Some burial mounds contain remains of Europe's ancestors the Anglo Saxons (who migrated from the North Sea coastlands of continental Europe to the UK in the 5th century). In 1939, archaeologists discovered a 1,400-year-old Anglo-Saxon burial at the site that included an entire ship, as well as a dizzyingly rich cache of grave goods. The spectacular find changed historians’ understanding of early medieval Britain. The Netflix Movie The Dig brings this again to the public. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2021/01/famed-anglo-saxon-ship-burial-sutton-hoo-last-kind/

Found this nice chant/song about the goddesses of the Low Lands. It's from the Dutch heathen Frigga Asraaf. (Names of the goddesses in the description) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyLcOQzONKk

For all you Dutch speaking folks: This website about gods and goddesses of the Low Countries is really good. Lots of info🙂 https://godenvaneigenbodem.com/

A very cool map with lots of European tribes😎. Just click on the name of the tribe of your choice if you want to learn about them. https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/Barbarian_Map52BC_max.htm?fbclid=IwAR1BUuwpI7iudcE0vz9n0ghB9Z3EOSxT2FLPJsqWoGCtH9-RHW7EnDaRwt4

I enjoyed watching this short video about animism. This video is very clear, practical and easy to understand. What is animism and how can we develop our own animist view on our world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiVHxrbdEE

And the follow up of the previous video 😊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6srRA0YRE6Q

The nice thing about these video's about animism is that the person in the above mentioned video's speaking about this is not a scientist that speaks from theoretical knowledge. That is refreshing because many of us have already got a lot of bookknowledge. Don't get me wrong here, guys: Bookknowledge is very important but at a certain moment bookknowledge is not enough anymore. Then it's time to simply go for it and live that animism! The Tribe of the Fox for instance, loves communicating with the trees. 'How'?, you might ask. Here is how and you can do this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AftlDwBMio

Wolves are back in the Low Countries after many years of absence😎. And sometimes they are filmed, like here: https://www.zoogdiervereniging.nl/nieuws/2021/wolvenfamilie-floreert-op-de-veluwe?fbclid=IwAR2QP546ZXnGV1SmsbGBwTP7uSUYERaual13Flfg4Og7m6xU-a0kuKIA6dQ

Fairy Islands' from the book Elves and Fairies 1916 by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Dolmen D39
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I really enjoy watching the video's of Patrick Jasper Lee and his shamanic view on things. Here he talks about ancient- and modern shamanism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEXFsad6Bw

Part 2 is about witches and faeiries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irk0AACRSPQ&t=914s

This 53 centimeter long sword is from the last century of the Bronze Age and is dated between 925 and 800 BC. It was probably made in Central Europe and ended in the river De Maas, near Thorn-Wessem in Central Limburg. It was found there in 1962 during dredging work. Together with Leiden University, Luc Amkreutz conducted extensive research into the signs of use on the sword. It appears to have been used extensively and has probably seen many combat situations in the sometimes not very peaceful Bronze Age society of Central and Northwestern Europe. The irregular shape of the blade indicates intensive repairs and tightening of the metal.

So this sword from was clearly an intensively used fighting sword, unlike other bronze age swords such as the sword of Ommerschans or Jutphaas. They were not used for battle, but were made to be left behind as an offering and ritual status symbol in a river or grave. Swords were also often made unusable and bent and then sacrificed. https://historiek.net/3000-jaar-oud-zwaard-van-thorn-wessem-blijkt-flink-gebruikt/139959/

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (Australian, 1888–1960)

Title: The last of the fairies

The Tribe of the Fox made some new video's and this time about late Iron Age/Roman era tribes living in what we nowadays call the Netherlands. Who were these tribes? Where did they came from? What deities they worshipped and what battles did they fought? And where did these tribes go? The first video in this series is about a tribe called the Batavians. Let's meet the Batavians, my friends🙂! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTg9ePUNzlY

The Lady of the Frost (art by Betta Artusi)

An impressive view on the high water level of the river Waal. These dykes hold all the water, to protect the lower land behind. They expect the highest level tonight together with a lot of snow and wind.