https://telegra.ph/Leshy-Personal-Experience-05-01

Leshy: Personal Experience

In this post I share with you my first personal experience with Leshy, his wrath and blessing.

-Daelendil, The Sun Riders
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Example of the Glagolitic Script initially used to write Old Church Slavonic, c. 862 CE.

The Valknut (a name not historically attested) is a rare symbol appearing on a few runestones, both examples I'm aware of are on Gotland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A4ngelg%C3%A5rda_stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_Hammars_stones

Not a symbol I've thought much about, but a friend of mine gave me his thoughts on it recently.

The Valknut, an interpretation by Bartacus, a colleague of The Sun Riders.

Every part of reality has three components, time has past, present and future, volume has depth, length and height, the universe has space, time and matter, the human has body, soul and spirit etc. The cosmology of the ancient Germanics had nine worlds, so three times three. These parts can't be separated, they are fixed together. There is no way to break this tripartite system. That's why the triangles are locked in each other. They can never be unbound. There are three triangles, so with nine angles. This numerology is very based and should be considered when valuing the symbol. The symbol has been interpreted to have symbolized the linking of the fallen warriors to Wotan, they are bound in this way. I think that the triangles have been chosen purposefully, and the number of three triangles too. Everything is made out of three things, and these things are also made out of three things. The germanic components of the soul are linked in the same way. The heroic part, the spiritedness, the part that drives us to a warriors death, it is linked to the other two parts, reason and appetite, in platonic terminology.

https://telegra.ph/Les-h%C3%A9ros-de-lIliade-comme-dieux-indo-europ%C3%A9ens--une-pierre-de-Rosette-mythologique--Partie-39-04-30

Matamoro's French translation of part 3 of O'Gravy's series that investigates the Iliad.

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https://telegra.ph/The-Heroes-of-the-Iliad-as-Indo-European-Gods-A-Mythological-Rosetta-Stone-Part-3-of-9-02-09

The Heroes of the Iliad as Indo-European Gods: A Mythological Rosetta Stone

Part 3 of 9: Ajax

In this part we find the Lord of Wind in the hero Ajax, always the largest and strongest god as he is the god of the life-breath.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders

“Ajax is known to be so powerful and courageous that when it comes time to draw lots to face Hector in single combat, Ajax steps forward and all the Achaeans pray that he will be chosen, and only Diomedes or Agamemnon may suffice if it is not him. He is chosen and greets the news with joy, and thus we get the formalized bout between the two bafflingly powerful heroes in which Ajax fights Hector to a draw and they exchange gifts...”

https://telegra.ph/Les-h%C3%A9ros-de-lIliade-comme-dieux-indo-europ%C3%A9ens--une-pierre-de-Rosette-mythologique--Partie-49-04-30

Part 4/9 of O'Gravy's Iliad series in french, English to follow.

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https://telegra.ph/The-Heroes-of-the-Iliad-as-Indo-European-Gods-A-Mythological-Rosetta-Stone-Part-4-of-9-02-12
The Heroes of the Iliad as Indo-European Gods: A Mythological Rosetta Stone

Part 4 of 9: Achilles

The Thunderer is the warrior god of Skill, and around him circles the question of Dharma, Virtue, Honor.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders


“...both Arjuna and Achilles are famous for their mourning over another warrior's death, a warrior who is beloved by and tied closely to them. For Achilles this is Patroclus, Achilles' comrade from youth, but for Arjuna it is actually his son, Abhimanyu. The general parallel has been noted before, but it can actually be seen that this is not merely a vague similarity, but that the same story is here being told.”

The Roman God Mars—of war, soldiers & farmers—was second only to Jupiter and an aspect of the Archaic Triad.

His role corresponds to the Second Function of the Indo-European tripartite societal system.

His name's origin is uncertain. Latin Mārs is found poetically in Old Latin ("Māvors", "Māvortis"), and some scholars believe the name comes from Etruscan Maris ("Mariś'). Mars was originally a Thunder God, or "Striking God" (from PIE *(s)tenh₂-), and thus a thematic reflex of the Proto-Indo-European striking God Perkwunos ("*perkwunos").

enos Lases iuvate
enos Lases iuvate
enos Lases iuvate

neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris
neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris
neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris

satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber
satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber
satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber

semunis alterni advocapit conctos
semunis alterni advocapit conctos
semunis alterni advocapit conctos

enos Marmor iuvato
enos Marmor iuvato
enos Marmor iuvato

triumpe triumpe triumpe triumpe triumpe.

Translation:

Lares help us,
Lares help us,
Lares help us,

do not allow Mars to fall on many.
do not allow Mars to fall on many.
do not allow Mars to fall on many.

Be full, cruel Mars. Jump over the threshold. Stay there.
Be full, cruel Mars. Jump over the threshold. Stay there.
Be full, cruel Mars. Jump over the threshold. Stay there.

