On the topic of dawn, I'd recommend:
Worship the Dawn Goddess (Ēostre in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, Aurora in the Roman tradition, other traditions have their own variants).
Perform ritual at sunrise. This is obviously essential for the Dawn Goddess. I attended a blót around Easter earlier this year where we woke up at dawn to perform it and it was very auspicious. ☀️
Worship the Dawn Goddess (Ēostre in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, Aurora in the Roman tradition, other traditions have their own variants).
Perform ritual at sunrise. This is obviously essential for the Dawn Goddess. I attended a blót around Easter earlier this year where we woke up at dawn to perform it and it was very auspicious. ☀️
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
“You have learned how great a mistake you made in preferring an imported despotism to your ancestral mode of life, and you have come to realize how much better is poverty with no master than wealth with slavery.”
Boudica rallying her troops, AD 60/61.
Boudica rallying her troops, AD 60/61.
>"By slaying the Dasyus (natives), he [Indra] protected the Aryan color"- [Rig Veda 3]
>"Indra protected in battle the Aryan worshipper, he subdued the lawless for Manu, he conquered the black skin." - [Rigveda, Book 1, Indra 130.8 ]
>"the thunderer who bestowed on his white friends the fields, bestowed the sun, bestowed the waters." - [Rigveda, Book 1, Indra 100.18]
>"Thou to the son aof Vidathin, Rjisvan, Thou smotest down the swarthy fifty thousand, and rentest forts as age consumes garment." - [Rig Veda , Indra - 4.16.13]
>"Active and bright have they come forth, impetuous in speed like bulls, driving the black skin far away." - [Rig veda , Soma Pavamana - 9.41.1]
>The sacrificer poured out thanks to his god for "scattering the slave bands of black descent", and for stamping out "the vile Dasyan colour." - [ Rig Veda . II.20.7, II.12.4 ]
>"O'er Sire and Mother they have roared in unison bright with the verse of praise, burning up riteless men, Blowing away with supernatural might from earth and from the heavens the swarthy skin which Indra hates."- [Rig Veda , Soma Pavamana - 9.73.5]
>" Indra in battles help his Aryan worshipper, he who hath hundred helps at hand in every fray, in frays that win the light of heaven. Plaguing the lawless he gave up to Manu's seed the dusky skin; Blazing, 'twere, he burns each covetous man away, he burns, the tyrannous away." - [Rig Veda , Book 1]
>"Black skin is impious" (Dasam varnam adharam)- [ Rigveda, Book 2, Indra 12.4]
>"the vile Dasyan (native) colour." - [Rigveda, Book 2, Indra 20.7]
>“ the black skin, the hated of Indra" - [Rigveda, Book 9, Soma Pavamana .IX.73.5 ]
>"Thou, Indra, art the destroyer of all the cities, the slayer of the Dasyus , the prosperer of man, the lord of the sky." - [Rigveda, Book 8]
>"Indra protected in battle the Aryan worshipper, he subdued the lawless for Manu, he conquered the black skin." - [Rigveda, Book 1, Indra 130.8 ]
>"the thunderer who bestowed on his white friends the fields, bestowed the sun, bestowed the waters." - [Rigveda, Book 1, Indra 100.18]
>"Thou to the son aof Vidathin, Rjisvan, Thou smotest down the swarthy fifty thousand, and rentest forts as age consumes garment." - [Rig Veda , Indra - 4.16.13]
>"Active and bright have they come forth, impetuous in speed like bulls, driving the black skin far away." - [Rig veda , Soma Pavamana - 9.41.1]
>The sacrificer poured out thanks to his god for "scattering the slave bands of black descent", and for stamping out "the vile Dasyan colour." - [ Rig Veda . II.20.7, II.12.4 ]
>"O'er Sire and Mother they have roared in unison bright with the verse of praise, burning up riteless men, Blowing away with supernatural might from earth and from the heavens the swarthy skin which Indra hates."- [Rig Veda , Soma Pavamana - 9.73.5]
>" Indra in battles help his Aryan worshipper, he who hath hundred helps at hand in every fray, in frays that win the light of heaven. Plaguing the lawless he gave up to Manu's seed the dusky skin; Blazing, 'twere, he burns each covetous man away, he burns, the tyrannous away." - [Rig Veda , Book 1]
>"Black skin is impious" (Dasam varnam adharam)- [ Rigveda, Book 2, Indra 12.4]
>"the vile Dasyan (native) colour." - [Rigveda, Book 2, Indra 20.7]
>“ the black skin, the hated of Indra" - [Rigveda, Book 9, Soma Pavamana .IX.73.5 ]
>"Thou, Indra, art the destroyer of all the cities, the slayer of the Dasyus , the prosperer of man, the lord of the sky." - [Rigveda, Book 8]
Forwarded from Deleted Account
Illyrian Carnevals, in the Macedonian occupied Albanian territories
Forwarded from Traditional Europe
Samhain was one of four major Celtic seasonal festivals, along with Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh, and it took place between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.
During Samhain, the Celts harvested their crops and slaughtered livestock for food. Then, they celebrated their abundance with sporting games and a giant —and raucous— feast. The people also prepared winter housing for itinerant warriors and shamans.
On a spiritual level, marked the time of the year in which the barrier between the earthly world and the spirit world dissolved, allowing spirits to walk among—and perhaps torment—mortals. It’s also described in countless myths and folktales as a period of mystical intensity. Celtic priests built huge bonfires, practiced divination rituals, and conducted rites to keep ghouls at bay.
As part of the celebration, they wanted to light the way to their homes for the good spirits, so they carved faces into vegetables such as turnips and squash.
During Samhain, the Celts harvested their crops and slaughtered livestock for food. Then, they celebrated their abundance with sporting games and a giant —and raucous— feast. The people also prepared winter housing for itinerant warriors and shamans.
On a spiritual level, marked the time of the year in which the barrier between the earthly world and the spirit world dissolved, allowing spirits to walk among—and perhaps torment—mortals. It’s also described in countless myths and folktales as a period of mystical intensity. Celtic priests built huge bonfires, practiced divination rituals, and conducted rites to keep ghouls at bay.
As part of the celebration, they wanted to light the way to their homes for the good spirits, so they carved faces into vegetables such as turnips and squash.