Edmund Blair Leighton
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The day before yesterday, on the 7th of October 1571, the Battle of Lepanto took place, in which the Holy League, led by the Spanish Empire and reinforced by Italian squadrons, clashed with the Ottoman Empire. This confrontation of titanic proportions led to a European victory, which sounded the death knell for the Ottoman expansion.
Some historians consider it to be the most important naval battle by its consequences since that of Actium.
One of the participants in the battle would become the Spanish writer Miguel Cervantes, world famous for his work Don Quixote.

Painting - Battle of Lepanto by Andrea Vicentino 1595-1605

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
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The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 10

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--Part-10-10-10

With a number of the main Gods of the Celtiberian pantheon in hand, we will now present the deities for which we have a relatively small number of archaeological elements. The intense history, as well as the crucial strategic importance and proliferation of resources within it, have made Hispania subject to a number of conflicts and reconstructions: Romanization, Christianization and Moorish invasions for example. In addition, the inevitable passage of time and the gradual loss of ancient traditions have also contributed to the loss of much of this culture.

Thanks to the relatively recent discoveries of pre-Christian Iberia, which add more and more to the rich and vast culture of the ancient Iberian peoples, we are finally able to penetrate together new pieces of the mythological puzzle, always with the help of what has remained in our memory, blood and customs.

Here it is important to keep in mind that this does not necessarily imply a minor role for these deities.

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
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The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 11

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--Part-11-10-12

With a number of the main Gods of the Celtiberian pantheon in hand, we will now present the deities for which we have a relatively small number of archaeological elements. The intense history, as well as the crucial strategic importance and proliferation of resources within it, have made Hispania subject to a number of conflicts and reconstructions: Romanization, Christianization and Moorish invasions for example. In addition, the inevitable passage of time and the gradual loss of ancient traditions have also contributed to the loss of much of this culture.

Thanks to the relatively recent discoveries of pre-Christian Iberia, which add more and more to the rich and vast culture of the ancient Iberian peoples, we are finally able to penetrate together new pieces of the mythological puzzle, always with the help of what has remained in our memory, blood and customs.

Here it is important to keep in mind that this does not necessarily imply a minor role for these deities.

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Sketch for A Mermaid, 1892. John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917).

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As we are quickly approaching Vetrnætr, many people will spend more time in contemplation of the future and remembrance of the past as well. Ancestor veneration being an important aspect of any holiday of course will be practiced. But on this coming of Vetrnætr, I want to remind people to not only think of those who came before, but also of their hardships that forged them into the great men and women of yore, which made them worth the veneration.
Many of our ancestors, regardless of nationality, have fought in wars for home and country, have forged the trails of our once barren and unexplored countries, and tamed them.
So when the celebration comes and you stop to remember your ancestors, think also of what makes them worth remembering, and strive to impress them in all that you do.

-William, the sun riders

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I read a lot of miserable and despondent sentiments here on social media. And sure, the state of the world can be stressful and crushing at times. But, I want you to remember something.

For those of us in ancestral faith, this the most powerful we've been in a thousand years. And soon we'll be at our apex. Strongest we've ever been in history.

We're currently in a spiritual renaissance. We are now in the driver seat for religious innovation and vitality. Discoveries being found, concepts developing, truths being revealed, communities forming and babies being born faster than anyone can count.

Forget about modernity. They're rotting and dying. Us on the other hand are rapidly approaching our golden age. Focus on your folk. Focus on your task and your role. If you don't have one, find one.

If war comes to your doorstep show them what a mistake it is to conjure the Æsir's children. But don't allow the cancer to poison you. We're approaching victory. Stay focused.

