Venus Callipyge is a Roman statue produced in the 2nd or 1st century BCE, and thought to be a reproduction of an earlier Greek statue of the Hellenistic Period, originally made from Bronze. The name Venus Callipyge (from Greek Καλλίπυγος "Kallipygos") literally means 'Aphrodite of the beautiful buttocks'.

The Great Lunar Cycle: The Horse Twins and the Grail (All Parts)

https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-great-lunar-cycle-horse-twins-and.html?m=1

The full Lunar Cycle article complied in one post.

This article answers the questions of who Njörðr, Freyr and Bragi are in terms of Indo-European comparativism (also discussing numerous others), who their Irish and Welsh parallels are, who the Grail quester Perceval is, and what the significance of his quest is.

Furthermore, it shows that the “Aesir-Vanir War” appears in some form in nearly every branch, and lays out clearly its details in several of the branches.

In all, these are essential things to understand about the European gods for everyone who studies them. Understanding these things correctly is of the utmost consequence to our understanding of both the sacred liquid and the sacrifice itself.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

“On this day 19 years ago, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift. 60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol. 8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift. None of them saw past 10:00am Sept 11, 2001. In one single moment life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breaths you take today and tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.” @worthfightingfor_telegram

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula: Part 2 - Reue/Reo

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula-part-2-07-24

"The link between these columns dedicated to Jupiter and the watery zones is perfectly conceivable without minimizing his position in the divine hierarchy or implying that the god had characteristics belonging to the "healing" deities. In fact, scenes carved in the upper parts of the columns contained a horseman who, in the guise of Iuppiter, charges a serpentine-shaped monster..."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Late Bronze Age Germanic fibula (brooch for holding together garments), dated between 900-700 BCE. Original found in Funen, Denmark, the artifact is now housed in the National Museum in Denmark.

The object, which is bronze with gold covering, is though to depict the Sun and the Moon on each of its 2 parts, in accordance with the prominence of the celestial bodies during this period.
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“The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south
Her right hand cast over heaven's rim;
No knowledge she had where her home should be,
The moon knew not what might was his,
The stars knew not where their stations were.”
-Voluspa stanza 5 (Bellow’s translation)

-Hariwulfaz, the Sun Riders
@solarcult

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 3 - Arentio - Arentia

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--part-3---Arentio---Arentia-07-27

The collective memory of a people and their similarity to their gods and goddesses, as superior reflections of the people they brought into the world, are primordial concepts in European paganism.

"...it is probable that they can be considered as founding figures by the Lusitanians[...] protectors of individuals, families or entire tribes, helping on the battlefield, they resonate with the Vedic Aśvins, the Lithuanian Ašvieniai and the Greek Dioskouroi."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Rosa Camuna response by European Tribalism channel

Hello all,
Recently, the channel European Tribalism - Mythology, European culture, survival (https://t.me/EuropeanTribalism) made a post detailing an alleged mistake in previous post of mine regarding the Rosa Camuna, a variant of the swastika. Specifically, the assertion:

“I think their assumption of that symbol being solely of Indo-European origin might be flawed.”

https://t.me/EuropeanTribalism/617

I would simply like to point out that I never made this claim, and very specifically in my original post make it clear the symbol is associated with the Camunni people, and later I state the origin of these people is unknown, and that their language is insufficiently known to be classed as “Old European or Indo-European”. Here, Old European refers to the descendants of the Neolithic farming peoples present in Europe before the arrival of Indo-European people. The insinuation here is that it was possibly used by a pre-Indo-European people of Europe, although perhaps I should have been more clear in my wording.

https://t.me/solarcult/569
https://t.me/solarcult/572

However I would like to thank the folks at European Tribalism for taking the time to read the posts and for fact-checking them. The majority of us within the pagan community here on Telegram are amateur historians, and this sort of work is very important so-as to not spread misconceptions and falsehoods about our ancestors, who we value dearly. We welcome any and all feedback in this regard.

Hail to the folks at European Tribalism and give them a sub if you haven’t already (link above), they run a great channel!

-Hariwulfaz, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula: Three-Part Series, courtesy of @solarcult.
(The Sun Riders ☀️).

○ Part 1

○ Part 2

○ Part 3
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There are many more parts to come! Many thanks from me to my wonderful friends at @Aryologia

If you enjoy our channel you'll enjoy theirs, give it a follow if you don't already.

-Owen, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Turkic Mythology and influence from Indo-European Mythology

https://telegra.ph/Turkic-mythology-and-influence-from-Indo-European-myth-09-15

In this article I give a basic overview of the mythology and deities of Turkic peoples. I discuss their possible influence and mixture with Europeans as well. Hopefully this clears some of the confusion with Turks and brings to light their mythology.

Kalin, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 4 - Lucubo

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--part-4---Lucubo-07-29

"By the yardstick of the cult dedicated to him, Lugus seems linked to prosperity, trade and crafts. His figure is associated with the spear. He is one of the most common Gods among the Celts and as we will see, a very consequent number of place names derive from Lugus throughout Europe..."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Today marks the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Wishing you all a prosperous autumn & a good harvest.

