both the land and her people!
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The Witch Goddess, Joan of Arc
While nowadays one of the most beloved Saints, especially of young girls Joan of Arc was actually one of the most famous pagans of the last 1000 years. She was raised in the Rural Fertility cults or "Witch Cults" and the voices she heard came from the local "Faerie Tree" she then cut her hair and wore men's clothes symbolically taking on her deity. She became the Godhead for her cult and led the French against the British until the Church captured her and tried her for witchcraft, deciphering her provincial upbringing and pagan traditions as "Witchcraft". As such she was burned and then reviled by the church for decades after, being cited in Witch Hunt journals as an example of a horrid witch. Though at the same time her bravery and sacrifice led to her being venerated as a goddess by the people. The Church only canonized her in the 1920's after nearly five centuries of trying to snuff out her Pagan cult.-TLK
While nowadays one of the most beloved Saints, especially of young girls Joan of Arc was actually one of the most famous pagans of the last 1000 years. She was raised in the Rural Fertility cults or "Witch Cults" and the voices she heard came from the local "Faerie Tree" she then cut her hair and wore men's clothes symbolically taking on her deity. She became the Godhead for her cult and led the French against the British until the Church captured her and tried her for witchcraft, deciphering her provincial upbringing and pagan traditions as "Witchcraft". As such she was burned and then reviled by the church for decades after, being cited in Witch Hunt journals as an example of a horrid witch. Though at the same time her bravery and sacrifice led to her being venerated as a goddess by the people. The Church only canonized her in the 1920's after nearly five centuries of trying to snuff out her Pagan cult.-TLK
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Forwarded from The American Spirit
“But you have there the myth of the essential white America. All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust, is a sort of by-play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”
-D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature
-D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature
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The Mardi Gras Arc
Carnival, Mardi Gras, Marche Du Nain Rouge, Fasnacht, Kukeri there are so many different traditions across our lands that all involve costumes, processions, and festivals. Disguising oneself as a fool, a doctor, a harlot or so many things we are able to both become who we wish to be and hide who we are. We mimic the processions across the sky and embrace the coming spring. There are many facets to cover and more than I can possibly cover ever, let alone in just a few weeks between now and the end of most festivities. However, I shall gladly share what I can, and in the spirit of masks and hidden identities. I shall gladly unmask what the Church took from us, the many "Saints" they used to cover up our beloved traditions I shall "unmask" several starting with yesterdays Joan of Arc and Saint George. Enjoy folks, Your Humble Hyperborean Lorekeeper-TLK #00412
Carnival, Mardi Gras, Marche Du Nain Rouge, Fasnacht, Kukeri there are so many different traditions across our lands that all involve costumes, processions, and festivals. Disguising oneself as a fool, a doctor, a harlot or so many things we are able to both become who we wish to be and hide who we are. We mimic the processions across the sky and embrace the coming spring. There are many facets to cover and more than I can possibly cover ever, let alone in just a few weeks between now and the end of most festivities. However, I shall gladly share what I can, and in the spirit of masks and hidden identities. I shall gladly unmask what the Church took from us, the many "Saints" they used to cover up our beloved traditions I shall "unmask" several starting with yesterdays Joan of Arc and Saint George. Enjoy folks, Your Humble Hyperborean Lorekeeper-TLK #00412
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Krewe's of Mardi Gras: Krewe of Druids
The Krewe of Druids or Krewe of Ancient Druids are a fairly recent (Founded 1998) and small Krewe for New Orleans Mardi Gras. They are a nonprofit based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They take their name from the nickname for Tuscaloosa "The Druid City" due to it originally being covered in many oaks, which are heavily associated with the ancient Druids of Europe.
Druids are often egregiously thought of as a Priest Class. Though their role was more complex than a simple priest of modern day. They were both teachers and students of all subjects. Some were historians, others craftsman, some were tacticians, akin to Journeymen. Some acted as advisors or diplomats by their end they had grown corrupt, yet still when Rome came for them on the Isle of Mann and won, it was at a heavy toll as the Roman causalities numbered so that you could walk across the bodies from mainland to island. The Druids were no pushovers. Now they are no more.
The Krewe of Druids or Krewe of Ancient Druids are a fairly recent (Founded 1998) and small Krewe for New Orleans Mardi Gras. They are a nonprofit based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They take their name from the nickname for Tuscaloosa "The Druid City" due to it originally being covered in many oaks, which are heavily associated with the ancient Druids of Europe.
Druids are often egregiously thought of as a Priest Class. Though their role was more complex than a simple priest of modern day. They were both teachers and students of all subjects. Some were historians, others craftsman, some were tacticians, akin to Journeymen. Some acted as advisors or diplomats by their end they had grown corrupt, yet still when Rome came for them on the Isle of Mann and won, it was at a heavy toll as the Roman causalities numbered so that you could walk across the bodies from mainland to island. The Druids were no pushovers. Now they are no more.
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Todays topic was broad and robust like a well built horse, it was also natural like that same well built horse kicking the fuck out of a sheep.
Listen here on WylderHomesProject Theater page.
Or on Spotify.