Invoke in turn all the seed gods.
Invoke in turn all the seed gods.
Invoke in turn all the seed gods.

Help us Mars.
Help us Mars.
Help us Mars.

Triumph, triumph, triumph, triumph, triumph.

From the Carmen Arvale, an important chant to Mars

Ave Mārs!

An important concept in all of our pantheons, regardless of what Indo-European tradition you follow.

-Owen, The Sun Riders
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Prayer to the Thunderer

ᚦᚢᚾᚱᚨᛉ:ᚦᚨᚾᛟ:ᚻᚨᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᚾᛟ:ᚷᚱᚢᛗᚦᚢ:ᛒᛁᚱᚷᛁᛞᛁ·ᚷᛁᛒᛁᛉᛁ:ᚢᚾᛋ:ᛋᛏᚱᚨᛜᛁᚦᛟ:ᚨᚾᛞᛁ:ᚲᚱᚨᚠᛏᚢ·ᛖᚲ:ᚦᚨᚾᚲᚨᚾᛉ:ᚷᛖᛒᛟ:ᚦᚢᚾᚱᚨᛁ·ᛒᚱᛁᛜᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚱᛖᚷᚾᛟ:ᚠᚢᚱᛁ:ᚢᚾᛋᛖᚱᚨᛉ:ᚠᛖᛚᚦᛟ·ᚹᚨᚱᛞᚢᛉ:ᚨᛒ:ᛗᚨᚾᚾᛟ

þunraz þanǭ hailaganǭ grumþu birgidi
Gibizi uns strangiþǭ andi kraftų
Ek þankanz gebō þunrai
Bringārijaz regnō furi unseraz felþǫ̂
Warduz ab mannǫ̂!

Thor protects this hallowed ground,
Give us strength and skill!
I give thanks to Thor,
Bringer of rains for our fields,
Guardian of man!
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Prayer to the Thunderer, written in my best approximation of Proto-Germanic (Elder Futhark and Latin script) and translated it to English. I may try implementing this at the beginning of my regular rituals to Thor to add structure.

-Hariwulfaz, The Sun Riders
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For this reason I believe that the light of the Sun bears the same relation to things visible as Truth does to things intelligible. But this Whole, inasmuch as it emanates from the Model and "Idea" of the primal and supreme Good, and exists from all eternity around his immutable being, has received sovereignty also over the gods appreciable by the intellect alone, and communicates to them the same good things, (because they belong to the world of intelligence), as are poured down from the Supreme Good upon the other objects of Intelligence. For to these latter, the Supreme Good is the source, as I believe, of beauty, perfection, existence, and union; holding them together and illuminating them by its own virtue which is the "Idea" of the Good.

Emperor Julian ("Julian the Apostate")

“Fates” by Ivica Stevanović

ROŽANICE

"It is impossible to escape fate. Our people think that every man’s life and death are fated, and a man cannot escape his predetermined fate."
- Vuk Karadžić

Rožanice are divine women who determine a newborn child's destiny. There are three of them and, according to the magic of this number, they determine the fate of the child most often on the third night after the birth of the child. It has been reported in some Serbian regions that it may even be on the seventh night. It is known that they enter the house through the chimney. How do they behave when determining fate? The fate of the child is suggested by the first rožanica, who is both the oldest and very ugly and evil - she wants the child's death; middle - or second in order - is also evil, but she seeks to have the child with physical disabilities; the third and youngest, at the same time the most beautiful and noble, foretells the child a long life and happiness in marriage. Usually the middle solution is accepted.

Rožanice determine not only how long the child will live, but also what kind of death they will die. When the arrival of the women in the house was expected, everything had to be neat. A child in clean diapers, a cake, wine, basil, and gold or silver metal coins are placed around him. All of this represents a kind of sacrifice, a gift to rožanice, and in return, as a reward, they are expected to be gentle in prophesying the fate of the baby.

In Bulgaria, rožanice are imagined as three sisters, girls or women, about 30-35 years old, and the youngest is about 20 years old. They wear white dresses. Honey and sweets are most often found on the table below, which is intended for rožanice. On the third evening of child’s life, they visit it. The child must be dressed for this event. The baby is dressed in its father's shirt, and the neck and parts under the muscles are greased with lard and tar; on the hearth, as with Serbs, a fire should burn. It is believed that the child's mother should be awake that night because she is the only one that is able to hear the voice of rožanice. In Russia, it has been recorded that if the house wasn’t cleaned, if sacrificial items weren’t present and if people were sleeping when rožanice came, the fate of the child will go wrong.

- Daelendil, The Sun Riders
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https://telegra.ph/On-the-Subject-of-Reincarnation-05-14

On the Subject of Reincarnation

Reincarnation is a broad and well contested subject, here I seek to expand upon the understanding of it. If you would like to add to this then please join the discussion group here at The Sun Riders.

-Cormac Cás, The Sun Riders
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