The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula : Part 12 - Conclusion

https://telegra.ph/The-Celtic-Gods-of-the-Iberian-Peninsula--Part-12-10-12

"this could attest to a vision of the oceanic sky, which has precedents in Near Eastern and Indo-European religions, with the "waters of the firmament" held in place. Going further into the stream of Endovelicus, perhaps water was closely associated with light in the Lusitanian train of thought, reminiscent of fire as the progeny of water in Zoroastrianism. If Nabia, Munis and Trebaruna are all associated with water and celestial bodies, then water definitely becomes emblematic of the universal order found in most Indo-European traditions. Perhaps its cycle and its many states have been intimately understood, as the notion that clouds come from bodies of water is noted in many cultures, from the Greeks to the Kamilaroi."

- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
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The Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula - Full Series

This series of articles will limit itself to presenting the deities of the Iberian Peninsula, by focusing on the Indo-European pantheon, most of the data concerning it coming from the north-central-northwestern axis, that is, the Celtic Hispania, inhabited by several peoples including the Lusitanians

○ Part 1 - Introduction - Bandua

○ Part 2 - Reue/Reo

○ Part 3 - Arentio - Arentia

○ Part 4 - Lucubo

○ Part 5 - Endovelicus

○ Part 6 - Nabia

○ Part 7 - Bormanicus

○ Part 8 - Trebaruna

○ Part 9 - Ataegina

○ Part 10 - 11 - 12 - Deities with a scarce archeological record and conclusion
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- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
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Dionysus, Hades and Soma: The Greek Lunar Cycle

https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/dionysus-hades-and-soma-greek-lunar.html?m=1

Part 1 of 3: Dionysus and Soma

The Lunar Cycle continues into Greece. Can the god of wine be proven to be the same lord of the sacred liquid once again, under a new guise?

Parts 2 and 3 will be posted later this week.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
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Dionysus, Hades and Soma: The Greek Lunar Cycle

https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/dionysus-hades-and-soma-greek-lunar_27.html?m=1

Part 2 of 3: Dionysus and Soma

The crucial “eye poking scene” appears once again, and Dionysus’ relation to the Fire God, the Sun Princess, the Gandharva, the Wasteland, and the “Aesir-Vanir War” motif are each explored.

What we are left with is a strong and fleshed-out picture of Dionysus as the Greek “Soma” god.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
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Dionysus, Hades and Soma: The Greek Lunar Cycle

https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/dionysus-hades-and-soma-greek-lunar_29.html?m=1

Part 3 of 3: Dionysus and Hades

Hades, the lord of the dead. Several other “Soma” gods are underworld gods; does Hades then have a place in the Lunar Cycle?

Is he, as others have suggested, one with Dionysus?

Fittingly for the approaching holiday, let’s examine the comparative evidence and see if this lord of the dead has an Indo-European root.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Celtic Samhain and Germanic Winter Nights

Germanic Álfablót and Winter Nights, the festival occurring at “Halloween” time, along with veneration of ancestors, centers also around worship of Freyr.

In the Celtic tradition, Aengus, the Irish parallel of Freyr, along with his foster father Midir (parallel of Njörðr), are said to take the burial mound Brugh na Boinne from Elcmar (who parallels an aspect of Óðinn) on Samhain (the festival that later became Halloween).

We can see from the details of this mythical event that it is the Irish version of the Norse “Aesir-Vanir War.” Aengus is also said to woo his bride Caer on this day.

Thus, just as Germanic Winter Nights seems to center around Freyr, so Irish Samhain centers around the key events of Aengus’ life.

It was a very important day for the Celts and so other key events happen on Samhain as well, including Aengus’ father Dagda mating with the Morrigan to begin the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (the larger war of the gods). Dagda and Aengus are closely linked and likely both have connections to Samhain due to their roles relating to fertility, the harvest, and the underworld.

It was also most likely the beginning of the Celtic New Year.

From this we can see how close the meaning of the Celtic and Germanic festivals likely were.

Happy Samhain or whatever festival you are celebrating this season, from this celto-germanic. 🎃🎃🎃

- O’Gravy, the Sun Riders
@solarcult