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The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 5 - Endovelicus

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--part-5---Endovelicus---Belenus-07-30#

"Despite Endevelico's chthonian nature, he was associated with health. This may seem contradictory at first glance, especially from our modern point of view where death is seen as something that should not exist, a kind of anomaly..."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Human Sacrifice in Indo-European Traditions

https://telegra.ph/Human-Sacrifice-in-IE-traditions-09-17

In this post I go over various examples of human sacrifice in Indo-European cultures. I explain the purpose and function of these practices in each of these cultures. This article is meant to explain that these practices were for the most part phased out and replaced with animal sacrifice, or done with enemies in times of war, or with slaves.

- Kalin, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

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The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 6 - Nabia

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--part-6---Nabia-08-01

"...With so many epithets and a multitude of places of worship, whether in cities, mountains, forests, fountains/springs or near bodies of water, we are surely in the presence of a Goddess with multiple aspects or functions. She would then intervene in the three main domains of our world..."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 7 - Bormanicus

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--part-7---Bormanicus-08-11

"Bormanicus is the God of hot springs, like the Gallic God Bormanus.
In Lusitanian and Celtic polytheism, Borvo was considered the God of minerals and healing associated with bubbling spring water."
"... *Borvo- has also been associated by philologists with the Welsh word berw "seethe", the French Bourbon and the Latin fervo, "to boil"

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

SEPTEMBER 29TH — St-MICHEL AND THE WODAN WILD HUNT 1/2

The 29th of September is the feast day of St. Michael.
Originally this Christian saint was only celebrated on March 15th and May 8th. At the Council of Mainz, Germany, in the year 813, a third feast day was added: the autumn feast of St. Michael on the 29th of September.
Why this addition? The answer is that since the beginning of the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples, St. Michael with his warrior and army leader aspect had replaced the cult of the God Wodan (Odin). Many former places of worship of the God Wodan were replaced by the cult of the Archangel Michael. This substitution of worship and clear identification with the divine functions meant that among the people, the cult of the Wodan God continued. This relative continuity of worship was not a Christian initiative. It happened because the God Wodan was so deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of the people who did not abandon certain ancient rites, that the Christian church found the Wodan/St. Michael identification as a solution.
As in many other cases, the Christian church, in its perfidy, hypocrisy and fanaticism to abolish all direct traces of the old polytheistic cults, found nothing better than to recover once again a pagan tradition by transforming and distorting it.

September 29th was chosen as the date for St. Michael's Day because this is the period when the ancient Germans celebrated the beginning of the Wild Hunt of Wodan. After celebrating and thanking the Gods for the good harvest, it was customary to mark the entry into the dark period of the solar year with rites recalling the memory of the Wild Hunt. The time of death begins. The days shorten, the sun becomes rarer and rarer. The doors of the world of the dead open ... dead and living pass from one world to another.
Autumn is the time when one can see in the tormented sky the great ride of the God Wodan, accompanied by the fallen warriors. This wild army rides like a disturbing shadow across the skies. Being an eyewitness to the wild army was not a good omen. More than one living person was taken by the dead from the Wild Hunt and thus joined the world of the dead before their time. Here we find the myth of the God Wodan in his role as a psychopomp, i.e. the one who accompanies the dead on their journey to the other worlds of the afterlife.

This autumnal tradition of the wild army and the great celestial hunt is a Germanic tradition that has survived in many parts of Europe. Nearly all European regions which were at one time or another occupied by the Germans, have preserved in their traditions the memory of the Wild Hunt of the God Wodan. Here are a few examples:

- in Alsace: Chasse Volante, Haute Chasse, Huperi, Der Nachtsgœger (the hunter of the night), der Wilde Jäger.
- Berry: Chasse à Bôdet, led by the devil who takes the damned to hell, Rigaud Hunt.
- Burgundy: The hunter of the Advents and his dog Gavelo.
- Bresse: King Herod's hunt.
- Blois: Chasse Macabre.
- Bourbonnais: Forez, Chasse Maligne, led by the devil.
- Franche-Comté: Haute-chasse, Hunting of the Lady of Moissey
- Gascony: Artus Hunting
- Limousin: Chasso galero, Chasse galérienne, Night hunting
- Lorraine: The hunter in the woods of Krombesch, Hunting of the beast of Rondet, The Mouni Hennequin, Big Hunt.
- Normandy: Saint-Hubert Hunting, Saint-Eustache Hunting, Hennequin Hunting.
- Picardy: Aerial hunting of the four Aymon sons (Thiérache).
- Poitou, Saintonge, Chasse Gallerie. It announced great events. In Poitou, the Lord Gallery was cruel and ungodly. Wanting to pursue a deer that had taken refuge in a hermit's cave, he cursed it and condemned Gallery to eternal hunting.